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What are direction 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 direction dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how directions in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that direction is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that direction is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, direction dreams have more vision than 96.0% of dream symbols, more schools than 95.8% of dream symbols, and more hearing than 94.1% of dream symbols. On the other hand, direction dreams have less good dreams than 48.8% of dream symbols, less grief and sorrow than 43.8% of dream symbols, and less taste than 42.0% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of directions tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Additionally, dreams of directions are friendly! These dreams have more friendly interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Friendly dreams can be great. They involve people helping other people, expressing love, and just being good to one another. Also, dreams of directions are aggressive! Direction dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Additionally, dreams of directions are auditory! They focus on sounds and hearing. Dreaming is primarily a visual medium. We see in our dreams, but hearing is less dominant. It is interesting to explore why directions in dreams could be related to hearing. Finally, dreams of directions have more words related to touch than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, direction dreams involve directly interacting and feeling another person or object. 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 directions is different than dreams of directions in general.

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of dreams have directions

How common are direction dreams?

39% of dreams have the directions symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 3 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is frequent.

Identification

How are direction dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by the presence of other dream symbols such as above, ascending, backwards, below, descending, east, forwards, north, rightness, south, turning, and west.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of directions?

Directions dreams are notable because they have substantially more verbs, movement, general movement, places, things, higher selves, South Africa, Algeria, Cameroon, senses, qualities than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of directions?

Directions dreams are notable because they have substantially less C-3PO, Fiji, Somalia, El Salvador, Aquaman, Serbia, Yoda, teeth falling out, hummingbirds, Bolivia, seeing a dead pet than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into direction dreams

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

Who is in dreams of directions?

Who is in dreams of directions?

Direction dreams are more related to unnamed people, more related to fantastic beings, and more related to strangers than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of directions?

What are the emotions in dreams of directions?

Dreams of directions are more related to happiness, more related to embarrassment, and more related to confusion than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of directions take place?

Where do dreams of directions take place?

Direction dreams are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to human-made places than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of directions?

What happens in dreams of directions?

Direction dreams are more related to aggressive acts, much more related to friendly acts, and more related to disasters than dreams in general.

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

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

Direction dreams are more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general.

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How do dreams of directions related the senses?

How do dreams of directions related the senses?

Dreams of directions are much more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and much more related to vision than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of directions in dreams?

Direction dreams are frequent. Among other things direction dreams are very emotional, friendly, aggressive, focused on sounds, focused on touch, focused on vision, containing lots of movement, and containing lots of thinking of thoughts. Do you think this is true for your dream of directions? How might your dream of directions 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 directions 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 directions in dreams. See how you feel about directions now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of directions

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 direction 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 direction dreams. Read at your own risk.

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