Additionally such dream can also have those explanations and meanings, which are based completely on physical world:

• As external stimuli:
• the dreamer while sleeping is hearing falling raindrops on the roof or,
• there might be somewhere in the house leaking water from the ceiling,
• also such dream can be induced by running water, by rain, by any similar real sound happening in the waking life while a person is dreaming, as example – actual drip of a leaking tap.

• As internal stimuli:
• the dreamer might have been seeing leaking water from the ceiling of the house in the past, in real waking life or in the movie;
• Also, it is possible that such dream is induced by thinking in the waking life about the level of the weatherproofness of the ceiling or the roof;
• Very often any dream related with water can be an alert to the dreamer that the bladder is full of liquids and the person needs to wake up in order to use the toilet.

Monument, Memory, Recollection

Question:

How do I want to be remembered? What will I leave in this life?

General Meanings:

Welfare The dream symbol of Gravestone stands for prosperity and a happy marriage. New beginning and old friends Dreaming a new gravestone, means that you have good opportunities to begin new and interesting things. Old gravestone announces that you will renew your relations with your old and forgotten friends.

Psychological Meanings:

Eliminate typical properties In the dream you leave an inscription on the grave. The name of a person that you know. This means that you think of his typical qualities / features, because in such cases the dreams say to us that you have to eliminate these qualities in yourselves and change them to better ones.
Change your attitude The inscription is sad on the grave of the person you know, this means that you have to change your attitude to that person and to be or to become more considerate, more gentle or more thoughtful.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Loss of a friend if see epitaph on the gravestone without name – In the dream you see and epitaph on the gravestone, this announces that you will loose your close friend or a relative;
• Welfare and happy family if seeing a gravestone – You are seeing a gravestone in your dream, this signifies happy and blessing marriage and prosperity;
• Illness if see crumbling or broken gravestone – This dream is a bad sign that you will have disease and some difficulties in your family;
• Meeting lover if admire the gravestone with other – You are dreaming that you are standing and admiring the gravestones with other people, the dream shows that you soon will meet the right partner and will be very happy about that;
• Getting back important things if see burial mounds – You are seeing burial mounds or gravestones on the hills, this denotes that you will remember something what was forgotten long time ago. Or you will get back something what had been taken or lost. The thing which was very important to you;
• Help from an old friend if see a tomb – In the dream you see a tomb announces that your friend who has great reputation and was absent for a long time, will come back and he will help you to reach your goals;
• New family member if seeing a gravestone or a sepulcher or a tomb – These symbols announces a good news about birth.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Long life if see a gravestone – In your dream you see a gravestone, this is a good omen that announces that you will reach a great age;
• Warning if standing and falling down from the tomb or a gravestone – Very bad omen about upcoming difficulties and mortal danger. You have to be very attentive.

Contexts’ Meanings:

Seeing a gravestone, headstone, tombstone – These symbols have very positive meaning. These symbols announces prosperity, marriage, happy family and birth in your life.

Seeing or reading name, an epitaph or inscription on the gravestone of the known person or your friend – Such dream shows that you admire this person attitude and feature that he has. So the unconscious marks that you have to follow his model and and try to change and eliminate your bad features to better ones. You have really good example and don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Seeing broken, damaged or crumbling gravestone (tombstone, headstone, sepulcher, tombs) – Signifies about upcoming difficulties and worries in your life. In some cases this also may be a warning about health. You have to take care of your health if you want to avoid serious disease.

Dreaming a gravestone (headstone, tombstone) with your name – This dream doesn’t mean the end of your life. This is the sign that you are now in the new phase of your life, the new beginning, radical changes. You have left the old life behind you and don’t look back you have to move forward and reach the new goals.

In the dream  the tombstone (headstone, gravestone) of former partner (ex-husband, ex-wife, boyfriend, girlfriend or partner) - The unconscious shows that you still miss one of them in your life. You have to forget and keep moving on without them. You have to throw away him/her from your heart, because this will disturb you to find your soul mate or love of your life.

Seeing nameless gravestone (tombstone, headstone) – Such a dream is a bad sign. This is a mark of death and the end of life. The nameless gravestones announces loss of relative or a close friend.

* Please, see meaning of grave.

You have to handle with the problems do not run away The dream of a grave is an indication that the dreamer must consider his feelings which are connected with the death. Grave represents that you edged out the unpleasant feelings such as fear and insecurity deeper into unconscious. But the dream prompts you to handle with these conflicts. Partly fear of own death or of another people is expressed in it.

Psychological Meanings:

Fear The grave as a dream symbol stands for existential fear and resignation, this is the last place of refuge, where he looks and at last finds peace. The grave may be interpreted as a sign of unwillingness of life.

Killed interests and desires The dream possibly signifies that the dreamer has killed a personality interest and has hidden from the exterior world. Who is dreaming of the own grave or anyone else’s shows that he buries an idea or a plan whose implementation promised much for the dreamer.

Buried problems Also the grave as a symbol may mean that you have buried a problem that has been around you for a long time.

Enjoy your life For older people, dreams of the grave are often a sign that they live more in the past then in the present. With this picture the unconscious perhaps remind, that even the older man has still a future for which it is worth to live.

Spiritual Meanings:

At the spiritual level this dream indicates that the person fears perhaps less the physical death than rather its consequences.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Keep secret if see a closed grave – In the dream you see a closed grave this signifies that you have to maintain secrecy of your friend;
• Divorce if order one – This dream announces that you will have short marriage because you are not happy;
• End of worries if digging a grave – You are digging a grave, this dream announces that you will end up with troubles, but also you have to be very attentive. Your enemies, again try to make harm to you;
• Defense if dig or trench – In the dream you are trenching a grave, this shows that you will assert yourself against your opponents;
• Better future if digging when sun is shining – When you are digging and the sun is shining, this signifies that apparent difficulties will apply to the good;
• Recompense if see freshly dug grave – The dream denotes that you have to repent for the mistakes that you have done and try to ransom them;
• Losses if seeing empty grave – Means disappointment and loss of friends;
• if return to bury the corpse which is missing – The problems and worries will come from unknown sources;
• Better life if lying in the grave – In the dream you are lying in the grave, this announces you glad events, which will change your life into better;
• Changes in your life if be buried – You are dreaming that you are buried, this is a sign of a mental development and an upcoming change and transformation  of personality;
• Disease if see damaged grave – This marks about misfortune and illness in the family;
• Serious risks if visit freshly made grave – The dream threatens serious dangers;
• Inner pain if set flowers on mother’s (father’s) grave – In the dream you set flowers on your parents’ grave, this shows that you want to find solace, because you still miss them;
• Warning if see your own grave – The dream is a warning that you have to be very careful and attentive because your enemies wants to damage and make harm for you;
• Pay attention to your health if see your name on the grave – In the dream you see a written name on a grave, this is a sign that you have to take care of your health;
• Hopelessness if see your own corpse in the grave – Your body is in the grave in your dream, then prophesies misery and despair and you will lose hope in your life;
• Marriage if move between graves – In the dream you are moving between graves, this indicates marriage for you;
• Unhappy and short life if go on graves – This is a bad sign that predicts an early death or an unhappy marriage;
• Welfare if inspect well-known deceased graves – Very good omen which announces rapid progress to wealth and honor;
• Losses and problems if see full grave of buried people –  This person will get into difficulties and even threatens loss of assets;
• Temporary worries and after that joy if you are in the cemetery and the graves are overgrown – Signals of sorrow and temporary despair. But if you master strokes of fate then you will be rewarded with bigger joys;
• Worries and concerns if a woman is sleeping in the grave – A woman in a cemetery and in the darkness, she finds only an open grave to sleep, she will have many worries and disappointments through experiences with death or false friends. She has maybe even bad experiences in love.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Marriage if digging your own grave – You are digging a grave in the dream, this means that you will have a good and happy marriage;
• Feast if see open  – This dream announces you cheerful party;
• Health problems if shut a grave – In the dream you see somebody shuts the grave, then this is a bad omen. This announces you disease and your health is in danger;
• Weddings if to be in a grave – You are in the grave in your dream, this brings you quick and desired weddings.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Conflicts if seeing a grave – In the dream you see a grave this announces discords in your family;
• Misfortune if stepping into the grave – In the dream you get or step into the grave, this announces that you will experience falsehood and disaster;
• Worries if seeing open grave- When you open the grave in the dream, this signifies that you will have lugubrious experiences or death;
• Warning if digging a grave – You are digging a grave in the dream, this warns you that you have to be very attentive if you want to avoid misfortune and worries;
• No worries if lying in the grave – In the dream you are lying in the grave, this denotes that you will not have any worries in the near future.

Contexts’ Meanings:

If seeing grave in your dream – This is a symbol for the life conflicts which are not solved yet. Also this symbol shows your personal feelings such as insecurity, desperation. It feels like you are imprisoned in your worries and this will never end. This may be the key to start resolving the problems and to move out from bad period of life.

The sand or ground is being leveled upon the grave or it is freshly buried – This symbol shows that you will gain money, because you have already solved all the problems from your past. Now it is time to start something new. You will improve your inner feeling, you will destroy your fears and now you have the reason to life.

The grave is closed or empty – This has the meaning that something is completed in your life. Now you can leave this in the past ant to start new things.  A grave points to personal growth as you discard negative way of thinking. Now you are like an empty box which can be filled with new experiences.

Digging your own or someone else grave - Digging a grave in a dream means getting married and home building. The dream shows that you are ready to commit with the loved one. Your unconscious sends you a signal that you are mature to build your own family.

To be or You are in the grave – In the dream you are in the grave, this is a signal of your unconscious that you have to look deeper into yourself. You can find the aims and issues of your life. You are the only one who can fight and stand up for yourself because no one else can do this for you.

* Please, see meaning of Monument, cemetery, gravestone, coffin, death, burial.

– Hidden secrets and issues; sexuality of female; the past.

Question:

– What do I have in my personality that I would like to be discovered?

General Meanings:

Just like catacombs in dreams the caves also has a lot in common with subconsciousness. Although it may be scary at the beginning , but such dreams can have very good influence for the future and better understanding of yourself.

Psychological Meanings:

The cave in dreams has very similar meaning to grotto. These places have been used as a place to hide and was known as the symbol of security. It could also be seen as the dark space from which comes life, the maternal, new beginning and new promises. The cave also represents the feminine, because the vagina is also represented as a cave. On the context of the dream it is very important to understand if the experience was pleasant or maybe even dangerous. If it was unpleasant and the dreamer felt terrified or scared, then it points to the problems and/or environment the dreamer has.

Spiritual Meanings:

Spiritually the cave symbolizes spiritual protection, rebirth and initiation of something new.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Affection of subconscious mind of yours if walk through the cave – Such a dream shows the changing state and deeper understanding of negative impulses that you might be affected by;
• Will get the relief if walking out of cave – If the dreamer walks out of the cave feeling happy and delighted, than it usually shows that he will find the way out of debilitating situation he is in. It could be the matter of money or health which will definitely increase;
• Your soul is lost if stuck in cave – If the dreamer can not find the way out of the cave, then it denotes about devastated state of your mind and soul. It shows that at this time in your life you feel hopeless and useless;
• Sad future if crash into the cave – For a dreamer who crashes into the cave promises unlucky future life;
• Unpleasant meeting if falling into the cave – The dreamer falls into the cave, shows that he will have to meet and discuss uncomfortable business;
• False friends if firstly see then walk in the cave – To walk in for a while in the cave then this dream marks that you have to stay aware of fake friendships. There are some people around you that wish to harm you;
• Obscurity if the cave is dark and deep – The dreamer can expect anything in his future, as many factors depend on others, so prepare for many surprises;
• Solitude if living in the cave – The dreamer sees himself living in the cave and feeling good about it, indicates that he is very private person, who likes to stay away from the others;
• Depression if dies in a cave – When the dreamer dies in the cave, then the dream shows sad and depressed future for a dreamer;
• Death of relatives or friends if digging the cave – You have to prepare yourself for stress that is coming along with the dream when you are digging a cave;
• True love if man with the woman is in the cave – such dream symbolizes everlasting love for you and the one you choose;

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Stay careful with the friends if the cave is dark – Usually the darkness of the cave in the dream represents the iniquity and evil in that lies in your friends. Consider, the darker the cave, the worse friends of yours;
• The luck will change radically if see the cave – To see a cave in a dream shows that things will turn upside down;
• Will solve the problem if walk into the cave – For a dreamer to walk into the cave shows that he will find the answer to the question he was considering before.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Your fate is scary and unknown if see or be in the cave – For a dreamer to see the cave signifies your future as weird and unpredictable;
• Beware of the traps if crawling into the cave – Crawling into the cave in the dream shows that maybe someone is trying to trick you or you might be a victim of the traps that were made for somebody else;
• Sad news if digging the cave – If the dreamer digs the cave, such dream shows sad and unpleasant message you will receive;

Medicine Wheel Meanings:

Keywords

uterus (womb); connection with the earth ; protection.

Description

A cave is a natural opened space that is made by mother of Earth. For a very long time the cave was the place to urinate, but also was a sacred place, which means that in dreams it could have either good symbolism either bad one. In the earliest times of human history the caves also offered heat and a place like home.

General Meaning

Origins of ancient times; emptiness; the deepest connection with Mother Earth.

Association

To be selected and chosen one.

Transcendent Meaning

An opening to the other places or the space made for creativity.

* Please, see meaning of abyss and grotto.

– Confusion in your beliefs; Trying to find the way to hide.

Question:

– What do I believe in? What is my relation to God? Where I can hide?

General Meanings:

There are many dreams which include images that have to do with underground rooms such as catacombs. These places are made by human for religious practices such as passageways. In dreams catacombs also have religious meaning, practices that are done and/or beliefs. The fear of death and unknown places can also be the reason to dream of catacombs.

Psychological Meanings:

Psychologically the dream of catacombs are explained as the place you can hide both mentally and physically, where all of the problems and worries are deeply buried. The subconscious mind of yours is telling that maybe the dreamer has secrets to hide or just simply overwrought.

Spiritual Meanings:

Since the catacomb is the place where are hidden forces and occult powers, the dreams about catacombs symbolizes the unconscious in the dreams.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

The dream about catacombs shows the effect of your past experience to your life at the moment. Such dream shows the secrets a dreamer has and is afraid that they will be discovered.

• The fear of being recognized and found if hiding in catacombs – for a dreamer to see himself hiding away from somebody in catacombs, shows his fear of being sorted out;
• Have doubts if is lost in catacombs – usually when we are lost in a dream it is a mirror effect of the reality. Maybe there are things you find difficult to make decision at, especially at the aspects that are related to God and the religious state of the mind. As catacombs are made with religious reasons, such dream might show the lost contact with the God;
• Fear of unknown if feeling terrified in catacombs – if you felt insecure, scared and terrified while dreaming of seeing or being in catacombs, than such dream shows the fear of the things in reality. You should pull yourself together, be braver, trust more in yourself and move forward no matter what happens.

Arabian (Islamic)

In Islamic culture dreams that are connected to catacombs mostly shows the confusion that is related to religion. There is a possibility that the dreamer has lost the connection with God, especially if feels lost in catacombs.

• Lost contact with God if can not find the way out of catacombs – if the dreamer is lost and can not find the way out of underground, then the dream shows that he is no longer as religious as he used to be;

If you dream that you can not find your abode, it signifies your fear of believing and trusting the people around you. The meaning of it says, that you do not trust or believe in people who are around you. If you dreaming, that you haven’t got abode in your dreams, it represents the bad luck or loss of someone or something. Be careful, avoid any investments in near future.

Interface between the self and the world.

Question:

Where in my life am I ready to appear more accessible?

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Solved worries if be in a veranda – In the dream you are in the veranda, this dream signifies that you will have success in a worrisome affair and you will solve them without any consequences;
• Painful experiences if be an an old veranda – You are dreaming that you are in an old veranda:, this dream symbol stands for dwindling hopes and disappointments in love and occupation;
• Marriage if stand in a veranda -If a young woman with her lover stand on a veranda, this dream signifies an early and happy marriage.

* Please, see meaning of balcony.

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Time to rest if be in the amusement park – In the dream you are in the amusement park then soon you will have vacation and relaxation after intensive period;
• No troubles if have a ride – You go for a ride in the amusement park in your dream then you can expect that you will have more friends and fewer worries.