Apple Dream Interpretation
Seeking a simple explanation for why an apple appeared in your dreams? Unfortunately, it’s not that straightforward, as this is a highly complex symbol.
Beyond being just a healthy fruit that allegedly keeps doctors away, the apple reflects elements of temptation, fertility, seduction, rebirth, and the symbol of life. The apple is not just a fruit. It has taken on many meanings and has been incorporated into many cultural and religious traditions.
So, how do you decipher what the apple is trying to tell you in your dream? First, consider how the apple is presented in your dream. Picking one from a tree differs from eating a ripe red apple.
Secondly, reflect on the events in your life that might be mirrored by this metaphorical fruit. Lastly, understand how this particular fruit has influenced your beliefs, perhaps due to its iconic role in the Bible or fairy tales. The apple may serve as a warning to examine what you might be tempted by.
How Apples Manifest In Our Dreams:
- Seeing either red or green apples,
- Picking them from a tree,
- Eating an apple,
- Custard apple pie.
Apple Tree Dream Meaning
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What does it mean when I see an apple tree in my dream? Seeing an apple tree in your dream is a positive sign. Apple trees are linked to protection, grounded nature, spiritual growth, knowledge, and personal development.
Trees are viewed as symbols connecting us to the heavens (crown) and rooted in the foundations of the earth. The apple hanging from the tree becomes a symbol of the cosmos or totality, due to its nearly perfect spherical shape.
The perfectly round shape of the apple (circle) may represent the self, eternity, wholeness, God, or the infinite. Could this be a reflection of your personal growth related to the mind, body, or soul?
Alternatively, the apple tree can symbolize temptation or original sin in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Does it suggest that you are tempted by your own instinctual drives?
In Norse mythology, the apple is associated with the goddess Idunn, who fed the apples to the gods, keeping them young forever. Also, in Greek mythology, the apple tree positioned in the middle of the Garden of the Hesperides bore golden fruit, granting immortality to those who ate it.
Picking apples from a tree in your dream is considered a positive sign, suggesting benefits from unconscious nourishment.
Apple Dreams: Fertility & Rebirth
Since our dreams often communicate messages indirectly, we can dissect the apple metaphorically. Consider when you cut an apple in half, with the core representing the vulva. This symbol in our dreams connects us with pleasure or a possible inner transformation – being born again.
Alternatively, the apple might be an erotic representation of a woman’s breasts. Sigmund Freud considered this a sexual symbol, especially if more than one apple was seen in the dream.
There seems to be a common relation between pregnant women and dreaming of apples. The link between the shape of the apple core, wholeness, and abundance might relate to the birth of a child.
Eating Apples: Good Or Evil?
Eating apples can be considered both a positive or negative symbol, although it might be challenging to give a definitive answer. In a positive light, this symbol can appear when love, beauty, and romance are blossoming in your life. Multiple apples may suggest fertility or abundance. It could signify getting closer to the center of your core – the self.
Does the image of the apple represent a forbidden temptation? Consider if you’re tempted by your shadow — your hidden instincts, traits, and behaviors.
Perhaps the image of the apple came to you because, like Snow White’s wicked stepmother, you are giving into the forbidden.
In the Bible, there is the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, usually depicted as an apple. Just as the snake tempted Eve to eat the Fruit of Knowledge, leading to sin and the fall of man, which in turn is associated with desire and lust.
Dreams: Red Or Green Apple?
Does the color of the apple, red or green, matter? Both colors are quite significant when they appear in our dreams.
To me, a red apple on a tree correlates with the root chakra and its grounding energy. The color red and the roots can be equated to the grounding energy of Mother Earth.
A green apple in our dreams might be connected to abundance, heart, love, nature, growth, fertility, and rebirth.
Custard Apple Pie Dream Meaning
Interestingly, apple pies are quite common dream symbols. They appear to be metaphorical for getting your share of the pie, being part of the whole, or rewards for your hard work. Made from eggs, which is another symbol, along with the round apple, it symbolizes the self.
Key Apple Phrases:
Keep in mind that the apple might be a metaphor related to a particular situation in your life. The location of the apple and the people around you are all clues to decode the dream.
- Is someone a bad apple?
- The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
- Are you the apple of someone’s eye?
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- Comparing apples and oranges.
