Floating dreams are more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to strangers, and less related to peers.

Floating dreams are more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to embarrassment.

Floating dreams are 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 human-made places.

Floating dreams are more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to sex.

Dreams of floating are much more related to lucid dreams, more related to recurring dreams, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to bad dreams.

Floating dreams are more related to hearing, more related to vision, and more related to touch than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

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 floating 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 floating in dreams. See how you feel about floating 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. Floating in air or water implies relaxation and lack of worry. However, put the action of floating into the larger context of the dream and how you feel about the scenario. If you float in a raft down a lazy river and feel at peace, the symbolism is more likely to relate to relaxation and enjoying your life. It can indicate there is no need to rush. You are at ease. But if you float atop debris on a flooded river and feel anxious or overwhelmed, it can symbolize being overwhelmed by emotions or content arising from your deep mind, the unconscious. There is something inside you that needs to find expression in your life. It cannot be held back any longer. See: Erupting Floating implies you are not determining the direction in which your life is going. As symbolism it can express the same idea in the phrase “go wherever the wind blows.” It can mean you are undecided or need to think about where you are headed in life. Floating through the air can symbolize the high experienced from drugs such as opioids and cannabis, or the desire to disconnect the mind from the body. When dreams use this meaning of the symbolism it is accompanied often by your deliberately trying to disconnect from the ground. The meaning is found in the term “get high.” Look at it literally. If you “get high,” how do you get there? You disconnect from the ground. You float away. Your body is numb and you no longer really feel it. See: Drugs Floating can symbolize the idea in the phrase “head in the clouds.” It can symbolize daydreaming. In which case, floating is a visual pun, a physical representation. Floating can symbolize gaining a different perspective. If you’re off the ground it can mean you are gaining a higher perspective. See: Balloons See also: Elements of air, Ascending, Balloons, Birds, Boats, Erupting, Fish, Floods, Flying, Numbness, Rivers, Swimming, Water