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

Dreams of forests are less related to happiness, less related to embarrassment, and less related to pain.

Dreams of forests are much more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to magical places, and less related to schools.

Dreams of forests are more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to sex, and less related to health events.

Forest dreams are more related to recurring dreams, more related to weird dreams, and more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to bad dreams.

Forest dreams are more related to smelling and more related to vision 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 forests 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 forests in dreams. See how you feel about forests 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. When you feel lost in the personal sense and are trying to find your way, a forest is a natural choice as a setting to tell the story. Why? Because people get lost in forests, and the imagery is appropriate because tall trees and foliage block your line of sight. Moreover, a forest path can symbolize the path you’re on in life, an analogy that can be stretched many ways. For example, wandering off a forest path and getting lost can mean trying to do something your own way and getting lost. A path disappearing can symbolize wrong directions or bad advice to get somewhere you were trying to go in your life. A path splitting can symbolize the proverbial fork in the road. Usually in dreams that use a forest to symbolize being lost in the personal sense, being physically lost will be a theme. Or think in more general terms of feeling your way through something where the way forward isn’t clear. It could be an external situation, such as figuring out the best path in your career, or an internal situation, such as figuring out the sort of person you want to be. Another possibility for the symbolism of a forest is related to the symbolism of trees. See: Trees A city full of skyscrapers is comparable to a forest of towering trees. An urban area is often referred to as a “jungle,” so a lot of trees together can symbolize a city. See: Cities In the dreams of children, being in a forest full of tall trees can represent how they feel in comparison with adults, who look like giants from a child’s perspective. Also, families are referred to as trees, so being in a forest can symbolize being a member of a big family. This discussion continues in the entry for Wilderness. See also: Cities, Hugeness, Lost, Rightness, Skyscrapers, Trees, Wilderness