Walking

Dream Symbol Meaning & Interpretation

What Does Walking Mean in Dreams?

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Western/Modern

Walking in dreams brings your attention to your life path and movement. How you walk will determine your progress; difficulty or walking with ease reflects situations in your life and how you will advance forward. If you notice you are walking slow suggests a need to reflect on the areas you need to speed up the pace. It is quite common to walk alone suggesting that the new path you take you will remain alone on this venture. Walking in circles is metaphoric for the things in your life that are making you waste your time with. Walking barefoot suggests you could be grounded or just need bare essentials for progress. Walking in rain or water point at our emotions and the control we have over them. Walking in mud or tar represent slowing down on your path as there might be some minor setbacks. To walk in the city belongs to new ventures in your life that are unfolding that you are trying to understand.

Biblical

Peace, tranquility, contentment in life. If two people are walking together in a dream it symbolizes complete agreement, Amos 3:3

Jungian

There are many ways that you move forward in life. Transportation Vehicles and shoes can reveal your motivation or sense of empowerment in moving forward. When you are walking, the dream seems to suggest that you are currently moving slowly and perceptively through the changes in your life in order to learn more about yourself.

Islamic (Ibn Sirin)

Walking straight in a dream means profits, seeking the path of righteousness and unwavering in one’s religious commitment. Walking through the markets in a dream means carrying a will, or should one qualify for leadership, it means that he may be appointed to fill such a position. Walking barefooted in a dream means dispelling distress and portraying a good religious character. The meaning of walking in a dream implies an expression of meekness and submissiveness before one’s Lord, and it could mean seeking to earn one’s livelihood. Jogging in a dream means victory over one’s enemy. Walking backward in a dream means reversing one’s decision, cancelling a commitment, or it could represent corruption in one’s religious practices. Strutting or prancing in a dream represents an ugly state of mind that is coupled with evil actions. Falling down over one’s face during walking in a dream means loss of benefits in this world and in the next. Tripping while walking in a dream means exposure of one’s ills, and suffering the consequences of wrongdoing. To cause someone to trip while walking in a dream means ridiculing him, or delivering him a humiliating blow. To walk earnestly and steadily in a dream represents one’s good intention. Travelling on foot in a dream means facing danger. Walking while bowing one’s head in a dream means longevity, or it could mean recovering from a long illness. Walking over the clouds in a dream means rain. Walking with a cane in a dream means old age, or an illness which will require the help of a cane. Hopping on one foot in a dream means losing half of one’s wealth. Having several feet in a dream means losing one’s sight. If the governor sees himself having many feet in a dream, it means that he will be impeached from his office. If one sees inanimate objects such as a tree, a rock or a mountain walking in a dream, it represents major adversities and plagues. The movement of inanimate objects in a dream also means being dogmatic about one’s spiritual stand. Walking like animals in a dream means emulating ignorant people, seeking the unattainable, or being a hypocrite, unless if the animal is permissible for food, then such style of walking means offering good deeds.

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