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What are cave dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about cave dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with cave dreams. These are the words that make cave dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of cave dreams can be illuminating about show caves affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example cave dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how caves in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that cave is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that cave is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, cave dreams have more natural places than 99.2% of dream symbols, more fantastic beings than 89.5% of dream symbols, and more good dreams than 89.4% of dream symbols. On the other hand, cave dreams have less family than 81.8% of dream symbols, less romantic partners than 78.1% of dream symbols, and less home than 72.0% of dream symbols. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of caves is different than dreams of caves in general.

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of dreams have caves

How common are cave dreams?

0.9% of dreams have the caves symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 100 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are cave dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like cave. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and natural places.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of caves?

Caves dreams are notable because they have substantially more Costa Rica, talismans, baboons, underground, tyrants, Dobby, Chewbacca, kayaks, embarking, shamans, tunnels than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of caves?

Caves dreams are notable because they have substantially less antelopes, R2-D2, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, C-3PO, Legolas, Gollum, Gimli, Frodo, Bilbo Baggins than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into cave dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in cave dreams.

Who is in dreams of caves?

Who is in dreams of caves?

Dreams of caves are more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to peers, less related to family, and less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of caves?

What are the emotions in dreams of caves?

Cave dreams are less related to sadness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to embarrassment.

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Where do dreams of caves take place?

Where do dreams of caves take place?

Cave dreams are much more related to natural places and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to schools.

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What happens in dreams of caves?

What happens in dreams of caves?

Dreams of caves are more related to friendly acts and more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to sex.

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How do dreams of caves related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of caves related to the type of dream it is?

Cave dreams are more related to recurring dreams and more related to good dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to vivid dreams and less related to sad dreams.

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How do dreams of caves related the senses?

How do dreams of caves related the senses?

Dreams of caves are more related to smelling and more related to vision than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of caves in dreams?

Cave dreams are uncommon. Among other things cave dreams are Do you think this is true for your dream of caves? How might your dream of caves be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience caves in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about caves in dreams. See how you feel about caves now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of cave dreams

An interpretation of cave dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. A cave can symbolize a passage into your inner depths, especially if the dream involves exploring a cave or going into one for an initiation or ritual. The cave is your route to finding out who and what you are deep inside yourself. Oftentimes the dream starts off scary, dark, and mysterious, and eventually leads to contact with powerful inner figures—human or animal—once doubt and fear are overcome. These dreams are journeys into the unconscious mind, which is much vaster and deeper than the conscious mind and can only be understood in terms of comparisons such as an island compared to the ocean. When you venture down into a cave, deep into your unconscious, you encounter fantastic and mythical beings representing your archetypes: See: Unconscious minds They can tell you secrets about yourself and life itself. When dreams use caves to symbolize a path into the unconscious, the atmosphere feels charged. If the light source is a candle or torch, it’s almost certain to represent your consciousness. See: Candles On the other hand, a cave can symbolize isolation, withdrawal, or hibernation. When associated with the body, a cave can symbolize a mouth, throat, womb, or vagina. In Freudian tradition, caves are often associated with the birth canal and a desire to join with a mother figure. They’re interpreted as expressing infantile wishes and desires. While this interpretation fits in some cases, the idea has been oversold. Throughout human history caves have been places of protection and safety, and in dreams they can symbolize the place in your mind, or a physical place such as a bedroom, to which you retreat. They’re also places of initiation into the mysteries of life, the soul, and adulthood, making them ready-made symbols for learning and mastering the mysteries of life. For example, a young man or woman dreams about meeting a wise elder in a cave as a way of visualizing finding that capacity within him- or herself. Sometimes, the elder figures will first appear as mature animals. A dream about living in a cave can depict depression or hopelessness. It’s a picture of how you feel. Stepping out of a cave into sunlight can symbolize emerging from a period of depression or isolation. See also: Animals, Bears, Candles, Caves, Depression, Mouths, Necks, Uteruses, Unconscious minds, Vaginas

Examples of dreams of caves

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of cave dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for cave dreams. Read at your own risk.

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