what's happening
Dreaming of burning
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of A hearth or lamp burning bright and steady promised prosperity in the household and honor for the dreamer. Tended fire was always read as life.
Drawn down, it warns of To see your house or goods burning warned of loss, lawsuits, a fortune consumed. Yet for those in bondage or misery, the old readers said burning sometimes foretold release, nothing left to hold you.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Something burning in a dream is energy demanding transformation, the old form giving itself up as heat and light. What burns clean was ready to go.
Drawn down, it warns of Fire that spreads, or burns without consuming, is feeling the ego stopped tending, anger or longing left near dry grass. The dream is showing you where the fireline should be.
Did you dream this?
Keep it before it fades
Write the dream down in your journal and the cards will name its symbols for you, or have the whole dream read in full.