Dream About Shell

Dreaming about a shell have different meanings, denotes ability to express your desires or ideas. On the one hand, the shell is a symbol of purity and beauty, on the other hand, it also serve as a protective shield, represents your desire to be to others.

If you dream of a shell, this mean that you feel a need for protection in certain (life) situations, sometimes your desire to be married or to have a child. Perhaps you are faced with a change or a challenge that you feel ill-equipped to face, a clue for the strikes, in your life.

The shell also represent spiritual growth, a portent for important information that you are about to receive. Perhaps you are searching for a deeper meaning or a higher purpose in your life, a harbinger for of community. The shell help you to find clarity and orientation, a signal for your magnetic you are able to draw things to you.

Opening a shell in a dream represent openness and curiosity, a hint for dependability and security. Perhaps you are ready to open yourself up to new experiences and opportunities, a harbinger for your need to be more responsible and attentive.

Also pay attention to the colors and condition of the shell in the dream, points to prosperity and pleasure. An intact and shiny shell represent luck and success, while a damaged or broken shell an indication that something in your life needs to be restored, indicates you are trying to gain a better understanding of a person.

In summary, dreaming of a shell an invitation to open up to new experiences and to embrace change, expresses the importance of in order to achieve the goals in your life. It also mean that you are seeking protection and guidance or that you are on a spiritual path, an indication for peace of mind.

Dreaming of a shell signify a symbol of protection or defense, points at your need to be rescued or to be swept off your feet. It also represent a physical, emotional, or spiritual barrier that you or someone else has put up, a harbinger for your to give up. It indicate that you need to be more guarded in your life or that you have a desire to withdraw from the outside world, a hint for dissent and disagreements. Additionally, a shell in a dream symbolize your creative potential or the power to adapt to new situations, you feel that your life is going nowhere or that you are lacking excitement in your life.

- If the shell is empty, it indicate that you feel hollow or unfulfilled in your life, a hint for your in communicating your thoughts across.

- If the shell is broken, it signify a sense of vulnerability or insecurity, suggests spirituality, achievement.

- A sea shell represent a desire to connect with nature or the unconscious mind, stands for avoidance in dealing with your facing your anxieties.

- A snail shell symbolize taking things slowly or feeling like you need to retreat into yourself, signals someone or something is trying to get your attention.

- A conch shell indicate that you're seeking spiritual enlightenment or guidance, symbolises the flow of subconscious material being suppressed deeper and deeper.

- In Christianity, a shell symbolize baptism or rebirth, a hint for some guilt that you are to acknowledge.

- In Hinduism, a shell is associated with the god Vishnu and represents purity and perfection, a clue for the ending of something that was once a part of you.

- In ancient Egyptian mythology, a shell symbolized rebirth and the power of fertility, a premonition for the feelings you have rejected.

- In Native American cultures, a shell represents protection and strength, states some hurtful action or remark.

- In Japanese culture, shells represent good luck and good fortune, signals someone who is slick or smooth.

- In Greek mythology, the goddess Aphrodite was born from a shell, so a shell represent love or beauty, symbolises your morale, belief and mood.

- In Hawaiian culture, shells are used in various cultural practices and represent the connection between humans and the ocean, a premonition for your creative energy and passion.

Dreaming of a shell interpreted as a need for protection or a desire to retreat from the outside world, means how you have full control of your emotions. Perhaps you feel vulnerable or exposed in your daily life and need to create a metaphorical shell to protect yourself, a hint for criticism and gossip. Alternatively, dreaming of a shell indicate that you are feeling creative or have an untapped potential that you need to explore, represents a strong connection with your spirituality.

If you dream of a shell, ask yourself where you feel vulnerable or exposed in your daily life, stands for betrayal, disharmony, misfortune and death. It that you need to create a barrier or boundary to protect yourself, an indication for your level of self-worth and self-esteem. Alternatively, the dream encouraging you to explore your creativity or potential in a new area of your life, a premonition for an improvement in your current situation. Consider exploring art, music, or other creative outlets to tap into your inner self-expression, states your self image.

Dreaming of Shell a sign of protection and security, also this dream about mutual goals and teamwork. It also be a sign of feeling trapped or restricted in some way, an omen for your quest for objectivity over subjectivity. It a reminder to take time for yourself and to focus on your own needs, indicates your desire for anonymity in a situation. It also be a sign of financial stability or success in the near future, a sign for the importance of time in some situation.

If you are dreaming of a specific type of shell, it have a more specific meaning, a symbol for feeling of despair. For example, dreaming of a conch shell represent spiritual guidance and wisdom, while dreaming of an oyster shell represent hidden potential or hidden treasures, stands for your relationship with her or him.

If you are having recurring dreams about shells, it helpful to keep a dream journal and track any patterns or themes that appear in your dreams, a warning alert for a significant disruption or serious problem in your life.

What does it mean Shell in a dream?

  • If you have seen a Shell in a dream, You should try to maintain a good balance during these few days, especially in monetary matters, and stick to your decisions. To see a shell in a dream, this dream is interpreted according to the type and type of shell. Therefore, it would be more correct to interpret the dream according to how it was seen.
  • Seeing a shell in a dream is interpreted depending on other objects and events. It is also necessary to look at what the seen shell is or what it belongs to. For example, seeing a sea shell and seeing a core shell should be interpreted in different ways.

Eric Ackroyd Interpretation

(1) A sea shell, owing to its resemblance to the vagina and its association with the-sea, is a feminine symbol. As such it may represent your mother or your mother-attachment; and, for a man, it may represent the anıma or be a straightforward sexual symbol. (For anima, see Brother / Sister, sections (4)-(6).) See also Mother.

(2) Because of its association with the sea, it may, like the sea, symbolize the unconscious.

(3) A tortoise- or snail-shell may symbolize protection, or a hiding- place; withdrawal from reality, or from social or sensual contacts; or a ‘defence mechanism’.

(4) An eggshell may symbolize fragility, vulnerability.

See also Egg.

(5) An artillery shell may have the same sexual symbolism as Rocket.

See also Bomb.

Martha Clarke Interpretation

The shell symbolizes fertility and eroticism. Do not forget that on the one hand, two female characters of great mythological importance, such as Venus and Aphrodite, were born into a shell; and, second, in Argentina, it represents the genitals of a woman. Consequently, this dream can have a clear erotic reading. In another sense, the heavy shell of a turtle can express your desire for protection. Something similar happens with the eggshell, whose fragility indicates that your feelings are too vulnerable.

Shells that appear in dreams predict that something very strange will happen.

Nancy Wagaman Interpretation

Protection or self-protection (physical, emotional, or mental).

Hiding, or something that is hidden.

Fear, or some other reason for hiding.

Distancing yourself from others, the environment, or a specific feared experience (or a desire to do so).

See also: Armor or Shield; Nest or Dwelling; Weapon

Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett Interpretation

Seashells are an omen of unusual experi- ences and/or events; nut- shells are a symbol of success If they were full, disappointment, if empty.

Strange news from a distant place is the forecast if you dreamed of listening to the roar in a conch shell.

Betty Bethards Interpretation

Holding feelings inside, pulling into your shell; closed off emotionally. Growth impossible due to non-activity.

If an open shell, emotional nurturing. Cover, protection.

Tony Crisp Interpretation

The defence we use to avoid being hun emotionally, or to defend the integrity of our identity.

See fish, sea crea­tures.

James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver Interpretation

Shells may represent the womb and the desire to be once again sheltered, nourished, and protected from life’s problems.

Internet Archive - Anonymous Interpretation

To dream of a Shell with the fish alive in it predicts prosperity, but an empty sea-shell is a bad omen.

myjellybean Interpretation

Shells in dreams represent the desire to be protected from life’s problems.

Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin Interpretation

1. One wants to hide away.

2. One wants someone to protect him/her.

Margaret Hamilton Interpretation

The evidence of that which once was and is no more

Dream Explanations - Anonymous Interpretation

See Sea Shell.

Ibn Seerin Interpretation

(Husk; Peel; Rind; Shuck; Skin) Almond, walnuts or the like nutshell in a dream signify clothing or sustenance. Ifa pregnant woman sees nutshells in her dream, they mean a miscarriage.

A shell or a husk in a dream represents hypocrisy, affectation, ostentatiousness and a swelled head.

(Also see Skin)

Marsha Trimble Dunstan Interpretation

protection (func); empty (char).

Ian Wallace Interpretation

Ability to present an apparently impenetrable outer appearance to people as a habitual way of protecting my inner vulnerability

Cathleen Connor Interpretation

A shell usually symbolizes a womb. Depending on the circumstances of the dream, it can portend the birth of a child or a new project. A shell can also represent protection. Is it time to emerge from your shell?

Mary Summer Interpretation

(bombard) constitutes an inundation

Mary Summer Interpretation

(bullet) See ammunition

Mary Summer Interpretation

(casing) pertains to an inner emptiness

Mary Summer Interpretation

(egg) See eggshell

Mary Summer Interpretation

(husk) suggests a need to break through or get at the core of something in one’s life

Mary Summer Interpretation

(sea) See seashell

Mary Summer Interpretation

(structure) signifies an incomplete homelife or inner aspects of self

Julie Gillentine Interpretation

An emblem of the voice of the sea. We place a seashell to our ear to listen to the ocean, the symbol of subconsciousness. Shells are also used as containers or cups. What kind, turtle or seashell? Is there something you need to listen to?

Tony Crisp Interpretation

The defense we use to avoid being hurt emotionally, or to defend the integrity of our identity. See shellfish under fish, sea creatures. Shell as in armament: a possibly explosive situation; stored anger or violence that can be launched into an attack.