Needle Dream Meanings

A needle may be a symbol of male sexuality.

Penetrating insight; male sexuality; power to mend ills; irritations. Needle in body: sickness in body. Needlework: what one has made of oneself. Idioms: get the needle; needle in a haystack.

(hypodermic) symbolic of drug use

The primary use of a needle is to penetrate in an almost invisible way, whether it’s a needle for sewing or a hypodermic one for medical reasons.

The symbolic meaning therefore connects with this very precise way of penetrating below the surface of something in a way that leaves no evidence of its presence. In a dream, needles connect to this need or desire.

The type of needle will figure prominently in your interpretation.

A needle that has been used for drug use is an indication that something has happened in the past that is destructive but that has left almost no trace of the original act.

Used to aggravate with piercing words or actions; see “injection”; if sewing, see “sew”

The needle can often suggest masculine sexuality, but also the type of penetrating insight that changes our view of life.

A sewing needle will suggest spiritual repair, a knitting needle may suggest creativity and a hypodermic healing, or sometimes self-harm.

Psychological / emotional perspective: The ability to have some penetrating insights about our own state of being can help us to cope with everyday life. It will depend if the needles are being used by us or on us in dreams. By us suggests that we have a need for others to share our viewpoint; on us suggests that we must internalize some kind of knowledge, unpleasant or otherwise, before matters improve.

Material aspects: In dreams hypodermic needles suggest irritations, but can also signify the power to heal through penetration.

A concept or knowledge has to be introduced from the outside, which may hurt, but will ultimately improve our wellbeing.

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream using needles will probably require assessment of her more creative aspects, whereas for a man the assessment will be of his softer skills such as communication, listening and negotiation.

If something were “needling” a person, then this dream symbol would be appropriate.

A threaded needle can indicate the repairing of, or the sewing up of, unfinished issues in one’s personal or business life. If, however, a needle is seen as an instrument of health in the hands of a doctor or a nurse, then health issues may be of concern to the dreamer. (See also Syringe, Vaccination).

Vision: Getting pricked by a needle: arguments and nitpicking ahead. It also could mean losing a friend. Seeing a needle: some people have hostile intentions.

See Stabbing.

Depth Psychology: The needle is often a symbol of emotional pain, unpleasant events. Who has hurt you?. What or who has “stabbed” your heart? Has someone hurt you with “sharp words”? On occasion, the needle is a phallic symbol.

See Sewing.

Finding a needle in your dream shows that you worry needlessly over small matters.

To thread a needle in your dream denotes good fortune in your undertaking but if you had a hard time threading it and became angry then you can expect some frustration before accomplishment.

A needle in a dream represents a wife for a bachelor, though for a poor person it means satisfaction.

To hold a needle in a dream means to correct oneself. Ifthe needle is threaded in the dream, it means finding a way to improve one’s life.

A broken needle in a dream means difficulties and trials.

If one’s needle is stolen in a dream, it means that one’s unfavorable conditions may last.

(Also see Sacking needle)

A needle symbolises an obedient wife.

Emotional and physical pain. Sometimes a symbol for an awareness that is driven to an extreme. It may also address “sewing together” single parts of what the consciousness is working with. It could also be— and not only according to psychoanalysis—a phallic symbol.

See Thorns.

A needle (as in needle and thread) in a dream represents unfinished business and the need to gain control of one’s surroundings.

To dream of looking for a needle in a haystack, symbolizes useless worries over trivial matters. Also see “Injection.”

1. Something needs to be mended or repaired.

2. Need to penetrate a difficulty.

3. Annoyance from a relationship (“needling”).

Threading a needle in your dream indicates many responsibilities that require patience. Finding a needle, new friends.

To break a needle, a desire for seclusion.

To be sewing with a needle, by hand, need of a sympathetic friend.

Dreams of needles can represent the fear of being invaded, hurt or emotionally punctured.

If you are threading a needle, then the dream suggests that there is a situation or relationship that needs mending. Needles are also phallic symbols. Consider the feeling tone.

1- In dreams needles suggest irritations, but can also signify the power to heal through penetration.

A concept or knowledge has to be introduced from the outside, which may hurt, but will ultimately make us better from the inside.

2- The ability to have some penetrating insights about our own state can help us to cope with everyday- life. It will depend if the needles are being used by us or on us.

3- The needle can suggest masculine sexuality, but also the type of penetrating insight which changes our view of life.

To use a needle in your dream, is a warning of approaching affliction, in which you will suffer keenly the loss of sympathy, which is rightfully yours.

To dream of threading a needle, denotes that you will be burdened with the care of others than your own household.

To look for a needle, foretells useless worries.

To find a needle, foretells that you will have friends who will appreciate you.

To break one, signifies loneliness and poverty.

Piercing patterns to be repatterened.

A tool to weave fabrics together with. Eye of the needle is a portal.

Creating, pulling things together, as in sewing. Something difficult to find, as the needle in the haystack.

See also Injection.

(see Connecting Devices, Fabric, Sewing) An alternative symbol of male sexuality, sometimes in a derogatory sense.

If attached to a thread, the emblem of repair, alteration, and reconnecting. Perhaps a relationship has been torn asunder and needs mending. Or, maybe there is an aspect of self that needs healing or other important adjustments.

Conducting fruitless searches or participating in unproductive worrying (e.g., looking for a “needle in a haystack”).

Tilings, people, or situations that bother you to the point of distraction (e.g., “what’s needling you”).

Knitting needles can represent manipulating circumstances so that they come out a specific way. Alternatively, this may be a type of networking dream in which the fibers of a situation are carefully knit back together.

Embroidery indicates an intense attention to embellishing basic details and making sure everything has finishing touches that reflect your personality.

Finding a needle in your dream shows that you worry needlessly over small matters.

To thread a needle in your dream denotes good fortune in your undertaking but if you had a hard time threading it and became angry then you can expect some frustration before accomplishment.