Dream meaning Dreaming of gold

Gold in a dream arrives with an unmistakable gleam, carrying worth, honour and temptation, and with them what refines the soul. Its form and condition carry the reading: coins or jewellery, pure or false, given, found, hoarded or lost. Scripture holds gold at arm's length and close to the heart at once.

The Qur'an names heaps of gold and silver among the desires made attractive to people, warns those who hoard them without spending in God's way, and promises bracelets of gold in Paradise; it also tells how the Israelites fashioned a golden calf while Moses was away.

Arabic interpreters noticed that dhahab, gold, shares its root with going away, and read gold in a man's dream as a loss that goes, while golden jewellery in a woman's dream is adornment and joy. Alchemists sought to turn base metal into gold, and al-Ghazali borrowed their word for his Alchemy of Happiness, where the metal to be transformed is the heart.

The Greeks told of King Midas, whose touch turned even his food to gold. For a man, finding or receiving gold is a gain that will not stay, or a worry that comes with wealth; for a woman, wearing gold is adornment, honour and joy, and sometimes a marriage.

Hoarding gold is a loss that hoarding brings, as the verse warns; gold that turns to dust or lead is a hope that fails its test; counterfeit gold is a person or an offer that is not what it appears. Gold given away in charity is wealth that returns blessed. A golden light is grace.

The spiritual meaning of gold in dreams

Gold is the metal that does not rust or tarnish, and that is why every spiritual tradition has made it the image of what is incorruptible: the divine light, the purified soul, a love or a truth that time cannot spoil. In a dream, gold speaks of what you hold most precious and of the refining that makes it so. Shining gold is grace and worth; gold that is dull, hidden or buried is a value in you that has not yet been brought into the light. The reading always turns on whether the gold is held as a blessing or as a weight, and on who the dreamer is, for gold is read differently for a man and for a woman.

Biblical meaning of gold in dreams

In the Bible gold belongs first to God's house: the ark and the mercy seat were overlaid with pure gold, and the wise men brought gold to the infant Christ as a gift for a king. Gold offered or received in a dream, read biblically, is honour given where it is due and kingship recognised.

Gold is also the image of faith tested. Job said that when God had tried him he would come forth as gold, and Peter wrote that tried faith is more precious than gold that perishes. The street of the heavenly city is pure gold, as clear as glass. Wisdom and God's word are more to be desired than fine gold, says scripture, and Peter told the lame man at the temple, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee." So gold in a dream points beyond itself: to a worth that only trial reveals.

Gold in Islamic dream interpretation: Ibn Sirin

The gender difference in the classical reading rests on a hadith: gold and silk are lawful for the women of the Prophet's community and forbidden to its men. The dream book that carries Ibn Sirin's name follows it. For a man, gold bracelets or anklets are read as hardship and constraint, a matter that binds his hands; for a woman, the same bracelets are adornment, ease and a happy marriage. A necklace of gold on a man is read in the classical books as an office or a trust placed on him.

Melting gold is read there as falling into people's talk or a dispute over money, and a gold ring is a woman's marriage or a man's bond to something he will carry. The interpreters never read gold for a man as plain wealth, which is the lesson of its name.

Jung and Freud on gold in dreams

Carl Jung devoted years to the alchemists, and in Psychology and Alchemy he read their search for gold as the search for the Self, the wholeness at the centre of the psyche; the alchemists themselves said that their gold was not the common gold. A golden object in a Jungian dream, a golden child, a golden ball, a golden light, is that centre appearing.

Sigmund Freud noted the old folk tale in which the devil's gold turns to filth once he leaves, and read gold in dreams as a disguise for what we value and hoard. A Freudian reading asks what you are clutching and why you fear to let it go.

Gold jewellery: rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings

A gold ring is a bond: marriage or engagement for a woman, a commitment or an office for a man. A gold necklace is honour and a position held; a broken necklace is a bond or a trust that needs repair. Gold earrings are good news heard and wisdom received, and for a woman a child or a joy within the family. Gold bracelets are ease for a woman and a weight for a man. Wearing jewellery that is too heavy is honour that has become a burden.

Receiving gold as a gift

Gold given by a husband or fiancé is love and a secure marriage. Gold given by a parent is their blessing and a share in what they built. Gold handed to you by someone who has died is provision and an honour that comes through them. Being given gold you cannot wear, too large or for the wrong person, is an honour that does not suit you or a role you should decline.

Gold coins and gold bars

Gold coins are a value that can be counted: savings, earned honour, knowledge stored up. A few gold coins are a blessing that lasts; a chest of them is wealth that brings worry along with it, especially for a man. Gold bars are solid security, or a weight carried that cannot be spent easily. Coins with writing on them are knowledge or a trust; coins without markings are wealth whose source should be checked.

Losing gold, or gold being stolen

Losing gold jewellery is losing something of worth that was given in love: a bond loosening, a promise neglected or a reputation worn thin. For a man, losing gold is often the lifting of a worry, in keeping with its name. Gold stolen from you is harm from someone close to your possessions, to be guarded against without accusing anyone. Finding lost gold again is a bond restored.

Selling, buying or melting gold

Selling gold is exchanging something precious for a need, a sacrifice made for the family or a value traded too cheaply, depending on how you felt. Buying gold is investing in honour, marriage or security. Melting gold into a new shape is a reshaping of your values, and, in the classical reading, a matter that sets people talking. Gold that turns out to be brass in the scales is an offer or a person who fails the test.

White gold, rose gold and tarnished gold

White gold carries the readings of silver and gold together: purity with worth, a sincere faith with honour. Rose gold is affection and tenderness in what is precious, often in a love match. Gold that tarnishes or turns green is a value that was not what it seemed, and polishing it until it shines is restoring a good name. Gold mixed with silver is a blessing that holds both this world and the next.

Gold dreams for a woman and a pregnant woman

For a woman, gold is adornment, joy and a sign of the marriage: a single woman given gold is a proposal approaching, and a married woman wearing new gold is love renewed in her home. Gold she loses is a quarrel to mend. For a pregnant woman, a gold bracelet or necklace is glad tidings and blessing on the child, and many interpreters read gold earrings in her dream as a joyful birth.

Gold dreams for a man and a single person

For a man, gold is read with caution: worn on his body, it is a constraint or a worry; found, it is wealth that passes through his hands; given away, it is a burden lifted. A gold ring on a man is a bond he will have to keep, and a necklace an office with its weight. For a single person, gold is a relationship of real worth: received, it is a serious match; lost, it is a chance to be guarded; refined in fire, it is love tested and found true.

What does gold mean in a dream?

Gold is worth, honour and what is most precious, and it is read differently by the dreamer. For a woman it is adornment and joy; for a man it is wealth that passes through his hands or a burden to carry.

What does it mean to dream of gold jewellery?

A gold ring is a bond or a marriage, a necklace is honour and a position, earrings are good news. Bracelets are ease for a woman and a weight for a man.

What is the biblical meaning of gold in a dream?

Biblically, gold is honour given to God and faith tested by fire. Job said that when God had tried him he would come forth as gold.

What does it mean to lose gold in a dream?

Losing gold is a bond or a promise that needs care. For a man, losing gold is often a worry lifted, in keeping with the meaning of its name.

What does gold mean in a dream for a woman?

For a woman, gold is adornment, joy and a sign of marriage. A single woman given gold is a proposal approaching.

What does gold mean in a dream in Islam?

Following Ibn Sirin and the hadith that permits gold to women, gold is adornment and joy for a woman and caution for a man. Melting gold is falling into people's talk.