1- Thread in dreams represents a line of thought or enquiry. In terms of our ordinary everyday lives we perhaps need to follow that line to its end. Threading a needle has an obvious sexual reference. It can also, because of the perceived difficulty in threading a needle, suggest incompetence in ways other than sexual.
2- To be aware of thread is to be aware of the way our lives arc going.
A tangled thread suggests a difficulty which needs unravel- ling.
A spool of thread suggests an ordered existence.
The colour of the thread is important (See Also: Colour).
A basket full of spools suggests the various aspects of a woman’s personality. This is because of its association with the Archetypal feminine.
3- The various threads of our spirituality are being interwoven the results of which will go some way to achieving the dreamer’s spiritual wholeness.
[1]Vision: Winding a thread into a ball: you’ll need a lot of patience before you reach your goal. Unraveling a thread: with patience you will uncover a secret.
A black thread: unpleasantness and frustration.
A white thread: closer contact with some people.
A red thread: you are constandy repeating something—find out what it is. Seeing a long thread: something is being dragged out endlessly.
Depth Psychology: The thread is a sign of nervous tension or emotional weakness, and also of shyness and insecurity. Have you lost the thread in a certain matter? Or is it a momentary lack of concentration? Do you have a bad habit that is a thread running through your life? See also the chapter “Color in Dreams.”
[2]Holding a thread in one’s hand in a dream means looking for an alibi or a proof to support one’s argument and win a case. Twisting a thread, or tying it around someone neck, then dragging him or her in a dream represents a pimp soliciting clients for a prostitute. Knots in a thread mean sorcery or evil spells.
A white thread in a dream represents the dawn, and a black thread represents the night.
(See Also: Ball of thread, Pimp, Rope, Spool)
[3]Psychological / emotional perspective: To be aware of thread is to be aware of the way our lives are going.
A tangled thread suggests a difficulty that needs unravelling.
A spool of thread suggests an ordered existence; the colour of the thread is also important.
The image of tapestry or weaving suggests a degree of competence and creativity.
The relevance of the ‘picture’ we produce may well represent emotional concerns.
[4]If you dream that a thread in a garment is coming lose, you are in the process of unraveling a particular issue, structure, or role that you wear.
If you dream that you are sewing, then you are creating something new or repairing a communication that has gone awry. This dream could also be showing you that your relationship is hanging by a thread, and that it is either time to cut it loose or sew it back together.
See Also: Sew.
[5]Material aspects: Thread in dreams represents a line of thought or enquiry and, in today’s way of communicating, a blog. In terms of our ordinary everyday lives we perhaps need to remain focused on our goals. Threading a needle has an obvious sexual reference. It can also, because of the perceived difficulty in threading a needle, suggest incompetence in ways other than sexual, such as hitting work targets.
[6]Thread is a vivid image in dreams and in spiritual work. We have the thread of life spun for us by the fates who determine the life and death of all mortal beings; klotho spins the thread; her sister lachesis determines the length of it and atropos cuts the thread when the proper time has come for death.
The various threads of our spirituality are being interwoven into the tapestry of life.
[7]Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a basket full of spools suggests the various aspects of her personality. This is because of its association with the archetypal feminine.
For a man, such an image may represent his attitude to the complexity of the feminine. You might also like to consult the entries for colour, needle, sew, tangled and weaving.
[8]To see thread in your dream, signifies that your road to fortune will be a complicated one. You will need to bind together and strengthen commitments and relationships.
To see broken threads in your dream warns that you will suffer a loss due to the faithlessness of friends.
[9](1) A thread may represent the umbilical cord, which in turn may symbolize either your attachment to your mother or the link between consciousness and the unconscious.
(2) It may represent the span of your life; and therefore mortality.
See Also: Spinning.
[10]Thread sometimes represents the link one has to this world, such as the umbilical cord. Thread also suggest binding together and strengthening.
The dreamer may be strengthening commitments or relationships.
[11]If you dreamed of tangling it, you will learn a secret of an embarrassing nature; if you picked it off your own or someone else’s clothing, it’s a warning against idle gossip.
See Also: Spool.
[12]A dream denoting mysterious intrigues; to unravel, the discovery of a secret; a dream of gold thread denotes success through intrigue; silver thread, intrigue frustrated (Gypsy).
[13]Symbolic of the smallest portion of a person’s property, Gen. 14:23.
A thread can also symbolize that a non-believer has decided to place their trust in Christ, Josh. 2:18
[14]To dream of thread, denotes that your fortune lies beyond intricate paths.
To see broken threads, you will suffer loss through the faithlessness of friends.
See Also: Spools.
[15]Fleeting ideas, spontaneous thoughts, or making meaningful connections.
The red thread of Ariadne (in the Labyrinth) symbolizes life’s journey and life itself.
[16]1. Unity, continuity.
2. Difficult journey to success.
3. Commitments need strengthening.
4. Connection between parent and child.
[17]To wind Thread denotes wealth gained by thrifty ways; to break it hard times; to unravel knotted Thread, a mystery solved.
[18]A dream about tangled or broken thread denotes losses due partially to the dreamer’s over-kindness.
See Also: Spools.
[19]A single thread is solitary, a cord of several is unity; attachment implies co-dependency
[20]Experiences woven into tapestry of life; ideas; a thread of truth.
[21]A dream of using thread is a forerunner of acquiring a competency through thrift.
[22]Perplexity, troubles, tangled situations, thin line
[23](See Also: Fabric, Needle, Sewing, Spinning)
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