To dream that you jump over a wall suggests that you will overcome tough obstacles and eventually succeed. To dream that you demolish or break down a wall indicates that you are breaking through obstacles and overcoming your limitations.
If you see a wall crumble, this suggests that you have easily risen above your problems and overcome your barriers. To dream that you are building a wall represents a bad relationship or some childhood trauma. It also suggests that you putting barriers up in waking life. To dream that you are being thrown or shot through a wall literally means that you need to break down those walls that you have put up around you. You need to venture out and explore. [1]
Example: I realised T had been in Bill’s room and not respected his need for privacy, so Bill had tom down the wall as a protest and made the room, which now appeared about four times its usual size, into a public sitting room’ (Cyril A). Sometimes what the wall depicts is obvious, as in the example, where it is shown as the way Cyril maintains his separation from others and thus is a private individual.
The fall of the wall shows how exposed’ one might be.
The description of private areas of our life in a newspaper might be an example of just such a wall coming down. Idioms: drive up the wall; go to the wall; writing on the wall; back to the wall; knock one’s head against a wall.
Example: ‘I went to the top of the turret and saw all the men getting ready to defend the castle if attacked. They had arrows and a lot of men were standing on little ledges on the outside of the wall, with no protection and I knew they were very brave to face an attack as sooner or later they would have been hit’ (Anna R). Here the wall is obviously to do with defending the dreamer against attack. Such a wall might be made out of our aggressive feelings, with religious dogma which might defend us against fears and uncertainty, or from tightly controlled behaviour and emotions.
Walls of favourite house: might be our feelings of security in our marriage or family which give us defence against the ‘storms’ of life. Wall of prison, trap: fear, pain; ignorance, prejudice; anger, sense of being an outsider. Idioms: drive somebody up the wall, go to the wall; writing on the wall; back to the wall; head against a brick wall; fly on the wall.
See also: wall under house; fence. [3]
1- In dreams, walls usuallv indicate the boundaries we have set ourselves. These may be created as defence mechanisms or support structures, and it is sometimes helpful in the interpretation to dccide whether the walls have been created in order to keep ourselves in, or other people out.
2- A wall also has the symbolism of a dividing line - a marker between the inner and the outer, privacy and open trust.
A hole in a wall suggests a breach of trust or privacy.
If the wall is imprisoning us we are being held prisoner by our own fears, doubts and difficulties If the wall appears and disappears, we have only partly dealt with our problem.
3- A wall svmbolises the bound- aries of a sacred space.
The dreamer needs to be aware of what his limits are. [4]
The wall foreshadows difficulties and obstacles related to money. However, all will be well if you find a door or a hole to pass through. [5]
The walls in your dreams represent this ability; the condition of these walls is to be interpreted as either helping this process or an indication that this process is being challenged. [6]
Depth Psychology: A wall provides safety (protection) or is an obstacle (obstruction). Are you beating your head against a wall? If so, you are trying to solve your problems the wrong way—find a more effective way! The rest of the dream is important if you want to gain deeper insight. [8]
The term “wall” is also central to many idioms, and the dream could be drawing on the meaning of one of these, such as: the “writing on the wall,” “off the wall,” our “back against the wall,” “talking to a brick wall,” or “hitting one’s head against the wall.” [9]
To hide behind a wall in a dream symbolizes finding protection.
A leaning wall is symbolic of a person under pressure, Ps. 62:3.
A high, flimsy wall can symbolize the folly of trusting in wealth, Prov. 18:11. A broken wall symbolizes not having self-control, Prov. 25:28 [10]
If you dreamed of jumping over one, you will achieve success through your own determination, and if your dream featured walking along the top of a wall, your future is bright indeed. [13]
A wall may symbolize something that prevents you from reaching what you need. The obstacle will usually be self-imposed. [17]
2. Strength;
3. Barrier or blockade or blockage;
1 Sam. 25:16, 21; 2 Chron. 32:5; Neh. 4:10. [19]
A wall in a dream also represents a strong, wealthy, powerful and religious person.
If the wall needed urgent repairs, and if a group of people come to rescue it in the dream, it represents a man of knowledge, or the Imam ofa mosque who has lost his control or respect, then some friends will come to his rescue and to help him restore his rank.
If a successful businessman sees the walls of his house collapsing in a dream, it means that he will recuperate a lost treasure.
If one sees a wall caving over his head, or falling over other people in a dream, it means that he has committed many sins and unless his repents, his punishment will be swift.
The caving-in of a wall toward the inside of a house in a dream means an illness, but if it falls toward the outside in the dream, it means death. Seeing a crack in the wall in a dream means that someone in the family will brace against him. Grabbing to a wall in a dream means the nearing of one’s death, pending how firmly one is grabbing to it in the dream. Grabbing to a wall in a dream is also interpreted as holding firmly to one’s interest in a strong person. Ifone builds a wall then tears it down in a dream, it means that he will attempt at destroying someone’s livelihood, or perhaps kill him. Ifone sees and recognizes a wall in his dream, it represents a close friend who may die from depression.
A wall in a dream is also interpreted as a mighty person who cannot be managed except through kindness. Jumping over a wall in a dream means reverting from being a believer to a disbeliever, or accepting and following the advice of a disbeliever. Seeing one’s picture reflected in a wall in a dream means one’s death, and that his name will be itched on his gravestone.
If a traveller sees himselfreturning to his house, whereby its walls are renewed, it means that he will get married. Seeping water from a crack in a wall in one’s dream means adversities and stress.
(See also: Walls of the city) [23]
being built higher: whatever you deny gains strength in your denial.
constructed: wil enjoy an industrial gain if you persuade others to your point of view.
torn down: conclude your affairs before laying new foundations.
building a: are prone to being very stingy and locked in rigid roles and fears.
climbing a: wil overcome financial obstacles.
with a ladder: rise above pointless arguments to joy.
falling down: a serious comment on the fabric of your life.
from a: assert your independence from your mate.
having a, in front of own house: troublesome, pointless arguments need compromises.
jumping over a: wil realize own ambitions if you don’t change jobs in mid-project.
moat surrounding a: if you can believe it, you can be it.
stone, a: don’t say “yes” when you mean “no.”
being blocked by: step back, is this the direction you want?
climbing over: despite obstacles, you know what to do.
standing on top of a: have raised your station in life.
wainscot, of sheets of oak: exercise caution in business.
attaching a: your financial accounts must be audited
walking on top of a: negotiate a settlement by helping both sides.
woman dreaming of: your happy marriage is potential y adverse to your health. [24]