▲ Leans unlucky (a warning) Traditionally a warning — read it as pointing to what to watch, not as doom
A flash of insight or a shock that overturns your values. Fear means anxiety about sudden change; no pain means a major turning point.
Category: Nature & weather (how to read this category)
Psychology
Being struck by lightning reflects the sense that an uncontrollable force changes everything in an instant. Like the phrase "thunderstruck", a powerful realization or sudden attraction may appear as a jolt to the body. Whether fear or elation lingered decides the reading.
Folklore and history
In Japan, Sugawara no Michizane, exiled on false charges, was feared as a thunder god after death and later enshrined as Tenjin, deity of learning. Lightning was seen as heaven's untamable power that could become protection once honored. Dream readers likewise see this dream as both warning and blessing.
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This site's view
In this site's view, what happened to your body afterward is the heart of it. Burning or collapsing means you are worn down past what your current path can bear. Standing unharmed means something inside you has been switched on. If only you were struck among many people, you may feel a kind of chosen loneliness.
Going deeper: our reading
English has the saying that lightning never strikes the same place twice, used for rare misfortune, though tall structures are in fact known to be struck repeatedly. In this site's reading, why you were standing where you were matters. Standing in an open field or on a summit suggests a wish for attention mixed with fear of the criticism it brings. Holding an umbrella high reflects worry that stating your views clearly will provoke unexpected backlash. A prickling sense, as if your hair stood on end before the strike, means you already sense change approaching. If someone beside you was unharmed, you may feel alone in bearing a shock, or feel you are taking a blow for someone else. This is our speculation, but the dream may be your mind anticipating, in the shape of lightning, a life-changing encounter or news arriving unexpectedly.
What to do on waking
If your thinking suddenly shifted lately, note it in one line; naming the shock helps you meet the turning point calmly.
In this scene
- ◎Good Calm and clear: things flow smoothly (good)
- ▲Warn Stormy or swallowing you: feelings overflowing or being swept by change (warning)
- Only watching: you see change from a distance — a time to prepare
- It felt good: the lucky reading gets stronger
- ▲Warn It felt frightening or painful: the warning reading gets stronger — rest first
- The same dream again and again: something your mind has not settled yet
Turning a bad dream
In Japan, people once tried to turn a worrying dream for the better: a baku charm under the pillow, telling the dream to a nandina bush, or reciting an old dream-turning poem. Read the column on dream trading and dream-turning
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FAQ
Q. Is dreaming of being Struck by Lightning a good or bad sign?
A. Traditionally a warning — read it as pointing to what to watch, not as doom. A flash of insight or a shock that overturns your values. Fear means anxiety about sudden change; no pain means a major turning point.
Q. Why do I keep dreaming of being Struck by Lightning?
A. A recurring dream usually points to something your mind has not settled yet. Research suggests such dreams tend to stop once the underlying worry is resolved. Keeping a dream diary helps you notice what triggers it.
Q. What should I do after dreaming of being Struck by Lightning?
A. If your thinking suddenly shifted lately, note it in one line; naming the shock helps you meet the turning point calmly.
Related dream essays
- True Dreams and Reverse Dreams: Why We Read Dreams Backwards
- Buying Dreams, Turning Dreams: A Japanese History of Dream Trading and Dream Charms
Read this dream with your own scene in the Dream Dictionary →
More dreams in "Nature & weather"
- Furniture Toppling in an Earthquake
- Escaping a Tsunami
- Being Swallowed by a Tsunami
- Watching a Tsunami from High Ground
- A Tsunami Receding
- A Tsunami Bearing Down
- Lightning Striking Your House
- A Violent Thunderstorm
- Distant Thunder
- Lightning Striking a Tree
- The Moon Falling
- The Moon Hidden by Clouds
※ Dream interpretation here is entertainment drawing on psychology and folklore — it is not scientifically proven. "This site's view" is our own interpretation.
