To see your image in a mirror, foretells unfaithfulness and neglect in marriage, and fruitless speculations.
To see another face with your own in a mirror indicates that you are leading a double life. You will deceive your friends.
To break a mirror, portends an early and accidental death.
To break glass dishes, or windows, foretells the unfavorable termination to enterprises.
To receive cut glass, denotes that you will be admired for your brilliancy and talent.
To make presents of cut glass ornaments, signifies that you will fail in your undertakings.
For a woman to see her lover in a mirror, denotes that she will have cause to institute a breach of promise suit.
For a married woman to see her husband in a mirror, is a warning that she will have cause to feel anxiety for her happiness and honor.
To look clearly through a glass window, you will have employment, but will have to work subordinately.
If the glass is clouded, you will be unfortunately situated.
If a woman sees men, other than husband or lover, in a looking glass, she will be discovered in some indiscreet affair which will be humiliating to her and a source of worry to her relations.
For a man to dream of seeing strange women in a mirror, he will ruin his health and business by foolish attachments. [1]
If you dream of breaking glass, what barrier or restraint are you breaking through? Could it mean that your emotions might be shattered? Breaking something made of glass might symbolize the breaking up of a relationship, the shattering of an illusion or simply that you or someone else are broken-hearted.
Glass may not always be very visible, so it may represent hidden dangers; if you dream of stepping on broken glass, it suggests that you are being careless about your direction in life or your present situation; if it is being done without heed to injury, walking on glass represents selfinflicted pain.
If you dream of glasses as in spectacles, this refers to your ability to see or understand something or someone clearly. The image may also refer to the mask you use to hide behind, as with sunglasses. Terms like‘short-sighted’ or ‘long- sighted’ help us understand the use of glasses in a dream. [2]
If glass is shattered in your dream, it could symbolize breaking of both negative and positive things.
For example, it could represent the breaking of illusions, denial, and deception. On the more negative side, it could also represent the shattering of dreams or hopes that a person has been holding close to his heart. Old dream interpretation books say that looking through a clear glass is a sign of good luck and through a dirty glass symbolizes domestic difficulties. [3]
2- To dream of breaking glass is to be breaking through those barriers (See also: Break). We are shattering the emotions that keep us trapped and moving into a clearer space where we do not allow barriers to build. Frosted or smoked glass can indicate a desire for privacy or our obscured view of a particular situation within our lives.
3- The barrier between life and the life hereafter. [4]
Ability to see or be seen.
Transparency, such as a person’s thoughts or feelings being obvious.
Communication, openness, or honesty.
An invisible barrier (such as a “glass ceiling”) through which you can see something but not get to it, or see someone but not communicate with them.
Something being behind glass (such as jewelry in a display case) can represent protection, security, or the idea of value, desirability, or preservation.
See also: Window, Mirror, Glass, Drinking, Sharp, Reflective Light [5]
If the glass is filled with wine, the dream will have a spiritual meaning.
If you toast with someone else it reflects your desire to share your love and happiness with that person. (See also: DRINKING)
The dream may be referring to the Holy Grail and the search for spiritual nourishment. A glass can also represent love and sincerity. In the Tarot, glasses symbolize emotional life. Omens are usually pretty good in this regard. [7]
A broken glass means injury and destruction of innocence—in the sense of Defloration—but also luck, as long as it is not a mirror. Occasionally, a glass is a symbol for frailty in the sense of impermanence and bewilderment. In alchemy, the stone of the Wise Men, lapis, is also called glass (vitrum), because it was seen as spiritual.
See also: Vase.
According to Freud, glass symbolizes female genitalia. [8]
Vision: Seeing a full glass indicates your positive attitude and success.
An empty glass promises hard times. Adjust your lifestyle accordingly. Breaking a glass: your actions are the reason for a love affair breaking up. Cutting a piece of glass: the time is right to do some speculating.
Depth Psychology: The dream might indicate that you are “seeing through” another person or situation or you are afraid diat others can see through you and discover your mistakes. [9]
If your dream featured decorative glass, or glass blowing or molding, it predicts a rise in status and/or an increase in income.
See also: Eyeglasses, Mirror, etc. [11]
If the glass is half empty, then you are dealing with feelings of lack and deprivation.
If the glass is half full or full, then you feel abundant, powerful, wealthy, and that your needs are met.
If the glass is broken, then you feel shattered.
A half-full glass may remark that you are viewing an expcnence as not having m~t your expectations. In that a glass is a fragile container, it may reveal the delicate nature of a situation or of the person holding it.
A shattered glass may mention that you feel shattered by a disappointment in life. [13]
2. If glass is half full of liquid, then one looks at life optimistically.
3. If one imagines glass is half empty, then life is perceived negatively.
4. If one observes a glass or glasses sparkling, this also states that one has an optimistic view of life. [14]
If you dream of looking through glass, disappointments will interfere with your brightest hopes.
To see broken glass in your dream suggests something you thought would last a long time will end surprisingly and too soon.
A dirty glass represents domestic trouble or personal squabbles. [15]
If the broken glass sparkles in the light then the change will be for the better and, if not, it will be for the worse. Drinking from, or seeing, sparkling glassware is very good luck for the dreamer. [17]
Glass (in the sense of glass windows rather than a drinking glass) frequently represents the invisible social or emotional barriers we erect between ourselves and others.
A dream in which glass breaks can thus mean a breaking down of barriers. (See also: Window). [18]
See also: Mirror. Chewing glass suggests difficulty in verbalization; fear of communication with self or another; cutting remarks. For drinking glass, see Cup. [19]
If broken, your perception is changing to see things in a new way.
If lost, you have lost your ability to see clearly. [21]
If all is well, it is a fortunate dream, especially in matters of business. [22]
2. Mirror;
3. Transparent;
4. Fragile Job 37:18; Ps. 2:9; 31:12; Matt. 9:17. [23]
A drinking glass cup in a dream represents a woman. Receiving a glass of water in a dream means that one’s wife is pregnant.
An unknown kind of glass cup or a roughly cut drinking glass of water in a dream means that there is a fetus in the mother’s womb.
If the glass of water breaks and the water remains in the dream, it means that the mother may die after giving birth and the infant will survive. Ifthe water spills and the glass remains intact in the dream, it means that the fetus may die and the mother will survive.
The breaking of a glass in a dream also denotes the death of the one who is serving it.
If a sick person is given a glass of wine, or water, or a bitter apple drink, or a laxative in a dream such a drink represents his last cup.
(See also: Glass blower, Glass bottle) [29]
bar, at a: a vindictive argument with one equal y inclined.
being offered a, of water: birth of a child.
blower, a: a promotion through merit foretel s injury from accepting flattery.
breaking a: your actions wil cause the breakup of your affair to your distinct advantage.
and spilling water: children wil be healthy but business results prove unfavorable.
on clothes: favors from a stranger in exchange for arranging their il icit pleasures.
full of water: death of a mother and il health for children.
businessman dreaming of breaking a: unfavorable termination of fruitless speculation.
chewing: are so angry the verbalization is garbled; spewing out cutting remarks.
cutting: forthcoming break leads to a postponement of a wedding.
dirty: congenial work in a subordinate position requires no real effort.
drinking a, of fresh water: have a clear conscience as to the dangers of prompt matrimony.
empty, an: adjust your lifestyle to hard times; your marriage wil be sorely tested.
full, a: time to do some speculating with your vivid imagination.
goblet, breaking a: your very existence picks a quarrel among those despondent.
drinking out of a: sit with your back to the wal and let the enemy drink the first sip.
beer: are welcome anywhere and humiliated anytime.
house: your frankness with what should be hidden wil cloud your fondest hopes.
plate, seeing your reflection in a: the image you think you project.
breaking a: wil save another from the distress you caused. [30]