(See Also: Baking, Cauldron, Fire, Foods by type, Forge)
Focus on, or the condition of, home and familv. Traditionally the hearth was the heart of a bouse in Europe, where all important family activities took place. How does the hearth appear? An evenly burning hearth with good coals indicates consistent love and tending. One that is artificial or bricked up reveals pretense or blocked emotions, respectively.
An alternative type of womb emblem, in which the masculine element (fire) burns.
Fertility, kinship, and love. Old folk spells regularly recommended ashes from the hearth fire as a component for these purposes.
Depending on its configuration, this may be an alternative altar dream, in which the food becomes a kind of sacrifice. In the Orient, especially, there are gods and goddesses who preside over, and are honored in, the kitchen.
[1]1- To dream of a hearth or fireplace Is to recognise the need for securitv. This may be of two different types. One is knowing that the home, our place of existence, is secure.
The other is recognising the security of the inner self, the interior feminine which gives warmth and stability.
2- We may be, or need to be, linking with our passionate wilder nature the seat of our passions
3- The Anima, and that part of ourselves which guards the feminine spirit, can be symbolised bv the hearth.
[2]Psychological / emotional perspective: We may be, or need to be, linking with our passionate wilder nature – the seat of our passions. This is not in a confrontational way, however, but gently, as a hearth needs to be tended properly in order for the fire to burn brightly but safely.
[3]The hearth is considered to be the centre, or heart, of the home. Hestia, goddess of the hearth and the sacred fire, was a virgin goddess so spiritually her domain signifies the anima, that part of ourselves which guards the feminine spirit.
[4]Dreams of a hearth represent comfort, security, nurturing, -love, inner peace, and the warmth that makes a house a home and keeps the home fires burning. Your spirit is present in your body and body of affairs.
See Also: Goddess Hestia.
[5]Gives gender-specific: The hearth in a woman’s dream will suggest her own domesticity and gentleness, whereas in a man’s dream it will be more to do with the feminine in his life and his motivation to provide security.
[6]The hearth signifies a place to return to home values and nurturing feelings.
It is traditionally the center of sacred beginnings and also of sacred rituals. It also represents a chance to begin again.
[7](See Also: Home).
A hearth with a cheerful fire burning is a dream which means relief from nervous or other tension.
[8]Home, comfort; longing for or needing security. Going in too many directions; need loving support and regrouping.
[9]1. The center of domestic life.
2. A good omen in most things.
3. Prosperity and a happy home life.
[10]To be cooking at the fire, you will successfully carve out your own future.
[11](See Also: Fireplace)
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