Understanding the Symbolism of Gold in Dreams
In dreams, gold is often regarded as a disliked element, symbolizing damages, anxiety, and losses. While it may represent wealth and prosperity in waking life, its meaning in dreams tends to carry negative connotations, such as financial losses, stress, or complications in personal relationships.
Wearing Gold in Dreams
Wearing a golden bracelet in a dream signifies receiving an inheritance, while wearing a golden ornament can represent marriage to an incompatible person. Any wedding gift received from such a person may symbolize future trouble or conflict. Receiving a golden bar, on the other hand, suggests a loss of money or business opportunities.
Melting and Minting Gold
If one sees themselves melting a bar of gold, it indicates being persecuted for committing a loathsome act, leading to public gossip or scrutiny. Minting gold in a dream signifies evil, death, or destruction, and seeing broken chips of gold or a whole gold coin can indicate a meeting with the ruler or governor of the land.
Other Dream Scenarios Involving Gold
Seeing one’s house turn into gold signifies that a fire may consume the house. If a person’s hand turns to gold, it could represent paralysis, and if their eyes turn gold, it may symbolize blindness. Wearing a golden necklace or a silver one with gems can indicate leadership or receiving a significant responsibility.
Symbolism of Changing Gold and Silver
Gold also represents joy, profits, good deeds, dispelling stress, marriage, children, knowledge, and spiritual guidance. If gold turns into silver in a dream, it indicates a decrease in value or changing conditions regarding women, children, or property. The reverse, where silver turns to gold, represents an increase in value or positive developments in one's personal or business life.
Gold Ornaments and Plated Items
Gold embroidered garments or fabrics symbolize religious offerings. Gold-plated ornaments represent emulating worldly people or imitating spiritual ones. Pure gold and silver indicate sincerity of intentions, while gold leaf objects suggest a short life or changing circumstances.
See Also: Goldsmith
[1]Easy come, easy go is the message contained in a dream featuring the pre- cious stuff as such, i.e., in bars or nuggets, etc.
How- ever, there are many vari- ations dependent on the action and details.
Gold cloth, garments, embroid- ery, or trimmings signify honors and/or recognition; looking for gold indicates that a successful change of unsatisfactory conditions can be made through your own initiative. Finding and/or mining, melting or working with it is a re- minder that “all is not gold that glitters,” and you must guard against a ten- dency to be too easily taken in by appearances.
Hiding it suggests that you are not aggressive enough about protecting your own interests; take positive ac- tion. Stealing or counting gold is a warning that “the love of money” is truly a root of evil and can be very costly.
Items made of gold, such as tableware, jewelry, medals, coins, etc., or gold-plated items, are a forerunner of steady fi- nancial gain.
See Also: Coins, Medal, Buttons.
[2]Gold is the most precious element on the planet.
The theory goes that it arrived here from space in the early formation of the solar system. As a symbol, gold represents the highest and most precious thing to strive for, both as a material possession and in more amorphous constructs. In the myths of the alchemist, great effort was put toward taking baser metals and turning them into gold.
This is symbolic itself of the notion that lower consciousness, such as fear, doubt, and lack, can be transmuted into the gold of consciousness: love. What are you valuing above all else in your life? Is your search for the gold in some situation bringing out the best in you or the worst? Let the context of your dream answer these deeper questions when gold shows up as a symbol.
[3](See Also: Colors, Coins, Sun)
Rulership or leadership. Taking control of your life or a situation. Note that this is the predominant metal historically used for crowns. Similarly, in Incan myth the Sun God gave the first created man and woman a golden staff with which to civilize a savage world (See Also: Rods, W).
Pvrite (fool’s gold): A disappointing gamble, or something that looks too good to be true.
New life, renewal, and the happiness that follows same.
An alternative emblem for light. In Hindu beliefs this metal is formed underground by trapped sunlight.
Long lasting happiness and love.
The preferred metal for rings at marriage ceremonies is gold because it doesn’t tarnish.
(See Also: Flowers)
[4]To dream of the color gold is often connected with wealth and prosperity, but note that the reference may be to other forms of wealth, such as emotional or spiritual riches. Some dream analysts suggest that dreams featuring gold are linked to growth, maturity and aging. It is helpful if you noticed what exactly was covered in gold in your dream, as it may represent something that is valuable or of deep significance to you. Was everything in gold, or was it just one item? Was the gold out of reach, or could you touch it? The context of the dream will help you with the interpretation. Perhaps there was an element of wish-fulfillment or a degree of envy about someone else’s wealth? Keywords: wealth, success, precious, valuable and refined.
[5]1- Gold in dreams suggests the best, most valuable aspects of ourselves. Finding gold indicates that we can discover those characteristics in ourselves or others. Burying gold shows that we are trying to hide something perhaps information or knowledge that we have.
2- Gold in dreams can also represent the sacred, dedicated side of ourselves. We can recognise incorruptibility and wisdom, love, patience and care. Interestingly; in this context it seldom stands for material wealth, being more the spiritual assets that one has.
3- The old saying of ‘everything that glitters isn’t gold’ certainly doesn’t apply in the spiritual sense.
To dream of gold symbolises Spirituality on a supreme level.
[6]If you handle gold in your dream, you will be unusually successful in all enterprises.
For a woman to dream that she receives presents of gold, either money or ornaments, she will marry a wealthy but mercenary man.
To find gold, indicates that your superior abilities will place you easily ahead in the race for honors and wealth.
If you lose gold, you will miss the grandest opportunity of your life through negligence.
To dream of finding a gold vein, denotes that some uneasy honor will be thrust upon you.
If you dream that you contemplate working a gold mine, you will endeavor to usurp the rights of others, and should beware of domestic scandals.
[7]To dream your clothes are embroidered with gold signifies joy and honor.
If a man dreams that he gathers up gold and silver, that signifies deceit and loss.
If anyone dreams that his pockets are full of gold, it betokeneth that he shail receive but little money.
To dream one hath a crown of gold upon his head signifies favor with his sovereign, and that he shall be honored and feared by many.
For a man to dream that he hath found gold and cannot teJl where to hide it, or that he is afraid to be taken with it, shows he will have a wife who shall rob his purse and take away all his money while he is asleep.
[8]It may symbolize anything that you are currently concerned about that you greatly value.
If you are losing gold in your dream, it may express your anxieties over a missed opportunity. However, it may also be your unconscious mind reminding you not to judge things on appearances alone.
If you dream of table utensils, bowls, containers, etc., made out of gold, this is an omen of financial gain and stability that is entering your life.
If you dream of gold bars, ingots, jewelry, etc., this, is an omen that you are too careless with your money and will soon suffer losses if you don’t change.
[9]Gold stands for wealth, power, pride, luxuries, fame, elegance, festivities.
Dreaming about numbers often reveals connections to past or future events. Numbers can mean a birth date, house number, or the number of a year. They always refer to important events—or our unconscious would not use them as reminders. Numbers are also visionary inspirations that we can use playing the lottery or other number-games.
And last but not least, each individual number has its own profound meaning that has been interpreted by numerology and the Kabala and are categorized as follows:
[10]Gold is the image of sunlight and, therefore, of divine intelligence and life. Consequently, this material symbolizes all things superior, plus the hidden treasure of our true Self (i.e., the spiritual goods and supreme enlightenment). However, its mercantilist connotations can alter all these meanings, so it is also associated with money and jewelry. (See Also: COINS, JEWELS)
For alchemists, gold represented the treasure that is the result of the transformation of the spirit. In mythology, it appears as the spiritual prize for defeating dragons and monsters of ignorance.
[11]Associated with monetary wealth, gold is the gift of grace bestowed as wealth upon the individual.
It is the prize of all heroes. Asscciated with the male aspect as the manifestation of the sun, the alchemy of gold bnngs the qualities of intellect, logic, and strength to the individual who wears it. In the form of jewelry such as a ring, it binds relationships symbolically. As a chain around the neck, gold is linked to the respect of wealth. As a bracelet around the wrist, gold signifies wealth acquired dirough the use of your hands or through your work.
[12]Dreaming about gold could be a reflection of concerns that you have about your most precious valuables or a reference to “alchemist’s gold” which is usually spiritual in nature.
If you are losing gold in your dream, it may express your anxieties over a missed opportunity. However, remember “All that glitters is not gold.” Your unconscious mind may be reminding you not to judge things on appearances alone.
[13]Material aspects: Gold in dreams suggests our best, most valuable practical aspects, such as integrity and honesty. Finding gold indicates that we can discover those aspects in ourselves or others. Burying gold shows that we are trying to hide something – perhaps information or knowledge – that we have. Also consult the entries for alchemy, metal and treasure.
[14]The best or most valuable in oneself or in opportunity, what stands the ‘acid test’ or does not tarnish with time, in terms of personal qualities, such as love, patience or care in work; something you value or want in your life.
If cheap, false, tarnished: something you valued but does not deserve respect.
See Also: gold under colours.
[15]Psychological / emotional perspective: In an emotional context, gold seldom stands for material wealth.
It is more the spiritual assets that we have, such as incorruptibility and wisdom, love, patience and care. These enable us to apply the principles of alchemy and turn base emotional dross into ‘gold’ and finer feelings.
[16]The sun of the soul and immortality, hut it also might point to blindness, Greed, and materialism.
According to Freud, usually connected to feces. According to Jung and his successors, a symbol of whatever is most precious to the dreamer, his most prized possession, his higher self.
See Also: Diamonds, Money, Heart, Sun.
[17]To dream of gold embroidered garments, indicates joy and honor, to wear a gold crown signifies royal favor; to gather up gold and silver signifies deceit and loss; to dream of pockets full of gold betokens but little money (Artemidorus). Gold was the emblem of the sun, of the goodness of God.
[18]1. If common household items, such as spoons, forks and bowls, are made of gold, it means that one values his/her present existence.
2. If one sees gold jewelry, it indicates free spending is occurring.
3. Stacked bars of gold indicate careful money management.
4. Security.
5. Power.
[19]Gold in dreams can represent our sacred, dedicated side thus symbolizing spirituality on a supreme level.
The old saying of ‘everything that glitters isn’t gold’ certainly doesn’t apply in the spiritual sense.
[20]If you find gold, this is a dream of competition, one that makes the dreamer more anxious to realize ambitions.
If you lose gold, you have suffered negligent.
If you dream that you touch gold, look for a new hobby.
[21]A woman who dreams of receiving presents of gold in any form will marry a man who is very wealthy but who makes money his chief end in life.
A man dreaming of gold will be the recipient of honor, wealth and love.
[22]A dream of contrary as far as the metal itself is concerned, for it signifies loss of money. But if your clothes are of Gold cloth, or if they are embroidered with Gold ornamentation, it is a good sign.
[23]To dream of gold means you have a tendency to be greedy If you buy gold, you will lose friends because of this greed. But if you are mining gold, you will overcome the tendency.
[24]As might be expected, it is fortunate to dream of this precious metal, The prediction is of wealth, honors, long life, or happiness—or combination of any or all of these.
[25]This metal suggests that a bright event in the future may hold one of life’s finest rewards.
The color gold also represents a high state of illumination.
[26]Dreams of gold denotes wealth, abundance, opulence, your soul, talents and gifts. You are realizing that you are in the midst of a golden opportunity.
[27]1. Glory;
2. First place in championship;
3. Anointing (gold honey);
4. Valuable; Rev. 21:15, 18-21; (2) Lam. 4:1; Isa. 60;9; 1 Pet. 1:7.
[28]Figuratively, that which god refines by spiritual trials comes forth as pure gold, i.E. Faith, saints; see “fire”
[29]To dream of gold is very lucky and represents success, happiness and wisdom in your future.
[30]1. + PURITY
2. + GOD’S GLORY
3. – DEFILEMENT
4. – IDOLATRY
5. – GILDED
[31]Christ light, love. Something divinely bestowed upon you; great treasures within.
[32]Symbolic of wisdom and high quality ministerial work, 1Cor. 3:12
[33]To dream of gold, is a very good omen; it denotes success in your present undertakings, after experiencing some little difficulties. If you receive gold in bars, you will inherit an estate in a far distant country, and have some trouble in getting possession of it; if yc,u receive sovereigns or any other gol& coin, your affairs will prosper, your sweetheart will be true and marry you; you will have many children, and be very happy. If you pay gold, It betokens an increase of friends and business; if you let the gold fall, it denotes an. attack from thieves; if you are in trade, some swindler will attempt to defraud you. If you pick up gold, it denotes that some quarrel will be settled to your advantage: if you are in prison, it shows you will speedily be enlarged : it also denotes the death of a husband or wife if you are married; if single, of your sweetheart.
[34]Gold Dream Meaning and Interpretations
Dreams involving gold often carry deep symbolic meanings related to wealth, fortune, and personal success. Below are various interpretations of dreams involving gold:
Lucky Numbers
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Specific Dream Scenarios Involving Gold
- Brick, buying a: You are hiding a secret out of fear of exposing shame.
- Burying a pot of gold: You will avenge yourself for some petty deed.
- Business venture, handling, in gold: You have no luck in games.
- Buying clothes of gold color: You wish to expose your intellectual gifts.
- Gilt articles: A deep and durable love and a flattering future await you.
- Color of gold: You will do business with people from far away.
- Counting gold: You are attempting to deceive friends.
- Dancing around the golden calf: Your superficiality denies your inner qualities.
- Digging for gold: Unexpected fortune will come through your own efforts.
- Exchanging gold: Be discreet with the information you share.
- Finding gold: Your superior skill gives you an advantage in acquiring wealth.
- Golden fleece: You have divine protection.
- Imitation gold: You will be rich for appearances only and may lose the chance for true honors.
- Losing gold: Financial distress will reveal a deep and durable love.
- Materials of any kind in gold color: Expect abundant means.
- Melting gold: Someone is wronging you.
- Mine, discovering a gold mine: A big fortune is ahead.
- Gold belonging to others: You are being cheated by friends.
- Mining gold: You are avaricious and mercenary.
- Mixture of gold and silver: You will experience a large financial loss.
- Plating gold: You will receive high honors and success in every enterprise.
- Resembling gold, having something that: Your dreams are built on shaky foundations.
- Rings made from gold: Love divinely bestowed upon you.
- Stealing gold: You are trying to get ahead by sheer force.
- Throwing away gold: Friends will convince you to lend them money.
- Wearing clothes embroidered with gold: You are highly regarded by others.
- Gold lace: Great honor awaits you.
- Working as a gilder: An uneasy horror will be thrust upon your privacy.
- Others gilding: Friends have ulterior motives in keeping opportunities from you.
- Working with gold: Truth to the mind does not allow usurping the rights of others.