Dirt is loose Earth or the ground and can represent a state or quality of uncleanliness.

Positive: Dreaming of throwing dirt upon your own head may represent self-abasement. It may also represent a condition necessary for growth and symbolic having to go through trials to grow.

Negative: To dream of digging up dirt may represent digging into someone’s past to try to find negative information on them. Dirt could symbolize someone being of the Earth. Throwing dirt on someone or something could represent shame or humiliation. Dirt could represent something unclean or unimportant.

(Joshua 7:6; Psalm 7:5; 2 Samuel 16:13; Psalm 104:29; Genesis 2:7).