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Thread Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 25 unique sources about Thread

1- Thread in dreams represents a line of thought or enquiry. In terms of our ordinary everyday lives we perhaps need to follow that line to its end. Threading a needle has an obvious sexual reference. It can also, because of the perceived difficulty in threading a needle, suggest incompetence in ways other than sexual.

2- To be aware of thread is to be aware of the way our lives arc going.

A tangled thread suggests a difficulty which needs unravel- ling.

A spool of thread suggests an ordered existence.

The colour of the thread is important (See also: Colour).

A basket full of spools suggests the various aspects of a woman’s personality. This is because of its association with the Archetypal feminine.

3- The various threads of our spirituality are being interwoven the results of which will go some way to achieving the dreamer’s spiritual wholeness. [1]

Vision: Winding a thread into a ball: you’ll need a lot of patience before you reach your goal. Unraveling a thread: with patience you will uncover a secret.

A black thread: unpleasantness and frustration.

A white thread: closer contact with some people.

A red thread: you are constandy repeating something—find out what it is. Seeing a long thread: something is being dragged out endlessly.

Depth Psychology: The thread is a sign of nervous tension or emotional weakness, and also of shyness and insecurity. Have you lost the thread in a certain matter? Or is it a momentary lack of concentration? Do you have a bad habit that is a thread running through your life? See also the chapter “Color in Dreams.” [2]

Psychological / emotional perspective: To be aware of thread is to be aware of the way our lives are going.

A tangled thread suggests a difficulty that needs unravelling.

A spool of thread suggests an ordered existence; the colour of the thread is also important.

The image of tapestry or weaving suggests a degree of competence and creativity.

The relevance of the ‘picture’ we produce may well represent emotional concerns. [3]

If you dream that a thread in a garment is coming lose, you are in the process of unraveling a particular issue, structure, or role that you wear.

If you dream that you are sewing, then you are creating something new or repairing a communication that has gone awry. This dream could also be showing you that your relationship is hanging by a thread, and that it is either time to cut it loose or sew it back together.

See also: Sew. [4]

Material aspects: Thread in dreams represents a line of thought or enquiry and, in today’s way of communicating, a blog. In terms of our ordinary everyday lives we perhaps need to remain focused on our goals. Threading a needle has an obvious sexual reference. It can also, because of the perceived difficulty in threading a needle, suggest incompetence in ways other than sexual, such as hitting work targets. [5]
Thread is a vivid image in dreams and in spiritual work. We have the thread of life spun for us by the fates who determine the life and death of all mortal beings; klotho spins the thread; her sister lachesis determines the length of it and atropos cuts the thread when the proper time has come for death.

The various threads of our spirituality are being interwoven into the tapestry of life. [6]

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a basket full of spools suggests the various aspects of her personality. This is because of its association with the archetypal feminine.

For a man, such an image may represent his attitude to the complexity of the feminine. You might also like to consult the entries for colour, needle, sew, tangled and weaving. [7]

Connection.

Fastening or securing.

Continuity, something that unites, or something in common.

A loose thread on a garment could represent a perceived imperfection.

A neatly wound spool of thread could represent organization or order.

See also: String, Yarn, Rope, Woven, Fabric, Sewing [8]

To see thread in your dream, signifies that your road to fortune will be a complicated one. You will need to bind together and strengthen commitments and relationships.

To see broken threads in your dream warns that you will suffer a loss due to the faithlessness of friends. [9]

(1) A thread may represent the umbilical cord, which in turn may symbolize either your attachment to your mother or the link between consciousness and the unconscious.

(2) It may represent the span of your life; and therefore mortality.

See also: Spinning. [10]

Thread sometimes represents the link one has to this world, such as the umbilical cord. Thread also suggest binding together and strengthening.

The dreamer may be strengthening commitments or relationships. [11]

If you dreamed of tangling it, you will learn a secret of an embarrassing nature; if you picked it off your own or someone else’s clothing, it’s a warning against idle gossip.

See also: Spool. [12]

A dream denoting mysterious intrigues; to unravel, the discovery of a secret; a dream of gold thread denotes success through intrigue; silver thread, intrigue frustrated (Gypsy). [13]
Symbolic of the smallest portion of a person’s property, Gen. 14:23.

A thread can also symbolize that a non-believer has decided to place their trust in Christ, Josh. 2:18 [14]

To dream of thread, denotes that your fortune lies beyond intricate paths.

To see broken threads, you will suffer loss through the faithlessness of friends.

See also: Spools. [15]

Fleeting ideas, spontaneous thoughts, or making meaningful connections.

The red thread of Ariadne (in the Labyrinth) symbolizes life’s journey and life itself. [16]

1. Unity, continuity.

2. Difficult journey to success.

3. Com­mitments need strengthening.

4. Connection between parent and child. [17]

To wind Thread denotes wealth gained by thrifty ways; to break it hard times; to unravel knotted Thread, a mystery solved. [18]
A dream about tangled or broken thread denotes losses due partially to the dreamer’s over-kindness.

See also: Spools. [19]

A single thread is solitary, a cord of several is unity; attachment implies co-dependency [20]
Experiences woven into tapestry of life; ideas; a thread of truth.

See also: Sew, Weave. [21]

A dream of using thread is a forerunner of acquiring a competency through thrift. [22]
Perplexity, troubles, tangled situations, thin line [23]
Holding a thread in one’s hand in a dream means looking for an alibi or a proof to support one’s argument and win a case. Twisting a thread, or tying it around someone neck, then dragging him or her in a dream represents a pimp soliciting clients for a prostitute. Knots in a thread mean sorcery or evil spells.

A white thread in a dream represents the dawn, and a black thread represents the night.

(See also: Ball of thread, Pimp, Rope, Spool) [25]

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Sources and Authors

  1. Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary by Pamela Ball [Back to dream]
  2. Dreamers Dictionary by Garuda [Back to dream]
  3. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  4. Strangest Dream Explanations by Dream Explanations - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  5. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  6. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  7. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  8. The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary by Nancy Wagaman [Back to dream]
  9. My Dream Interpretation by myjellybean [Back to dream]
  10. A Dictionary of Dream Symbols by Eric Ackroyd [Back to dream]
  11. Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia by James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver [Back to dream]
  12. The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams by Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett [Back to dream]
  13. The Fabric of Dream by Katherine Taylor Craig [Back to dream]
  14. Christian Dream Symbols by Tyler Wolfe [Back to dream]
  15. Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation by Gustavus Hindman Miller [Back to dream]
  16. Little Giant Encyclopedia by Klaus Vollmar [Back to dream]
  17. New American Dream Dictionary by Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin [Back to dream]
  18. Mystic Dream Book by Internet Archive - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  19. Psycho Dream Interpretation by Ella Freeman Sharpe [Back to dream]
  20. Dream Dictionary Unlimited by Margaret Hamilton [Back to dream]
  21. The Dream Books Symbols by Betty Bethards [Back to dream]
  22. The Complete Dream Book by Gillian Holloway [Back to dream]
  23. The Bedside Dream Dictionary by Silvana Amar [Back to dream]
  24. The Language of Dreams by Patrica Telesco [Back to dream]
  25. Islamic Dream Interpretation by Ibn Seerin [Back to dream]

What does THREAD mean in a dream?


Vision: Winding a thread into a ball: you’ll need a lot of patience before you reach your goal. Unraveling a thread: with patience you will uncover a secret.A black thread:...

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(Hank of yarn, Spool, Thread) For pensioners, seeing a ball of thread in a dream signifies increase in one’s benefits or receiving extra income.A ball of thread in a dream...

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See Thread.A relationship that should be kept intact. Red yarn is the red thread that Ariadne gives Theseus to help him to find his way out of the Maze.Folklore: A...

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Everything is connected to everything else. Fabric symbolizes the “thread of life,” a suggestion to “weave” together the threads of experience and your own personality to create a whole.See Thread.The...

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Freudian psychoanalysis identifies thorns with painful events of sexual life; Jungian, with sentimental disappointments. Thorns also represent the pain always linked to pleasure, “there is no rose without a thorns.”...

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(see Fabric, Needle)The need to repair a relationship, a system of belief, or any other situation that has somehow been allowed to disintegrate, or torn apart by negativity-.Sewing machines represent...

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(Bond, Bridge, Contract, Liaison, Tie) To make a knot in one’s shirt in a dream means engaging in business. Tying a knot with a rope in a dream represents one’s...

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(Splice, Entwine, Twine) To splice a rope or a thread, or to twist a rope around oneself, or to whorl it around a spindle, or to make a bobbin in...

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(see Insects, Web) In men, this is frequently a maternal image (see Woman).Ancient Grecian and Egyptian, and Native American: Fate and our ties to all times and all peoples. In...

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See Thread.The act of connecting the threads of life, meaning different situations and personal characteristics.

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This type of embroidery thread seen or handled in a dream is a warning against harmful gossip from insincere acquaintances.

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(Yarn) If a woman sees herself working on a spinning wheel and quickly trying to finish her work in a dream, it means that a traveller will soon come home,...

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See Dress, Needle, Thread.The traditional meaning is cunning and being a coward. Vanity, as in Jewelry.Folklore: In the case of a woman, marriage below her state.

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Spiritually, scissors can have two meanings. They can cut the thread of life, but can also represent unity and the coming together of the spiritual and physical.

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To dream of spools of thread, indicates some long and arduous tasks, but which when completed will meet your most sanguine expectations.If they are empty, there will be disappointments for...

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A frequent symbol in dreams and mythology, the bridge spans an abyss.It is often a place of danger and of falling; you are crossing a boundary. In the Catholic faith,...

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The meaning of the dream depends on what kind of reels were involved, but as a general guide reels are a symbol of success through perseverance.See also Films, Thread, etc.

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Time and fate, the thread of life. Longing for a “simpler life.” Often a sign that much spiritual work is being done.Folklore: Small financial losses are about to occur.

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Untruthfulness, “spinning a yarn,” or thoughts and feelings that are taking shape very slowly.See Thread.Folklore: Prosperity. In folk tradition, dreaming about spinning a yam is thought to bring luck in...

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A needle (as in needle and thread) in a dream represents unfinished business and the need to gain control of one’s surroundings.To dream of looking for a needle in a...

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1- This symbol will largely have been replaced in dreams by modern technological symbols, but usually represents the feminine attributes and may also represent the passage of time.2- Most symbols...

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From a mythological point of view, the image of the maze is closely tied to the Greek hero Theseus and to Ariadne, who loves him. As legend has it, in...

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Rope that is connecting or binding things together can represent: A relationship.A mental or emotional bond.An agreement, commitment, or vow.Communication, or a communication network.A feeling or fear of being constricted...

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Because it often has a cross as a handle, has mixed meanings. Erection; social power, justice; spiritual strength. Sword hanging by a thread: threats hanging over one. When sheathed: the...

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