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What it means to dream about rain
Two readings: the one the old dream book gives, and what this dream actually means.
What the traditional dream book says
In the dream books rain is tied to tears, and just as often to washing clean and to fertile ground. Warm rain brings good, a downpour a storm of feeling, and standing out in it with no umbrella the sense of being unprotected.
What the dream really reflects
Rain is what pours out: tears, everything stored up that's asking to be let go. Warm rain washes you, a downpour drowns you. This is about the feelings you gave room to, or the ones about to spill over whether you planned it or not.
What changes the reading
The same dream reads differently, and here is what shifts it.
- Warm summer rain
- Something is washing you clean. The tears or the feelings you let out have done you good, even if you braced for the opposite.
- A downpour, getting soaked
- What you stored up has overflowed. The feeling went right through you and there was nowhere to hide from it this time.
- Rain while the sun shines
- Tears mixed with hope. The hard thing and the bright thing arriving in the same hour, which happens more often than it sounds.
FAQ
Is dreaming about rain a good sign or a bad one?
Neither one directly, because a dream does not prophesy. It shows your state, and whether that is light or heavy is yours to weigh once you look closely. Rain here is a mirror rather than a sentence.
The dream reflected you for one night. The chart of the sky holds your whole reflection.
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