Darkness in dreams is not usually read as evil but as the absence of information — the state of not being able to check. What makes it distinct from other fear imagery is that nothing has to be present for it to work: the threat is the inability to verify. That is why these dreams cluster around uncertainty rather than danger, and why light appearing in them is generally the significant event.
These are interpretive lenses, not facts — your own feeling in the dream is the better guide.
Commonly tied to uncertainty with no available information, and frequently reported when a decision must be made without facts.
Generally read as an attempt to understand something that keeps failing, and one of the most frustrating recurring dream images.
Often associated with a suspected problem that has not been identified, where the not-knowing is the distressing part.
Usually connected to clarity being lost abruptly, and commonly reported after unexpected news.
Read as gradual orientation within uncertainty, and generally as one of the more hopeful versions of the image.
Darkness is generally read as the absence of information rather than as evil — not being able to verify what is there. Jungian interpretation treats it as the unlit portion of the psyche, meaning what has not yet been examined rather than what is bad.
This is a widely reported and unusually frustrating dream image, generally read as repeated attempts to understand something that keep failing. Fine motor control and expectation both behave oddly in dreams, which is why switches so often refuse to work.
It is usually read as anxiety about uncertainty rather than about darkness itself. These dreams commonly appear during periods when decisions have to be made without enough information to make them confidently.
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