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Dreaming of keys: meaning in Korea

In Korea, a key in a dream opens doors: solutions, authority, trust placed in you and an opportunity that had been locked away.

What they say in Korea 열쇠꿈

In traditional Korea, whoever kept the keys to the rice storehouses ran the household; receiving them was a sign of trust and authority. In kkumhaemong, dreaming of a key is said to stand for decision-making power, the solution to a problem or an opportunity opening up. Receiving a bunch of keys is read as an important responsibility or a position of trust. Opening a door with a key is read as unlocking something that was stuck. A golden key is especially favorable. If you lose your keys, the reading speaks of distraction, or of an opportunity slipping away through lack of attention.

Depending on the details

if you receive keys

Trust placed in you: a position, an important responsibility or access to a new circle. It is a dream of authority and recognition.

if you open a door with the key

You unlock something that was stuck. A solution appears, some paperwork moves forward or a hard conversation finally finds the right words to untangle itself.

if you lose your keys

Distraction or tiredness. The Korean reading suggests sorting your priorities and paying attention to details, so that no opportunity slips away.

And luck?

After dreaming of keys, a Korean might tidy up their key ring and work up the courage to ask for the responsibility they really want.

In other traditions

In the West keys in dreams are tied to solutions, secrets, access, control and opportunities. Losing them is read as feeling powerless, and finding them as discovering an answer.