Green in Dreams: Meaning in Depth Psychology

The color of growing. Green is the life force in leaf: healing, fertility, things ripening. It can also be the unripe and the envious. Ask what in your life is green right now, in either sense: growing well, or not ready yet.

THE CORE MEANING

Growth, nature, the life force in its vegetative form, healing, the Great Mother's fertility. Also: envy, rawness, immaturity. What hasn't ripened yet.

VARIATIONS: CONTEXT CHANGES THE MEANING

  • lush green: Abundant growth, psychic fertility, the Mother providing
  • dark green: The deep forest, nature's shadow side, growth that's wild and uncivilized
  • new green: Spring, new growth, the first signs of life after a psychological winter
  • sickly green: Growth gone wrong: envy, poison, something that should be alive but is toxic

CONNECTS TO

The MotherThe Great MotherThe Divine ChildSensation (Function)

All of that is the universal meaning. But what does green mean to you? Your personal association matters more than any dictionary.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK

What does dreaming about the color green mean?
The color of growing. Green is the life force in leaf: healing, fertility, things ripening. It can also be the unripe and the envious. Ask what in your life is green right now, in either sense: growing well, or not ready yet. Your own association leads here; the pattern is only a place to start looking.
What does the color green symbolize in Jungian psychology?
In the Jungian reading, the color green carries a consistent center. Growth, nature, the life force in its vegetative form, healing, the Great Mother's fertility. Also: envy, rawness, immaturity. What hasn't ripened yet. Take what fits and leave the rest: you are the final authority on your own dream.
What does dark green in a dream mean?
When the color green appears as dark green, the emphasis shifts: The deep forest, nature's shadow side, growth that's wild and uncivilized. Hold it as an offering rather than a verdict, and notice what your own memory of the dream says back.
What does fresh new green in a dream mean?
When the color green appears as fresh new green, the emphasis shifts: Spring, new growth, the first signs of life after a psychological winter. If the image stays with you, let it: what it means to you outweighs what it means in general.