Security (physical, emotional, or mental), or a desire for more.
A need to focus on personal boundaries (such as strengthening them or allowing yourself to become more open with others).
Something that is locked can represent experiencing an obstacle in some area of your life, or feeling the need to look for an alternative way forward.
Locking something can represent an issue of trust or a concern about someone taking advantage of you.
See also: Door or Entrance, Key, Security, Privacy, Closed, Knob, Opening, Unlocking, Keyhole, Closing [1]
If you come across a lock in your dream, there is something that is being kept from you or is not yet available for you to access. For a well-rounded interpretation, consider what type of lock it is and what it is keeping you from opening.
A lock in a dream could indicate a thwarted desire to get something you want.
A lock that is broken may leave you feeling unsafe if you are on the other side of what the lock is supposed to be protecting. [2]
If the lock works at your command, or efforts, you will discover that some person is working you injury.
If you are in love, you will find means to aid you in overcoming a rival; you will also make a prosperous journey.
If the lock resists your efforts, you will be derided and scorned in love and perilous voyages will bring to you no benefit.
To put a lock upon your fiance’e’s neck and arm, foretells that you are distrustful of her fidelity, but future episodes will disabuse your mind of doubt. [3]
If the lock is on a trunk or a door, the dreamer wishes to look beyond the lock so it is necessary to learn what the trunk door represents.
If the hunk holds papers, books, or treasures, then anything relative to such a dream would supply the link needed to make the story prophecy.
If the door represents a person, is it a man or a woman? Then, is it a stranger or someone close and familiar to the dreamer? The lock is also a symbol of the sexual organism pertaining to woman. [4]
Locks in general mean that lovers will come to a happy culmination of their affair after many difficulties.
If one tries unsuccessfully to unlock a door or closet, it is a presage of an unhappy termination of an engagement. [6]
If you are able to open the lock and move on, the response will be positive, but if not it will be negative.
If you force the lock it means that you will try to achieve your goals using any strategy, whether lawful or not. (See also: DOOR, THRESHOLD) [7]
A combination lock may point to secret knowledge that unlocks a special door to power and understanding. [8]
If your dream featured a padlock, it signifies a probable need for legal advice or legal services to sort out some family or personal matters.
A lock could also represent the need for a solution.
2. Fear of emotional risks.
3. Assured happiness (opened lock). [13]
If one who is suffering from depression sees himself unlocking a padlock in a dream, it means that his sorrows or sadness will be dispelled.
A lock in a dream also represents a proof, a strong point or a tool. Unlocking a padlock in a dream also means divorce. Locking a door in a dream means seeking a cosigner for a loan or a guarantor. Ifone who is seeking to get married sees a lock in his dream, it means that he will meet with a trustworthy and a caring woman.
A padlock for a traveller in a dream means safety.
A metal lock in a dream means dignity, safety, piety, deciphering a language, symbols, or acquiring knowledge. Wooden locks in a dream represent a husband, children, knowledge, wisdom, ease in one’s life, or guarding one’s promise. Locks in a dream also mean heedlessness.
A wooden lock means hypocrisy, or hesitation in one’s words and actions, or it could mean accepting a bribe.
finding the key for a: your negative attitudes offend others, leaving you alone with them.
unable to find: inability to obtain your wishes; heaven’s doors have no locks.
having keys for a: avoid speculations until you unlock your abilities.
latch, a: wil respond to another’s SOS with refusal to be duped.
broken, a: a disruption of your comfort zone.
locked out, being: fear of losing your position in life.
of opening a: the expression of your talents is your only security.
man: are flirting with several women and suspicious of mate.
woman: wil be unfaithful to the man who loves her.
opened, an: a suitable time to pursue your courtship.
possessing many: your very stingy relatives need to be confronted and dealt with.
to open a: beware of trouble opening inhibitions.
pick a, to: wil be reviled and scorned in the love arena and run afoul of the law. [22]