To see lighted lamps burning with a clear flame, indicates merited rise in fortune and domestic bliss.
If they give out a dull, misty radiance, you will have jealousy and envy, coupled with suspicion, to combat, in which you will be much pleased to find the right person to attack.
To drop a lighted lamp, your plans and hopes will abruptly turn into failure.
If it explodes, former friends will unite with enemies in damaging your interests. Broken lamps, indicate the death of relatives or friends.
To light a lamp, denotes that you will soon make a change in your affairs, which will lead to profit.
To carry a lamp, portends that you will be independent and self-sustaining, preferring your own convictions above others.
If the light fails, you will meet with unfortunate conclusions, and perhaps the death of friends or relatives.
If you are much affrighted, and throw a bewildering light from your window, enemies will ensnare you with professions of friendship and interest in your achievements.
To ignite your apparel from a lamp, you will sustain humiliation from sources from which you expected encouragement and sympathy, and your business will not be fraught with much good. [1]
To light a lamp predicts an unexpected reward for a past kindness; to put out a lamp suggests a holiday or a well-earned rest An unlit lamp indicates a disappointment; a dim or flickering lamp forecasts news of an illness; to hang a guide lamp outdoors or in a window augurs a stroke of good luck; to break a lamp portends difficulties through lack of trust; many bright or decorative lamps are a sign of coming festive occasions, and red lamps are exactly what you’d expect—a warning of danger due to uncontrolled passion or temper.
A lamp- post in your dream is an omen of family troubles. [2]
Vision: If a bright light is burning in the lamp: a happy event is waiting for you—a project is proceeding without a hitch. Turning on a lamp: a relationship with a loved one is getting closer and more intimate, because you have made the person very happy.
If it is a candle lamp that gives off soot: a misdeed has serious consequences.
If the candle goes out: an intimate relationship is breaking up. Breaking a lamp: your own carelessness will cause you harm.
Depth Psychology: The lamp is a sign that you would like to better understand (or “see through”) people or circumstances. Paying careful attention will make this possible.
1- In dreams a lamp or a light can represent life.
To be moving towards a lamp suggests a clarity of perception, which may be slightly old-fashioned.
The lamp in its most practical aspect in dreams signifies the intellect and clarity.
2- The lamp in dreams often signifies guidance and wisdom. It can also represent previously held beliefs which may need to be updated.
3- Spiritually the lamp can suggest the idea of a personal light in darkness.
The hermit in the Tarot demonstrates this in his need to be able to move forward despite the darkness around him.
The lamp can also signify the light of the Divine and immortality. [4]
If a lamp explodes in your dream then will your friends become your enemies through some thoughtless action on your part.
The act of lighting the lamp presages an unexpected bounty or reward for you.
If your lamp throws a dim light then you will have an illness or hear of a friend or relative with one.
A broken lamp signifies much bad luck and must be taken as a major part of the rest of the dream in order to find out the misfortune you must try to avert. [5]
In Tarot, the Hermit card is represented by a wise old man carrying a lamp. As in dreams, he warns that everyone should carry their own spiritual light. [6]
A lamp is a small amount of this light designed to illuminate a small area in order to focus on something specific. Since it is portable, it represents your ability to focus the light of consciousness on various areas that need to be explored or highlighted.
The state of a lamp in your dreams is revealing your current ability to see clearly in some area of your life. [7]
The hermit in the tarot demonstrates this in his protectiveness of the light and his need to be able to move forward despite the darkness around him.
The lamp can also signify the light of the divine and immortality. [9]
See also: Flashlight, Light. [10]
To be moving towards a lamp suggests a clarity of perception, which may be slightly old-fashioned.
The lamp in its most practical aspect in dreams signifies the intellect and perception. [11]
If it is an old-fashioned lantern, it can also represent previously held beliefs, which may need to be updated. [12]
The hero or the dream-self is emerging. Light is about to be shed on a problem, which will then be solved. Trust your own insight! [15]
A lamp is also symbolic of the word of God, Ps. 119:105 [16]
2. Spiritual essence.
3. Inspiration, intellect.
4. Setbacks in business. [18]
2. Word God
3. Jesus; Prov. 20:37; Rev. 1:2. [21]
If the lamp is dimmed in the dream, it means his death.
If one sees himself repairing a lamp in a dream, it means that he will recover from an illness.
A lamp with a weak battery, or low electrical current represents health problems for a pregnant woman.
A strong lamp that lights one’s entire house denotes righteousness in that house. Ifone turns off the light in his house in a dream, it denotes the suspicious character of the owner, his financial troubles, his death, the death of a father, a mother, a wife, a child or a sick person. Ifone sees a sick person rising to the sky and carrying a lamp in a dream, it means the return of his soul to its Lord. Ifone draws light from someone else’s lamp in a dream, it means that he will acquire knowledge. Extinguishing the light of an oil lamp in a dream means attempting to conceal the truth by opposing a truthful witness, yet he will fail to win his case. Carrying a lighted lamp in the daylight in a dream represents a religious and a righteous person. Walking with a lamp during the night in a dream means observing a night vigil and prayers.
If such a person is religious by nature, then it represents benefits. Otherwise, it means that he will see wonders. Carrying a lamp at night in a dream also means repentance from one’s sins. Carrying an unlit lamp, candle, or torch in a dream means business losses, or problems at the workplace.
If one sees a lamp filled with oil that does not burn in a dream, it means sorrow and distress.
breaking a: your indifference wil cause harm to your hopes.
bright: happy revelations of paths to success in a smal venture.
homes of others, in the: warning of spiritual knowledge needed to solve their woes.
lamplight going out: wish you had seen the light of coolness in love.
very dim: wil work hard and face difficulties carrying out your own ideas.
lighted: passion wil turn to frigidity with one quick flick.
lighting a: wil have to offer explanations for your independence at al costs.
many: your path in life wil be highlighted by bright mentors.
plain unlit: business wil come to a standstil , if you continue to fail to take advice.
post, leaning against the: are inebriated from trying to expand family circle.
broken, a: serious quarrel with neighbor over your independent connections.
turning on a: a casual friendship is intensifying. [27]
If the oil burns up in one’s dream, it means the death of any of the above. Ifa spark falls on a piece of cotton fabric and burns it in the dream, it means that he or she will face a mishap.
If the lamp is put off in the dream, it means that a sick person in that family will soon die from his illness, or that the family will receive news of the death of a relative. [28]