To experience something which measures time is often to alert us to the need for measuring our thoughts and activities. When such a symbol is old fashioned as in an hourglass our perception of time and its management may be old- fashioned. We need to use different, and more precise, ways of measuring those activities.
2- When we arc particularly under stress we can be ovciiv aware of the running out of time, that it can bccome an enemy. This is often symbolised as an hourglass.
3- In former times, the hourglass was frequently taken as a symbol of death. More properly it is now seen as a svmbol for the Passage of Life. [1]
Vision: The hourglass reminds us how swiftly time passes. It might mean separation from a loved one or that you are “running out of time.”
Depth Psychology: The hourglass reminds you that life passes “like sand through your fingers.” It means time is marching on and you feel that you haven’t achieved anything significant. Figure out what the lesson is in this dream. [2]
An hourglass can also symbolize a situation that has turned upside down, the reversal of time and a return to your beginning, from fullness to emptiness and back again. Also, the hourglass figure is a shape that many women aspire toward and men desire. [3]
It is probably from the hourglass that we get the word deadline; when the sand runs out the energy has gone. [4]
2. Sense of impending doom (as in “time is running out”).
3. Frustration because of an upset routine, change of plans by outside forces (upside down). [6]
An hourglass in a dream also means makeup, beauty, or marriage.
The sand trickling from the upper bulb into the lower bulb in a dream represents man’s semen. [9]