Tornado Dreams

    Tornado dreams are one of the most disturbing dreams someone can have. Fear often saturates them. Those around you can be oblivious to the approaching destruction. Stress levels run high. There’s pressure to find shelter that can withstand a direct hit. Almost every tornado dream I’ve seen has either part or all of the dreamer’s family in danger. Many times there seems to be a family reunion, BBQ or similar event that would typically include family or close friends.

  The panic and fear often associates with tornado dreams result because the dreamer is surrounded by people they care about. Or people they care about are threatened by an approaching tornado. Perhaps this is the reason many dreamers don’t want to know what their tornado dreams mean. It’s common for them to assume someone in their family is going to die.

  Allow me to unveil the things that all tornado dreams have in common. You must, of course, keep in mind the dream’s context in order to figure out the dream’s exact meaning. With context in mind, you’ll be able to tell if your tornado dream is giving you a warning and who that warning is for.

    Unveiling Tornado Dreams

  Let’s first take a look at one of the most crucial elements of tornado dreams: the setting. Most tornado dreams take place in or near a house. Sometimes dreamers can be driving a car while they’re being chased by a tornado, and this completely changes the meaning of the dream. Here’s the meaning of both.

    Houses and Tornados

  If you’re in a house or standing outside a house and a tornado’s headed right for you the dream is highlighting your life in some way.

  If it’s a house where your family typically gathers for holidays or events (a parent’s or grandparent’s house) most likely means the dream is addressing a family issue that’s destructive. In this context it’s important to note a few things. First, is your whole family there or is it only one side of your family? This will indicate which part of the family the issue lies. Second, does your family see the danger or are they oblivious to it?

  If your family sees the tornado and seeks shelter with you it means the destructive family issue is known by them. On the other hand if a tornado’s approaching the same house and everyone but you is oblivious to the danger, it means the rest of your family doesn’t see or doesn’t want to see the approaching destruction.

  Let’s say you find yourself in a house that you know is yours but you’ve never seen it before, this often represents your spiritual life. If you’re by yourself in such a house and a dark colored tornado is heading your way it could mean your spiritual life is under attack. An important thing to note is if you see the tornado destroying the house that’s not yours. If so, it could mean that your spirituality cannot stand up to a really bad destructive storm. 

 Again, the context of the dream determines the exact meaning.

    Tornados Chasing a Car

  Let’s say you have a dream where the car you currently own is being chased by a tornado. Cars typically represent a way for you to get from one place to another in your life, most often meaning a job or vocation. One of these dreams could be telling you a strong, destructive storm will (or is) currently threatening your job.

    Warning Dreams

  Tornado dreams can often be warning dreams. If your tornado dream is warning you of impending destruction, it’s one of the most valuable dreams you can have. Let’s say the tornado is a long distance away. That means you have time to get to safety. If the tornado appears right on top of you at the beginning of the dream you have almost no time to prepare.

   There’s also this interesting thing that happens with tornado dreams. If your dream is cut short (by naturally waking up not by an alarm clock) and you awake right before the destruction or in the middle of the destruction it could mean you’re currently in the middle of the destructive force in your waking life.

   Many tornado dreams destroy family houses or other physical objects the dreamer knows from their waking life. What makes these sorts of dreams warning dreams? Why don’t tornado dreams simply mean destruction is coming to a dreamer’s life? Some might. Context is an important consideration in any dream, but when it comes to tornado dreams one must get the context of the dream right in order to tell if the dream is warning the dreamer or telling them destruction has already occurred in their life.

    But how do you know a dream is warning you about something? Are there any clues that set warning dreams apart from all the other dreams a person can have? Yes there are, but you’ve got to know what you’re looking for.

    Keep Your Eye Out for Warnings

  As with all other dreams, there are no hard and fast rules that set warning dreams apart from the crowd of dreams that you’d have within, let’s say, a year. Warning dreams are by no means the most common of dreams. However, if you keep your eye out for things commonly found in warning dreams you’ll be able to spot them. Then you can take the appropriate steps to avoid the pitfall the dream is warning you about.

    One thing that can alert you to a warning dream is if the dream feels off in some way and you’re not able to identify why. Fear can and does accompany warning dreams, but when it doesn’t, many times there’s this feeling of things not feeling quite right. For example, you may walk into a dream scene and there’s nothing significantly wrong with the scene. Maybe there’s one little thing that makes you shrug your shoulders. It’s a little odd but not odd enough for you to run for your life.

      Tornado!

    The dreamer reports walking into a house at night. He steps into a living room where there’s a party going on and everyone’s nice and friendly but he doesn’t know anyone. The people dotted around the living room say things like “We were hoping you were going to come.” and “It’s so good to see you.” Then someone steps up front and center and directs the dreamer to a room in the back saying that there’s someone waiting to see him. The dreamer follows the natural direction of the dream which leads him to the back room and when he gets in the back room there’s no one there. The door slams shut. He takes out his cell phone and calls his wife. Once his wife answers and he recognizes her greeting, her voice is overtaken by static. His communication is cut off.

End of Dream.

    When the dreamer was telling me this dream he used the word “off” as in things just felt off in this dream. He thought it was strange that he was in a house where everyone seemed to know him but he knew nobody. Then  someone steps up and tells him someone’s waiting to see him in the back room and before he knows it he’s separated and cut off from everyone. There’s a natural flow to this dream. It’s to move the dreamer through the house to a place of seclusion.

    So what’s the warning? Being secluded from everyone doesn’t seem so bad, right? Well it is, because when the dreamer was telling me the dream he said he felt as if he were walking into a trap. The emotions and perceptions of the dreamer are key to uncovering the meaning of the dream. It’s one thing to simply be separated from people and quite another to feel as if you’re trapped.

    This dream was vital for the dreamer to understand, but he only knows the meaning of this dream because we had a chance encounter. If we hadn’t had the chance encounter and I wouldn’t have asked him about his dreams he wouldn’t be aware of the trap the dream was warning him about. He’d be walking blindly and unprotected through life and most likely be completely blindsided by the trap that’s waiting for him.

    Warning dreams give us a chance to be warned of dangers we or others will encounter. It’s another reason to pay attention and record your dreams every night. You never know when a dream could save your life. In fact, here’s a link to a blog post I’ve written where a nightmare literally saved a man’s life.   A Life Saving Nightmare

       EB