Fire in Dreams: Meaning in Depth Psychology

Transformation, passion, and intensity. Controlled fire (a campfire, a hearth) = healthy transformation you're managing. Uncontrolled fire (wildfire, burning house) = change that's happening whether you chose it or not.

THE CORE MEANING

Transformation, passion, destruction and renewal, psychic energy (libido), illumination.

VARIATIONS: CONTEXT CHANGES THE MEANING

campfire: Contained transformation, warmth, community, consciousness in the wilderness of the unconscious
wildfire: Uncontrolled psychic energy, passion that consumes, transformation that can't be stopped
candle: Individual consciousness, small but persistent light in darkness, spirit
burning house: Psychic structure (the house/self) undergoing forced transformation
hearth: The warm center of psychic life, home, the heart of the personality
volcanic: Eruption of repressed material from deep unconscious: primal, unstoppable
being burned: Painful transformation, purification through suffering

CONNECTS TO

Individuation Enantiodromia The Shadow The Self Alchemical Stages of Transformation Psychic Energy / Libido (Jungian)The Seven Alchemical Operations

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