Dirty Hands

Dirty Hands

Uncover Hidden Dream Meanings

The primary symbolism of a hand in a dream is hard work, thus, to see dirty hands signifies that someone is going to struggle in life but will have rewards in the future. When you dream of more than one dirty hand, think of the significance of that hands is there something you are trying to keep hidden?

You should also consider the symbolism of the dirt in the dream. Are you being stealthily or crafty in pursuit of your desires? The hand serves as a mirror to how one interacts with people, events, and work. Hands also reflect the emotions and the mood that an individual is currently experiencing.

The good news is that hands are also used in dreams to symbolize hope. To see your own hand dirty means that you need to consider the fact that there is still hope for everything. To carry out a task such as gardening or other activity that results in dirty hands means that people will want advice from you.

In your dream

  • Your dirty hands are holding either the left or right hand of another individual.
  • Your dirty hands are handcuffed.
  • Your dirty hands are bleeding.
  • Your dirty hands are claw like.
  • Your dirty hands are injured.
  • Your dirty hands are closed or clasped.

Positive changes are afoot if

  • You washed your hands.
  • The hands were not that dirty.
  • Hands were dirty due to tasks carried out.

Detailed Dream interpretation

In Greek mythology, dirty hands was a symbol of hard work but also to bring people together. Dreams of hands that are dirty may therefore be referring to your role as a peacemaker or the need for you to make peace with someone. In addition, if you see more than one hand this indicates purity, peace and resurrection. To see large dirty hands is often associated with the animus or masculine aspect of femininity.

Feelings that you may have encountered during a dream of dirty hands

Fear, anxiety, doubt, unpreparedness, happiness, confidence, reborn and trust are the feelings of being dirty.

By Flo Saul
Mar 22, 2013