Dreaming About Water: What Does It Mean? Complete and Detailed Interpretation

Water is one of the most important symbols in dream interpretation. It speaks of your emotions, of how they flow, where they get stuck, and where they are taking you. It also speaks of life, fertility, and abundance. The key lies in the state of the water: it is not the same to visualize a crystal-clear spring as it is to encounter dirty water or to find yourself lost before the vast ocean of possibilities of the sea.

Clear Water

When the water is transparent, it is one of the best omens you can receive. It speaks of peace, optimism, and a period of prosperity on its way.

• Drinking clear water. From your hands, a beautiful phase and pure feelings. From a glass, relief is coming for something that was worrying you.
• Temperature. Cold, positive surprises. Hot or boiling, a warning of some setback in what you are planning.
• Someone offers it to you. Someone you know: loyalty and trust. A stranger: a valuable person is coming who will bring something meaningful to your life.
• Bathing in clear water. Unblocking and good luck. Cold water, effort will be required. Hot water, caution with someone who might take advantage of you.

Dirty Water

A warning. It usually indicates that this is not the right time to make risky decisions.

• Touching it or submerging yourself. A warning of possible deception or of being on the wrong path.
• Bad smell or dark appearance. Unease in your environment or a painful situation you feel powerless to change.

Moving Water

Water in motion speaks of dynamism and evolution.

• Flowing water. Important changes are coming. Pay attention so you can take advantage of them in time.
• Fountains. Prosperity. At home, family happiness. At work, financial success.

Stagnant Water

A direct reflection of your emotional state. If it is clean but still, it signals a period of calm. If it is dirty and stagnant, there is something inside that is not flowing — an unresolved conflict that keeps you stuck.

Rainwater

Renewal and abundance.

• In the countryside. Economic prosperity and success in business.
• In the city. Purity and new opportunities.
• Getting wet in it. A good omen. If the rain is dirty, a warning about recent decisions that may not have been the best.

Water Inside the Home

Here the dream speaks of the intimate and the familial.

• Leaks. Unresolved problems with a partner or with family.
• Water running through the house. There are problems to face, or ones you already know how to solve.
• Dampness. Someone close to you is quietly going through a hard time.
• Water coming out of walls or the floor. Disappointment coming from your inner circle.

If your dream about water was very vivid or has repeated itself, do not let it pass. A call to an experienced clairvoyant can help you read where your emotions are flowing — or where they are getting stuck. You will find the number in the image beside the article.