(1) Cupboards may symbolize the womb, and therefore represent either your mother or women in general (in a man’s dream), or a desire to return to the womb - that is, to escape from life’s demands and problems.
(2) A cupboard may symbolize yourself. Do you, in the dream, open the cupboard? If so, what do you find there? Whatever it is, it should be seen as some part of yourself, albeit your unconscious - hidden - self. ‘Skeletons in cupboards’ are parts of yourself to which you have denied a place in your conscious life.
[1]Psychological / emotional perspective: Various types of cupboard can appear in dreams.
A wardrobe suggests a period of transition and, because it houses our clothes, how we deal with our self-image, whereas a larder represents our ability to preserve or conserve our stores of energy. Finding a hidden cupboard suggests rediscovering something we may have forgotten. Opening a cupboard and finding it bigger than expected suggests available opportunities.
[2]A straightforward symbol that means what it says.
If your dream cupboard was bare, it predicts lean times in the offing; if it was full or reasonably well-stocked, you can expect your interests to flourish.
If your dream involved putting supplies in a cupboard, it signifies recovery of losses through your own efforts.
[3]Material aspects: Clearing out a cupboard indicates that we may have to put our lives in order. Articles falling out of a cupboard suggest that we may be overstretched and / or overstretching ourselves.
[4]To see a cupboard in your dream, is significant of pleasure and comfort, or penury and distress, according as the cupboard is clean and full of shining ware, or empty and dirty.
See Also: Safe.
[5]A cupboard was initially just that, a place to store utensils. Now it often represents a repository, perhaps in the spiritual sense, for skills or for hidden talents.
[6]To dream of an empty Cupboard is a bad sign for your business prosperity.
If you put things inside, it shows that you will recover your losses after some distress.
[7]If it is well stocked with food, dishes and other supplies, the cupboard is a good omen to those who are contemplating an investment or making a change.
[8]To see a cupboard full of stuff in your dream symbolizes pleasure and comfort. But if it’s empty or dirty, difficult times may be ahead.
[9]An empty cupboard seen in a dream portends diminishing financial resources.
[10]See Also: Cabinet.
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