(1) A dwarf, being below normal size, may symbolize a stunted personality - in which case you need to utilize hitherto neglected / repressed parts of yourself.
(2) A dwarf may sometimes symbolize the true self, not yet (fully) manifest. Pay attention to subsequent dreams for further signals concerning the way to move closer to yourself (your self). (On self)
(In some primitive societies dwarfs were regarded with awe, as having extraordinary divine powers).
(3) Perhaps the dwarf / dwarfs take their symbolism from your association of dwarves with the Snow White story, in which they are miners, descending into the bowels of the earth and bringing up gold. This symbolizes a descent into the unconscious, the depths of the self, to discover the true nature of the self. Dwarfs may thus appear as guides on your quest for self-knowledge. Gold is a symbol of the true self. But what the dwarfs in your dreams are bringing up from your unconscious may be those qualities that you have at some earlier stage in your life rejected (for moral reasons, perhaps, or in order to concentrate on earning a living) but which you now need for the rounding out of your personality.
[1]Dwarves tend to symbolize values like thoroughness, careful work, perseverance, etc. However, if in the dream you are the dwarf the meaning changes completely. The latter signals a very stark view of things; you might be limiting your potential. Your creativity, therefore is underutilized.
Gold symbolizes our true self and, as in Snow White’s story, the dwarfs extract it from the mine. So, this image can also represent the search for self- knowledge. To see your friends dwarfed predicts good health for them and a great joy from living with them.
If in your dream dwarfs appear ugly and malformed, the outcome is disaster.
[2]At times people will see dwarfs, midgets, or very small people in their dreams. These images seem to represent, or allude to, the childlike creative powers in the unconscious. You can think of the dwarf as a “worker” in your unconscious. He could represent some childlike condition which has the potential and power to influence your life. Consider the details and the emotional tone in the dream and make an attempt to connect it to a situation in your daily life.
The dwarf suggests possibilities for learning and brings to the conscious mind messages from the unconscious.
[3]Dreaming about a dwarf is usually a very lucky omen.
If the dwarf is pleasant in personality and appearance, it means you will be popular and rise to the top in life.
It is also an omen of excellent physical health and good finances in your future.
If you dream of someone you know becoming a dwarf, their friendship is positive and will bring you many pleasures.
If you dream of ugly or mean dwarves, a real-life situation is currently making you feel confused or distressed.
[4]This is a very favorable dream.
If the dwarf is well formed and pleasing in appearance, it omens you will never be dwarfed in mind or stature. Health and good constitution will admit of your engaging in many profitable pursuits both of mind and body.
To see your friends dwarfed, denotes their health, and you will have many pleasures through them. Ugly and hideous dwarfs, always forebodes distressing states.
[5]Dreams of a dwarf symbolize that you have become small energetically. You have lost or abdicated your power to someone that has left you feeling insecure, diminished and insubstantial. Perhaps this dream is showing you that you’ve been downplaying your talents and gifts. Dreams of dwarfs also represent that you are connecting with a magical, childlike aspect of yourself.
[6]A fairy-tale figure, a helper, and a symbol for being connected to the earth. Are you feeling small and inferior.7 Should you be more humble.7 Also a symbol of the shadow, of what is minuscule and invisible. You still feel like a child; or you know how huge the world and cosmos are and feel small, again like a child.
[7]An ominous dream of hatred against which you are warned to protect yourself (Artemidorus). The malevolence and ill-temper of the dwarfs by whom great personages were attended is proverbial. (Gypsy). Persians use it as a charm against the devil, it also bestows knowledge of the future.
[8]Dwarfs are small people, traditionally regarded as possessing magical qualities or powers of divination.
This may thus be a highly fortuitous dream symbol. Alternatively, dwarfs can be negative symbols, representing some part of the dreamer’s psyche that is stunted or repressed.
[9]Dreaming of seeing (or being) a happy and contented dwarf strongly indicates that all your troubles will soon disappear as if by magic.
If the dwarf was mean or unhappy, however, beware of false friends. Be very careful of who you confide in.
[10]All your problems will disappear as if by magic if you dreamed of being or seeing a dwarf, unless the dwarf was ugly or malformed, in which case you are being warned against a false friend, so be cautious about sharing secrets.
[11]1. Recalling childhood fantasies (where dwarfs are strong, reliable, yet magical beings).
2. Many pleasures in the offing (friends are dwarfs).
3. Smallness, unimportance (if feelings are negative).
[12]To dream that you are a dwarf reflects a fond of inadequacy or helplessness.
If you see a dwarf, it is a foreboding that you wish to disrupt the social status of someone near you.
[13]Problems that appear to have no solution will be solved for you if you dream of a dwarf or midget. This applies as well to animals and plants.
[14]Short-sighted ideas; limiting your potential; not expanding into new* areas of growth. Not seeing things in proper perspective.
[15]If you see a Dwarf in your dream, it is a sign of difficulties in your domestic circle.
[16]Health and a prosperous year are predicted if you dream of little men and women.
[17]See Also: Meeting.
[18]lucky numbers: 11-12-28-30-41-44
being a: are being outclassed and overpowered in another’s pursuits; try your own.
friend: wish to cut your inadequacies down to size.
gnomes: face the music now or you wil have the tune forever on your mind.
of a male: wil have a vigorous mind and stunted emotions.
ugly, an: the future is menaced by one with ominous wishes.
unknown, an: fear the part of your self yet undeveloped.
well-formed female, a: the elements are there, but lack substance.
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