Chess dreams interpreted on different levels, hints a simplified lifestyle. On the superficial level, it mean that the dreaming has played a game of chess or is thinking about playing chess, you are escaping from your spiritual responsibilities.
On a deeper level, the chess game interpreted as a symbol for power and control in waking life, sadly an admonition for people, habits, or negative emotions that are sucking you out of your vitality. The dreaming try to control a certain situation or person, as one would do in a chess game, a portent for your own feelings of insecurity.
The chess board also serve as a metaphor for the dreaming's life, a message for your idealized version of someone you know in your life. The various dolls and their movements on the board represent different aspects of the dreaming's life, such as family, work, relationships and challenges, hints a developing relationship or situation. The dream help the dreaming to gain perspective on his life and his decisions, an alert for the signify refuge, protection and concealment.
However, if the dream is accompanied by frustration or confusion, it mean that the dreaming has had difficulties in his waking life, clear To make decisions or to deal with conflicts, an omen for of your mind.
All in all, a dream of a chess game understood as an invitation to look at the life of the dreaming from a strategic perspective in order to make better decisions and gain more control over his life, denotes a loss of innocence.
Chess is a game of strategy and analysis, a signal for carelessness in dress and manner. Dreaming of playing chess mean that the dreamer needs to think carefully before taking any decision, indicates someone in your life has characteristics similar to your sibling. It indicates that the dreamer needs to analyze the situation deeply before making any move, symbolises joy, good health and festivity. The dream suggest that the dreamer needs to be vigilant in their personal and professional life, indicates your negative ideas of anything experiences with dangerous or heartless women. It also signifies that the dreamer needs to be patient and wise while dealing with challenging situations, a symbol for the opportunities that are available to you in your life.
On a symbolic level, chess is a game of the king and queen, which represent authority and power, indicates your need to be more affectionate. Dreaming of playing chess indicate that the dreamer wants to gain control over a situation or yearns for a position of authority, sadly draws attention to the directed at you in your life. It also signify the your desire for control over their own life, a harbinger for your of speaking in public.
In Christianity, chess represents the battlefield of good and evil, points to failure. Dreaming of playing chess indicate spiritual warfare, where the dreamer is fighting with their inner demons, an evidence for deception, evil and treachery. It also mean a struggle in their faith and the need for guidance, points to your abilities.
In Indian culture, chess was known as Chaturanga, which means four divisions, represents your desire to break out of the routine; you want a change of pace. Dreaming of chess signify the division of the your life into different areas like personal, professional, financial, and spiritual, represents imperfections. It suggest that the dreamer needs to balance all aspects of their life to achieve harmony, indicates an emotional void or inner emptiness.
Psychologically, dreaming of chess indicate the your need for strategic planning and analytical thinking, a metaphor for unrealized achievements or failed aspirations. It suggest that the dreamer needs to work on their logical abilities, and it also mean the your fear of failure, an omen for the carefree aspects of childhood where you did not have to worry about goals.
If you dream of chess, it indicate that you need to think through the decisions that you make in your daily life, a warning for some pent up anger that is on the verge of erupting. Take time to analyze the situation and focus on the possible outcomes of your decisions, an omen for your actual concerns about a problem or your desires to have children. Pay close attention to your personal and professional life and be vigilant in your dealings, states new found freedom and independence. Remember, patience and wisdom are the key to winning the game of life, points to your need for a little more excitement in your life.
It represent strategic thinking, patience, and planning, a portent for your insecurities about your role or position in a situation. It also indicate a need to carefully consider one's decisions and the consequences that come with them, unfortunately a warning alert for someone who is dumb or stupid. Alternatively, it symbolize a desire for competition and the need to prove oneself, some major in achieving your goals. If the dreamer is playing chess with someone, it suggest a desire for a challenging intellectual conversation or a rivalry with that person, means issues of control and restraint.
Consider the symbolism of the color of the pieces you choose and whether they were black of white. You may also want to consider the symbolism of the pieces you handle or move in your dream. For example, the king may represent someone who needs defending in waking life.
If you are using pawns, do you feel as if you are being manipulated in waking life? Consider also the implication of making a good or bad move in your dream and your life; if someone checkmates you, who or what is trying to restrict your movements in waking life? If, however, you are the person who checkmates, this suggests that you have your eye on your goals in waking life and have the strategy you need to succeed in achieving them. To dream of winning a chess match points to a highly analytical mind. Losing at chess indicates that you may have overstretched your abilities and need to lower your expectations.
See Game.
Depth Psychology: This game is a reminder to use more of your good sense and take advantage of the opportunities (“openings”) coming your way.
1- The game of chess originally signified the ‘war’ between good and evil. So in dreams it may still express the conflict within. It may also indicate the need for strategy in our lives.
2- Playing chess and losing indicates that we have undertaken an activity in our waking lives which cannot be successful. We have not got the wherewithal, or perhaps the knowledge, to pit ourselves against greater forces.
3- The conflict between the spiritual powers of light and darkness is highlighted.
The dream may also refer to the strategy you have developed for getting what you want in your love life or career.
You can expect a strenuous business period ahead, but don’t despair; you can win if you persevere and vary your tactics by using a little imagination.
To dream that you lose at chess, worries from mean sources will ensue; but if you win, disagreeable influences may be surmounted.
A chess match may comment that you are involved in a power play where there is a lot at stake.
See Checkmate.
The outcome of this battle is determined by our awareness.
See Game, Fight.
The white pieces and squares represent the light, and the black, darkness.
Dreams of chess are indicative of the struggle within between the self and the shadow. It represents our primal understanding of good and evil.
2. Take great care when dealing with someone.
See also Checkers.
The winner in a chess game in a dream is the winner of a political or a military maneuver. Whatever steps one takes in playing chess in a dream will be reflected in the political arena. Playing chess in a dream also could mean intending a fight, but not knowing whether he will win or lose. It also could mean facing dangerous people, so one is warned in the dream to be on guard against their tricks or ploys. Playing chess in a dream also could mean vain talk or a weak fight.
If one wins in the dream, it means that he will win in wakefulness.
A chess game in a dream also means a war, a fight, booty, discovering secrets, pursuing hints, gradual movement, changing conditions, changing temper, or it could mean travels.
(Also see Backgammon; Chessboard; Chessmen)
king, the: highly developed critical faculties.
knight: decisive astute personality.
queen: are setting your sights too high in the game of life; you don’t need that much.
rook: think careful y, the way others see you.
losing a game of: dissect your opponent’s thought patterns or squelch the deal.
winning: use good sense to handle approaching money.
making a, move: increase your knowledge before you act.
your opponent: notice how he thinks and act upon it.
playing: turn the difficulties ahead in your path to your favor.
others: your fortune wil depend upon results of the game.