However, they have a specific meaning in a dream, points at an aspect of your life.
If you dream of fingers, it mean that you want to improve or refine your skills and abilities, an omen for a major blow to your hopes and dreams. Maybe in your life you are ready to learn something new or you want to take your existing skills to the next level, a portent for consistent failures in your undertakings.
The number of fingers in your dream also have a meaning, a metaphor for depression. Dreaming of five fingers on one hand is usually a good sign and indicates regularity and order, a hint for someone who is frigid or who has cold personality. If you dream of a hand with few fingers or a missing hand, it mean that you are feeling incomplete or inadequate, a sign for self-discovery.
Dreaming about an amputated finger also be disturbing, signifies resurrection, reincarnation and fertility. It indicate a need to question your beliefs or values, or to disassociate yourself from someone or something that is harmful to you, draws attention to conflicting ideas or beliefs.
To sum up, dreaming about fingers an indication that you want to focus on your skills to be successful, a symbol for hope, pleasure and well-being. It also be a signal of your inner dissatisfaction or insecurity, teeth symbolises your lacking sense of belonging.
Dreaming of a finger represent your ability to point out things, either good or bad, points to a aspect of yourself. It indicate your need to pay attention to small details or to take control of a situation, a hint for deep-seated insecurities which may be holding you back from accomplishing your goals. The condition of the finger in the dream also indicate the health of your relationships with others, a signal for nurturance, passivity, caring nature and love.
In dream symbolism, fingers represent creativity, dexterity, or control, draws attention to the that you have put behind you or have forgotten. The dream telling you to pay attention to your hands and what you do with them, a hint for your desires to connect with someone on an level. Alternatively, fingers represent specific people in your life, or your connection to a certain group or community, symbolises the path between heaven and earth.
In some religions, dreaming of a finger a sign of communication or divine inspiration, a hint for secrets. It indicate that you are receiving guidance or messages from a higher power or your subconscious mind, an omen for commitment, harmony or transitions.
In some cultures, the finger represent different things, symbolises a reciprocal relationship where you need to nourishment. For instance, in Japan, the little finger is associated with romance and relationships, while in India, it is believed that each finger represents one of the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether, signals stability and security.
It represent your need for attention, control, or recognition, refers to an aspect of your life. It also indicate your desire to express yourself creatively or to connect with others, a premonition for your own sense of morality and conscience.
If you dream of a finger, try to remember the details of the dream and the emotions associated with it, of the repressed aspect of yourself. Reflect on what the dream trying to tell you, and how it relate to your daily life, a harbinger for your way that you are moving about through life. It helpful to pay attention to small details, to take control of a situation, or to express yourself creatively, sadly a warning signal for feelings of inadequacy, worries, of being discovered for who you really are. Alternatively, you need to work on your relationships with others, or to seek guidance or inspiration from a higher power, an evidence for an internal conflict.
Generally, fingers represent the ability to grasp and manipulate things, also this dream about an end to a period of time or phase in your life. They are also associated with communication and expressing oneself, signifies unfinished/unresolved issues related to a specific relationship.
If the dream focuses on a single finger, it symbolize the meaning associated with that specific finger, stands for a life of luxury and ease. For example, the index finger represent authority or leadership, while the ring finger symbolize commitment or partnership, an evidence for those around you who don’t want you to move in life.
Another interpretation of dreaming about fingers is related to the sensation or condition of the fingers, signifies your own desires for building a family ideologies. For instance, dreaming of losing fingers reflect a fear of losing control or missing out on other opportunities, you are dissatisfied with your looking for a change. On the other hand, dreaming of swollen fingers indicate a feeling of being restricted or overwhelmed in one's life, unfortunately an alert for a violent eruption of anger and aggression.
If the dream involves using your fingers to do something, such as typing or writing, it reflect your creativity or ability to communicate effectively, a symbol for your state and being. If the dream involves someone else's fingers, it reflect your relationship or connection with that person, your determination, ambition and struggle.
Finally, dreaming about fingers together indicate unity or collaboration, while dreaming about separate fingers indicate individuality or independence, a signal for an unrealized goal or dream.
It represent the ability to manipulate, communicate, or express oneself, a signal for emotions that you have repressed, but are ready to confront. Dreaming of a specific type of finger symbolize a particular meaning, while the condition or sensation of the fingers in the dream reflect the your emotions or fears, expresses achievement of your career of higher positions in life.
Vision: Seeing a large finger in a dream: you have an unconscious hankering for love and sexual contact (particularly in women’s dreams).
A dirty finger announces quarrels and unpleasantness. Cutting yourself means mishaps or gossip. Are you missing a finger in your dream? Is one finger too thick, too thin? The interpretation of such images depends upon which finger is involved.
The thumb stands for courage, self-confidence, and a fighting spirit.
The index finger stands for goals, patience, ambitions, pride, and intellect.
The middle finger stands for success, profession, business, long-term plans, work ethic, and caution.
The ring finger stands for art, beauty, music, sense of community, emotions, and empathy.
The little finger is a phallic symbol and represents sexual needs. Is a finger raised to admonish you? Is it a warning? Is it pointing at something? If a finger is missing, you are cither missing the above- mentioned character traits or exaggerating them. Looking at fingerprints suggests you pay more attention to your individuality.
If you view the symbol in question as a positive one, then good fortune lies ahead - soon.
If you view the symbol as a negative image, then caution is called for in any business, financial or romantic matters.
If the finger points at a specific person whom you know, that person - or someone who reminds you of that person - is not to be trusted, and any dealings with him or her call for a great deal of caution.
A cut, broken, or bandaged finger is a dream of contrary, indicating significant successes after a great deal of effort.
If you are aware that the finger is of a left hand, you are being warned that any shady sort of dealings, whether business, financial or romantic, will not go the way you hope, and could have upsetting consequences.
2. Middle finger, Evangelist (longest finger/ farthest reach)
3. Pinkie finger, Teacher (finger which most easily gets into your ear!
4. Ring finger, Pastor (ring finger, faithful one)
5. Thumb Apostle (finger that reaches all other fingers), authority “under my thumb”
6. Fingernails reveal the health of your ability to relate;
7. Can be adorned or used as weapons;
8. Finger can also be The Holy Spirit (The Finger of God) and the Kingdom of God;
9. Finger/s (Pointing Finger speaks of Accusation Blame and Direction. Matt. 12:28 & Luke 11:20; Prov. 6:13; Isa. 58:9.
The particulars of the gesture in the dream should indicate the meaning.
(2) Is it the finger of blame being pointed at you? It may be your father or some other authority figure who does the pointing. However, these usually symbolize internal mechanisms of your psyche, and the blaming they represent is self-blaming. What imagined crime are you punishing yourself for?
(3) A pointing finger may be showing which way you should go for further self-fulfilment or for the solution of a particular problem.
A beckoning finger is encouragement, whereas if the fourth or ring finger is more noticeable, love of a selfless kind is suggested.
If the little finger is crooked traditionally there may be some deviousness around.
If you dream of an injured finger, then you are processing your hurt feelings for having been blaming, shaming, fault finding or rigidly decisive.
See Hand.
If bunched into a fist there is aggression against us.
If the fingers on both hands are interlaced, some self-control is necessary. You might also like to consult the entry for hand in body.
Dexterity in handling life’s tasks and challenges.
Capability, ability, or adeptness.
A finger pointing at you can represent a feeling or fear of blame, attack, or attention.
See also: Thumb; Fingernail; Joint; Hand; Body Part; Blaming
Folklore: Suggests that looking at your own fingers, in a dream, means you want to fight.
A finger of guilt at someone else means it really belongs to you; accept self-responsibility.
(Also see Body’; Five fingers; Thimble)