Dream meaning » whirlwind
To dream that you are in the path of a whirlwind, foretells that you are confronting a change which threatens to overwhelm you with loss and calamity.
For a young woman to dream that she is caught in a whirlwind and has trouble to keep her skirts from blowing up and entangling her waist, denotes that she will carry on a secret flirtation and will be horrified to find that scandal has gotten possession of her name and she will run a close risk of disgrace and ostracism.
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To encounter a whirlwind in a dream may indicate that the dreamer has been on a whirlwind schedule. The force and power of a whirlwind might also indicate that the dreamer is being lifted up and placed on an entirely new life path.
Depending on the meaning, the movement in a spiral that characterizes the whirlwind represents the creation or destruction of the world. When its speed overtakes you, it means that the circumstances are dominating you, and there is nothing you can do. Certain circumstances could be familial, social, or professional. The dream tasks you with reversing this force, such that it is you who has control in your life.
Sudden changes which will require quick decisions are forecast in a dream featuring this revolving mass of air.