Snow is stillness, purity and the frozen time of winter. It covers everything and makes the world silent. In dreams it can speak of peace and a fresh start, or of feelings that have frozen.
When the dream feels light
Fresh white snow promises calm, purification and a clean page.
When the dream feels dark
Being trapped in snow or a snowstorm points to emotional coldness, isolation or a situation that is frozen.
Ask yourself
What in me is resting, and what has frozen?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Mask — The face you show the world, useful but not the whole truth.
- Element
- Water — feeling, dream and the unconscious
- Planet
- Saturn
- Tarot card
- Four of Swords
- Alchemical stage
- Albedo, the Whitening
Feelings frozen, waiting for spring. Stillness protects what is not yet ready.
Words that call this sign
cold, frozen, ice
Related signs
The Dog · The Mirror · Teeth · Hair · The Face · The Friend · The Tower · The School
The card of this dream
Four of Swords. Rest and retreat, the stillness that restores. A knight lies in effigy on a tomb in a church, hands joined in prayer, three swords above him and one beneath. It is rest, recovery and retreat: a pause needed after the struggle.