Eyes / Sight / Blindness in Dreams: Meaning in Depth Psychology

What you can and can't see. Dreams about eyes, sight, and blindness tend to track awareness itself: what about your situation is clear, what stays out of view, what you may be choosing not to look at. New glasses, failing vision, a third eye: each shifts the reading.

THE CORE MEANING

Consciousness itself: the capacity to see, to know, to perceive truth. Eyes in dreams represent what you can and cannot see about yourself and your situation. Blindness is unconsciousness; clear sight is consciousness; the third eye is spiritual vision.

VARIATIONS: CONTEXT CHANGES THE MEANING

  • clear sight: Consciousness expanded: you can see what was hidden
  • blindness: Something you cannot or will not see, unconsciousness about a specific area
  • someone watching: Being observed by the unconscious: the Self's eye on the ego, or a complex monitoring your behavior
  • eye injury: Damage to the capacity for consciousness: something has been hurt that affects your ability to see clearly
  • glasses lens: A framework for seeing: the particular lens (psychological, spiritual, intellectual) through which you're viewing your experience

CONNECTS TO

The EgoThe SelfThe ShadowIntuition (Function)Projection

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