Sharpening
To see in a dream that you are sharpening anything signifies that your standing among those around you will increase, and that you will become someone loved and respected.
To sharpen knives, saws, and similar tools in a dream signifies a development and a person who incite one to exertion; to see the sharpener himself signifies a person who disrupts the relations among people.
Whoever sharpens something such as a knife or scissors in his dream suddenly rises and attains a superior position in life.
Positive Meaning
With the right perspective, it can signify restoring balance, recovery, and developing a new understanding.
Shadow Meaning
Uncertainty, indecision, or a tendency to take on excessive burden may be observed.
Advice
In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, home and environment, emotional life, spiritual signs, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concluded in the dream should be evaluated together.