If you dreamed of a square—be it a square room, a city square, a television screen, a book or a paving stone—the reference may be to your own stable, dependable personality. On the other hand, are you trying to find a solution to a problem that vexes you? Squares can also represent feelings of restriction or the boring, tedious, day-to-day grind of life, so in dreams they could be reflecting stagnation, inhibition, and your need for freedom and excitement.
If you dreamed of a cube, this is a symbol of wisdom, truth and perfection as it gives depth and stability to a square. The cube may also stand for a house, and is therefore a symbol of the self.
If you or another person are within a cube in your dream, this represents you.
If the cube is in the form of a die, it suggests life’s uncertainties. [1]
Metaphorically, the inability to fit in due to social awkwardness (e.g., being “square”).
Trying to adapt to an impossible situation, like putting a square peg in a round bole.
Boundaries. Like the outlines in a coloring book, the lines of a square may contain something, or keep something out. Look to the rest of the dream for more information to see if this fits.
For example, if a house sits amid a high square fence, this probably shows that you’re very private and keep a strong wall between vourself and others.
If a square frame, highlighting a perspective. [2]
The idea of being grounded was particularly emphasized by Plato, who considered the square the original symbol of Earth, since the angles of the square are an expression of permanence, in the sense of its structural shape. [3]
Depth Psychology: The square is a symbol of a certain emotional strength and stability.
See also: the chapter“Numbers in Dreams—Four.” [4]
See also: m, ala above in this entry. [5]
2. Global;
3. Not changing;
4. It can also represent four periods of time and based on what else is going on in your life, Ezek. 1:20; Isa. 11:12; Rev. 7:1. Lev. 16:14-15; 2 Tim. 3:5; Rev. 21:16; Ex. 27:1; 39:8-9; Matt. 15:9. [7]
A square denotes rigidity. [8]
Logical.
Symmetry.
Consider also what the shape means to you personally and its context in the dream.