Dream Dive: Fire

When you reach a deep stage of sleep, your body is resting but your brain is active. When this happens, you may experience dreams.

Dreams are comprised of your daily activities, things you watch, suppressed emotions, and more. And you may have dreams you want to figure out the meaning behind. Scientifically, dreams do not have a meaning.

Because your dreams stem from things that happen in your everyday life, your brain could just be releasing those emotions.

Dreaming about fire can have various meanings and different causes.

What Does It Mean to Dream About Fire?

In reality, fires can be good or bad. Fire can be good when used for things like warmth, cooking, and being a light source.

On the other hand, fire can be dangerous when it burns, is uncontained, and causes fatalities.

If you dream about a fire, try to remember the surroundings in your dream. If there were people in your dream, did they seem panicked or scared? Did the fire look like a dangerous rage?

The most common meanings of fire in a dream are rage and anger. This can be towards a person or situation. Fires in a dream could also mean there needs to be a sense of urgency about something. This is your time to quickly take care of something or give it more attention.

Fires in dreams can also symbolize a passion for something or someone. This is why it’s important to look at the characteristics of the fire.

Dreaming About Your House on Fire

Dreaming about your house on fire means that you may not have internal peace. You may be experiencing strong feelings about a person or situation. The feelings can be negative or positive, but your house being on fire in your dream means you should step back and assess your feelings.

Kitchen on Fire

If your kitchen is on fire in your dream, most times, it symbolizes love, friendships, and other pleasures of your life. You may be overcoming obstacles or coming to terms with certain emotions.

Seeing your kitchen burning in a dream could also be a warning concerning love, friendships, and life’s pleasures. Your dream could mean you aren’t giving these factors enough attention.

Dreaming About Dying in a Fire

People may automatically assume death is coming when they dream about dying in a fire. While that meaning may hold weight in some situations, it’s not always the symbolism.

Dying in a fire in a dream could symbolize change or rebirth. There may be a renewal of a person or situation. It could also mean that you are about to reach a new level.

On the other hand, dying in a dream could mean that you are sacrificing too much of yourself. You may be overburdened with a situation and need to take a step back.

The BetterSleep app has relaxing and healing resources that can help you get a good night’s rest.