If you are standing at the top of the tower in your dream, observe how you feel as you gaze down at the activity below. Were you relieved to be far removed from other people or did you feel imprisoned? Towers in dreams can also suggest an emotionally impregnable figure in the dreamer’s life, for example an authoritarian father, or male authority in general. There may also be a reference to a ‘tower of strength’, or a person on whom you can rely for support and comfort.
If your tower has no door, you are not in touch with your inner self.
If there are no windows, you can’t see all the good things about yourself.
An ivory tower suggests innocence, but it can also suggest arrogance, intellectual aloofness and the loneliness such an attitude can bring. A square tower suggests a pragmatic, practical approach, and a round tower suggests spiritual harmony.
If the tower is round on top of a square building, this suggests harmony in mind, body and spirit. How you get to the tower in your dream is important in your dream.
If your steps are difficult to climb, this suggests you are a private person.
If the door is jammed, you are not ready to understand yourself.
If the door is bolted, you must make the effort to go in. Once inside the tower, you can use other explanations in this encyclopedia to interpret what you encounter. [1]
1- A tower in a dream usually represents a construction which we have developed in our lives. This may be an inner attitude or an outer life.
To dream of a tower with no door suggests we are out of touch with our inner selves.
A tower with no windows signifies that we arc unable to sec and appreciate either our external good points or our inner ones.
An ivory tower suggests an innocent approach.
A square tower signifies a practical approach to life, whereas a round tower is more spiritually geared.
A round tower at the end of a square building is the combination of the practical and spiritual.
2- Psychologically if we arc to live life as fully as we can, we need to understand our own tower. In dreams it may appear initially as far away and later coming closer. How we get into the tower may be important. Shallow steps would indicate that to explore our inner self may be easy. More difficult steps may indicate that we are fairly private individuals.
If the door is barred we arc not ready to explore our unconscious self.
If the door is closed we must make an effort to get in.
If inside the tower is dark, we are still afraid of our subconscious.
The dreamer, having been given these suggestions, should be able to interpret other symbolism.
The hidden room in the tower would have the same significance as in a house.
3- The tower is ambivalent in the spiritual sense, since it can be feminine in the shelter it affords and masculine because of its shape. It suggests ascent to the spiritual realms, but also descent to the practical. [2]
Example: ‘The Devil was trying to force me to make love to a girl. I wanted to leap off the tower and fly away, but it was high, and I was frightened I would fall’ (Quentin C). Quentin is 15 and facing his emerging drive of love and sex.
The woman in the tower is here his idealised relationship with the opposite sex. Actual intimacy is threatening and he wants to ‘fly’ from it but feels this would be failure.
The Devil is his own life pushing to grow, but felt as threatening. [3]
The tower or tall building is such a rich source of imagery that it is feasible to give only the most easily identifiable. Familiarity with our own tower in the waking state will act as a trigger for many other potent images. Thus: to dream of a tower with no door suggests we are out of touch with our inner selves.
A tower with no windows signifies that we are unable to see and appreciate either our external good points or our inner ones.
An ivory tower suggests an innocent approach.
A square tower signifies a practical approach to life, whereas a round tower is more spiritually geared.
A round tower at the end of a square building is the combination of the practical and spiritual. [4]
To see a tower against the sky implies true love and friendship either coming soon or already present in the dreamer’s life.
To see a tower crumbling and falling implies upset and perhaps even disaster ahead, like The Tower card in the Tarot deck.
To discern how to avert or deal with whatever is coming, look to other symbols in the dream.
Climbing a winding staircase within a tower indicates that you will have to travel a long way before you reach your most cherished goals. [5]
If the door is barred or particularly difficult to open we are not yet ready to explore our unconscious self.
If the door is closed we must make an effort to get in.
If inside the tower is dark, we are still afraid of our subconscious.
The hidden room in the tower would have the same significance as in a house. [6]
Seeing a very tall tower foretells good luck. But, if you are coming down from it, it predicts failures. [8]
If you are towering over someone you are overpowering or intimidating them. In fairy tales the princess gets locked in the tower, representing prison, isolation, emotional distance, aloofness from the rest of the world; victimhood, longing, yearning, captivity and unjust punishment. According to the Tarot, dreams of a tower signify that your foundation has been rocked and that you are reexamining your foundational beliefs. Keep in mind that which is solid cannot be shaken. [9]
As in the fairy tale Rapunsel, perhaps the dreamer should “let her hair down” and become more accessible to others. [10]
Being rescued from a tower: Getting long-awaited relief from a constraining or cage-like situation. Frequently this assistance is from someone you regard as noble, or who has your best interest at heart.
Where are you? If at the top of the tower, take care that it is not made of ivory, lest your ideals fall short of the reality.
In the Tarot, the Tower card marks ruin and destruction, often self-initiated. [11]
The inner aspects of the tower represent our inner life, whereas the outer signify the structure we present to the world. Also consult the entries for escape, rescue, shapes and trap / trapped as well as the information on tower in buildings for further clarification. [12]
A symbol of power compare the similarity of the words “tower” and “power.” Being locked up in a tower points to sexual inhibitions in women (Rapunzel), and also is an indication of an unusual and highly developed sexuality that has no outlet. [14]
Separation or isolation, or a feeling of such.
Limitation or restraint.
Perceived arrogance or ignorance.
Power, perceived power, or a wish for power.
Security, vigilance, watching, or being watched (as in a tower lookout).
2. Pride;
3. Christ;
4. The Church/Kingdom of God;
5. Salvation;
6. Refuge; (Strength against the enemy)
7. Watchtower (a prophet’s place of prayer);
8. Place of the watchman; Isa. 3:16a; Ps. 18:2; 144. [16]
If you climb one, you will succeed in your wishes, but if the tower crumbles as you descend, you will be disappointed in your hopes.
A tower may comment on feeling isolated or lonely, or it may indicate that your expectations are too high. [19]
1. Prophetic church;
2. Tower of Babel;
3. Watchmen on the wall; Symbol of victory; Ps. 61:3; 103:11; 1 Kings 12:31; Prov. 18:19. [22]
If locked in a tower, you are in the ivory tower of intellect, cut off from other aspects of self. [23]
2. Strength, protection and isolation.
3. Lofty hopes, goals or ambitions.
4. A long period of happiness. [24]
It is an obstacle dream. [26]
at a distance, church: have chosen your path, which uses al of your inner resources.
climbing up a: map out your area of operations.
being destroyed: another’s envy has reached psychotic proportions.
bells peeling, the: make your move, now or never.
coming down from a: your wishes wil not al be realized.
fortress, of a: wil resist your enemy’s obstinacy and drive him until he is compromised.
going up into a: freedom from embarrassment but loss of money.
gun salute being fired from a: wil be cheated in a wasted effort to impress a lover.
locked up in a, being: are so wrapped up in own pain you cannot relate to another’s.
standing on top of the: think with your heart and intel ect before leaping in.
in the belfry: timing is everything; leave before the bel s begin to tol .
others: much affliction when an unscrupulous person swindles you.
overlooking a city: outline the entire project before you begin.
very high, a: wil have a long life and a pleasant old age. [29]
If one stands over or inside a tower that is no longer in use in a dream, then it represents his grave.