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Lock / Padlock Dream Meaning

This is the image of inner, psychic tension between openness and retreat (isolation), between risk and security. [1]

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  1. Little Giant Encyclopedia by Klaus Vollmar [Back to dream]

What does LOCK / PADLOCK mean in a dream?


A padlock in a dream represents an employee who is treated roughly and unfavorably.A padlock made from wood in a dream represents deceit and hypocrisy. Lockingone’s door securely in a...

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(Padlock) In a dream, a lock represents a trustworthy person or a virgin girl. Opening a padlock in a dream means escaping fromjail, or release from prison.If one who is...

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This is the image of inner, psychic tension between openness and retreat (isolation), between risk and security.

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The meaning of a locked door or locked window depends on which side you were on in the dream.If you were locked in, you may expect a change of location...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: It is very easy to lock away the emotions, supposedly to keep them safe.A lock appearing in a dream may alert us to the fact that...

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A key opens a lock. In the world of symbolism, a lock can represent any number of problems, challenges, obstacles, or desires yet to be attained. Therefore, the key is...

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Keys are clear symbols of freedom and opportunity in dreamland. They are also symbols of home ownership and trust, as you only give the keys to your home to people...

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Dreams of lock jaw represent anger or stress clamping your jaw shut, or that you are not trusting your true expression. Your subconscious mind is giving you permission to ask...

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Dreams of a zip lock bag signify your desire to keep a secret sealed, or to preserve your true feelings. You might feel that you need to zip your lips...

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(Shut) If a single man sees himself shutting a door in a dream, it means that he will marry a righteous woman.If a married man sees himself shutting a door...

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Dreams of a jaw represent communication.If you dream of lock jaw, then this denotes anger, frustration, stress, and resentment, that you’ve put a lock on joy. This dream could be...

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Vision: Looking at a closed box: others are keeping secrets. Does the box have a lock and is there a key in the lock? If so: you are bent on...

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lucky numbers: 12-16-29-34-39-41finding several: have the power to unlock the peace in your home. giving, to someone: in your carelessness you missed your turn. having a: the solution to the...

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(lock box) symbolic of having something secured or out of danger

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1. Indispensable; wisdom; • Lock Washer- Unmovable; unyielding. Proverbs 4:7).

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Transcendence cleans environment of annoyances (bugs), magical native. Lock-Security, inhibitor to enter. 

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One is never to go back into whatever is behind that lock, for it is dead to them

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If a gale seems to be blowing in a dream, it is an indication that the portent of the rest of the dream will be increased in its good lock...

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Protectiveness; desire to hurt; the animal in the hu­man. as in the form of Pan; sexuality or the penis.See second example in eating. Idioms : pull in one’s horns; lock...

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Packing a trunk in a dream is a forerunner of a trip that is likely to have a good effect on your income. To close and lock a trunk augurs...

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A cumbersome wooden collar worn about the neck and closed with a lock and key, in earlier times the yoke was associated with farm animals and with punishment and slavery.The...

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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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Generally, the emotions or physical tensions we use to keep others from getting at us\ or to prevent our own urges or fears from being experienced; desire to keep something...

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(Grumble, Rumble) Murmuring or grumbling in a dream denotes the impeachment of the governor, recovering from an illness, ajourney for someone who loves to travel, losses for arguing people, or...

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An issue of (physical, emotional, or mental) personal boundaries.Feeling that you need more personal space somehow in your life, or perhaps more time to yourself.Consider also the context and your...

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A symbol for regulating the level of Water, meaning the emotions. Here the level of the water is adjusted to the needs of the traffic, and in that sense it...

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Closeness (as in a tight-knit family).Security or unavailability (as in being “locked up tight”).Neatness or tidiness.Something that is too tight can represent feeling restricted or blocked somehow in your life.Someone...

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An alternative cage dream, in which parts of your personality- are displayed to others. What faces are you showing the world? For example, are you growling at even-one like a...

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Dreaming about being in jail usually reflects a sense of restriction one feels in one’s outer life, the limiting of one’s creativity. It could also indicate a sense of guilt...

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Spiritually we are holding ourselves back. We may also be aware of being trapped by the restrictions of the physical body. As we gain in spiritual knowledge, the wider perspective...

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To dream about a canal relates to your future security.If the canal was full of water, the omen is good, especially or the water was sparkling clean.If the canal was...

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Closing something (such as a door or a suitcase) can represent: The end of a process, phase, opportunity, etc.A decision or wish to end something.The end of a discussion or...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Often we create a ‘prison’ for ourselves through a sense of duty or guilt and this can often be shown in dreams.The types of locks and...

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Something that’s closed or sealed (such as a door or a box) can represent: An obstacle or challenge to moving forward somehow in your life.Perceived inaccessibility or unavailability.A feeling that...

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Access or entrance.A mystery or a secret code.Protection or security.A weakness or point of vulnerability.A test for whether a person is allowed into a group, restricted area, area of knowledge,...

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Vision: Dreaming about a cage: be prepared for an unpleasant situation. Being in a cage: you feel imprisoned (by your surroundings. job, or marriage) and would like to “break out.”*...

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To dream of seeing or passing through a gate, foretells that alarming tidings will reach you soon of the absent. Business affairs will not be encouraging.To see a closed gate,...

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Knocking on a door or ringing a doorbell can represent (real or imagined): Attempting to gain admission or surpass a barrier (such as to attain a new experience, certain knowledge,...

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An issue of safety (physical, emotional, mental, financial, etc.).Protection against a real or perceived threat or undesired situation (such as invasion of your personal boundaries, abandonment, etc.).A desire to feel...

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A knob that functions as a handle (such as on a cabinet) can represent: Access or accessibility (physical, emotional, etc.).The idea of handling or “getting a handle on” something in...

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Taking action, or an intention to act.Searching.Beginning a process.Feeling open to opportunity or progress.Consider the doorknob’s context and your feelings about whatever was on the other side of the door.Grabbing...

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(Brand, Lock, Stamp) Ifone sees a person in authority placing the seal ofhis ring on a document in a dream, it means that he will receive an important appointment.To see...

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It is related that Ameerul_Mu’mineen, Mansoor, dreamt that he had lost all his teeth. In the morning he called for an interpreter.The interpreter came and after listening to the dram,...

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A locker (such as at school or the gym) can represent: Security, especially of tangible or intangible things that are important to you or your success.Privacy or ownership.Having authority over...

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lucky numbers: 11-18-22-26-42-45being in a: avoid the hostility of rivals, but not the demands of life. with others: wil forgive someone in disgrace, as you have forgiven yourself. blockade, a:...

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Doors often refer to the openings of the body and, therefore, by default, one’s sexuality.The front door and back door signifies the vagina and the anus respectively. Breaking down such...

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To dream of entering a door, denotes slander, and enemies from whom you are trying in vain to escape. This is the same of any door, except the door of...

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