What does it mean to dream of the gallows?
It could have been someone you know hanging from the gallows or yourself. Although this dream is quite disconcerting, seeing the gallows in your dream is a positive omen. It denotes both promotion in society and possible financial gain. The gallows also suggests that you may be going through an unpleasant period in your life, but this will end favorably, especially if you acknowledge your own failures and keep moving forward in your endeavors. Seeing more than one person on the gallows means that you may want to take action against your enemies and adversaries, who are hindering your progress.
Being hung suggests that you are hung up on trouble. The gallows can be the harbinger of both luck and success. Seeing the rusty gallows is a symbol for overcoming difficulties and obstacles in life. Dreaming of hanging someone on the gallows is the harbinger of persuasion. Someone is going to try to manipulate you using their charm.
In your dream you can have
- See the gallows.
- Ruined gallows.
- You have seen yourself hanging from the gallows.
- A person hanging from the gallows.
- He escaped from the gallows.
- Seen a lover hanging from the gallows.
- You saw a friend hanging from the gallows.
- A succession of people hanging from the gallows.
- Your enemy hanging from the gallows.
- You save someone from being hanged.
Positive changes are afoot if
- You were released from the gallows.
- Others helped you escape from the gallows.
The detailed interpretation of sleep
In the Arabic tradition dream dictionaries denote that seeing the gallows suggests unhappy and disturbing relationships. This is a warning about friends from the past who could be the source of malicious gossip. The dream of seeing yourself hanging from the gallows means that you will be lucky in your career, or that you might meet a new person in your life who might try to take advantage of you and use you for personal gain. If you see a person you don’t know in your waking life hanging from the gallows, this dream interpretation suggests that you should be careful with your friends as some of them might be in a bad mood and quite unfriendly.
In the western tradition, the dream of the gallows is the harbinger of obstacles and new enemies. The positive aspect of this dream is that perhaps you will be tenacious and ambitious in fulfilling your plans, and therefore you will be honored by others, lucky in business and successful in all situations of your waking life.
Being between two gallows in your dreams suggests that some of your friends may be deceitful. If in your dream you build a gallows, you will experience a positive change in your life. Seeing yourself hanging from the gallows indicates that your wishes must be fulfilled. If you hang yourself from the gallows in a dream you will be lucky in waking life, while if other people are hanged, some of your enemies will lose a battle with you.
Dreaming of saving someone hanging from the gallows means that you will have new achievements at work or in your career. If you see one of your enemies (in waking life) hanging from the gallows in your dream, you will be victorious in all areas of your life. If a friend is hanging from the gallows, you have to be careful and move quickly, because one problem could lead to disaster. However, if you dream of your lover hanging from the gallows, it means that you married an unprincipled person. The gallows dream could foretell a sudden change in your life that will make you more honorable.
The feelings that you may have encountered during the dream of the gallows
Terrified. Surprised. Anxious. Concerned. Weird. Unsafe. Furious. Tired. Lazy. Confused. Upset. Overwhelmed. Insulted. Unsafe. Upset. Angry. Afraid.
