Dreams about Rain

Dreams about rain generally represent our emotional state and a release of pent-up feelings.

The way you dream of rain falling offers a key to its meaning. As in waking life, rain either appears as a gentle, refreshing shower, or as a destructive force of nature.

Accordingly, rain can either be a positive symbol or a negative one, based on the context of your dream. Did you see rain as a positive force or a negative one?

Rain Dream Meaning

Rain dreams represent a major cleansing that is taking place in your life at the moment.

If you specifically notice rain cleaning dirt off of you or something else, it is washing away negative elements in your life so new growth can flourish.

Rain can be a positive symbol regardless of its force as a message to imply a return of feelings after a long spell of dry intellectualism or drought. This might why dreaming of a desert is seen as negative omen that represent a lack of the right nourishment in these areas in your mind. Noticing a soft or gentle rainfall implies a release from ideas and intellect.

Regardless if you might think this dream is a bad omen, just remember a rain it becomes sunny again. In the classic ancient Chinese philosophy of Yin & Yang, rain acts as the feminine energy (yin) that balances the masculine side of you (yang).

Type of Rain in Your Dream

What kind of rain did you dream about? Soft and gentle rain is obviously different from driving, hard rain. The severity of the rainfall offers a glimpse into its symbolism.

We also can’t have rain without clouds. I this case, the clouds in your dream are likely dark and ominous, rather than white and fluffy. They may be ready to release their contents in a number of ways.

Heavy Rain and Wind

Whenever the dreamer encounters both rain and wind together it combines your powerful urges; being moved by ideas and beliefs that are connected to your emotional state.

Because wind is something you feel but cannot see it often relates to the spiritual side, unconscious force, or a powerful energy that will interact with this feeling. Wind in dreams is a powerful omen that lets you know a conscious shift might take place once settled.

Storms with Thunder and Lightning

Mixing rain, thunder, and lightning in a dream becomes a profound symbol representing some sort of shift in your life. Once combining the power of the lightning in a dream symbolizes “sudden discharge that is both positive and negative.” The thunder acts as “a warning of an outburst,” and rain becomes a symbol of radical change that follows.

Think about your emotional state when heavy rain emerges in your life. We often feel lethargic, thinking sad thoughts, daydream, and we are stuck in our homes or in dream terms our minds.

Where is it Raining?

The location of rain in your dream is just as important as it’s physical description. Dreaming of a spring shower is nice when you’re watching it through a window, but not if it’s on your bed!

Pay attention to where the drops are falling and what effect they’re having. These will provide valuable insights into what they symbolize for you.

Rain Falling on You

Rain that falls on the dreamer alters from positive to negative depending on how the dreamer felt in the dream.

Dreaming of water falling on you represents cleansing, inconveniences, emotional sadness, and release. Feeling happy or content with rain water on you suggests that you will not let these hidden feelings affect you. Though the ones who get soaked would be the opposite.

People who might suffer from depression or perhaps grieving the loss of a loved one might in fact dream of a heavy downfall. Repressed feelings that you may have trouble expressing in your life often appear in our dreams by rain drenching us as we are overcome by sadness.

If you notice an overflowing or inundation of rain surrounding you, this becomes a warning about losing sight and being emotionally consumed. An inability to acknowledge or release this internal tension might result in drowning in your dream if they rain keeps collecting.

Raining in Your House

Houses in dreams often connect the person to the psyche/mind or inner architecture; a symbol that protects the dreamer from the outside elements. Water inside this substructure becomes a negative symbol of unexpected or minor  inconveniences in our life.

To dream of rain in your house it represents concerns about your living conditions and comfort level being challenged. This is why so many people report dreaming of rain penetration through the ceiling in their dream — a symbol that represents damage to the metaphorical barriers you have put up.

Ceilings in your dream could point towards your own attitudes or beliefs that is used to protect your identity. Seeing raindrops come through them indicates a change on the way you guard yourself.

The Biblical Meaning of Rain Dreams

Rain in the Bible can be seen as a positive omen implying that renewal is on its way.  Just as rain refreshes dry soil, God refreshes the souls of His people with His Holy Spirit.

Rains are heralded as a blessing from the Almighty and they are considered harbingers of good fortune. Rain’s peaceful presence is can be seen as a gift given to you by the Lord above. “Be still and know that I am God.” [Psalm 46:10] Rain can make us stop and be still suggesting it might be time to reflex or reserve your energy.

If you think about it rain make us pause in our day-to-day lives to soak up the surroundings and the moment that we are in. And with this comes a peace that can be overwhelming and so satisfying.

The overwhelming Biblical reference to rain is the Great Flood in Genesis, when 40 days and 40 nights of rain flooded the world and only those in the Ark survived. If you’ve ever dreamt of a rainbow, especially in a dream about rain, this is analogous to God’s promise not to flood the world again.