Pomegranate

To see a sweet pomegranate in a dream signifies property, a prosperous and cultivated city, a wife, or a child. Red pomegranate seeds signify gold; white pomegranate seeds, silver; a sour pomegranate signifies grief and sorrow, but for one who likes sourness, it signifies sustenance and property.

To eat pomegranate peel in a dream signifies recovery from illness; pomegranate juice signifies a person’s livelihood; a pomegranate tree signifies a devout, wealthy, and generous person; and cutting down a pomegranate tree signifies severing relations with a kinsman. Pomegranate seeds signify property obtained with ease; the blossom of the pomegranate signifies a beautiful woman and a virtuous child.

To gather ripe pomegranates in a dream signifies wealth; to gather unripe ones signifies illness, affliction, and sorrow. To see a pomegranate in a dream during winter is auspicious. A red pomegranate is interpreted as wealth.

If a young girl eats a sour pomegranate in a dream, she will fall in love with someone who is not particularly auspicious. To see oneself separating pomegranate seeds in a dream means earning much money. Gathering ripe pomegranates is interpreted as becoming wealthy; gathering unripe ones, as illness and grief. A red pomegranate is interpreted as abundance and wealth. For a young girl, however, it signifies a fortunate suitor.

To see a pomegranate in a dream, if it is in its proper season, signifies that the dreamer will acquire property and earnings in proportion to his labor. To see a pomegranate outside its season is not good. A sweet pomegranate signifies marrying one who possesses property and money; a sour pomegranate signifies sorrow. To pluck a pomegranate from the tree, whether in its season or out of season, is not auspicious.

Ja‘far al-Sadiq interprets the pomegranate in three ways: accumulated property, a good spouse, and a beautiful land.

Abu Sa‘id al-Wa‘iz says: To see a pomegranate in a dream is interpreted, for a woman, as visitation and jewels; for a man, as a child; for state officials, as promotion; for officers, as the execution of their commands; for the peasant, as fertility in sowing; for the merchant, as abundant profit; and for the common people, as good governance.

According to another tradition: A sweet pomegranate seen in a dream signifies accumulated property, a wife, a cultivated district, property, and a child. The pomegranate is interpreted, according to the condition of the dreamer, as ten, one hundred, or one thousand dirhams. To see a pomegranate is interpreted for a sultan as a city; when he breaks it open, he conquers a city. The peel of the pomegranate is the wall of that city; its seeds are its people; and its interior is the wealth of the city.

If a person sees in a dream that he eats pomegranate peel, he will recover from his illness. The pomegranate is also interpreted as a locked chest. At times, the pomegranate signifies the hive of honeybees and beeswax. If the seeds of the pomegranate are white, it signifies silver; if they are red, it signifies gold. When the pomegranate is interpreted as a wife, that wife is beautiful. If the pomegranate is whole and sound, the woman is a virgin. If the pomegranate is split, the woman is a widow. A foul-smelling pomegranate is an unchaste woman. A sour pomegranate is unlawful property. Some have said that it signifies grief and sorrow.

If a person sells pomegranates in a dream, that man prefers this world to the Hereafter. The pomegranate tree is a devout, majestic, and wealthy person. Its thorns restrain that person from sin and fornication. If that person is a ruler, he will prevail over his enemies. If he is a merchant, his trade will prosper greatly. Cutting down a pomegranate tree signifies failing to visit one’s relatives. Some interpreters have said that the sweetness of the pomegranate signifies sustenance acquired with difficulty and toil; its sourness, grief and sorrow; and that a mixture of sourness and sweetness signifies doubtful property.

To see a pomegranate in a dream during winter, in cold weather, is auspicious. A red pomegranate is taken as abundance and wealth. If a young girl eats a sour pomegranate in her dream, she will fall in love. Yet the one she loves will not prove to be a particularly auspicious person. Whoever sees himself separating pomegranate seeds will earn abundant money.

Ibn Sirin: To see a pomegranate in a dream signifies property, blessing, and a righteous child.

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 work and responsibility, financial matters, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.