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Dreaming of the ocean: meaning in Korea
For Korea, the ocean in a dream is an open horizon: wide opportunities, travel and a prosperity that depends on how the waves look.
What they say in Korea 바다꿈
Korea is a peninsula surrounded by sea on three sides, and the ocean is in its food, its history and its imagination. In kkumhaemong, dreaming of a calm, blue, shimmering sea is said to announce wide opportunities: travel, business abroad, new horizons. Watching the sunrise over the sea, as thousands of Koreans do every New Year on the east coast, is read as a powerful beginning. If the sea is rough, the reading speaks of an intense period that needs a steady hand on the helm. Sailing successfully over the waves is a dream of victory. And if the sea offers you fish or pearls, tradition counts it as direct wealth.
Depending on the details
if you see the sun rise over the sea
A radiant beginning. It is tied to success, good news and a new chapter full of energy. In Korea it is almost a taemong of great achievements.
if the sea is rough
An intense period with fast changes. Tradition recommends caution, a good crew and patience: storms pass, and whoever knows how to wait reaches port.
if you sail calmly
Your plans move ahead with a good wind. It is read as a successful trip, business that flows or a relationship unfolding in harmony.
And luck?
After dreaming of the ocean, a Korean might plan a getaway to the coast, or treat themselves to a nice plate of seafood.
In other traditions
In the West the ocean in dreams is tied to the unconscious, deep emotions and the infinite. A calm sea reflects inner peace; a rough one, an emotional storm.