Dream Themes & Symbols: Travel

Travel is another very common theme in dreams that most often refers to your personal journey. Travel in a dream tends to convey messages regarding your personal progress in emotional and spiritual development, or your goals. The mode of transportation, as well as events surrounding travel and your emotional reactions reveals greater insight into the message your angels are trying to express through your dreams. (Of course, the meaning of your travel dream can be slightly different if you are actually planning a trip. The events and emotions you experience in the dream can be messages about your expectations of your upcoming travel, and the ideas expressed in this article can help you decipher the dream as long as you take into account the events of your waking life that are relevant.)

If you dream of traveling on an airplane, the message is typically that you are soaring and achieving success, spiritual enlightenment, or positive and optimistic emotions. Because you are traveling through the air, this type of travel dream can also convey messages about your intellect, higher reasoning or higher self. The airplane itself often refers to the assistance of your angels because you are not flying all on your own power. However, if you have a fearful reaction to flying in the airplane (with or without a fear of flying in your waking life) this can reveal a fear of success, fear of unconventional thoughts or ideas, or even feeling like you don't deserve the help of angels in your journey. The fear can also be a result of events taking place within the dream, such as strong turbulence, which could indicate troubles or difficult patches along your journey. Again, paying close attention to the events happening in your dream will help you to interpret the full message.

As I mentioned in a previous blog entry, travel by train often conveys a message of a relatively smooth journey. It can also mean conforming to a standard method of doing things, doing things in a sequential order that is preplanned and organized, a journey that is comfortable and predictable, or even "being on the right track."

Travel by car tends to express independence and free thinking in your journey, even if you are not traveling alone. It can convey messages of spontaneity, freedom, doing things your own way, or even a desire for control of your journey.

Dreaming of traveling by boat can be a complex message because of the element of water, which almost always represents emotions. It can mean your journey heavily relies on your emotions and emotional stability, or is motivated by emotions (either realized or repressed). The conditions of the weather and the water are usually of particular significance in these dreams and tend to relate to emotional experiences.

There are certainly other forms of transportation that can be present in your travel dreams, but these are the most common and will give you a good starting point for understanding what other modes of transportation could mean in your dream. The next thing to consider about the dream is the events surrounding the travel. Was it a surprise trip? Was it a trip for personal reasons or perhaps a business trip? Was it a long or short journey? Were there any delays or unexpected events along the way, and if so, how did you feel or react to them? Were you traveling alone, who were you traveling with, or who did you interact with along the way? What were your thoughts and emotional reactions to other people in your dream? Was the outcome of your travel unexpected and was the experience satisfying? Was your final destination known in advance or come as a surprise? Did you reach your final destination and if so, what were your thoughts and emotional reactions to the destination?

~*~Monica Who~*~