Veil dream meaning is explained below using 30 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Patrica Telesco
Separations between people, situations, or dimensions.
The Hebrew veils ot the temple marked the line between the outer and inner sanctuary, the latter of which was YHWH’s abode.
Societal transitions, just as marriage veils mark the transition from single woman to wife.
Insecurity.
The need to hide behind something so that your true feelings cannot be seen.
Dreaming of bridal veils, especially for a woman, portends successful changes.
Putting aside a veil reflects a willingness to accept a change in status or role in a situation.
Celtic: The movement of fate, which can never be totally seen or known within mortal limits. It was believed that a peek behind fate’s veil presaged death.
Seven veils, such as those possessed by Salome and Isis, represent the planetary spheres (see Planets, Zodiac Signs). On the dream plane, this may open new insight into the weavings of fate or destiny as they interact with your free will.
Veils may also reflect endings, as they were often worn by widows during mourning.
Interpretation 2 — Gustavus Hindman Miller
To see others wearing veils, you will be maligned and defamed by apparent friends.
An old, or torn veil, warns you that deceit is being thrown around you with sinister design.
For a young woman to dream that she loses her veil, denotes that her lover sees through her deceitful ways and is likely to retaliate with the same.
To dream of seeing a bridal veil, foretells that you will make a successful change in the immediate future, and much happiness in your position.
For a young woman to dream that she wears a bridal veil, denotes that she will engage in some affair which will afford her lasting profit and enjoyment.
If it gets loose, or any accident befalls it, she will be burdened with sadness and pain.
To throw a veil aside, indicates separation or disgrace.
To see mourning veils in your dreams, signifies distress and trouble, and embarrassment in business.
Interpretation 3 — Zolar
arranging a, on your head: a pretentious cover-up, making sacred what never was.
bridal, a: propitious prospects for great happiness.
having a: are disguising a forbidden thought in a spiritual overtone.
losing a: wil lose your lover after your dispute with his superior.
opening a, or folding it: an important truth has been unveiled.
over a dead person: favorable circumstances wil assist at a wedding.
tear in a veil: wil lose protective support when your insincerity is exposed.
wearing a: your secretive actions are for self-preservation, not self-enhancement.
others: mystery and modesty.
Interpretation 4 — Martha Clarke
The monks occasionally wear veils. In spiritual terms, this dream could represent a rejection of mundane things. On the other hand, oneiric superstition says that dreaming of a black veil predicts a break in love. A white one, in contrast, foreshadows marriage.
Interpretation 5 — Garuda
A torn veil: your relationship is in danger of breaking up.
Depth Psychology: Are you walking through life “veiled”—are you isolating or do you feel alone? Are others hiding behind a veil to deceive you? Is there a veil between you and the person you love? See Curtain.
Interpretation 6 — Dr. Mıchael Lennox
A veil as connected to a marriage ceremony has the added connotation of the separation between two things that are about to merge and integrate, and when the veil is lifted, that process has occurred.
The lifting of the veil is also a New Age expression for accelerating consciousness. What confusion in your life needs to be or is about to be cleared up?
Interpretation 7 — Pamela Ball
1- When an object is veiled in a dream, there is some kind of secret which needs to be revealed. We may, as dreamers, be concealing something from ourselves, but we could also be being kept in ignorance by others.
2- fhe mind has different ways of indicating hidden thoughts in dreams.
The veil is one of these symbols.
3- A veil can represent all that is hidden and mysterious - and this translates into aspects of the Occult.
Interpretation 8 — Ibn Seerin
For a woman, wearing a veil in a dream means marriage, prosperity, beauty. Wearing a black veil in a dream means marrying a poor man.
If a man sees himself wearing a veil in a dream, it means that he will commit adultery with his female servant.
(Also see Apparel; Climbing a mountain; Closet; Khimiir, Protection, Uncertainty, Wife, Yashmak)
Interpretation 9 — Silvana Amar
A veil embodies mystery and concealment.
If the dreamer is veiled, this image may signify a partially recognized or half-revealed side of the dreamer’s psyche.
The veil can represent mourning or submission to authority as evidenced by the nun’s veil and the bridal veil.
The veil can also symbolize a transition from one phase of life to another
Interpretation 10 — Ariadne Green
A wedding veil may represent the qualities of the bride, which traditionally were kept concealed until the ceremony was complete. In this way, a veil may be an indication of a woman’s sexuality.
Interpretation 11 — Nancy Wagaman
Protection.
Innocence.
Femininity.
An issue relating to a particular role, rule, or tradition.
Anticipating, desiring, or fearing a particular real-life event.
Consider also the type of veil, its context and purpose, and your feelings about it.
See Scarf, Cover, Bride, Wedding Dress, Wedding, Hat, Crown
Interpretation 12 — Versatile - Anonymous
To take the veil suggests becoming a nun and, therefore, adopting a spiritual path.
The veil is also a way of shrouding the feminine in order to avoid temptation and is for many women a badge of faith.
Interpretation 13 — Versatile - Anonymous
The veil is one of these symbols. When an object is veiled in a dream, there is some kind of secret, which cannot be revealed except to the initiated or those ‘in the know’.
Interpretation 14 — Klaus Vollmar
See Virgin. Fearing down a veil symbolizes Defloration. But it also refers to protection in the sense of having essential emotional boundaries. Warning of, and emphasis on, emotional immunity.
Interpretation 15 — Ella Freeman Sharpe
To see the veil on another person reverses the interpretation.
A bridal veil means a new opportunity. Mourning veils, embarrassing momentary troubles.
Interpretation 16 — Versatile - Anonymous
Interpretation 17 — Gillian Holloway
If she dreams that she loses a veil, it is an indication that her lover will find out that she is deceitful.
Interpretation 18 — Stephen Girard
Interpretation 19 — Vincent Wienand
2. Hidden;
3. Transition from flesh to spirit,(The day Jesus died on the cross the veil rent in two); Luke 24:45; 2 Cor. 3:13-16; Mark 15:37-38; Ex. 26:31-35.
Interpretation 20 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
2. Lack of vanity, modesty. Concealed aspect of personality (woman wearing a veil). Mystery revealed (to remove).
Interpretation 21 — Internet Archive - Anonymous
Interpretation 22 — Katherine Taylor Craig
Interpretation 23 — Dream Explanations - Anonymous
See Mask.
Interpretation 24 — myjellybean
Interpretation 25 — Margaret Hamilton
A wedding veil carried away by the wind is a pending divorce
Interpretation 26 — Vincent Wienand
2. Secret (as in), “secret place” 2 Cor. 3:13-14; Heb. 6:19