Dream Dictionary · Body
Fingers in a dream
Fingers in a dream are read in folk tradition as skill, small tasks and people as close to you as fingers on one hand.
Folk say that the five fingers are not alike, yet together they make a hand, so fingers in a dream are often read as members of the household or close friends. Dream books also tie them to dexterity: what you make, mend and count. Skillful fingers are taken as work that comes easily to you, and a ring on a finger as a promise and faithfulness. If you counted on your fingers in the dream, it is said you are adding up what you have achieved, and that there is plenty of it.
The most common dreams
Dreaming of a ring on your finger
By tradition, a ring is read as a promise, an agreement or a bond growing firmer. The old folks say it is the sign of a word that will be kept.
Dreaming of counting on your fingers
Counting on your fingers is read as taking stock with yourself: what is done and what is waiting. As the belief goes, the result is better than you think.
Dreaming of pointing your finger
To point a finger means, by folk reading, that you know what you want. Dream books gently add that a finger is for choosing a goal, not someone to blame.
Dreaming of long, lovely fingers
The old folks tie long fingers to skill: music, handicraft, writing. They say a gift is waiting in you that is worth taking up again.
These interpretations come from folk tradition and are meant for fun; they do not predict the future and are not advice for life decisions.