Symbols / A well
A reading for meaning, not prophecy
A well is read as a deep source — in the East a spring of provision and hidden wealth (井), in the West the deep unconscious and the water of life drawn up, in Ibn Sirin's tradition provision, a woman, or a scheme by its depth.
Hand-written entry · reviewed July 2026 · how we read
Three readings
Jung would read the well as the shaft into the deep unconscious — drawing the water of life, insight, or feeling up from far below. A clear well marks access to your depths; a dry one, a source you have lost touch with.
Jungian dream interpretation, explained →周公解梦 reads the well as 井 — a deep source of water, and so of provision and wealth; a full, clear well marks resources and fortune to draw on, a dry or fouled one a source run low. What sustains you, kept in the depths.
Chinese dream interpretation (周公解梦), explained →Ibn Sirin read the well as provision and wealth, sometimes a woman, and by its depth a plan or a scheme — clear water blessing drawn up, a trap-like well a plot (as in the story of Yusuf). Framed as meaning: what deep source are you drawing on, and is it clear?
Islamic dream interpretation, explained →A well is read as a deep source of water, and so of provision and insight — 周公解梦 sees 井, resources kept in the depths; the Jungian lens, the shaft into the deep unconscious, drawing up the water of life. What sustains you, held far below.
Drawing clear water up is read as resources or insight brought up from your own depths — fortune or understanding you can draw on. It marks access to a deep source that is full and clean.
A dry or fouled well is read as a source run low — provision, or a depth of feeling and insight, you've lost touch with. It asks what deep source in your life has gone empty, and needs refilling.
Ibn Sirin read the well as provision and wealth, sometimes a woman, and by its depth a plan or a scheme — clear water blessing drawn up, a trap-like well a plot, as in the story of Yusuf. The question is what deep source you are drawing on, and whether it is clear.
Falling into a well is read as being pulled into the depths — overtaken by feeling, or caught in a plot or a matter deeper than it looked. It asks what you've fallen into, and how to find the way back up.
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