Darkness
To dream of darkness represents feelings about situations with uncertainty, fear of the unknown, emptiness, or a lack of clarity, direction, or emotional security. Situations with fear, danger, ignorance, injustice, anger, evil, or death. Anxiety, depression, or feeling lost without guidance. A positive situation that has taken a turn for the worse. Expecting the worst. Worrying. Emotional crisis. An unwelcoming or unpleasant situation. Unhappiness. Feelings about having nobody to help you with a problem, and that you are all on your own. Thoughts about vulnerability, unresolved problems, or moving through a phase where answers, reassurance, or understanding feel out of reach. Feeling bewildered or perplexed by choices that sabotage you.
Alternatively, darkness may represent your inability to see the truth or find the answers you want. Feeling cut off or without the ability to know what is happening in a situation. Feeling unable to know what is happening with other people. Ignorance of the truth. Feeling out of place. Feelings about ill health, being lost, or needing help. Growing unhappiness. A lack of insight into a problem. Worried about what lies ahead, or struggling with situations that feel hidden, threatening, or out of your control.
Positively, darkness can reflect courage during impossible situations. Feelings about yourself or others having to behave dangerous or evil to be protective.
Situations where there is a complete lack of any sense of humor. Situations that are inconsiderate of your feelings. A pessimistic attitude (especially dark blue or dark grey).
People who fear losing their eyesight often dream of darkness.
Dark objects in a dream may reflect scary or excessive choices.
To dream of the sun or light taking away the darkness represents answers, overcoming problems, or fear that is vanishing.
To dream of feeling safe in the dark may represent comfort with uncertainty, acceptance of difficult circumstances, or emotional resilience while navigating situations you don�t fully understand. Trust in yourself during confusing times, inner strength when facing the unknown, or learning to cope without immediate answers. Adaptation to hardship.
To dream of pitch-black darkness represents total confusion, extreme fear, or feeling completely cut off from guidance, hope, or emotional support. A situation where you feel utterly lost, powerless, or unable to see any way forward. Deep depression, overwhelming uncertainty, or the sense that you are facing problems without any insight or assistance. Confronting your deepest fears, being forced to deal with the unknown alone, or feeling trapped in circumstances that offer no clarity or reassurance at all. Feeling that there is no help within range.
To dream of darkness overtaking the world represents feelings about your entire life revolving around a significant turn for the worse. Feeling that your entire life is being overtaken by fear, uncertainty, or negativity. A dramatic loss of hope, trust, or justice. Feeling terrified that nothing matters ever again. Losing faith in people, society, or the future, or sensing that a situation is becoming emotionally or morally unbearable. Hopelessness on a large scale, as though problems are spreading beyond your control. Anxiety about irreversible change or feeling that no safe place remains.
To dream of dark clothing may reflect feelings about the personality being excessive, imbalanced, or afraid. For example, very dark green may reflect powerful jealousy or greed. Dark red clothing may reflect feelings about the excessively dangerous behavior.
Example: A man dreamed of experiencing nighttime as he walked down a street. In waking life, he had developed a rare illness and felt that his life was going to be destroyed. In this case, the darkness may have reflected heavy feelings of fear of the unknown future and the loss of clarity about his health.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a dark grey building. In waking life, she was entering university and felt that nobody at the school was tolerant of her religious views. In this case, the dark grey building may have reflected her feelings about her university being empty with intolerance about her religious views.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of being in a very dark room. In waking life, she was experiencing negative comments being made by someone, where there was no sense of humor at all. In this case, the dark room may have reflected her feelings about how empty it was to experience other people's negative comments without any sense of humor.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing dark clouds. In waking life, she was worried about her family. In this case, the darkness of the clouds may have reflected her feelings about the emptiness of whatever issue was overshadowing her family life with worrying about a negative outcome.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of standing in a very dark cemetery. In waking life, she was very uncomfortable having to discuss very old painful memories with someone. In this case, the darkness of the cemetery may have reflected her feelings of emptiness about the old painful memories.
Example 6: A woman dreamed of seeing a very dark building. In waking life, she felt that a group of people she had to speak to were going to be very unwelcoming to her because they didn't agree with her belief system. In this case, the dark color of the building may have reflected her feelings about how empty it felt to have to speak to people who didn't agree with her beliefs.
Example 7: A man dreamed of standing in the jungle in the darkness to see a very big black snake killing a hippo. In waking life, he was experiencing his father dying. He didn't like his father and had to watch a very unpleasant death occur in the hospital. In this case, the darkness may have reflected his feelings about the emptiness of death.
Example 8: A woman dreamed of being in darkness. In waking life, she felt that she had nobody to support her with a problem. In this case, the darkness may have reflected her feelings of emotional isolation, helplessness, and emptiness about facing her problem completely alone, without guidance, reassurance, or support from anyone else.
