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Neck / Shoulder Dream Meaning

To see your own or another person’s neck in your dream signifies your need to control your feelings and keep them in check. Consider the familiar phrase, ‘don’t stick your neck out’, which serves as a warning against a situation.

If your neck is injured, this can indicate a separation between heart and mind.

If your neck is thick, perhaps you have been quick-tempered recently. Consider also the following idioms: breaking one’s neck, up to one’s neck, stick one’s neck out, dead from the neck up / down. Shoulders in a dream suggest strength, responsibility and burdens. Do you feel that you have much responsibility to bear in waking life? On the other hand, shoulders can also represent support and your ability to soothe others, as in the phrase ‘a shoulder to cry on’. To see your throat in your dream symbolizes the ability to express yourself and communicate your thoughts and ideas.

If your throat is sore, perhaps you are having problems expressing yourself. Alternatively, you may need to swallow your pride.

If a graceful, long neck appears in your dream, this suggests good fortune in waking life. [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Element Encyclopedia by Theresa Cheung [Back to dream]

What does NECK / SHOULDER mean in a dream?


To see your own or another person’s neck in your dream signifies your need to control your feelings and keep them in check. Consider the familiar phrase, ‘don’t stick your...

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Vision: Someone putting his/her head on your shoulder: an appeal for sympathy and help.If you are putting your head on someone’s shoulder: you need comfort or help from a friend.Depth...

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Ability to bear or to cany what life brings. Idioms: have broad shoulders, put one’s shoulder to the wheel; a shoulder to cry on; rubs shoulder with; chip on the...

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1. Poisoned thoughts (snake or spider bite on neck);2. Spiritual life drained (blood sucked from neck).Lev. 17:11.

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One who has a chip on their shoulder; see “animals”

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(Complications, Longevity, Marriage, Richness, Sin) In a dream, a chain represents an old or a rich woman whose earnings are lawful.A chain in one’s hand or around one’s neck in...

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(Fettered, Marriage, Shackled, Tied-up) Ifone sees his hand tied to his neck in a dream, it means that he does not pay God’s rights upon what he earns.If one’s hand...

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As a distillation of everything we know, salt represents wisdom. As a symbol of permanence and incorruptibility, spilt salt is thrown over the shoulder, supposedly in the face of the...

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Controls and guides; see “neck”

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Associated with one’s appetite for food and words, research any peculiarity; see “neck”

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Held back emotions, especially fear, feeling neglected or left out in the cold’; sometimes connected with feelings about death. Idioms: cold shoulder, cold storage; cold feet.

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Dreams of the Arctic symbolize loneliness, frozen emotions and/or that you’ve been given the cold shoulder. Your dream is giving you the message to ignite your passion to create some...

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Your ability to support yourself (physically, emotionally, or mentally).The idea of standing up for yourself, what’s right, or something you believe in.Inner strength.Perseverance.Maintaining integrity.See Bone, Neck, Body Part

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A pillory or chain around the neck means a person will soon be given a trust to look after.

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