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Limit Or Boundary Dream Meaning

A limit, boundary, or edge can represent: A challenge or obstacle in your life.

A limitation put on you by others, society, circumstance, environment, or something else outside yourself.

A perceived personal limitation, or perhaps some you’re limiting yourself.

A beginning or ending.

An extreme, or something “far out” (such as “the edge of the world,” “the edge of reason,” or “the limit of your patience”).

“The best,” “the most,” or another superlative concept.

For more clues, consider the context of and your feelings about the limit or boundary.

See also: Edge, Coming to an, Ledge or Cliff, Divider, Restrained, Top, Bottom, Infinite, Frame [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary by Nancy Wagaman [Back to dream]

What does Limit or Boundary mean in a dream?


A limit, boundary, or edge can represent: A challenge or obstacle in your life.A limitation put on you by others, society, circumstance, environment, or something else outside yourself.A perceived personal...

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Risk, danger, or fear.A boundary, edge, or limitation (real or perceived).The end of something (such as a situation or process).See Limit or Boundary, Edge, Coming to an, High, Hill, Valley

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Fun, relaxation, play, warmth, vacation, or escape.A boundary or edge in space or time (the edge of a state or country, the end of a phase or project), since the...

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Getting to the root or origin of something, such as a problem or personal issue.Discovering the truth about something.Reaching the end of a process.A limit or an extreme somewhere in...

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A transition, such as within a process or between two phases.Being forced to change, adapt, or take action of some kind in your life.Feeling as if your options are very...

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A wall, fence, or other divider or barrier could represent: An obstacle or challenge.Something that keeps people apart, such as a disagreement or distance.Protection, separation, or an attempt to distance...

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1. Limit;2. Boundary;3. Kingdom of Heaven (where souls are won and lost);4. Recreation;5. Earth;6. No foundation in the Word (standing on sand);7. Safety;8. Battleground. Matt. 13:2; Matt. 7:26-27

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A frame (such as surrounding a picture) can represent: Highlighting or drawing attention to something.Defining, outlining, or limiting something.Finishing, embellishing, or adding detail to something.See Landscape, Artwork, Photo, Limit or...

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Infinity (or something that seems infinite) can represent: The idea of no limits or no end.Freedom somewhere in your life.An extreme idea, feeling, or place (such as “the best,” “the...

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Being at the top or climbing to the top of something can represent (perceived or desired): Success, or your definition of “success.” Achievement or work.Fulfillment or satisfaction.Recognition.Superiority, or feeling superior...

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Distance between things or people can represent: Physical, emotional, or mental distance or remoteness.Separation.Isolation or privacy.The differences between people (opinions, beliefs, cultures, etc.) See also: Different, Divider, Between, Limit or...

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Self, or a person (as in “counting noses”).The boundary between self and the world (since the nose is a boundary between air outside the body and inside the body).Nosy, meddlesome,...

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A public or social aspect of your life.Your personal boundary, or the boundary between your personal life (represented by the house) and your public life (represented by the outside world).See...

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You may want to keep some of your thoughts hidden.A hat covers the head, the symbolic representation of your thoughts. Wordplay using “cap” as synonymous for something that limits or...

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Entering an area or structure (such as walking through a door) can represent: A transition from one space or time to another.Change.A new beginning, phase, project, or mode.Making an agreement.Entering...

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1. Bondage or stronghold;2. Boundary 2 Tim. 2:25-26; Rom. 7:2;

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Dreams of boundaries symbolize your attitudes and feelings about saying “No”. You are learning to set healthy limits, allowing yourself to have some alone time, learning to speak up for...

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Emotions, Intuition, Spirituality; a Boundary, Choice. 

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1. High ideals.2. One “thinks big”; the “sky’s the limit.”

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A separating point, i.E. One draws an arbitrary boundary excluding intolerable issues

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If it is the dreamer dying, it never has any connection to a real impending physical death. Rather, it is a reference to the need to change one’s path in...

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The only way is up; lack of limitations. The sky’s the limit. Move toward highest goal. Freedom, expansion.

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Dreams of something being absorbed represent compassion, empathy and possibly co-dependence. You are listening, learning and soaking up the experience you are currently in.See Sponge and Boundary.

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1. Barrier or obstacle.2. Emotional boundary (often positive if the hedge is cared for and trimmed).

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Dreams of a veto reflect your instinct and negative feelings about a situation. Your dream is reminding you that you always that the right to say no.See Boundary.

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This is a good dream for those who enjoy wearing fine clothes, for it predicts sufficient income to indulge this taste to the limit.

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Dreams of a bodyguard symbolize a need for safety, protection, and defense against an actual or perceived threat. This dream may be suggesting that you need to take some preventive...

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A river represents spirituality and/or a boundary.

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1. An ending to a phase of life or relationship, sometimes abrupt.2. Injustice, anger; use caution to limit outbursts of tem­per.3. An emotionally charged, possibly dangerous situation.

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Dreams of an astronaut symbolize that you are breaking through barriers, shooting for the stars, and realizing that even the sky is not the limit.

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1. Ego.2. Division, duality.3. Limitless possibilities (infinity).4. Moving beyond means (“overstepping the line”).5. Boundary (“crossing the line”).

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The old idea of being ferried across the river styx, the boundary between life and death, gives an image of making major change, when we may...

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Limit or protection. Eventually you outgrow protective coverings; understanding relationship between need for protection and need for expansion is important for continued well-being.

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Unnecessary burden you place upon self; self-judgment. Being stretched beyond your limit in a taxing situation. Taxing your energy and not rebuilding through meditation, nurturing.

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Dreams of a state signify your awareness of your limits and boundaries, or perhaps you are gaining objectivity over your belief system, your mental, emotional and spiritual states. Consider which...

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The horizon was once considered to be the edge of the world and in dreams can still have that connotation, though now it is the boundary of the visible physical...

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Dreams of a scarecrow symbolize animosity at people that have trespassed over your emotional boundaries, or anger at yourself for having allowed this. Your dream is giving you the message...

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Dreams of a people pleaser reveal your disease to please. Your dream may be giving you the message to begin to cultivate a feeling of deservability for your own wishes...

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Its interpretation is very diverse: for example, if its boundary is visible in the dream it symbolizes a woman; if not it symbolizes worldly affairs; if it abounds in some...

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Strength; many links or parts working together. Also, a link by itself means isolation, weakness; or the key, as in the missing link. Restriction or limit, as you become chained...

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To be on probation reminds you that you have taken long enough to learn a particular lesson or to solve a problem.A probationary period has a limit.If you do not...

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Restrictions placed on yourself that limit you; more important to go slowly and get it right. Unwillingness to make the right choices or to be attuned to the best cosmic...

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Dreams of a nymphomaniac represent not only your animal nature and sexual expression but also issues with not having boundaries. Having intercourse with a nymphomaniac represents your desire to be...

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To visualize that you are performing a magic trick is a sign that you have reached the limit of rational possibilities and you don’t know how to face the difficult...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We can perhaps give ourselves a gift or a reward for good work. There is something that has to be accomplished within a certain time limit....

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A puzzle, riddle, or something else you’d like to “unlock.” Imagining or wanting to access something forbidden or not allowed.A boundary, or an obstacle that denies access.Peeking through a keyhole...

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Material aspects: To dream of a hearse indicates that we recognize that a time limit has been imposed, either on ourselves or on a project we are connected with.It is...

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Martyrdom; you do not have to sacrifice your energy, ideals, and goals for self and others. All you need to sacrifice is the negative thinking and destructive tendencies (including martyrdom)...

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lucky numbers: 17-26-31-35-48-55being inside an area under: you have false friends. castle surrendering under: are confident your financial venture wil yield benefits. continuous state of: limit your expenses to withstand...

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lucky numbers: 02-13-15-16-27-33children having an: three make an education: the teacher, the child and the parent. not having an: wil suffer through unwil ingness to accept that another could teach...

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A dream of you saying no or having someone saying no to you is about boundaries.The dream can be suggesting that you set boundaries or that you need to open...

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Dreams of hot sauce represent passion, romance, a desire to add spice to your life, and push yourself to the limit to see how much heat you can stand. Because...

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Dreams of a gate represent an opportunity for an opening in your life. Or a gate could represent a barrier that stands between one realm and another and/or what separates...

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lucky numbers: 02-18-20-25-32-35being on the floor of own home: wil suffer humiliation at the debasing of your actions. coming off the wall of own house: reached the limit of family...

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Dreams that reflect the need to win symbolize anxiety, and sometimes fear, because you assume that you do not have what it takes. If, in the dream, you get hurt...

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Dreams of sweat signify either that you have too many blankets on while you sleep, or that you are working out tough issues in your dreams, pushing yourself to the...

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A dream of elastic material or elasticity signifies that you will have to stretch yourself to the outside limit of your capabilities but that you will find the exercise both...

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Resources—financial, mental and spiritual; one’s in­ternal sense of security, emotional resources such as confi­dence and sexual certainty; social power, River, field or canal bank: minor difficulty or obstruction; a boundary,...

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lucky numbers: 01-09-28-30-32-45at work: wil have luck and prosperity with no emotional involvement. blood, a: a faithful friend wil search for your venture and prosperity, but there is a limit....

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Prisons can often stand for a set of beliefs that limit the dreamer’s personal development or progress. The dream may help us escape this limitations by forcing us to confront...

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Dreams of a cactus symbolize your egoic exterior that keeps people and opportunities at bay. Your subconscious mind is giving you the message that when your spiky edges are revealed,...

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Material aspects: In the mundane world a sense of not belonging to a peer group can lead to a feeling of isolation, of being an outcast. In waking life we...

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Dreams of feeling full symbolize that you have completed, finished, and arrived at your limit. You have come full circle and have fulfilled your mission and cycle.If you are feeling...

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A private or personal matter.Intimacy, such as a real-life conversation about a personal matter.Personal boundary issues.Keeping private matters private.Self-identity or sexual identity.See Female, Male, Body Part, Privacy, Sex

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Dreaming that you are victims of abduction signifies that you should quickly mobilize yourself if you do not want to be trapped in distressing situations that will limit your liberty...

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Dreams of hypnosis signify that you are feeling suggestible to someone else’s influence and perhaps you are afraid of losing control.If you dream of being in hypnosis and you are...

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Vision: Dreaming about physical pain usually indicates “emotional” pain in real life. Try to get to the bottom of it. Sometimes the dream indicates that you have inflicted pain on...

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Vision: Spending time on shore: a mood change, sometimes even a life change, is imminent Sitting on the bank of a Brook: pleasant hours will pass all too quickly.Depth Psychology:...

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To dream that you lead something shows that you are taking control of certain facets of your life. For example, if you walk a dog in the dream, it may...

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lucky numbers: 10-19-26-40-41-48catching an: don’t limit your wisdom; let it fly free. hooting, an: warning of the approach of a deceitful person. killing an: shared sacrifices and deprivations. of an:...

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lucky numbers: 02-08-12-20-21-23clothes to another place: reassuring prognosis for a relative’s health. yourself: your aspirations exceed your abilities; push to your limit no more. obstacle, an: your personality is too...

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In the case that a spool of thread appears in a dream, this may indicate that your ideas are a bit tangled. You should let them flow without trying to...

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To dream of an ice cube melting suggests a time limit on a current situation that you may be feeling pressure to complete.A lone ice cube may suggest that you...

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The ultimate act in the principle of democracy in action, voting connects to the power of the collective consciousness in action.If you are voting in a dream, you are exploring...

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In almost all the mythological stories, petrification is the gods’ punishment for a gaze that has crossed the permissible limit. In this case, the dream is indicative of a guilty...

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lucky numbers: 04-44-46-49-54-59buying: advancement within own position wil limit you to that position. drinking, juice: approaching money wil revive your plans. large heap of: smal property soon to be left...

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lucky numbers: 03-05-09-30-43-44painting a room: limit your responsibility, accept your ascent from darkness. room, in a: aspire to an al -inclusive perfection of mystical il umination. seeing, light: erase al...

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Watching, observing, or witnessing something.The idea of being watched, or an issue regarding privacy.Attention or focus (or a fear of it or desire for it).A desire to preserve or remember...

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Crossing a street, river, or other boundary can represent: Passing from one phase to another in your life.A new beginning or fresh start.Crossing a large area (such as a desert)...

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lucky numbers: 03-26-33-41-42-46buying: your careless words wil cause anxiety, your practical foresight success. having old: look out for gossiping behind your back and take the assistance offered. new: temptations to...

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lucky numbers: 05-09-13-14-15-22adopted: serious disaster ahead if you do not limit your generosity. disobedient, a: uncertainty over the security of her future. mother dreaming of her only: pregnancy wil bring...

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lucky numbers: 14-28-33-35-46-49along with grief: wil enjoy pleasures, financial position and a healthy marriage. friends: limit your expenditures; wil receive an unexpected gift. others: wil panic unnecessarily over bad news...

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The means by which you make progress, improve, or move upward in life (represented by walking up the stairs), or the means by which you lose progress or make things...

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It is a sign of abundance and vitality. A continuous flow of elements that are renewed. It indicates events that develop in healthy and enjoyable manner. Everyday life is cheerful...

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Formerly all departures were interpreted as death. Nowadays the symbolism is much more of a new beginning. We are leaving our old life in order to undertake something new. When...

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Escaping from a jail: Freedom, liberation, and self-expression. Also moving into a new stage in your life.Punishing yourself or someone else for something you perceive as going against personal, societal,...

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