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What it means to dream about war
War in a dream is a battle running inside you: two wishes pulling opposite ways, duty at war with tiredness, you against yourself. It shows how worn out you are, and hints that it is time to look for a truce. Scary omens deserve little of your trust, and the real thing this dream sets in front of you is a question: which two wishes in you are pulling in opposite directions?
First layer · what tradition says
What the traditional dream book says
In the old dream books, war means discord, enmity, hard changes and news from far away. It promised quarrels at home and turmoil all around you.
Second layer · the honest read
What the dream really reflects
More often, war comes when a battle is running inside you: two wishes pulling in opposite directions, duty at war with tiredness, you at war with yourself. Often it's about being overloaded awake, living in a state of defense and not having laid down your weapons in a long time. Explosions and shelling are the anxiety you can't get away from, with the front line running straight through you. The dream shows how worn out you are from the constant fighting, and hints that it's time to look for a truce.
FAQ
Is dreaming about war lucky or unlucky, and where does that leave you if the shelling never stops?
Neither a promise nor a threat: endless shelling speaks of anxiety with no cover anywhere, and a lull speaks of the truce your tiredness has been asking for. It shows today, not tomorrow.
The old dream books read dreaming about war as discord, enmity and hard changes, so where does that reading come from?
Dream books are ready-made lists of image and meaning, and next to this one the entry reads discord, enmity and hard changes. I keep to the mirror: the same picture lands differently for each person because the subject here is your life, and what it asks you is this: which two wishes in you are pulling in opposite directions?
The dream reflected you for one night. The chart of the sky holds your whole reflection.
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