Column

To see a column in a dream, in whatever form it may be, signifies that you will surely go to a holiday resort and rest this year.

To see a very ornate and carved column in a dream denotes that you will possess a rather large house.

Ibn Sīrīn: To see a column in a dream signifies the person’s religion. To see a column descending from the sky signifies a divine grace and blessing, in the sense that a just, compassionate, and mild-tempered ruler will come to that land. To see oneself being struck with a post, or striking someone with a post, signifies hearing or uttering harsh words describing the nature of the person struck. To see oneself leaning upon a post that one has purchased or that has been given to one as a gift signifies that one will depend for one’s livelihood upon an old woman, or marry an old woman. A column also signifies a trustworthy friend. A leaning column denotes a workman who deceives his employer, disobeys him, and acts hypocritically.

If a workman sees a leaning post in a dream, it signifies that his employer will incline toward kindness and appreciation toward his workers. Columns also signify important and powerful men capable of managing their responsibilities. To possess a column, or to become a column and be qualified for it, signifies that one will become the leader of one’s community, a pillar in one’s own field, a torch of knowledge followed by those seeking knowledge, and a pillar of wisdom. Becoming a column may also signify one’s death or one’s weeping. A column also signifies a father, a son, property, capital, a partner, a means, a spouse, or a leader. A marble column signifies great wealth, a great man, or a great woman.

A column made of granite signifies one who despises himself; if it is made of stone, it signifies circumstances that change swiftly. A wooden column denotes a hypocritical person. The columns of a mosque represent its imam, muezzin, attendants, and the congregation that prays there.

Ibn Sīrīn: To see a cornerstone in a dream signifies one’s spouse, or it may denote property.

With the right perspective, it can signify restoring balance, recovery, and developing a new understanding.

Uncertainty, indecision, or a tendency to take on excessive burden may be observed.

In the interpretation, the themes of success and reputation, work and responsibility, health and body, spiritual signs, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.