Dream About Key

Dreams about keys mean a lot in dream interpretation, you need to take more of a leadership role. A key in a dream symbolize the achievement of goals or the opening of new possibilities, an evidence for defiance.

A lost key, on the other hand, indicate insecurity in relation to one's own ability to solve problems in life, a sign for fertility, spiritual development, potential and growth. It also indicate fear of loss or forgetfulness, unfortunately a warning signal for your overwhelming fears that you have lost your virility.

If the key is used in the dream to open a door or lock, it mean that the dreamer will soon find a solution to a problem or will discover secret information, a symbol for a need for communication.

Another possible interpretation is that a key in a dream also be an indication of control over a certain situation, stands for warmth and protection. It a sign that the dreamer is gaining more power over their own life or that they are becoming more able to direct their life's direction, expresses strength.

If the dreamer loses the key or is unable to opening the lock indicate frustration or an inability to overcome obstacles or problems, means a relationship that has gone sour.

It is also important to pay attention to what type of key appeared in the dream, also this dream about size, largeness and power. A house key indicate the your focus on home and family, while a car key indicate mobility and freedom, also this dream about opulence, wealth and decadence.

Many people dream of keys at some point in their lives, suggests your ability to bounce back from some physical setbacks. If you have recently dreamed of a key, then you looking for some guidance on what it mean for you, signifies spring birth, new growth, longevity and love.

A key is typically associated with opening or unlocking something, signifies stamina and endurance. Therefore, dreaming of a key signify that you are seeking a solution to a problem or that you need to unlock a door to progress in your life, suggests femininity. Your subconscious mind telling you to keep searching for an answer or to be more patient and persistent, refers to the need to find something that is missing or needed in your life.

The type of key you dream of also have significance, a hint for a union with aspects of yourself. A car key indicate the need for more freedom or the ability to travel more freely, a clue for fame and glamour. The key to a safe suggest security and safety, a signal for festivities, pleasure and joy. If you dream of losing your keys, it indicate emotional insecurity or feelings of being lost, sadly an admonition for the need to find something that is missing or needed in your life. Finding a key indicate the discovery of new opportunities, a premonition for solitude.

In some cultures, keys hold deep symbolic meaning, sadly someone in your life has characteristics similar to your sibling. In Christianity, keys are often seen as a representation of St, points to celebration and happiness. Peter, the gatekeeper of heaven, an indication for your fears of losing something that is important to you. In Pagan and Wiccan beliefs, keys are often viewed as a powerful talisman that offers spiritual protection and unlocks new opportunities, a harbinger for a situation where you have almost everything that you can possible want or need. In Hinduism, keys signify wealth and abundance, a portent for your ability to strategize in various areas of your life.

In different cultures, keys represent different things, a sign for masculine or animalistic aggression. For example, in Chinese culture, a key signifies a proposition or invitation to marriage, hints some misfortune or unlucky threat. In ancient Greek culture, keys represented knowledge and wisdom, and were sometimes used as a symbol of power, suggests spiritual protection and enlightenment.

Dreaming of a key also have psychological significance, a premonition for your untamed, animalistic emotions. It suggest a desire for control or a fear of losing control, a portent for your mind may already be thinking ahead to some problems of your life. You also be looking for an answer within yourself, trying to unlock your inner thoughts and feelings, you may just not be feeling any chemistry or passion in your relationship. If the key breaks, it indicate a fear of failing to achieve your goals or an inability to move forward, indicates a balance of opposites.

Finding out what the key means to you help you understand the message your subconscious is trying to convey, also this dream about a clingy relationship. Keep exploring and unlocking new doors in your life!, means opposing ideas and viewpoints.

Dreams about keys symbolize unlocking hidden knowledge or insight, refers to communication. Keys also represent the ability to access different parts of yourself, such as your emotions or memories, a symbol for your wild inner desires. In some cases, dreaming about a key indicate the need to find a solution to a problem or open up a new opportunity, refers to a situation where you feel powerless and frustrated. Alternatively, keys symbolize control and power over a certain situation, suggests loss of in achieving your goals.

Dreams involving keys often suggest that you are in control of your own destiny and have the power to unlock new possibilities, points to your anger and fears. The type of key in your dream provide further insight into its meaning, an admonition for fallen hopes, despair, sadness and loss. For example, a skeleton key represent the ability to unlock secrets from the past, while a golden key symbolize wealth and abundance, suggests suppressed emotions that are on the verge of spilling over into your a negative influence in your daily life.

Detailed Interpretation: Dreaming about keys is often associated with unlocking hidden knowledge or insight, denotes to do what you want. It also signify that you have the power to access different parts of yourself, such as your emotions or memories, you are going through a potentially explosive situation in your life. In some cases, dreaming about a key indicate the need to find a solution to a problem or open up a new opportunity, refers to your sensual desires and temptations. Alternatively, keys symbolize control and power over a certain situation, stands for life or fear.

The type of key in your dream provide further insight into its meaning, signifies a fear of being trapped in some being able to get out of it. For example, a skeleton key represent the ability to unlock secrets from the past, while a golden key symbolize wealth and abundance, a sign for a period of cleansing and purification. Dreams involving keys often suggest that you are in control of your own destiny and have the power to unlock new possibilities, a metaphor for someone who may be looking for a relationship with you.

What does it mean Key in a dream?

  • If you have dreamed of pulling a key in your dream, Working from home may cause extra earnings, Some people you know in the past may offer you interesting options. Having a spare key pulled for a house in a dream means getting married and living a good life with his wife or husband for a single person. Having a key pulled in a dream indicates starting a new business, a rich life, good developments, getting rid of troubles and problems.
  • If you saw the key in your hand in a dream, It is possible that you will shine suddenly, you can deal with technical issues in your home during the day. To see the key in your hand in your dream refers to putting aside everything that bothers you and spending time for yourself, a good, peaceful and trouble-free life, peace and happiness to be experienced in business and family life. Losing the key from your hand in your dream is interpreted as falling down with the betrayal of a person you think is a friend.

Colette Toach Interpretation

General Meaning: A key speaks of license, authority and calling. Every believer has been given a key to salvation.

• When you became born again, you were given the name of Jesus to use against the enemy. You were given the license to loose and to bind.

• I often see keys in the spirit.

• We see a golden key when releasing a person into prophetic training, and a large jewel encrusted key when releasing someone into the apostolic.

• We see a brass key when releasing someone into the Teaching Ministry. Either way the key represents your authority. Some are given prophetic, apostolic and teaching authority depending on their calling.

• When you see a closed door or gate in the spirit, the Lord will be saying to you, “Take the key (authority) I have given you and open this door!” • This is especially relevant in the Prophetic Ministry, where the prophet builds up, tears down, opens doors of blessing and cursing, restricts and looses on behalf of others.

• Referring to the Authority to Loose and to Bind • Matthew 16:19 And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

• Referring to Jesus and His Authority and Kingship.

• Isaiah 22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open..

Pamela Ball Interpretation

also see Ijock and Prison

1- Keys often appear in dreams. They represent fresh attitudes, thoughts and feelings which are capable of unlocking memories, experiences and knowledge which we have previously hidden.

To dream of a bunch of keys suggests the need to open up the whole of our personalities to new experiences.

2- When we experience ourselves as trapped, the key to freedom can often appear as if by magic. We hold within us many of the answers to our difficulties, but often need a down-to-earth mundane symbol to trigger olf our ability to work out solutions.

3- A key can represent the dreamer’s need for liberation from a stressful situation and then initiation of a positive move. Silver and gold keys represent respectively temporal and spiritual power.

Martha Clarke Interpretation

The key symbolizes the solution to a problem. The dream may be giving you the right clue to get rid of obstacles that prevent you from progressing On the other hand, to dream that you open a door with a key implies the arrival of major changes in the your life; to use it to close a door instead reveals a fear of renewal. Breaking a key shows a breakdown of a relationship with a partner; to lose it announces delays and even failure in attaining goals. Throwing the keys away predicts that you will be involved in gossip. And finally, to have a lot of keys predicts acquiring a lot of varied knowledge.

To find a key in dreams is a symbol of good luck.

If you find a whole set, then business dealings will be very advantageous.

Gustavus Hindman Miller Interpretation

To dream of keys, denotes unexpected changes.

If the keys are lost, unpleasant adventures will affect you.

To find keys, brings domestic peace and brisk turns to business. Broken keys, portends separation either through death or jealousy.

For a young woman to dream of losing the key to any personal ornament, denotes she will have quarrels with her lover, and will suffer much disquiet therefrom.

If she dreams of unlocking a door with a key, she will have a new lover and have over-confidence in him.

If she locks a door with a key, she will be successful in selecting a husband.

If she gives the key away, she will fail to use judgment in conversation and darken her own reputation.

Garuda Interpretation

Symbol: The key symbolizes your ability to open and close doors.

Vision: Looking at a key: someone will cither tell you a secret or you will find the solution to a puzzle. Unlocking something: a warning against getting involved in a risky adventure. Losing a key: you have been careless and the consequence is a missed opportunity. Finding a key: your chances at work and love are excellent. Finding a key that belongs to an unknown person: you will discover a secret.

See Door.

Depth Psychology: With logic, reason, and intelligence you can solve everyday problems by yourself. Sometimes, in women’s dreams, the key, a phallic symbol, represents sexual needs.

Dr. Mıchael Lennox Interpretation

A key opens a lock. In the world of symbolism, a lock can represent any number of problems, challenges, obstacles, or desires yet to be attained. Therefore, the key is the representation of that which you need to have in order to begin facing whatever needs to be addressed to solve the problem you face. Most dreams about keys relate to the need to find a lost key or to the possession of a key without knowing what lock it belongs to. Life is an ongoing process and is filled with many opportunities to fit the right key into the right lock, but that is only the beginning of the next process.

The key is perhaps the ultimate symbol of working effectively with the mystery of life.

Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett Interpretation

(or Keys)

The meaning of a dream featuring keys varies according to the action, but as a general guide:

To find keys signifies a happy solution to any pressing problems you may now have.

To lose keys indicates some unexpected unpleasantness, or disappointment in a friend.

To give someone a key forecasts an improvement in home conditions.

To be given a key is a sign of help from influential friends.

To fit a key in a lock pertains to satisfaction in sex and/or romantic relations.

To turn the key in a lock predicts the opening of new doors.

A broken key portends a lost opportunity.

To dream of being a keeper of the keys augurs a position of authority.

Versatile - Anonymous Interpretation

Psychological / emotional perspective: We hold within us many of the answers to our own difficulties, but often in dreams need a down-to-earth, mundane symbol to trigger off our ability to work out solutions. When we experience ourselves as trapped, the key to freedom symbolizing what action we must take can often appear as if by magic.

The image of a simple key can indicate that the solution is easy.

An ornate key can suggest a more complex solution. When we cannot find a key in dreams we may have to wait until the time is right or circumstances are working in our favour.

Patrica Telesco Interpretation

(see Locks)

Solutions to problems, especially ones that seem puzzling (e.g., “the key to the matter”). Opportunity unfolding.

Lost keys: Losing your way, or feeling unable to find the right resolution to a situation.

Using the wrong key in a dream signifies approaching a problem in the wrong way, with a solution that doesn’t really fit the situation.

Breaking a key means that a good idea got bungled somehow, probably by someone becoming too enthusiastic or pushy.

If this is the case, just start again with a calmer, paced approach.

Klaus Vollmar Interpretation

See Lock. You have the right attitude and are posing the right questions, in the sense of how you are using your personal qualities. Ideas and new experiences.

Locking up something speaks of fear of relationships and of fear of getting involved.

According to Freud, the symbol of the key / lock stands for sexuality.

The key is the phallus, the lock the vagina, and the function of locking means intercourse.

Folklore: To lose a key has negative connotations; to give somebody else your key means domestic luck.

Astro Center Interpretation

To lose keys indicates disappointments, obstacles, and setbacks, while finding keys represents discovering the perfect solution to a problem.

To give someone you know a key implies that you will offer assistance to that person, while giving a key to an unknown person indicates an improvement in your own circumstances.

To be given a key augurs assistance from friends in positions of power.

To fit a key in a lock implies romantic and sexual happiness; unlocking a door indicates a breaking down of obstacles.

myjellybean Interpretation

In a dream, the person who holds a key has the power to “unlock” what the dreamer needs.

If you find a key in a dream, you will find the answer to a problem that’s been bothering you in real life.

To dream that you lose your keys, signifies your fear of losing your position or status in life. You may have lost control of yourself.

To dream that you find keys, signifies that you have found a solution to a problem.

To see broken keys in your dream, signifies many quarrels and possibly a break-up.

Nancy Wagaman Interpretation

Permission or access.

Power or authority.

The (real or imagined) answer to a problem, puzzle, or something else you’d like to “unlock.” Your personal set of keys (such as car and house keys) can represent your self-identity, personal power, access, or abilities in life.

Losing your keys can represent compromising yourself or giving away your personal power somehow, or possibly neglecting your responsibility for yourself.

See also: Door or Entrance; Lock; Keyhole; Unlocking; Starting an Engine

Eric Ackroyd Interpretation

(see also Lock)

(1) What will the key open? A box? A door? In any case, it is a sign either that your unconscious is offering you access to your true self or, more modesdy, a solution to a problem, or that life is offering you an opportunity to fulfil yourself or to exercise some hitherto unused talent.

(2) An old man with keys may symbolize a deep inner source of wisdom. Follow him, and all secrets - your ‘destinyVyour real self- will be revealed.

Pagan - Anonymous Interpretation

Dreaming of a key means the answer to some problem in your life is embedded in your dream. Look to the door or other surroundings in order to more fully ascertain the problem.

If you lose your keys in a dream you will have an unpleasant adventure.

If you find someone else’s keys this denotes domestic bliss but to see broken keys you will have many quarrels and a separation.

If you give your key away you will be in error of using poor judgment.

Versatile - Anonymous Interpretation

Material aspects: Keys often appear in dreams. They represent fresh attitudes, thoughts and feelings which are capable of unlocking memories, experiences and knowledge which we have previously hidden.

If we can decide which way we turn the key, we can decide whether we are locking things up or freeing them.

A bunch of keys signify responsibilities and success and the need to open up the whole of our personalities to new experiences.

Silvana Amar Interpretation

The answer to a problem or secret. As with most dreams, look for the obvious connections by comparing the details or the theme of your dream to your daily life. Are you trying to figure something out and “unlock” a puzzling question? Do you wish to hide something? Are you locking something up or are you opening the door? Last, but not least, does this dream have any sexual connotations?

Dream Explanations - Anonymous Interpretation

Keys are symbols of power, freedom and solutions. In the I-Ching (ancient Chinese Oracle), the keeper of keys is the one who contains wisdom and wealth in great measure. You have the key that can open up any locked up area of your mind, body or spirit and set you free.

The key also represents the penis and sexual intercourse. Consider the purpose of this key.

Gillian Holloway Interpretation

To dream of losing a key, means the loss of a lover after a quarrel which has little chance of being made up.

Unlocking a door betokens the advent of a new lover who will not live up to the confidence you repose in him or her.

Locking a door is an omen of good judgment in the selection of a husband or wife.

Versatile - Anonymous Interpretation

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a key can suggest that her own assertiveness needs to be sensitively used.

A man may need to understand the ‘mechanism’ of his assertiveness and how to use it without force. Consult the entries for keyhole, lock and prison for further information.

Versatile - Anonymous Interpretation

A key can represent our need for liberation from a stressful situation and then the initiation of a positive spiritual move. Silver and gold keys represent – respectively – temporal and spiritual power. These keys crossed are part of the papal regalia and signify belonging to both realms.

Tony Crisp Interpretation

An attitude, thought or feeling opening up areas of memory, experience or motivation previously locked up”; realisation or information allowing solution to a problem, de­picts an effective way of doing something. Also, often the penis or sexual intercourse.

Cafer-i Sadik Interpretation

indicative of the opening of difficult matters, happiness from sorrow, recovery from sickness, acquiring of his wanted thing, strength in religion, fulfilment of a need, answering of a supplication, knowledge & knowing.

Ella Freeman Sharpe Interpretation

A dream about a key foretells a change.

A broken key warns of sorrow. Lost keys indicate some unpleasantry that may complicate the dreamer’s plans.

To find a key in a dream is a lucky sign.

James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver Interpretation

Keys can symbolize having a secret. They can also represent “locking away” one’s inner feelings.

The holder of the key has the power to unlock whatever the dreamer needs.

Margaret Hamilton Interpretation

Authoritative power to gain or prevent entrance , possession, or control

Betty Bethards Interpretation

Inner awareness that opens door to all truth; wisdom, knowledge.

Stewart A. Swerdlow Interpretation

Ability to unlock something (idea; mind-pattern).

Vincent Wienand Interpretation

See House and accessories metaphors.

Ibn Seerin Interpretation

A key in a dream represents money, a helping hand, entering the path of knowledge, or it could mean receiving divine guidance. Carrying a bunch of keys in a dream means prosperity, knowledge and security against one’s enemy. Keys in a dream also represent one’s children, emissaries, spies, servant, wife or wealth. Keys in a dream also mean attaining one’s goal, or fulfillment of one’s prayers.

A key in a dream also may mean victory over one’s enemy. Holding a wooden key in a dream indicates the character ofone who refuses to help others, or ifhe holds their money in trust, it means that he does not repay them, for wood in a dream means hypocrisy. Holdingto a key that has no teeth in a dream means cheating an orphan of his inheritance, or becoming a guardian of an estate and deceiving its rightful heirs. Holding to the key of Paradise in a dream means acquiring knowledge, lawful wealth, or receiving an inheritance. Keys in a dream also represent the coffers they open. Seeing a key in a dream also means performing a pilgrimage to Mecca.

A key made of iron in a dream represent a strong and a dangerous man. It also means openness in one’s life. Turning a key to open a door or a padlock in a dream means attaining victory over one’s enemies. Opening a door or a lock without a key in a dream means attaining the same through prayers. Finding a key in a dream means finding a treasure, or profits from a farmland.

If a wealthy person finds a key in his dream, it means that he owes alms tax and he should immediately distribute what he owes, pay charities and repent for his sins. Holdingto the key ofthe holy Ka’aba in a dream means working for a ruler or an Imam.

If a woman receives keys in a dream, it meansher betrothal. Having difficulty to open a door, even with a key in a dream means hindrances in one’s business, or failure to attain one’s goal.

A key in a dream also represents new knowledge for a scholar or a learned person. Putting a key inside a door in a dream means placing a deceased person inside his coffin or grave, or it could mean having sexual intercourse with one’s wife.

Belter Greg Interpretation

Keep a couple of spares on hand. Keys can be lost and then it becomes more of a aggravation. New doors are going to open up. A special object was shown to a special person. Truth!

Marsha Trimble Dunstan Interpretation

Jesus (see Revelation 3:7); knowledge (see Matthew 16:19); authority to open (see Revelation 1:18); open choices/doors (see Matthew 16:19; Revelation 3:7-8; 20:1); tool to do something (func).

Georg Fink Interpretation

Dreams about keys often allude to a mysterious matter or a secret for which we are trying to find the key; by the same token, if we have lost the key, we will never be able to unravel the secret. Dreaming about losing a key is also seen as a message to stop being so secretive. According to Artemidorus, the image of a key in a dream points to the dreamer’s having found the key to the heart of the person,whom he or she loves. In addition; a key in a dream could be a warning not to go on a trip or someplace else, because this change in location would be contrary to the lifestyle with which the dreamer is familiar. (See also “Locksmith” and “Door Lock.”) KEY RING Dreaming about holding a key ring without choosing a key implies that you are frittering away energy and time, and having difficulty making decisions. This also may mean that the key to lasting good luck has yet to be found.

Ian Wallace Interpretation

Ability to give myself the specific freedom to open up to new possibilities that will help me unlock my hidden potential

Cathleen Connor Interpretation

A key can stand for a part of yourself that you've locked away, or something you can now access because you have the key. Such a dream may also indicate you hold the key — the answer — to your own concerns.

Mary Summer Interpretation

denotes problematic solutions

Mary Summer Interpretation

(land) See reef

Julia and Derek Parker Interpretation

The function of a key is to unlock a door: to let you in, or let you out? Are you looking for the key which will solve some problem and release you from a particular situation? - or are you looking for the key which will let you into the heart of a problem, or indeed into someone’s heart? The search for a key and the use to which you put it is significant; and what you did with it when you found it. If it was lost, perhaps you have not really realised that a simple solution to a waking problem exists. A key can often be a phallic symbol, as any thought of its purpose must suggest. See Lock?

Strong, Gerard Interpretation

Any situation involving a key (except the loss of a key) is good news: success in one's personal, social, financial and family life. The loss of a key is a warning of things to come.

Julie Gillentine Interpretation

Permits access and implies that a solution or opening is possible. Unlocking, opening a door means an answer is received. Is it missing? What does it look like?

Tony Crisp Interpretation

Any attitude, thought, or feeling that opens up areas of memory, experience, or motivation previously “locked up”; realization or information that allows solution to a problem; depicts an effective way of doing something; the penis, or sexual intercourse.

Common Source

Dreaming of a ring of keys or holding the master key symbolizes authority over yourself and others. If you hold the golden key it signifies a major break through heading your way. Alternatively Freud would suggest that the lock and key might be a sexual connotation attached to it, as the key inserts in the slot to open up the door.