A Dream of Washing Your Hands with Incense Smoke - dream meaning with inherited lore

You hold your hands in front of the smoke or move them as if pouring it over them. The scent lingers as you look at your hands.

Korean lore: Scenes of using incense to tend to your body and surroundings have sometimes been interpreted as cleansing. For washing your hands, it feels more natural to consider the scene alongside the feelings in the dream. (This interpretation draws on the folk tradition of linking the burning of incense with cleansing.)

Through the mind: You might think back to whether something about a situation with someone or a choice has been weighing on you. Washing your hands may reflect a wish to ease that burden.

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• Dreaming of incense smoke escaping through a window — It may reflect a wish to let out, little by little, or sort through what’s still on your mind.
• Dream of seeing a name in incense smoke — A name appearing in incense smoke may reflect memories of that person or feelings that still remain.
• A dream where you step on and crush incense — It may be a scene reflecting worry that you might accidentally ruin a promise or feeling you treasured.
• Dreaming of several incense sticks stuck together in a burner — The scene may reflect how hard it feels to sort through several things you’re handling at once.
• Dream of incense smoke turning into water — A scene where a shape disappears and turns to water may bring to mind a time when feelings settle or change in nature.
• Dreaming of being trapped in a room full of incense smoke — Traditionally, this has sometimes been interpreted as feelings of remembrance or prayer that have yet to find release.
• Dream of incense smoke turning into a bird — Traditionally, this can also be understood as a scene where a memory or wish that stayed with you takes another form.
• Dreaming of incense smoke splitting in two — It may reflect weighing one matter in two directions, or a heart divided among several choices.