Seeing Violets in a Dream

Violets in a dream are generally read as a good sign, tied to knowledge and a long life. They're also connected to a gentle, likable woman, along with friendship and affection. Picking a violet up off the ground specifically is tied to kissing a woman. This dream is also linked to a meaningful sum of money arriving.

Violet Flowers

Violet flowers are tied to someone of exceptional character, or to a beautiful woman. In some older readings, they point instead to a woman who isn't especially steady, or to a child who may be sickly or short-lived. Seeing violets alongside roses is connected to friendship and affection. Broadly, this dream signals joyful changes ahead and hardship fading into the background.

Violet Leaves

Violet leaves are tied to cheerful news arriving — good fortune, growing income, career success, and a comfortable life. Plucking a violet leaf specifically points to getting ahead of rivals through one's own projects.

Planting Violets

Planting violets is tied to an admirable, enviable love story taking shape. It's connected to gaining recognition, overcoming financial troubles, and a run of good luck. This dream points to a genuinely successful chapter of life.

A Field of Violets

A field of violets is tied to wealth and generosity, along with a good family life. It's connected to prosperity and to being the kind of person who's giving with what they have.

Picking Violets

Picking violets is generally read as good news — tied to unexpected love, a long-awaited vacation, and stepping away from stress. It's connected to effort finally paying off. Watching someone else pick violets points to embarking on a meaningful, spiritually enriching journey alongside them.

Giving Violets Away

Giving a violet to a servant is tied, in older readings, to that servant running away. Being given a bunch of violets, or giving one to someone else, points to separation from relatives or people close to the dreamer.

Plucking or Tearing Violets

Plucking violets is broadly tied to unexpected love and a much-needed break from daily stress. A violet pinned to one's chest that gets plucked off points to falling in love with someone. A violet that's already been torn or picked when seen, though, is tied to sadness and hardship rather than romance.

Wild or Ever-Changing Violets

A wild, many-colored violet (like a pansy) is tied to emotional confusion and disappointment — a partner who may prove unfaithful or inconsistent. This version calls for some caution in relationships.

A Married Woman Giving Violets

In an older, specific reading, a woman who picks violets and gives them to her husband is tied to divorce — a sign of real strain in the marriage.

Violets Growing in the Ground

Violets seen growing in soil, in season, are tied to benefit gained through a woman or a household helper, or to having a child. It's connected to positive developments arriving through people close to the dreamer.

Smelling Violets

Smelling a bundle of violets is tied to marrying a handsome young man, along with a happy, loving marriage.

Violet Roots

A violet seen with its root intact is tied, in an older reading, to a servant of poor character. The shoots and roots specifically are connected to a relative or acquaintance returning from far away, along with relief from grief and hardship.

Violet Seedlings

Violet seedlings are read favorably, tied to growing spiritual strength, honest income, and general abundance. It's connected to reaching one's goals, overcoming obstacles, career progress, and being well-liked — though also to some regret over past mistakes.

Buying Violets

Buying violets from a florist is tied to new income opportunities. It's connected more broadly to a lovely but somewhat particular woman, along with love and friendship. Picking one up from the ground is tied to kissing someone, and this dream overall points to knowledge and a long life.

Purple, Yellow, and Potted Violets

Purple violets in a pot are tied to a happy, peaceful family life — inherited wealth earned through effort, joyful days, good conversations with friends, and well-meaning relatives. Violets in a pot more generally are connected to household happiness and abundance, with vivid color pointing to good news and spiritual richness. Yellow violets are tied to receiving many blessings and prayers, along with possible difficulty in marriage that ultimately strengthens family life — also read as a sign of marriage for someone unmarried.

Another Interpretation

Not every reading treats violets purely as romantic or joyful. Older, more classical sources connect violets instead to a servant or enslaved woman specifically, with picking them tied to closeness with her rather than romantic love in the broader sense. This same tradition treats a violet already picked or torn as an unfavorable sign, and connects giving violets away to separation from the people around the dreamer — a notably more cautious reading than the mostly favorable, love-centered interpretation found in modern sources.