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Dreaming of a flood: meaning in Korea

In the Korean reading, a flood in a dream is overflowing abundance: if the water is clear, it announces great wealth arriving all at once.

What they say in Korea 홍수꿈

Following the logic of water as wealth, kkumhaemong says a flood stands for abundance in quantity: resources arriving all at once, more than you expected. If the water is clear and fills your house, your street or your city without causing damage, the folk reading is very favorable: prosperity, influence and success that spreads. It recalls the famous Silla legend, in which a woman dreamed she flooded the capital and ended up a queen. If the water is murky and sweeps things away, it is read as an intense period, with lots of tasks or emotions at once, that calls for organization and calm.

Depending on the details

if clear water fills your house

One of the luckiest variations: abundance pouring into your home. In the Korean folk reading it is tied to big gains or a season of family prosperity.

if the water is murky and sweeps things away

A period with lots of demands at once. Not a bad sign, but it calls for calm: prioritize, delegate and let go of what is not essential this season.

if you watch from somewhere high

You watch the abundance without being swept away. It is read as having a secure position and enough clarity to make the most of good opportunities.

And luck?

After this dream, a Korean would joke that they are "up to their neck" in luck and check the lottery numbers.

In other traditions

In the West a flood in a dream is tied to overflowing emotions, the feeling of being overwhelmed by circumstances or losing control. The tone is usually alarm, not abundance.