Dreaming of adopting a child from an orphanage - dream meaning with inherited lore
This has sometimes been understood as meeting someone who needs care or taking on a new responsibility.
They visit an orphanage, meet a child, and decide to adopt. What stays with them may be looking over several children or locking eyes with one child.
Korean lore: There isn’t a widely known separate traditional interpretation of welcoming a child at an orphanage. It can be read cautiously through the tradition of interpreting dreams of taking in a child as a new connection or a responsibility to care for someone. (This reading draws on folk interpretations of welcoming a child as a new connection and responsibility; separate interpretations of the location are limited.)
Through the mind: You may want to be someone others can rely on, or be wondering whether to take on a caregiving role. You might also reflect on how the feelings you had at the place where you met the child connect with the choices you’re facing now.
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- Dreaming of adopting a relative’s child — It may reflect thoughts about sharing responsibility with someone close or changing roles within the family.
- Dreaming of adopting a child on a rainy day — This scene may reflect a readiness to take on a new responsibility, even with some worries still on your mind.
- Dreaming of adopting a child in front of others — This scene may hold the worry of how an important choice will look to others.
- Dreaming that your adopted child grows up quickly — It may reflect a feeling that a new responsibility or relationship is growing faster than you expected.
- Dreaming of secretly adopting a child — It may hold the difficulty of telling others about a new choice, or the wish for them to understand your decision.
- Dreaming of adopting a healthy child — It may reflect hoping to welcome a new relationship or role with joy.
- Dreaming of adopting a child in another country — It may reflect getting ready to welcome a new connection or responsibility in an unfamiliar place.
- Dreaming of adopting a child from a hospital — It may reflect facing a situation that calls for care, or feeling both worry and responsibility before a new beginning.