Dreams of fences are more related to animals, more related to unnamed people, and more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to romantic partners.

Fence dreams are more related to confusion and more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness and less related to love.

Fence dreams are more related to home, more related to human-made places, and much more related to transportation than dreams in general.

Dreams of fences are more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and more related to disasters than dreams in general.

Fence dreams are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to bad dreams and less related to good dreams.

Fence dreams are more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and more related to vision than dreams in general.

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.

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

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 fences in dreams. See how you feel about fences now, in your waking life.

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. Fences are boundaries meant to keep things out or in. They divide. They contain. They separate. They protect. They isolate. They mark territory. They limit. They hinder. They are obstacles and hurdles. Now apply those ideas to what a fence can symbolize in a dream. It can connect with personal boundaries, comfort zones, lines you won’t cross, and creating or protecting personal space. It can connect with what divides people from each other in a general sense: social class, upbringing, beliefs, race, geography, and wealth, to name a few. Think of what divides people in a personal sense: hard feelings, defensiveness, conflict, ignorance, misunderstanding, lack of communication. Think of how people protect their “turf.” The possibilities go on and on. A fence can symbolize divisions within you and places where you won’t go in your thoughts and feelings. For example, a woman has recurring dreams about a tall fence that stretches across the landscape as far as the eye can see. She’s told that she needs to figure out how to get to the other side of the fence, but it seems impossible. The dreams speak to the divide between her thoughts and feelings. She’s strongly analytical, at the expense of the feeling side of the equation. The woman compartmentalizes her feelings and the dreams suggest that she cross that divide. Emotions that are too powerful to handle, or are discounted or minimized, can be pictured as on the other side of a fence. Another possibility is that a fence can symbolize limits you impose on yourself. You fence yourself in. A fence can symbolize lacking the confidence to take a risk, or a need for comfort and security. In some way you are “fenced in” or restrained. See: Cages, Jails Those restraints can originate outside yourself. For example, beliefs can be like fences because they create exclusion zones. Social customs and cultural norms create exclusion zones. Now let’s consider situations where fences can be used as dream symbolism. Let’s say that your significant other has to take a business trip overseas. You dream about seeing that person on the other side of a fence, representing the coming physical divide between you. You have an argument with a friend and are unable or unwilling to bridge the gap between you, and see it symbolized in a dream as a tall, barbed-wire fence dividing you. You dream about a romantic rival building a fence between you and a guy you both like, symbolizing the rival marking territory. You dream about a doctor telling you to stay within the fence surrounding your yard, symbolizing advice to limit your activity for health reasons. You dream about being on a horse and jumping a fence, symbolizing overcoming a barrier to your advancement at work. You dream about a fence separating you from your neighbors, symbolizing a perception that you are wealthier or from a higher social class. See also: Bridges, Buildings, Cages, Climbing, Home, Jails, Trespassing, Wallets