Ruins Dream Meanings

The meaning of ruins is literal: they represent destruction, the end of life. Many people experience this vision with a certain amount of melancholy. However, this destruction is mostly necessary to begin to build new and different things.

If a monument or temple in a perfect state appears in your dreams, it is a sign that you will have success in your upcoming projects.

If you find ancient ruins or sacred relics in dreams, it could symbolize that you have discovered the treasures that you guard inside. So, you have found the ancient subconscious wisdom that you harbor within you. (See ABANDONMENT, COLD, DEATH, and ROCK)

Discovering buried ruins assures comfortable and serene old age. Walking over ruins foretells financial losses.

1- When something is in ruins we have to discover if it is through neglect or vandalism.

If the former, the suggestion is that we need to pull things together.

If the latter, wc need to look at how we are making ourselves vulnerable.

2- If we have deliberately ruined something we need to clarify a self-destructive element in us. Sometimes by looking at the symbolism of what has ruined an object or an occasion will give us insight into our own processes.

3- Occasionally it is vital that there is an element of dcstructiveness in us in order that we can rebuild part of our lives on a better basis.

Dreams of ruins represent the buried treasures of your heart and soul.

If you dream of discovering ruins, as in a Shamanic Soul Retrieval, then this signifies reunification of lost pieces of your soul that allow you to feel a connected and unified to your wisdom and spiritual bounty. Alternatively, this dream could also signify old and worn out aspects of yourself that no longer serve you. Consider the feeling tone.

See Antique.

Psychological / emotional perspective: If we have deliberately ruined something we need to clarify a self-destructive element in us. Sometimes by looking at the symbolism of what has ruined an object or an occasion will give us insight into our own processes.

If someone else has ruined one of our possessions in dreams we should look at an emotional difficulty in waking life.

(1) What is in ruins may be a relationship, or your self-image, or your life. Such a collapse is not necessarily a bad thing. It often means only that you have been pursuing Svrong5 aims, that is, aims that do not match your personality.

(2) If there is a numinous, holy ‘feel’ about the ruins, they may symbolize a source of wisdom appropriate to your ‘destiny5.

(see Archway, Buildings, Landmarks, Locations, Pillars) The crumbling of a situation, relationship, or system of belief.

A reminder of transience. Even the greatest civilizations succumb to the hand of time. Therefore, live life to its fullest while you have the opportunity.

Falling from a place of glory, achievement, and respect, if only in your own eyes.

To dream of ruins, signifies broken engagements to lovers, distressing conditions in business, destruction to crops, and failing health.

To dream of ancient ruins, foretells that you will travel extensively, but there will be a note of sadness mixed with the pleasure in the realization of a long-cherished hope. You will feel the absence of some friend.

Material aspects: When something is in ruins we have to discover if it is through neglect or vandalism.

If the former, we need to pull things together.

If the latter, we need to look at how we are making ourselves vulnerable. Also consult the entries for buildings, demolition and wreck.

It is a fortunate omen to dream that you are wandering amid the Ruins of some fine old building.

If it is merely a modern house that has tumbled down, that is a bad sign. Beware of speculation.

We sometimes have to understand a destructive streak in ourselves if we are to move forward, perhaps building on mistakes from the past.

To dream of ruins portends that lovers will break their engagement. This is particularly true if the ruins are seen by moonlight.

It is a fortunate augury if you dream of a church or castle in ruins, for it presages the upbuilding of your material resources.

To see ruins in your dream forewarns of break-ups with lovers.

To see ancient ruins signifies the absence of a friend.

1. View of the past.

2. Former way of thinking.

3. Former re­lationships.

4. Unexpected fortune.

A dream of contrary denoting unexpected gains (Gypsy).

Dreaming of ruins is a warning that your plans will fail.

Judgment, desolation, destruction, Mal. 1:4

Past, what was left behind?

See house, buildings.