Ears are symbols that connect dreamers to hearing, gossip, intuition, awakening. Accordingly, ear dreams often feature ears in bizarre, yet extremely vivid contexts.
We must approach this image as a metaphor relating to what we hear in the outside world and how we absorb it internally. The ear is a powerful symbol that represents how you perceive the world around you, and things that might be out of balance in your life.
The context of your dream determines if the ear has a positive or negative connotation for you. What you have absorbed internally in your past remains unconscious to you until now.
Ears bring you closer to what has or needs to be cleaned out for you to live a healthier existence. Maybe you are finally “hearing” your inner voice.
Ear Dream Meaning
Do you know why the Buddha was depicted having big ears? It is not because his ears were deformed. Rather, it reflected his wisdom and compassion. He also had the ability to hear the sounds of the world – to hear the cries of all living creatures – and respond.
Since dreams deliver us messages as metaphors, we interpret the ears as a mirror of how open our “mind ears” are, and what effects us when it they are closed.
Your dream wants you to acknowledge that this is not just a sensory organ for you to hear, but what you hear can distort your whole mind, body and soul. Noticing your ears bleeding or infected suggests a lack of balance, loss of vitality/energy, and negative absorption in our life. If your ear is being pierced see earring dreams.
Ear Dream Symbolism:
- Known for its perception of sound; organ of hearing.
- What you hear from the outside effects your equilibrium/balance.
- It’s external is visible but absorbed (inner ear) mind; remaining unconscious.
- Act as the ability to perceive or make distinctions; discrimination or taste: a good ear for a well-written novel.
You also might dream about a blocked ear. Anything that prevents hearing in your dream is a clue you may be uninformed, uneducated, ignoring the obvious, or dense thinking. Are you being obtuse about an issue in your waking like?
Removing Earwax In Dreams
As disturbing and graphic as pulling earwax out of your ear in your dream is, it’s actually considered a positive omen. You are symbolically removing a blockage or build up of past negativity that was clouding your outlook.
Outside influences will no longer throw you off balance. This suggests that you removed being ignorant, closed minded, not willing to hear others, or possibly trusting your own intuition?
In your dream you will be provided with clues such as your locations, people around you, or if you are looking in a mirror. How did you feel when it was taken out? Earwax falling out is a positive symbol that implies blockages will be removed on their own naturally.
Ear Dreams: Pulling Out
This might be another symbol that can seem graphic but contains a positive message. Depending what you are pulling out and the location would be metaphoric to what you are trying to remove from yourself.
In essence, you are trying to get something out of your mind. What you might have learned in the past could have effected you mentally. These are things that you may have heard that has unfortunately altered your perception in life. This can be anything from racism, ignorance, negative thought patterns, prejudices and so on.
Ear Dreams: Sexual and Intuition
Since dreams like to use one image to represent another we must examine what the ear looks like. Often associated with the spiral, snail, sea shell connects the dreamer to the vulva (sexual symbolism).
The aquatic connection bridges the dreamer to waters, moon and the feminine energy – the pearl that is found inside results to awakening the dreamers scenes. Alternatively the ear can be a representation of a transformation once cleaned, removed, or pulling things out as a rebirth.
It is not uncommon to dream of water coming out of your ears. Water bridges the dreamer with their unconscious emotional side reflecting a release or loss; depending the emotions expressed, location, and people around are clues provided for the dreamer.