- Fire is a symbol of rejuvenation. It can cleanse and purify.
- Fire sustain us, but it can also destroy. We need warmth to survive, but uncontrolled fire can cause untold pain and destruction.
- Fire can provide illumination and show us the way when we are in the dark.
- Fire is also a symbol of war, might, aggression, and male power.
- Fire is linked to transformation and change. For example, the Phoenix is a bird of fire that after death, is reborn from the ashes of its predecessor.
Which of these meanings fire has in our dream will depend a lot on the surrounding context. In particular,
- Kindling a fire to serve our purposes is very different from a fire that is blazing out of control.
- A fire that warms and comforts us is different from a fire which causes fear and excruciating pain.
- The objects and people associated with the fire are also important.
This is why in dream interpretation, it is important to remember the details of our dream, for example through the use of a dream journal.
1. Dream of Fire and Control
If we dream that we are in control of the fire and are using it to serve our own needs, then fire has a positive meaning. It also signals that we want change to occur.
- Kindling a fire for others indicates that we are helping or guiding those around us. Sharing a campfire can also express a need or interest in socializing and companionship.
- Kindling a fire in our home, particularly during cold or inclement weather, suggests some imminent good fortune, we may be trying to conceive, or expecting a visit from close friends or family.
- Kindling a fire while on a journey shows that we are being creative, innovative, or leading a new venture.
- A controlled fire burning in the hearth signals comfort, warmth, and light. We may be contented with our current state of affairs. Searching for a hearth fire in our dream, may signal that we are seeking comfort and illumination in our life.
If the kindled fire is extinguished by rain in our dream, it could suggest a loss of money, job, comfort, or security.
On the other hand, if we are setting an uncontrolled fire with the purpose of destroying people, objects, and property (i.e. arson), then we are likely harboring some jealousy, bitterness, or hatred in our life toward a co-worker, friend, or relative.
- Dreaming we are setting fire to ourselves, indicates that we may be experiencing extreme stress or emotional turmoil in our life, and feel like we are burning up. It may also indicate that we want to remove some aspect of our life or personality.
- Dreaming we are a firefighter or are trying to put out a fire suggests that there are many complicated and high stress problems that are demanding our attention. There are perhaps many challenges that we may have to face and we will need to work hard to overcome them. Trying to stop a fire can also express a desire to prevent change in our life.
- Dreaming we are a fire eater shows that we have strong emotions, but they are currently being kept under control. However, if we become consumed by the fire, then our emotions may be starting to overwhelm us.
- Dreaming we are worshiping fire expresses a love for war or conflict. We may feel strongly that a resolution can only be achieved through the use of force or physical might. It may also indicate a wish for finding a more masculine partner, or the need to cultivate more masculine qualities in ourselves.
2. Dream of Fire and How We Feel
How we feel during our fire dream is also very important.
Feeling pain from being burned by our dream fire, may indicate that our current life situation is threatening and painful. There could be an unresolved issue that is causing us subconscious pain. We may be consumed by ambition, anger, frustration, and other strong emotions. We may be going through an emotionally painful break-up, or having difficult problems at work.
If we are struck by pain or discomfort from the heat of a blaze or feel its bite on our face, we may be worried of being the subject of slander, jealousy, spite, or other types of verbal and emotional abuse.
Feeling good or excited from seeing our heart on fire suggests strong positive emotions or love for someone in our life. We may currently be in an exciting relationship, and have intense desire toward our current partner.
Feeling tired or nothing at all from being burned by fire suggests that we are feeling burned-out or unmotivated.
Feeling fear and great uncertainty from a large out of control fire or firestorm signals a worry for insubordination, civic disorder, or chaos around us. There may be signs of unhappiness and insubordination at work or we may worry about social unrest in our current area. More black smoke indicates greater danger.
Feeling cool and comfortable in a fire represents a pure heart. We are confident of our current course in life, and are certain of our faith and decisions. There are no unresolved issues or deceits that are troubling us.
Feeling protected and safe in a fire may mean that we have a trusted partner or a strong support group of friends, family, or co-workers that will help keep us safe from whatever adversity that may arise in our life.
3. Dream of Fire and Objects
The objects in our fire dream are also very important for interpreting its meaning.
1. House.
A common object that appears in many fire dreams is a house. Our house or home often represents us or our family. Dreaming that our house is on fire may indicate large changes that are coming and uncertainty over those changes. It may also reflect tumultuous personal emotions, loss of mental peace, or being overwhelmed by strong feelings.
A raging uncontrolled fire in our town signals broader issues affecting our community. There could be economic issues that cause job losses or political unrest.
Finally, seeing the ruins of our house or town after a fire indicates loss and sadness. We may be worried of losing someone or something important to us (e.g. family, friends, job, money), or have recently experienced such a loss in our life.
2. Fire extinguisher.
Trying to put out a fire with an extinguisher represents a desperate need to suppress emotions and desires, or avoid changes that are happening in our life.
3. Other people.
If we see another person being burned, it shows that we have strong feelings or emotions toward that person. Whether those feelings are positive or negative will depend a lot on what we are feeling in our dream, and whether the person is comfortable or in pain from the fire.
Sharing the light of someone else’s fire may indicate a desire to share in the knowledge and companionship of others. We may be feeling lonely or stagnant, and be yearning for experiences with new people.
The Meaning of Fire Dreams
To interpret the meaning of our fire dreams, we want to pay attention to –
- Whether we are in control of the fire. In particular, did we start the fire and is the fire currently being used for our comfort, safety, and illumination.
- What we feel with regard to our dream fire. Were we afraid of it or comforted by its warmth? Were we comfortable and renewed by the fire, or did we feel pain and fear?
- Other objects and people in our dream.
Do you have many fire dreams? Tell us about it in the comments section below.
I had a dream about my late husband. We were in a house, co workers were there as well as a couple of children. It was pleasant, my husband and I were talking, he turns to me and says “I can’t do this anymore”, I look down and there is a fire that starts at his feet and it consumes him. He didn’t scream or anything but it jolted me to wake up. He was 65 when he died, in the dream he went back to what he looked like in his thirties, like a slow progression. He died almost two years ago.
Very Early in the morning..i had dream About a man chasing me.i didnt know that man…but it is like he knew me…so he chased me i hid..still saw talking bad words to me…After i decided to run and hide
i ran while screaming hid in the kitchen…then pretended that my grand ma was in so that he can feel scared and leave me.un fortunately he found out that i was playing games with….
in just few minutes i saw a kid…he entered i tried to go out..buh it was too late he got the small burning firewood and started ti burn me..bAsking me how do u feel
i couldnt help my self out…i got a small feeling though it wasnt that painful…Buh wen i woke up i felt those scars on my body
I had a dream that a car with four members crashed in our house n the car got on fire. And as we were living in 2nd floor I was predicting that the car crashed from the bridge beside our house.
The 2 persons from the car were army man and got injured.
I had a dream that I was watching my ex mother in laws house started a fire in the fire place and a spark set the curtain on the window on fire I put the fire out but was afraid to tell her that it happened
My dream was I was in the front room of this house and I looked out the window to see flames all over the bushes spreading so I ran to the back yard grabbed the hose and started putting it out I then tried telling someone to grab sand and spread it all over where I sprayed water and then no one did I remember feeling scared and freaked out like ah gosh I hope this doesn’t get out of control and then I remember a male standing still in the middle of the yard watching me do all the work and then I put it all out I spread sand everywhere and put sand bags around the house and then I woke up
I dreamt that I was cooking and flames ignited and caught the curtains beside me on fire and started to burn upwards towards the roof. My family and boyfriend were across the room on a sofa and a I was screaming for them to help me and the curtains were on fire, and they all just stared at me like a deer in headlights! I was frantically patting the fire out and by the time they started to slowly make their way over to me I had put the fire out. What does this mean?
Thanks
I had a dream I was in my home and when I looked out the window I saw some kind of lines on the ground that had a small flame. The next thing I know they are burning wildly and the house catches on fire. I rush my daughter out of the house. While I was calling for my cousin to get out of the house. We were both calling 911 for the fire department. That’s where I woke up.
My mum passed away seven years ago and my dad also passed away three months ago, and Left my younger brother who stays in that house. today I dreamt the house full of smoke I tried to switch off the electricity all switches were destroyed I tried to remove some items from the house but I couldn’t. I went to the main switch and it was not working well by good luck the fire fighter s came to put off the fire. I was afraid
I had a dream as fire sparked inside the room an smoke covered the whole room, is shouted fire ooo that someone should me remove the fuse from the wall before we knew it fire also entered the next room then one of our female Neighbour ran and removed the fuse. Then I woke up, pls I don’t understand the dream.
I had a dream where people in the army suit were putting fires in homes while people and pets were in the house/apartment. They were all on my back yard. So then they got to my house then the opened the window and threw the bomb inside. Next thing you know you see fire. The people in the living room got out but the people in the bedroom where the fire was, was stuck. What could this mean?
I had a dream this morning (i know it was in the morning cause I woke up at like 9am & slept again and had the dream then..) about me and my family and a boyfriend of mine that i never had in real life but actually met and fell in love with in a PREVIOUS dream. We were all in our apartment in my hometown Syria (which is still in war). Mom noticed a bag with explosive material put right in front of our apartment door. She called me and we thought what we could do with it & then she decided to take it, go down the stairs to the Main Street and throw it somewhere far away. I told her to be real quick, like to actually run. I waited home feeling worried and bad that I should’ve done that myself. Then my bf and I looked out of the balcony and we saw two cars on fire in the middle of the street, one of them close to our building and the other one on the other side of the street. The bag mom had, had probably exploded. That’s what I think and I’m feeling worse than ever. I hurry down with my bf to search for mom. On the way on the stairs I start crying and wishing to see mom climbing up the stairs every second I go down more. We reached the building’s door, opened it and saw nothing but more fire all around. I was about to go into the street where cars were on fire to find mom but then I woke up. I felt really bad and worried when I woke up.
I just had a dream that my grandparents house started to catch fire and my kid sister was in bed sleeping and I went to get her up and she finally did but I was panicked and was trying to save things I valued.
I want to know what it means when you have a dream about a woman with yellow eyes trying to grab you in your dreams but you can’t see her face only her eyes and fire in the background??? I just had this dream twice can’t sleep now!!
I had a dream about fire spreading from someone’s home that i know in real life. It started with smoke coming from someone’s chimney, but not regular smoke, it bellowed out fast, and made weird noises like fireworks were going off inside the chimney, and the smoke was shinging with firework colors. the people that tried to put the fire out couldn’t and the fire started to spread violently towards the rest of the village. I can’t walk properly in real life, yet i was running with ease, towards the home with other people, but when we got to the scource of the home, everything exploded and the whole village was set on fire. When everything burned out, we were all safe, like a force shield had protected us, but the noise still echoed and the chimney was still bellowing black smoke with the colors from the fireworks.
That’s the strangest dream i’ve Ever had. Might have been sprouted by problems in real life, but i don’t know what it means. It felt very real too. I don’t know the people that were in the dream apart from the house i knew too well.
I dreamt i was in the kitchen with my friends n we heard people screaming, we went out from the kitchen and saw our office building in fire and something explode heavily in the fire. I was very scared n i ran to call the firefighter n i screamed out “call 999”. In that dream also i saw my friend crying over a grave. The scariest dream ever.
In my dream, I saw a fire coming towards me and I hide behind a wall and directs the fire towards the person who evokes it and the fire changes its direction towards the person. I was not burnt neither felt the heat of the fire but initially it was moving towards me at a distance.
What does this dream implies?
I have never dreamed about fire like this before and it terrified me. I dreamed I was at a large enclosed college campus watching an ice hockey game in the multi purpose room and suddenly without hesitation I got up, walked to an empty large bathroom/locker room and lit a match with an expressionless face and no emotion and no thoughts going through my mind it was like a robotic response. I watched the flame grow a little then I started to panic and hit the fire alarm and activated the sprinkler system then I fled the scene and went back to my seat and pretended to be perplexed when the fire drill commended and we were all being told to calmly proceed to the center of the school for roll call but when we all got there the organizers just let everyone start going to this shopping and gaming area of the campus and no one was being encouraged to exit the facility so everyone just started hanging around doing whatever. I think many people didn’t really think the school was actually on fire or thought it’s probably so small that it will get put out soon. I waited silently for the administration to call the fire department but they didn’t. I started to grow more panicky but decided to hang around with everyone a bit longer. I kept looking towards the side of the building that I knew had a growing fire and it was starting to give me anxiety that no one was making a big deal so I tried staying calm so people didn’t suspect it was me. Then the flames started to enter the center area and I decided with a few other people we had to leave now out the front steps so we walked quickly and I saw others start to get it and began leaving as well but a lot of people were still inside hanging around not concerned about the fire to my horror. As we got further away from campus the fire started growing faster and faster and I swear I could feel the heat of the flames and my eyes widened in terror as the reality of what was occurring was dawning on me and I kept screaming and going oh my god oh my god and now I was running but looming back and to my horror I started hearing screams and the anguish I felt was over powering as it sunk in that this,made me a school terrorist and a criminal arsonist and that I would have to face imprisonment and I was thinking about all the lives that fire was taking as I ran away and I was overcome by grief and shock and shame at the mass destruction I caused with my one match and I couldn’t believe I let my life spiral so destructively out if control and hurt so many innocent people and ruin so many lives. But also feeling anger the administration didn’t do anything about it sooner like investigate and extinguish the fire or call the fire department or get everyone out of the building immediately but then again mad at myself for putting out the fire myself or call the firefighters myself or getting everyone to exit the building immediately but I didn’t want to act panicky and get people suspicious it was me so I cowardly stayed silent and didn’t try to help or fix things instead I let the fire engulf the entire school out of control and it scared the hell out of me tbinking tgis is real tgid is what my life has come to karma is going to get back back for all the destruction I’ve caused and people’s lives I destroyed. Then I woke up freaked out and heartbroken I had such a devastating dream with me as a terrorist villain.
I had a dream where I went into a building and went down a staircase and someone threw something on me like petrol or something flammable and I caught fire. I remember trying to turn around and run back out but I burnt to dead. I don’t have a temper so it’s not related to that as I am a calm person. I don’t know what this means? Does anyone have any idea?
I watch a dream that i am standing in a vally like oldage. Dont know the name.
Than suddenlly a very huge black hand made of cloudy black smoke appears in the sky and start thrashing the vally continuslly. It shaken the earth horriblly.
I heard a voice between that all happening and that was…
Kill all the sinners and do not harm good.
After that voice suddenlly sombody pick me up from roof like giant hand and put me high on the roof somwhere…
I surprise to see my uncle along with me. He ask me to look around and when i see there was a very tall hairless human who was continuslly eating big stone like 5 to 4 stone at time.
I am sick after i dream this all i dont think so because of this dream.
One more thing i want to share that i am repeatedlly watching this 911 digit for last 8 month or so. Like watching tv, number plate, time, bill number, etc..
I want your help.
Regards.
I had a dream, I can’t remember much of the context but i was with one of my best friends sitting on my bed watching a movie and i was applying lotion to my legs and arms, i wasn’t paying much attention as i was applying the lotion but i began to feel excruciating pain throughout my body, i kept applying the lotion but as I did I began to notice flames were coming from my hands or the lotion and it was burning my skin, i began to scream and my best friend who is a paramedic carried me to the shower and turned on the water, she was inspecting the wounds and said “these are second degree burns” and began tending to me. i’m not really sure the meaning of this dream but it’s left me pretty confused. any ideas?