If you are given an item of jewelry in your dream, this shows that you have the support of others, but if you give the jewelry, it suggests that you feel you have something to offer to other people.
If you find jewelry, your success will be due to your own efforts.
If the jewelry has a particular history, such as a family heirloom or the first piece of jewelry given by a partner, then it represents what you feel about family tradition, or your partner. Jewelry can also indicate love that is given or received. Very often it can represent how you feel about yourself, and for it to appear in a dream as something valuable or cheap gives you an indication of your self-esteem.
Items of jewelry
In dreams, items of jewelry represent a special and precious value or quality, such as love, loyalty, inner beauty, friendship or purity. Whether you are single or married, receiving a gift of jewelry in your dream denotes the love and the appreciation of the giver, so the purpose of such a dream may simply be to confirm or fulfill your desire for the love and affection of that person.
For centuries, a ring or band has been the symbol of marriage and partnership, and when a ring appears in your dream, it may represent commitment, fulfillment and completion. It may also signify a need for greater sexual fulfillment or commitment in a relationship.
Another interpretation is that the ring represents your essential self and wholeness, as the circle of a ring is never-ending and self- perpetuating. Bangles and bracelets also suggest wholeness and eternity through their circular shape. A wedding ring suggests a union and a promise, a ring belonging to the family suggests old traditions, whilst an engagement ring suggests a temporary promise of devotion.
An eternity ring would suggest that this promise is more permanent. Quite differently, a signet ring would indicate something that has been, or needs to be, sealed.
Necklaces arose from the wearing of a chain of office and therefore in dreams they suggest a dignity and honor bestowed on the wearer. Seeing someone wearing a necklace suggests a personal breakthrough.
If you lose a necklace, you may have been careless recently, but if you find a necklace, you have much to be grateful for.
If you steal a necklace, you should be careful not to take what isn’t yours.
If you are given a necklace and it breaks, this suggests that there is a weak link in a relationship. Wearing a beautiful necklace is wish-fulfillment, but if the necklace is heavy, you may feel dragged down and restricted in waking life, with heavy responsibilities.
Dreaming of wearing a crown or tiara suggests that you are being congratulated in some way in waking life, or deserve to be.
If the brooch in your dream was one of your own, your personal associations with the brooch, who gave it to you and what it means to you, should be your first consideration.
If it was being admired in your dream, you may be feeling pleased with yourself. Bear in mind a brooch is sometimes called a pin, so is someone trying to pin something on you or to blame you unfairly. Dream earrings may be drawing your attention to your ears. In waking life, are you getting the message from someone? Do you need to keep your ears open during waking hours?
See also: CRYSTALS, GEMSTONES AND ROCKS.
It may also give an indication of how others feel about you. [1]
• It also represents the image you portray to the world.
Dreams Positive:
Knowledge is also considered a jewel in Scripture.
• Proverbs 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
Negative: In a negative light however, a jewel in a pig’s nose is not a positive picture! • Proverbs 11:22 [As] a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, [so is] a fair woman who is without discretion.
• I have covered various pieces of jewelry and jewel stones under their own headings.
• Visions • Positive: I have often seen various jewels in the spirit. Once I saw a person working a field, and in it were various jewels of great value.
• The Lord told them, that as they just continue with the work that He had for them, that they would discover many things of great value along the way.
• This spoke of natural as well as spiritual blessings.
• I have also seen someone walking along a road and discovering different jewels at specific places along the way.
• The Lord said that the treasures that they are looking for would be find as they continue on the road that He had for them.
See also: Crown, Diamonds, Earrings, Gold, Necklace, Ring, Ruby. [2]
Meaning may sometimes be determined by where the jewelry is worn.
For instance, necklaces lie near the throat, the center of communication. So, if a necklace felt very tight in the dream, this may indicate swallowing your words, or having communication strangled (See also: Choking).
Overly large or small pieces: Exaggerated senses.
For example, big earrings might reveal a propensity for eavesdropping, while tiny ones indicate underdeveloped listening skills (See also: Ears).
The finer things in life; luxuries.
Wearing excessive jewelry in a dream indicates that the individual envisioned tries to impress others with wealth or possessions.
Jewelry that is not worn, but seen as a central image in a dream, should be reviewed for its component parts, like noting the significance of gems or metals used in its construction. Or, if a specific image appears as the jewelry’s focal point, that can also have meaning.
For example, seeing an Egyptian ankh could represent renewed health or improved courage, whereas a pin depicting the zodiac sign Pisces might reflect a personal focus on productivity.
In the 2nd century C.E., Artemidorus wrote that women dreaming of fine jewelry would soon marry, have children, or increase their wealth. [3]
A characteristic or gift you perceive the wearer to have.
Something of value to you, such as love, acceptance, sentimentality.
A commitment, treasure, or remembrance given from one person to another.
A treasured memory, touchstone, or commitment that’s important to the dreamer.
Wearing jewelry can represent embellishing yourself, your image, a story, or something else.
Someone else’s jewelry can represent something you know, perceive, or assume about that person.
Jewelry you’re wearing (or would like to wear) can represent: something valuable or meaningful to you in real life, an attempt to boost your sense of self-value.
Losing jewelry can represent a feeling or fear of: losing touch with a certain aspect of yourself or your life (depending on the type of jewelry), neglecting a commitment or responsibility (such as to someone else or to yourself), underestimating your unique value as a person.
See also: the specific type of jewelry.
See also: Decoration, Ring(Jewelry), Earrings, Bracelet, Necklace, Gem, Fashionable, Clothes [4]
A dream of stealing jewelry is a signal that extra caution is needed in regard to business affairs; to lose jewelry is an obstacle dream and the meaning depends on whether or not you recovered it.
To give or receive jewelry, buy, or sell it pertains to love or domestic affairs and is considered a fortunate omen, whereas to wear it is a warning against impulsive behavior or shady transactions.
The meaning of any jewelry dream must also be correlated to the details, such as the type of the pieces, i. e., ring, necklace, earring, bracelet, etc., as well as the color and kind of the jewels.
If you dream of your family heirlooms, then you are realizing inherited wisdom.
If you dream of being in the possession of a valuable piece of jewelry, then you feel connected to your natural inheritance and to the priceless wonder that you are. Jewelry can represent an aspect of yourself, a proud achievement, a precious memory, a friendship that is priceless to you, your talents, resources, wisdom, or the qualities in which you treasure, as in kindness, compassion, honesty, etc. Your dream is telling you to acknowledge where you sparkle, what is rare and invaluable about you.
See also: Necklace, Bracelet, Ear rings, Amethyst, Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, Emerald, Jade, Opal, Pearl, Turquoise, Silver or Gold. [6]
See also: Precious Stones.
Depth Psychology: Are you “decorating” yourself to gain attention or admiration? Giving jewelry as a gift to someone: is jewelry an indication of the “precious” feelings you have for someone? Receiving jewelry as a gift: does someone have “precious feelings” for you? [7]
Vanity or pleasure in one’s own attractiveness.
Folklore: In the case of women, ambition; in men, wanting to possess the jewel, the woman. Bad omen. [10]
If the jewelry is broken, disappointments ahead. Tarnished jewelry indicates business problems.
If you lose your jewelry, take especial care of your personal property.
If the dreamer receives a gift of jewelry, it augurs a happy wedded life. [11]
A particular stone may suggest you need that specific energy or color for health and well being.
See also: specific jewels. [12]
If the jewelry be cankered, trusted friends will fail you, and business cares will be on you. [14]
2. Sense of self, identity and self-esteem.
3. Sadness, disappointment (to see broken jewelry). [15]
admiring jewels: wil experience extravagance tempered by your rational mind.
agate, wearing: be careful when cal ed upon to arbitrate quarrels.
amber, giving a gift of: obstacles between you and loved ones.
amulet for protection from evil, buying an: uncover the obstructer and confront him.
receiving an: a price wil be paid eventual y through the high office of a friend.
selling, to another: relieve yourself of the conflict of interest.
wearing: eventual y your vulnerability wil be uncovered.
buying: are decorating yourself to gain attention.
cuff links: a formal matter of courtesy to respect your higher position.
garnet: the fertility of substantial labors for little return.
giving a gift of: indication you have precious feelings for recipient.
receiving: admirer feels more than you do; their estate wil threaten you.
gold ring: earnings wil be just but lack in satisfaction.
having: an abundance brings continuous threat of their theft.
honest, an: date needs to be set to aim for finishing your plans.
dishonest, an: wil receive an expedient offer to add prestige to your work.
inherited: pay attention to your soul, with your risk of rank and satisfied ambitions.
iron ring, buying: wil not receive the value of your worth.
jeweler, being a: wil cheat friends and speculate with enemies.
dishonest, an: wil receive an expedient offer to add prestige to your work.
honest, an: date needs to be set to aim for finishing your plan.
locket, breaking a: your partner wil turn fickle, irresolute, bringing instability home.
losing a: much travail wil daunt your path as you fal in love with a stranger.
receiving a family: early union with soul-mate and numerous offspring.
loss of: your ability to operate is curtailed by those who flatter and deceive you.
a gift: relationship with giver is over, to your great detriment.
platinum: your tension has tainted your efforts.
ring, losing a: wil apologize to love of your dreams for not being perfect.
receiving: keen disappointment in the actual value of money.
rhinestone: don’t ask for a reference unless you are sure it wil be a good one.
selling: wil answer for peccadil oes you have kept hidden.
stealing: are in danger of committing some disgraceful act.
trinkets, buying: don’t wear your heart upon your sleeve.
receiving: your loved one is vain and fickle.
turquoise, of: natural healing.
wearing: wil suffer because of envy and your foolish actions.
other’s: taken in by appearances and cheated by friends.
wristwatch: social activity among community minded persons. [18]