The Symbolism of Bread in Dreams: Prosperity, Longevity, and Life
(Loaf; Knowledge; Life; Longevity; Money; Mother; Nanny; Needs; Prosperity; Religion; A strong person)
Bread and Its Varieties
When bread is made from bleached flour in a dream, it symbolizes blessed earnings and a comfortable life. In contrast, bread made with unbleached flour signifies disturbances in one's life. Each loaf of bread may also represent forty years of a person’s life or money in denominations, depending on the dreamer’s financial standing or occupation.
Whole wheat, barley, or sweet bread made with honey or sugar in a dream indicates rising prices. Eating bread with its crusts is akin to eating honey with beeswax. Oven-fresh bread is considered the best to eat in dreams. Bread, especially made with bleached flour, represents chastity, a clean life, pure knowledge, or a beautiful wife.
Success and Prosperity
If a student distributes bread among the poor in a dream, it signifies that they will achieve their goals and succeed in their studies. If the dreamer is a preacher, it suggests that people are accepting their advice and admonitions. If people crowd around the dreamer for bread, it means they are seeking what the dreamer has to offer, and their position is better than those who are receiving.
Unexpected Blessings
If a deceased person offers bread in a dream, it foretells unexpected money from an unsolicited source. Bread hanging in the skies, over roofs, or from trees symbolizes rising prices for all commodities. Bread scattered on the ground, with people walking over it, signifies prosperity leading to vanity.
Religious and Life Interpretations
A good-looking loaf of bread represents a strong religious standing, while an unattractive loaf indicates the opposite. Baking bread symbolizes working for one’s livelihood. Squandered loaves of bread, seen but not eaten, suggest meeting with estranged brothers.
A loaf baked with coarsely grounded grains indicates a comfortable life, albeit with little religious attendance. Barley bread suggests a strenuous but well-managed life, while bread made from corn, chickpeas, or millet symbolizes tight financial conditions and rising prices. Receiving a piece of dried bread indicates that the dreamer’s life is nearing its end.
Marriage and Trade
In dreams, a loaf of bread can symbolize marriage for an unwed person and progress in trade for a craftsman. For a ruler or judge, a well-baked loaf represents justice. Small loaves signify a short life, while large loaves suggest longevity.
Health and Hypocrisy
Eating a hot loaf of bread indicates hypocrisy, as the oven’s heat remains. Eating bread without a meal can signify sickness or dying alone, while eating half-baked bread suggests suffering from high fever.
Financial Stability
For a poor person, eating sweet bread or cake can signify sickness or loss of expected gains. Eating thin rock-baked bread suggests an increase in earnings but a short life. Holding two loaves of bread represents marrying two sisters one after the other, while eating from two loaves at once indicates the same. Eating pretzels symbolizes adopting a healthy diet.
Wealth and Hardships
Stale bread represents inexpensive or low-quality prices. Dough in a dream suggests debts or loans. A flying loaf of bread with wings indicates high prices. Eating flat or pita bread symbolizes easy living or prosperity. A bun represents decent financial stability, while a loaf of bread also symbolizes little earnings or small wages.
See Also: Dough.
[1]Bread Dream Interpretation
As a food, bread is a fundamental part of most diets. In poverty bread is the filler, and in jail the prisoner receives bread and water to keep from starvation. In Christianity, Christ is the bread of life, and in popular jargon bread is used to refer to money. Crossculturaly in both physical and metaphysical references, bread is the basic sustenance of life. As a dream symbol it is rich in both meaning and message.
The bread in your dreams could represent those positive and wonderful things that you have learned in your life’s journey. It could be symbolic of good and most basic things in your life which will yield positive benefits in the future.
The bread in your dream could be spiritually symbolic; it could represent a profound communion or connection with others and with God. Consider the details of your dream before interpreting, but know that bread has positive universal symbolism and that this dream should bring with it a level of positive feelings and peace.
[2]Bread Dream Interpretation
To see bread in your dream represents the basic needs of life, or aspects of things or people that sustain you. Bread may also signify the positive qualities and great things you have learned on your journey of life. A breadbasket denotes those aspects of life that contribute to your sustenance, a breadboard refers to life aspects that support your livelihood, whilst a breadbox portrays the energy you put into your livelihood. Breadcrumbs suggest a tiny amount of something and a breadline denotes a lack of emotional necessities. A bread machine suggests the ease of making a living or that which comes easily to you, whereas a bread mold suggests a possible need to change jobs or approach your existing job in a new way. A bread-stick represents things that you may overlook in real life, whilst a breadwinner characterizes someone who does the work.
[3]Bread Dream Interpretation
The essence or “manna” of life. In this interpretation, eating bread becomes a way of accepting spiritual gifts.
Financial concerns. In most cultures, bread is a symbol of providence. Kinship, especially if shared with another (e.g., “breaking bread together”).
Miracles and divine providence: Besides the story of Jesus with the loaves and fishes, Moses in the wilderness, and the Christian Host, bread was involved in many types of ancient spells for continued sustenance.
Various types of bread may have specific significance as well.
For example, pretzels are a solar wheel, unleavened bread represents haste, and hot cross buns symbolize the spring equinox, a time of renewed hope.
[4]Bread Dream Interpretation
Symbol: Bread represents essential human nourishment in every culture.
Vision: Seeing fresh-baked bread: a sure sign of good luck— and possibly good friends visiting. Watching others eat bread: you envy other people.
If you are baking bread: your efforts will be successful. Eating stale or hard bread means great difficulties need to be overcome. Offering bread to others: you are looking for a good friend.
See Also: Baking.
Depth Psychology: Bread is an everyday item, but it is also holy.
It is always a symbol of “the food of life” and may be spiritual (Christian Holy Communion) or simply a wish for more social contact and more friends.
[5]Bread Dream Interpretation
Bread represents food in general, as well as effort; as the Bible teaches: “You earn your bread by the sweat of your brow.” Therefore, when it appears in dreams, it always represents essential aspects of us. Giving bread to someone reveals your capacity for forgiveness and your desire to share.
If you dream of having only bread to eat, it means that you feel poor inside. Similarly you must pay attention to the form in which it appears in your dreams, because sometimes it takes on sexual connotations, especially among teenagers. The Freudian school identifies it with the body of the loved one or the penis. Jung, however, recognizes in it an allusion to spiritual food.
[6]Bread Dream Interpretation
See Also: Food
1- Dreaming of bread connects us with our need for basic emotional and biological satisfaction.
To be sharing bread in a dream represents our ability to share basic experience.
2- If the bread in a dream is foreign or tastes bad we mav be unsure of what we really need out of life. We may be doing the wrong thing in some area of our lives.
3- Bread Is symbolic of life itself.
It is food of the soul and can also represent the need to share.
[7]Bread Dream Interpretation
For a woman to dream of eating bread, denotes that she will be afflicted with children of stubborn will, for whom she will spend many days of useless labor and worry.
To dream of breaking bread with others, indicates an assured competence through life.
To see a lot of impure bread, want and misery will burden the dreamer.
If the bread is good and you have access to it, it is a favorable dream.
[8]Bread Dream Interpretation
Dreams of bread symbolize money, abundance, life, support and wealth.
If the bread is moldy, then it represents stinginess and a fear of spending.
If the bread is crusty, then this is about releasing your old belief systems about money.
If you are breaking bread with someone, then you are sharing your wealth, and realizing that more will be added unto you.
[9]Bread Dream Interpretation
Break often represents our source of nourishment. Less obviously, it is often used to refer to financial “nourishment,” as in one’s “bread and butter.” Similarly, the expression that one “cannot live by bread alone” indicates that one needs more than simple, physical nourishment.
[10]Bread Dream Interpretation
Fellowship; communion with others in awareness that we are all a part of God’s body. Body as the temple of God; process of learning life’s lessons through staff of life or God awareness. Meditation or communion with God is the bread of life, the realization of our oneness with all things.
[11]Bread Dream Meaning
If the bread in your dream was dark, stale, and/ or hard, you can expect a sudden outcrop of annoying family worries; however, if it was fresh, white, and tasty, your future is secure, which is also the case if you dreamed of baking the bread yourself.
[12]Bread Dream Meaning
Material aspects: Dreaming of bread connects us with our need for basic emotional and physical or material needs.
To be sharing bread in a dream represents our ability to share our experience with others so that they may learn.
[13]Bread Dream Meaning
Psychological / emotional perspective: If the bread is out of the ordinary or has an unusual taste, we may be unsure of what we really need out of life. We may not be following the most productive course of action in our lives.
[14]Bread Dream Meaning
We are looking at our experiences and our basic needs. Unleavened breads, such as chappatis, matzos, pancakes and tortillas, have symbolic importance in a number of religions. Fancy breads can show a recognition of cultural diversity.
[15]Bread Dream Meaning
If the Bread is new and pleasant to the taste, it is a sign of physical well-being, bodily comfort. But if it is stale and hard, then domestic worries of a commonplace character are indicated.
To bake Bread is an unfortunate omen.
[16]Bread Dream Meaning
Having a loaf of bread delivered in your dreams may suggest the arrival of some real dough or money. Bread represents spiritual fulfillment and the embodiment of Christ light or Christ-like qualities.
[17]Bread Dream Meaning
Bread has always been symbolic of life itself. In its highest aspect it is considered to be spiritual nourishment – manna. It can also represent the need to share spiritual knowledge.
[18]Bread Dream Meaning
To dream about bread indicates the most primal requirements of life. This dream could represent the better aspects of knowledge you have gained along your path in life.
[19]Bread Dream Meaning
Fundamental nourishment; our basic emotional and biological needs. In a spiritual sense it represents our universal experience of physical or bodily life.
[20]Bread Dream Meaning
Dreaming of bread is a very good omen. It signifies the positive qualities and great things you have learned on your journey in life. Also see “Toast”
[21]Bread Dream Meaning
You will succeed in earthly business pursuits. Eating good bread indicates good health and long life. Burnt bread is a sign of funeral and so is bad.
[22]Bread Dream Meaning
Provision for spiritual livelihood, words that give life, i.E. Breaking bread together in friendship and unity
[23]Bread Dream Interpretation
This is symbolic of the broken body of Christ and the fellowship of friends, Matt. 26:26
[24]Bread Dream Meaning
1. Wealth, honor.
2. Basic necessities, nourishment of life.
3. Success in life.
[25]Bread Dream Interpretation
If one dreams of baking bread, it is a sign that your financial worries are over.
[26]Bread Dream Meaning
Experience; everyday life. Given slice of bread: sex.
[27]Bread Dream Interpretation
To dream you see a great quantity of loaves of bread, denotes success in life. To dream you are eating good bread, denotes that yon will be shortly married. To dream the bread is musty and bad, denotes loss of friends, and that some near relation will shortly die.
[28]Bread Dream Interpretation
lucky numbers: 21-31-32-38-42-52
baking: add the ingredients needed for complete nourishment.
buying: others wil share their success with you.
carrying several loaves of: a recent request wil be granted.
corn, eating: a gamble pays off richly.
crumbs, of: this essential nourishment is a clue to resolving a stale problem.
eating: wil be helped by friends who visit from afar.
black: business losses through hard reality.
dark: contentment in the support received from acquaintances.
white: use your sensitivity and fragile psychology for a large profit.
hard loaf of: physical wel -being to al your family but yourself.
hot, freshly baked: wealth and honor wil be yours if you maintain stable relations.
hardtack, chewing: be wary of al owing others to push you to lose your temper.
men kneading: need the young woman on your mind.
offering, to others: involvement with a larger social context in near future.
pumpernickel, eating: al basic nutrients one needs to survive in a harsh environment.
several loaves of: period of equanimity and fearlessness is ending.
stale: domestic difficulty wil be helped from the granting of an old request.
watching others eat: your envy involved you in bickering.
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