A common symbol associated with the thumb is the idea of power and control, a message for transformation or healing. If you dream that you are losing your thumb or it is injured, it indicate that you are feeling powerless or at the mercy of your life, denotes the energy. You feel like you have no control over a certain situation, an admonition for rejected aspects of yourself or of someone’s character.
On the other hand, dreaming of a strong and healthy thumb represent your ability to grasp and control things in life, your childhood where the times were more carefree and simpler. You are able to overcome challenges and overcome obstacles, a sign for sadness and depression.
The thumb also be a sexual symbol and have sexual connotations in dreams, a warning signal for a difficult decision between two choices. If you dream of a thumb stuck in a tight opening like a keyhole or mouth, it indicate sexual needs or desires, a symbol for anger, aggression and fear.
In some cases, dreaming about thumb also represent your desires or goals, a metaphor for a quality about yourself or a part of you that you are rejecting or want to keep hidden. You have a specific goal or desire that you want to achieve and your subconscious uses the thumb symbol to indicate that, represents boredom.
If you felt helpless afterwards, it an indication that you want more control in your life, a premonition for hesitance or tentativeness about a decision, situation or relationship. However, if you have been feeling strong and confident, it an indicator that you are capable of achieving your goals, an indication for nurturance, passivity, caring nature and love.
Use your own intuition and see which meaning is the most plausible and relevant to you, symbolises your future hopes and fears.
General Interpretation: When you dream of your thumb, it signifies your capability to take control of your own life, unfortunately an admonition for aspects of yourself that are and which you believe to be undesirable and repulsive. The thumb is associated with power, strength, and determination, a premonition for a new start. This mean that you have the ability to overcome obstacles and accomplish your goals, a sign for new or emerging knowledge. If you dream of losing your thumb, it implies that you feeling powerless or helpless in a situation, signals those around you who don’t want you to move in life.
Interpretation by Symbols: The thumb itself represents willpower and determination, a clue for behavioral urges. If your thumb is injured or deformed in the dream, it indicate that you are feeling limited in what you accomplish, an indication for your discarded attitudes, old beliefs. A thumb pointing upwards signify progress, while a thumb pointing downwards mean a setback or failure, signifies in your life or the need to regain balance.
Interpretation by Religions/Beliefs: In Christianity, the thumb represents the first of the five Old Testament books, refers to infidelity, either by you or someone else. It symbolizes the beginning of creation and is associated with the act of creation itself, a premonition for the qualities that are uncharacteristic of your personality. In Hinduism, the thumb is considered a sacred body part and represents the element of fire, a signal for your fear or dissatisfaction of the future. It signifies purity, strength and detachment from worldly desires, points to some good news.
Interpretation by Cultures: In some cultures, the thumb was considered a symbol of good fortune, means a sigh of relief. In ancient Greek and Roman times, it was believed that having a long thumb was an omen of success and wealth, suggests a need for spiritual healing. In some cultures, the thumb was also believed to be the finger of the gods, a sign for the necessity of hard work.
Psychological Interpretation: The thumb is also associated with your ability to communicate and interact with others, unfortunately a warning alert for hidden weaknesses, of self-confidence. Dreaming about your thumb signify your ability to influence those around you, a metaphor for old feelings and memories. It also symbolize your thinking process and reasoning abilities, a signal for some sort of realization enlightenment. If you dream about losing your thumb, it signify a lack of control over your emotions, an alert for your struggles, painful bad feelings that has never entirely still lingering in your mind.
Suggestions: To properly interpret a dream about thumbs, try to recall the details of the dream, suggests your quest for knowledge and understanding. Who else was there? Was the thumb injured or healthy? Did you feel happy or scared? These details help you determine what the dream means in your personal life, a premonition for your need to clear out your rid of old ways.
Dreaming of a thumb symbolize power and strength, sadly draws attention to a fear of losing your place in the world. It also represent the ability to make decisions and take control of one's life, hints unfinished emotional business related to your childhood family, dead relatives, or repressed memories and feelings. Alternatively, it a sign of protection, as the thumb is often used to ward off negative energy or bad luck, an indication for the holidays, season of giving. In some cases, dreaming of a thumb suggest that you are feeling helpless or powerless in a particular situation, points at fertility and abundance.
If you are suffering from a sore thumb, you will lose in business, and your companions will prove disagreeable.
To dream that you have no thumb, implies destitution and loneliness.
If it seems unnaturally small, you will enjoy pleasure for a time.
If abnormally large, your success will be rapid and brilliant.
A soiled thumb indicates gratification of loose desires.
If the thumb has a very long nail, you are liable to fall into evil through seeking strange pleasures.
See Cutting, Finger, Hand.
If you have a dream that you are under someone’s thumb, then this dream may be waking you up to your ability to change your current circumstances and claim your power.
The thumb can also represent something that is important yet taken for granted. Consider trying to pick something up without using your thumb.
To dream about not having thumbs symbolizes being poor and friendless.
A dream in which you have a huge thumb foretells a quick succession of accomplishments.
To dream about a lengthy nail on your thumb means that you are yielding to the temptation of immoral things.
The position of the thumb can mean life or death, as in the fights of gladiators in ancient Rome. According to Freud, sexual urges.
Folklore: Obstacles are in the way.
If you dream of having a sore thumb, your friends will be grouchy or irritating.
To dream of having a very large thumb is lucky, signifying rapid and brilliant success.
To dream of having no thumb, or a tiny thumb, means that current pleasures are temporary.
An opinion or expression.
Thumbs-up can represent approval or self-confidence (or a desire for it).
Thumbs-down can represent a negative answer or opinion you feel or fear, or a self-judgment.
See also: Finger; Hitchhiking
The presence of a rhumb may remark rhat you are under someone’s thumb or are being manipulated.
A broken or damaged thumb may suggest difficulty in grasping information or holding on to something for very long.
If you dream of doing it yourself, you will be lucky in a business deal.
2. Success (large thumb).
3. Dependence on others for mobility (as in “hitching a ride”).
4. Direction in life.
The thumb pointing upwards represents beneficial energy, whilst pointing downwards indicates a negative response.
If any injury to your Thumb prevents you from using your hand, then expect business losses.
2. Indicator of life or death (as in gladiator games).
3. Mobility.
2. Power;
3. Works; Lev. 8:23-24; 14:14,
(Also see Measure)