Sunset dreams are not very common—mostly because a sun setting on the horizon is a slow and tedious process. However, they do happen and there are various possible meanings behind them, depending on what is going on in your life at that moment.
Seeing the sunset in your dream can mean that you are reaching the completion of a goal or that you have recently completed a goal, even if you are not consciously aware of it. It can also stand for family, warmth, and traditional values.
Dream interpretation is subjective, unscientific, and highly personal. The below information is some possible symbolic interpretations people have had – but there’s no evidence that your dream determines your future and no one can say exactly what the dream means. The ultimate interpretation is up to you!
Sunset Dream Meanings: In General Terms
It’s easy to see the correlation between the end of the day and the feelings of completion and endings that would incite such a dream. However, dreams aren’t always that obvious. They don’t step out of the bush and announce themselves in ways that you can clearly see and understand.
1. The End of Something
Perhaps you just completed a project that you’ve been working on for a very long time. Or maybe you just got a divorce. Sunset dreams are commonly an indication of something in your life that has come to a close.
It’s like reaching the end of a chapter though, not necessarily the end of the entire book. The book only truly ends when we reach the end of our lives. But just because a sunset means the end of something, doesn’t mean that there is nothing more to it.
When we physically watch the sunset, rather than dreaming about it, part of the joy and the beauty of the experience is knowing that there will be another one—and another one. The sun will rise tomorrow no matter what happens to us. In a sense, the sunset in our dreams means the beginning of something new, as well as the end of a closing chapter in our lives.
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2. A New Beginning
The night is always darkest just before dawn. It’s a good saying and laced with meaning and promise.
As we watch the sunset and darkness descend on our part of the world, there will be a sunrise and, although your dream may mean that you have reached the end of one thing, there is always something new beginning.
You may be dreaming about the sunset, indicating the end of your job, even as a new and better-paying opportunity rises before you.
3. It’s Time for Renewal
In the same way that the sunset can represent the imminent beginning of something new in your life, it can also be an indication that it’s time to renew yourself.
This is especially true if you are feeling down and out lately.
Dreaming about the sunset may mean that it’s time for you to let go of what is dragging your down and get out there in the world, renewing and rebuilding yourself front the ground on up.
Note: Colors are Important as Well
One of the most beautiful aspects of a sunset is the fact that there are so many colors involved.
So many that some are concealed under the vibrancy of others. As the sun falls from the sky, the colors deepen and swell.
1. Dreaming of a Red Sunset
Red isn’t always the warm and welcoming color that people think of when it comes to dreams.
Red has been a warning color both in nature and civil society. For example, public officials determined the Stop Signs should be painted red and red should mean Stop at a traffic light.
Dreaming of a red sunset could be a warning sign just as much as it could mean that something dangerous or bad in your life is coming to an end.
2. Dreaming of a Purple Sunset
A purple sunset often implies confusion and misunderstanding.
In most cases, this is an internal deal. You’re confused about the route that your life is taking and the purple sunset is a warning to you, waving a flag to let you know that you need to spend time conducting a deep introspection of yourself.
3. Dreaming of a Black and White Sunset
Many people dream in black and white, so they are excluded from the black and white theoretical interpretations of what a black and white dream about the sunset means.
For those that dream in color, suddenly dreaming in black and white (about a sunset no less), may mean that there are problems on the horizon.
This is especially true if your dream sunset is heavily laden in cloud cover.
It means that something bad is coming but it’s certainly not an indication of severity. Some people interpret this from a relationship point of view, but that’s not necessarily the case.
Being in a relationship and going through a break-up shortly after a dream about a black and white, cloudy sunset doesn’t necessarily mean that the sunset dream was specifically about your relationship.
That’s because bad things typically follow a black and white, cloudy sunset dream whether you are in a relationship or not.
Location Holds Meaning as Well
Typically, dreams about sunsets take place in a beach scenario but that’s not always the case.
It can take place in the mountains, through a window, or on wide open plains. The locations have meanings as well.
Typically, it doesn’t matter where outside the dream takes place. It’s the fact that it’s outside that has real meaning.
Outside sunset dreams can indicate closure, such as becoming committed in a relationship, rather than questioning and exploring before you both decide to be together.
Watching the sunset from inside the house is often an indication of your mindset toward getting older. Everyone knows that the one thing that every, single living thing on earth has in common is the fact that we all must end.
Dreaming of the sunset while watching through the window is a sign that you are recognizing and accepting the fact that you are getting older.
Final Thoughts
Dreaming about the sunset is often about closing doors in your life. It’s not always bad and it’s not always good but it represents closure all the same. Though it represents a closing chapter in your life, that’s by no means a bad thing because every ending has a beginning, after all.
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