Interpreting the Dream of Driving

The dream of driving is a common experience and can tell us a lot about our current focus and situation in waking life. Driving a vehicle denotes movement and suggests travel, but where and in what direction?

A sincere analysis of this dream activity can lead to a deep insight regarding your daily experience or life path in general. This dream can give clues to such things as: who is in control and why? Are you on an uphill climb or a downhill slide or somewhere in between?

When you have this dream, you’re going to want to take into account the type of vehicle being driven because this in itself can represent differing motivations and attitudes. You’ll also need to look at the condition of the vehicle and road, the weather, how you feel about the journey, and who is accompanying you. Do you know where you are driving to? What do you see up ahead? Etc.

The Dream of Driving

Keywords:

Journey / Direction / Independence / Underlying Forces / Mental State

To dream of driving represents your journey through life, especially pertaining to current situations. Examining the details of this dream experience can help you to understand the influences that are directing you along your path, where you are going, and whether you are headed in the right direction. Details about the vehicle you are driving and the road you are traveling as well as who you are traveling with, the conditions that surround you in the dream, and whether it is a pleasurable ride will all help to give you an overall understanding.

In this dream there will be a lot of contributing symbols, so look for them. – Colors, road signs, mud, rocks, pavement, grass, trees, animals, other vehicles, other people, houses or buildings, highways or back-roads, weather elements, materials such as metal or rubber, sensations from riding, smells, sounds, familiar locations, crowded streets or middle of nowhere, etc.

To examine the dream of driving more closely ask yourself these questions:


Who is driving?
Is it a happy or pleasant experience?
Do you feel dread, anger, fear, or anxiety?
Are there frequent red lights or stop signs?
Is it a smooth ride or bumpy?
What is the specific terrain that you are traveling?
Is there a specific direction that you are traveling? (up, down, circling, N-S-E-W)
Are you having difficulty gaining speed or slowing down?
Is the road very winding or are there sharp curves?
Are you able to see up ahead or is your vision blocked?
Do you get lost or do you reach a destination?
Is it day, night, raining, foggy, snowing, hailing (etc)?
Are the roads slick?
Are you having trouble concentrating on the path you are traveling
or are you fully zoned in?
Are you cramped inside the vehicle or is it comfortable?
Are you driving forward or backward?
Are you driving yourself or are you a passenger?
If someone else is driving, who is it? Do you trust them?
Is someone expecting you and are you late?
Are you distracted? Did you lose or forget something? Are there obstacles?
Do you hit anything, get stuck, or crash the vehicle?
Do any animals or other particular totemic energies appear to you while driving?
Are you in a familiar place or are all your surroundings new?
What are any other details that are prevalent?


~Shama

When was the last time you dreamt of driving?
What were the details of your dream drive?

Interpreting the Dream of Fields

Seeing fields in a dream can represent many things: prosperity, success, personal growth, intuitive connections, freedom, desire for peace, starting over, building up from nothing… Also rejuvenation, healing, fertility, and sustenance. Depending on the condition of the field, it can also represent a lack of such things. Determining precisely what is personal and will depend on other elements of the dream.

For some people, field imagery can be quite common, perhaps even an everyday experience. For these people, dreaming of a field will have a more personal connection and may simply be a familiar symbol of home or work life. Even in such an instance, however, the condition of the field and other elements of the imagery will still be meaningful and should be analyzed.

To recognize what this dream symbol means for you, take a look at the details that are immersed within it. For instance, if the crop is withered or dead, it could indicate something you are doing or allowing in your life that is killing your passion, true purpose, or goals in waking life. Every detail helps tell the story.

How does the field appear to you? What does it feel like? Are you greeted by a person, animal, or energy? What grows there? What are you doing? Does the field appear fertile or does it contain a dying crop?

Dream Messages of the Field

Keywords:
Sustainability / Opportunity / Harvest / Autonomy

To dream of being in the wide openness of a field could indicate a desire
to be free from social pressures or responsibilities.
It could also indicate a need to care more gently for oneself.

When dreaming of a field, you should take a close look at your own true nature and purpose, as this may be a call from Source to more fully embrace the essence of your highest Self within your everyday life and associations. Fields tend to represent prospects and opportunities, so think about what the details of the field and your interaction
with it could be trying to reveal to you.

Examining the details of the dream experience in that field is necessary to gain
clearer insight here. Remember to check all of your senses to gather a
well rounded understanding of this dream experience.


Some Questions to Ask Yourself:

Does the dream take place somewhere familiar to me in the waking world?
What kind of significance do I place on this location, specifically or in general?
What was the condition of the field in my dream?
Was I there in the field or did I view it from afar?
Was I viewing the field from an open space or through a window?
What was the weather like?
Could I feel, smell, or hear anything in particular while viewing the field?
How did it feel to be there?
Was it day or night?
Was something growing in the field? Was it something I planted?
Were the crops there healthy? Was the growth new or mature?
Had the field been harvested or was it being harvested during the dream?
Was I alone in the field or with someone?
Did I see other people or animals? Were they familiar to me?


~Shama

Have you ever dreamed of a Field? What was the experience like for you? Did it reveal something transformative for you? Let’s discuss in the comments!