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Dreaming About Lightning
What it means
Lightning often marks a sudden flash — a realization, a shock, or a truth that lights everything up for an instant. It can feel jolting, but it usually illuminates more than it harms.
In more detail
Ask what the flash revealed. Lightning in the distance can mean a change you sense coming; a strike close by, a truth that arrives whether or not you were ready. Storms pass, and what the lightning showed often stays useful long after.
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