What does it mean to dream about a certificate?

by Lucy Moore | 19 March 2021

To dream about a certificate suggests that you are feeling proud about a recent accomplishment.

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Perhaps you have been working hard towards something for a while now and you finally have it under your belt. You can now use this as a platform for your next step such as higher education or to apply for a job.

On the other hand, you may feel that you deserve some sort of recognition for everything you have done lately. Has the extra effort you have put in gone unnoticed? If so, do you need to make it clear to your superior what you have sacrificed?

If a certificate was being taken away from you, do you feel underqualified in your waking hours? Or not ready to do something? Perhaps you require more time or you are out of your depth and need to accept this and move on to something that is better suited to you.

If you don’t feel good enough- ask yourself why. Is it down to your lack of confidence or self esteem or is someone bringing you down? Try to remember who else was in the dream with you for additional meaning.

If you consider yourself to be unimportant in your career or relationship, maybe it’s time to speak up and move to another job or find a different partner who does make you feel valued.

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If someone close to you had a certificate, you may be feeling jealous of what they have achieved in their life so far. Perhaps you constantly compare your lot with theirs and it is making your relationship too competitive. Focus on your own life and your successes rather than trying to maintain this constant one-upmanship as it will never make you happy.

If you are feeling disheartened by the lack of training provided by your employer, this could be why you saw a certificate in your dream. If they are unwilling to invest in you- can you seek out additional courses in your own time and expand your knowledge instead?

Think about the certificates you have been awarded throughout your life. Do you feel some regret if you never put what you learned to good use? Or are you proud of what you have done with your life?

If you think that you wasted an opportunity, is it too late to pursue it now?

On the other hand, if you feel a sense of satisfaction as you look back over your years, perhaps the dream is telling you to aim for the next thing rather than being complacent.

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Perhaps you need to push yourself a little harder to come up with the desired result. On the other hand, it’s possible you have given too much of yourself or spent too much time on something and it’s made it worse, despite your best intentions. Do you need to dial things back a bit and let them take their natural course? If someone was covering your face with sloppy kisses, maybe a person in your life is coming on too strong and you need to tell them to be less affectionate if it’s embarrassing you.If you were the one giving sloppy kisses to someone else, maybe you are crossing a line and it’s pushing people away. Consider who was in the dream with your for additional meaning. To be stuck in sloppy ground such as loose mud or very wet sand implies that you are rooted in one place and you’re finding it hard to escape...