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Fire is one of my biggest fears, and it's scary to dream about it all the time. I would like to know what it means. When I dream about a fire I am never in it myself, but I'm always a spectator. Last night I had a dream about the old neighborhood where I grew up. One of the houses was on fire, people we were never close to. I was with my mother and she said, look there is a fire in that house. I tried to call emergency services on my cell phone but I couldn't reach them. We went to my aunt's house accross the street from the burning house, but she refused to call them. I tried and tried but I couldn't reach the emergency number. In the end the fire mysteriously went out by itself and the people who lived in that house didn't even seem to be bothered. In my dreams it's always like that, everyone else seems to be reluctant to offer help or isn't worried about the fires, and I'm always running around trying to get help,but no one wants to help. I wonder what that means in my life...

Fire is a powerful symbol in dreams. Jung said that it represents psychological transformation - it burns out the past and gives way to spiritual truth.

Fire can illuminate but also causes pain. It can represent passion and can signify that your emotions are out of control.

Pay attention to what's going on with you when you have these dreams. Do they tend to appear when you're under great stress or dealing with emotional pain?

I'm getting that the fire symbolizes your emotions or passions consuming you and a need to deal with them to move on - and the fire may also symbolize that you are, in fact, dealing with them. When the blaze is over, you'll find beauty in the ashes as you heal.

May all your dreams come true!