In Chinese tradition · 周公解梦 · 藏
周公解梦 reads hiding as 藏 — withdrawing to keep something safe; to hide well marks protection and patience, to be found a matter or truth that will not stay concealed. It asks what you are keeping out of sight.
Symbols / Hiding
Dreaming about hiding
A reading for meaning, not prophecy
Hiding is read as avoidance and the need for safety — in the East withdrawing to protect one's fortune (藏), in the West a part of the Self kept from view, in Ibn Sirin's tradition seeking refuge from a threat.
Three readings
In Western psychology · Jungian
Jung would read hiding as a part of yourself — a feeling, a truth, a fear — kept from view of others or of your own awareness. To be sought while hiding is the tension between wanting to be found and fearing it. What are you concealing?
In Islam · Ibn Sirin
Ibn Sirin read seeking concealment as taking refuge from a threat or an exposure — to hide safely a danger avoided, to be discovered a matter come to light. Framed as meaning: what are you hiding, and from whom?
Common variations
- hiding from someone
- being found while hiding
- hiding something
- hiding and holding your breath
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