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What are floating 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 floating dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how floating in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that floating is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that floating is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, floating dreams have more lucid dreams than 93.9% of dream symbols, more sleep paralysis than 89.9% of dream symbols, and more natural places than 86.4% of dream symbols. On the other hand, floating dreams have less peers than 87.3% of dream symbols, less family than 86.4% of dream symbols, and less romantic partners than 85.9% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of floating are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of floating are lucid dreams. But dreams of floating are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of floating, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Finally, dreams of floating lack characters. Floating dreams contain less characters than 90% of all other dream symbols. This is notable because dreams help us make sense of our social relationships. Dreams almost always contain characters. The lack of characters in floating might mean something. 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 floating is different than dreams of floating in general.

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of dreams have floating

How common are floating dreams?

2.9% of dreams have the floating symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 35 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are floating dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like float. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of verbs.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of floating?

Floating dreams are notable because they have substantially more R2-D2, Ethiopia, chakras, balloons, outer space, El Salvador, spheres, talismans, Bilbo Baggins, beggars, x-rays than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of floating?

Floating dreams are notable because they have substantially less inner selves, Hungary, Kenya, Kuwait, ladybugs, Laos, Legolas, Madagascar, magnifying glasses, Morocco, mudslides than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into floating dreams

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

Who is in dreams of floating?

Who is in dreams of floating?

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.

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What are the emotions in dreams of floating?

What are the emotions in dreams of floating?

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.

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Where do dreams of floating take place?

Where do dreams of floating take place?

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.

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What happens in dreams of floating?

What happens in dreams of floating?

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.

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

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

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.

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How do dreams of floating related the senses?

How do dreams of floating related the senses?

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.

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How can you make sense of floating in dreams?

Floating dreams are relatively common. Among other things floating dreams are associated with lucid dreaming and lacking characters. Do you think this is true for your dream of floating? How might your dream of floating 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 floating 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 floating in dreams. See how you feel about floating now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of floating dreams

An interpretation of floating 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. 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

Examples of dreams of floating

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 floating 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 floating dreams. Read at your own risk.

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