Lily Dream Interpretation: Insights from 20 Unique Sources

The beautiful white arum lily is associated with death or transformation. Lily of the valley, also known as fairy bells, was associated with witches as it was used for healing, so your dream could be linked to some form of healing.

If you dream of lilies in a church, could they be linked to a wedding or a funeral? Or does the image you need to project in waking life need to be more elegant, cool and remote? On the other hand, they may also indicate being lily-livered or cowardly.

If we are planting lilies we arc hoping for a peaceful transition in some area within our lives.

If we are gathering lilies, particularly in a woman’s dream we are developing a peaceful existence.

One symbol of lilies is that of purity and, particularly in a teenager’s dream, lilies can suggest virginity. Lilies in dreams, other than the white funerary arum lilv, can suggest aspects of femininity.

Spiritually lilies are a symbol of resurrection and of everlasting life. They arc often used in religious ceremony to denote this.

To see lilies growing with their rich foliage, denotes early marriage to the young and subsequent separation through death.

To see little children among the flowers, indicates sickness and fragile constitutions to these little ones.

For a young woman to dream of admiring, or gathering, lilies, denotes much sadness coupled with joy, as the one she loves will have great physical suffering, if not an early dissolution.

If she sees them withered, sorrow is even nearer than she could have suspected.

To dream that you breathe the fragrance of lilies, denotes that sorrow will purify and enhance your mental qualities.

In Christianity, a symbol for Christ (See Icons).

Domestic happiness and duties. In China, this flower is used regularly to honor the Kitchen God.

Driving away your sadness by replacing it with beauty. In Japan, the Festival of the Cleansing Lily is performed to similarly drive away excess rain.

If the lily is growing in a garden, this symbolizes a desire to keep unwanted visitors out of your private space.

In France, this is an emblem of luck and serendipity.

Among the Mexicans, lilies portend reasons for celebration.

Chinese: An emblem that shows welcome and hospitality toward people or ideas.

Depth Psychology: The lily is a sign that the time is right for you to increase your self-knowledge, which will allow you to gain emotional balance.

A dream about lilies usually means you are looking for peace, serenity, and rest—you will have all three.

If we are planting lilies we are hoping for a peaceful transition in some area within our lives.

The fragrance of this flower is said to transform one’s mood into a peaceful and blissful state.

A lily may be a symbol of new life; life after death (which is why white lilies are associated with funerals).

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The cala lily is the symbol of naked innocence.