Vision: Looking at oil: everything is going smoothly (is “well oiled”). Burning oil: an unexpected windfall. Drinking oil: you are enjoying the best of health. Spilling oil: dealing with a string of unpleasant experiences. Oiling something: a reminder that courtesy will always get you further in life. Buying oil: you can expect to make a profit.
Depth Psychology: Oil can be a symbol of many things, among them being anointed with oil as a sign of maturity. Sometimes oil suggests avoiding friction and arguments—”pour oil on troubled waters!” Pouring oil onto the fire would mean emotions are “ignited.” Pouring oil: are you hoping to foil your enemies’ attack by having them “slip and fall”? Only you know the truth! [1]
Oiling machinery is a sign of recognition in your field of endeavor or in community affairs.
Buying oil predicts a happy improvement in love (or domestic) affairs but selling it suggests an inclination to cooperate in a questionable proposition—resist it! Cooking (or cooking with) oil suggests that a person of whom you are doubtful is in fact trustworthy; to drink oil is a sign of improving health for yourself or someone close to you.
Spilling oil indicates that you will soon have to “pour oil on troubled waters.
Anointing yourself with cosmetic oil or the use of medicated oil predicts that you will solve your current problems without outside assistance. [2]
If, on the other hand, you are anointed with this substance it means that you have received exceptional knowledge that enables you to succeed in the particular circumstances in the dream. Oils are also used in perfumes and massages in order to care for and improve our skin, thus, it may refer to sensuality.
In traditional wisdom, if a man dreams that he is an oil trader he will become very rich. However, he will never be lucky in love. [3]
The image of oil today also refers to environmental pollution. In addition to something dirty and destructive at work here, oil also has a capacity for healing: the ritual of oil offered to the dying, for example, a cleansing and strengthening function. We also think of oil change in a car, where clean oil is said to make for a more efficient engine.
The dream image, therefore, stands between pollution and cleansing.This is particularly appropriate, since “oil and water do not mix.
Do we need to pour oil on Water in order to smooth out the waves of emotions? [4]
2. Prosperity;
3. Clear Oil peaks of the Holy Spirit
4. Joy; James 5:14; Ps. 23:5; Is. 61:1; 55:21.
• Oil (Dirty)
- Unclean spirit; hate.
• Oil (Olive)
3. Anointing;
4. The Holy Spirit.
• Oil Rig
1. Church in the Spirit;
2. Anointed ministry.
• Oil slippery
1. Deception
2. Slippery person.
• Oil Spill
1. Outbreak of the Spirit;
2. Disaster
1 Thess. 5:19; Matt. 27:51, 54; 1 Sam. 16:13; Matt. 12:24, 28 [6]
2- Psychologically; we may recognise that a situation can only be dealt with by removing the stress, e.g. ‘Pour oil on troubled water.’
3- Consecration and dedication. [7]
For a man to dream that he deals in oil, denotes unsuccessful love making, as he will expect unusual concessions.
For a woman to dream that she is anointed with oil, shows that she will be open to indiscreet advances. [9]
If you drizzled oil over your dream food, are you trying to smooth things over in waking life or are you pouring oil over troubled waters, perhaps because you are trying to keep the peace in some way? [10]
A woman who dreams that oil is poured upon her head, either as a matter of anointing or in connection with a shampoo of any kind, must beware of advances from a man who has not honorable intentions. [13]
2. Emotional upset or crisis (oil spill).
3. Problems increasing uncontrollably (oil spill).
4. Need for things to run smoothly (oil as lubrication).
5. Wealth. [15]
To see an oil field signifies that you have money coming.
To use an oilcan, buy oil, or pour oil, means you will be well rewarded for your efforts.
To spill oil is to lose money [17]
artists and painters using: large earnings through a more sophisticated, foxy self.
buying: are being deceived by slippery characters.
contractors using: quarrels with partners that may involve violence.
crude, extracting: a depth of resource is within you.
digging for an, well: profit from you presumptuous ambition.
frying food in: big advantages to your health.
having dealings in: fortune through pouring oil on trouble caused by enemies.
kerosene, can of: an unpleasant person wil become useful.
lighting a, lamp: do not repeat a foolish act that wil cause irreparable losses.
spilling a: a fel ow exploiter wil leave when you change your conscience.
lubricating with: wil be boastful of your abundant harvest.
oilcloth, buying: an unjustified apprehension.
covering furniture with: future delays wil block your enjoying what you’ve earned.
using an, tablecloth: treachery wil cause suffering.
refining: your suspicions are total y without merit.
rich, field: wil receive a commendation for a messy, slippery deal.
selling: acknowledgment that your action, against stubborn resistance, is required.
spilling: something is slipping away from you.
suntan: are incompatible with the life of your present friends.
using linseed: exploiting friction wil make money.
vegetable: your exhibitionism wil bring you to your boss’s notice.
wearing oilskins: delaying expenditures for a ful week. [28]
If good oil turns putrid or stale in a dream, it means revoking one’s covenant, while if a putrid or a stale oil turns good in a dream, it means growing awareness, certitude and adopting a good standard in dealing with other.
(See also: Extracting oils from seeds, Olives) [29]