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What are guiding 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 guiding dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how guiding in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that guiding is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that guiding is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, guiding dreams have more friendly acts than 98.3% of dream symbols, more lucid dreams than 97.2% of dream symbols, and more confusion than 90.9% of dream symbols. On the other hand, guiding dreams have less family than 81.0% of dream symbols, less aggressive acts than 80.5% of dream symbols, and less recurring dreams than 80.3% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of guiding 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 guiding are lucid dreams. But dreams of guiding are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of guiding, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Finally, dreams of guiding 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. 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 guiding is different than dreams of guiding in general.

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of dreams have guiding

How common are guiding dreams?

1.0% of dreams have the guiding symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 100 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are guiding dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like guide. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and friendly acts.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of guiding?

Guiding dreams are notable because they have substantially more spirit guides, El Salvador, chakras, Estonia, higher selves, Cyprus, spirits, twin flames, Costa Rica, grey eyes, shamans than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of guiding?

Guiding dreams are notable because they have substantially less antelopes, bows and arrows, ovaries, calluses, The Joker, Captain America, Aquaman, R2-D2, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into guiding dreams

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

Who is in dreams of guiding?

Who is in dreams of guiding?

Dreams of guiding are more related to animals and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to peers, less related to family, and less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of guiding?

What are the emotions in dreams of guiding?

Guiding dreams are more related to happiness, much more related to confusion, and more related to love than dreams in general. They are less related to grief and sorrow and less related to hatred.

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Where do dreams of guiding take place?

Where do dreams of guiding take place?

Guiding dreams are more related to natural places and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home and less related to schools.

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What happens in dreams of guiding?

What happens in dreams of guiding?

Dreams of guiding are much more related to friendly acts than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts and less related to death.

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

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

Dreams of guiding are much more related to lucid dreams and more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to bad dreams.

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How do dreams of guiding related the senses?

How do dreams of guiding related the senses?

Guiding dreams are more related to hearing than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of guiding in dreams?

Guiding dreams are uncommon. Among other things guiding dreams are associated with lucid dreaming and friendly. Do you think this is true for your dream of guiding? How might your dream of guiding 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 guiding 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 guiding in dreams. See how you feel about guiding now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of guiding dreams

An interpretation of guiding 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. A guide in a dream can symbolize someone in your life who guides you. It can symbolize looking for guidance, in your external life or internal life. Dream characters such as school counselors, parents, grandparents, animals (bears, dogs, wolves, and crows in particular), and tour guides can symbolize someone or something that guides you, or the general subject of guidance. For an example dream, see: Teacher. Guides lead you somewhere. In dreams, “somewhere” can mean a place in your life. In these dreams, you feel that you should follow the guide, and generally you will not feel threatened. Nervous, perhaps, but not threatened—unless something is guiding you toward changes that threaten the supremacy or power of someone in your life, or threaten to topple something that has control of you, such as an addiction or ego inflation. Guides are often dreamed about during times of need. For example, you need to get out of a rut, escape depression, or improve your health. You already know deep inside what you need, and a guide in your dream leads you to that knowledge. As you dream, the help is accessed subconsciously and shown to you symbolically, for example, as a room on the other side of a door, or a chamber deep within a cave. Some dream guides lead you in your spiritual development. They are figures from the unconscious mind and commonly take form as saints, spiritual leaders, and demi-gods. You will feel connected with them and innately trust them. See: Unconscious minds See also: Angels, Animals, Bears, Coaches, Crowds, Depression, Dogs, Egos, Forests, Jungles, Parents, Pastors, Teacher, Unconscious minds, Wolves

Examples of dreams of guiding

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 guiding 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 guiding dreams. Read at your own risk.

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