In Chinese tradition · 周公解梦 · 友
周公解梦 reads the friend as 友 — loyalty and the bonds that carry one's fortune; a warm reunion marks harmony and support arriving, a quarrel a tie to mend. Friends in dreams are read as the company your fortune keeps.
Symbols / A friend
Dreaming about a friend
A reading for meaning, not prophecy
A friend is read as connection and a mirror — in the East loyalty and the bonds that carry fortune (友), in the West an aspect of yourself the friend represents, in Ibn Sirin's tradition companionship, aid, or the state of a bond.
Three readings
In Western psychology · Jungian
Jung would read a friend as an aspect of yourself they embody — a quality you associate with them, reflected back for you to recognise as your own. The state of the friendship often mirrors your relationship to that quality in you.
In Islam · Ibn Sirin
Ibn Sirin read a friend or companion as aid, loyalty, and the state of a bond — a faithful friend support and good company, a falling-out a matter of trust to tend. Framed as meaning: which bond, or which part of yourself, is this friend showing you?
Common variations
- an old friend returning
- a friend betraying you
- a deceased friend
- making a new friend
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