Frequently Asked Questions

There is no scientifically validated method of dream interpretation — modern neuroscience treats dreams as the brain processing memories overnight. However, dream symbols offer a window into the psychological language cultures have accumulated for thousands of years. evoldo's interpretations place three different versions of that language (modern, classical Islamic, psychological) side by side; not absolute truth, but a starting point for reflection.

Recurring dreams usually point to something the subconscious has not resolved. Modern psychology describes them as "unprocessed emotion" or "unresolved tension". When the same scene repeats, paying attention to the symbols and your emotional reaction often gives a clue.

Sleep paralysis is a brief state where the muscles remain immobile during the transition between sleep and waking, but consciousness is awake. It's typically triggered by stress, irregular sleep, sleeping on the back, and sleep deprivation. Medically harmless; in dream interpretation it is associated with suppressed anxiety.

There is no scientific evidence. Sometimes we feel that something we dreamed later came true (déjà vu dream effect); but this is selective recall — we forget the hundreds of dreams that did not come true and remember the one that did. Classical interpretation traditions sometimes read dreams as "signs", but this is a faith-based reading, not a proven prediction.

A lucid dream is a state where the dreamer realises they are dreaming and can to some extent direct the dream. It has been scientifically confirmed — during REM sleep the brain's prefrontal cortex is more active than usual. Keeping a regular dream journal and doing "reality checks" during the day can increase lucid dream frequency.

No — this is a very common misconception. Dreaming about the dead generally symbolises change, transition, and the closing of an old chapter. Even classical Islamic dream interpretation tradition mostly reads it as "good news" or "spiritual cleansing". For details see the "dream meaning of dead" page.

Ibn Sirin (c. 654-728) was an Islamic scholar who lived in Basra. His works on dream interpretation have been a fundamental reference across the Islamic world for centuries. His interpretations, which combine the Quran, Sunnah, and Arab cultural symbolism, form the backbone of the classical Islamic dream interpretation tradition.

Three steps: (1) An AI model extracts the main symbols from your dream. (2) Each symbol is looked up in our curated dream dictionary of 5717 entries. (3) The matching dictionary entries plus the full dream are passed to the model, which produces interpretations from modern + Ibn Sirin + psychological perspectives. The dictionary step matters — interpretations are not left to the LLM's guess alone, they are grounded in classical literature. All in 3-5 seconds.

No, completely free. No signup, no email address required. The only limit: 10 interpretations per day from the same browser, 30 per day from the same network. This exists to balance LLM costs.

The dream text is stored anonymously in the database — it is not tied to a user identity, only to a browser cookie (UUID) and a hashed IP address. We never collect your name, email, or any other personal information. See the Privacy Policy page for details.

evoldo doesn't leave interpretations to the AI's guess alone: first, the symbols in your dream are looked up in our curated dream dictionary of 5717 entries, then the matching classical source texts are given to the AI model (Google Gemini) as context. This grounds interpretations in tradition, so the model doesn't "invent" meanings out of thin air. That said, this is not deterministic truth — treat interpretations not as established fact, but as suggestions to reflect on.

Up to 10 interpretations per day from the same browser. Up to 30 per day from the same internet connection (IP). This limit exists to keep LLM costs under control. If you reach the limit on a given day, it resets the next day.

No. The site UI and symbol dictionary pages are in two languages (TR + EN). However, the dream interpretation flow is much broader — write your dream in German, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, or any other language and the model auto-detects the language and returns the interpretation in the same one. The interpretation engine works across every language Google Gemini knows.