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What are horse dreams about?

Horses are majestic animals that are a part of human life. Horses can feel emotions and are said to have great bonds with people. This symbol is identified by words like horse.

Horses in dreams is a uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.9% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 100 dreams.

What are the major highlights of horse dreams?

Horses is an interconnected dream symbol. Having horses in a dream changes the dream more than most other dream symbols.

Horse dreams are very social

Dreams of horses contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of horses are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include speaking, general movement, grandfathers, fantastic beings, strangers, general insects, tigers, other verbs, aliens, and places.

How does the dream symbol of horses affect the different aspects of a dream?

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Who is in horses dreams?

Overall, dreams with horses are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of horses are much more related to animals and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to distant people, less related to close people, and less related to family.

Animals

much more than usual

Insects

the same as usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

more than usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

less than usual

Family

less than usual

Romantic partners

less than usual
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What are the emotions in horses dreams?

Overall, dreams with horses are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of horses are less related to sadness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to embarrassment.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

less than usual

Confusion

less than usual

Fear

less than usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

less than usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

less than usual
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Who is in horses dreams?

Overall, dreams with horses are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of horses are more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human places.

Home

less than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

less than usual

Transportation

less than usual

Natural places

more than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in horses dreams?

Overall, dreams with horses are less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of horses are less related to friendly interactions.

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

the same as usual

Disasters

the same as usual
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How do horses in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with horses are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of horses are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to recurring dreams.

Lucid dreams

less than usual

Nightmares

less than usual

Recurring dreams

less than usual

Recurring nightmares

less than usual

Sleep paralysis

less than usual

Sleeping

less than usual

Waking life

much less than usual
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How do horses in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with horses are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of horses are less related to hearing, less related to vision, and less related to touch.

Hearing

less than usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

less than usual
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How can you make sense of horses in dreams?

Horse dreams are uncommon. Among other things horse dreams are positively interconnected and very social.

Do you think this is true for your dream of horses? How might your dream of horses be different?

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

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

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

What are possible meanings for dreams of horses?

Horses in dreams are commonly associated with movement in your life because they’re used for activities such as riding and racing, but there are many other possibilities based on figures of speech and personal associations.

Horses are strong and able to travel long distances. Therefore, they are associated with ability to plow through large amounts of work or endure difficult circumstances.

A man dreams about a horse drowning in a pond and doing nothing to help it, symbolizing his inability to ask for help at work. He’s a “work horse” who won’t seek help when he needs it, and in the dream that idea is shown as watching the horse drown.

“Healthy as a horse” is a common saying to describe strength and virility. A horse can symbolize your inner strength or sexual prowess.

Horses are used in many romantic tales, with someone either riding to the rescue or mounted on a horse. It’s a common association to use as symbolism.

Riding a horse can symbolize a high position of authority, high ideals, or a high opinion of yourself, as in the phrase “get off your high horse.” Alternately, it can symbolize the strength to endure a long personal journey.

“Riding a white horse,” long associated with heroin use and biblical prophecy, is also used by dreams to indicate moving forward in life with the aid of the unconscious mind. This symbolism is true of other white animals, too, such as white crows and white wolves.

A woman dreams that she finds a horse while struggling to walk through a blizzard. She wants to mount the horse but a shadowy man pulls it away from her. She analyzes the dream and understands that the blizzard symbolizes her depression, the man symbolizes her Shadow side, and the horse symbolizes help from within her to help escape the depression. A short time later she has the same dream, except she reacts by jumping onto the horse and fleeing before the shadowy man can stop her. She comes to a cliff, pursued by the man, and must make a split decision. She decides to leap off the cliff. It symbolizes her decision to make a “leap of faith” and escape her depression. By riding away on the horse, she makes a decision to claim the help bubbling up from her unconscious mind.

Being chased by a white horse can indicate conflict with issues of sexual purity.

Other phrases that can be depicted in dreams include “beating a dead horse,” and “straight from the horse’s mouth.” Symbolism like this is likely to be acted out.

A dream about a horse with back problems can indicate trouble enduring a situation or finding the strength to accomplish a difficult task. See: Backs

Taming a horse can symbolize taming wild instincts. A horse out of control can mean that your passions are running wild. A horse that has difficulty walking can symbolize shame.

Dreaming about a horse carrying a burden can symbolize feeling that you carry other people’s personal burdens, or people dump their problems or responsibilities on you.

A horse is associated with the Sagittarius zodiac sign, which is depicted as half-horse, half-human.

What role does the horse play in the dream-story? What does it do, and how does it tie together with other details from the dream? As with all symbols, a horse is understood within the context of the story, and your feelings are used as a guide to understanding it.

See also: Animals, Backs, Cowboys, Rescuing, Unconscious minds

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.

Examples of dreams of horses

Read some real dream reports of horse dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

What does this dream mean?

I was standing by a lake next to a rusty swing set. My coworkers were there. Black snakes started sprouting from the ground, slithering past us. My coworkers freaked out, but I told them it was okay. I used to handle snakes all the time as a kid. I tried to grab them but they were too fast, all headed to an abandoned building on a hill by that lake. I followed them up there and was lead down to the basement. It had many levels going down, with confusing staircases. Most levels were just empty and unfinished, with many door ways. Reaalllyyy creepy looking Down a couple levels there was a carousel with white horses, and in the next room down there were live horses tied to the wall. They all looked underfed and it smelled horrible. I remember feeling horrified, and suddenly knowing that a rich man owned this house. He really liked hoarding things. I left and came back with the police. They stayed in the room with the horses and i went down further. There were people there too. I tried to help them escape but then couldnt find my way out anymore! Thats when it ended. I dont dream often but this freaked me out.

I was standing by a lake next to a rusty swing set. My coworkers were there. Black snakes started sprouting from the ground, slithering past us. My coworkers...

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Horse turned into a dragon

I dreamt that I was watching a Brown horse run through the forest, it was scared and it was being haunted by humans. In my dream it was my horse (I don’t have a horse irl).

It’s night and everything is dark, and gloomy weather.

Suddenly the horse dies and then turns into a black dragon. It lays on top of a fort on a mountain and it tries to protect itself from people shooting at it.
The dragon is friendly and isn’t attacking anyone, it just lays there.
I am standing next to the people attacking it and I feel devastated, I want to make them stop but I can’t.

I remember seeing the dragons tail fall off. I scream and cry in the dream, and I wake up actually crying irl as well.

I dreamt that I was watching a Brown horse run through the forest, it was scared and it was being haunted by humans. In my dream it was my horse (I don’t have a...

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I had a dream where I fucked the guy from the old spice commercials

I can't remember the beginning of the dream but i know that i had to go in a forest for some reason. While i was in the forest i found a dirt path and began to follow it. While i was following the path i saw a snake on the ground and decided to wear it as a scarf, i continued to follow the path until Isaiah Mustafa from the old spice commercials materialized in front of me on a white horse. He looked directly into my eyes and said "Im riding a horse, now im in a hotel room" the forest morphed into a fancy bedroom with red wallpaper and stained oak furniture. Isaiah while still making eye contact shouted "IM GOING TO SHOVE MY OLD SPICE UP YOUR ASS" while pointing at his dick, then we began to fuck.

Should i stop smoking crack?

I can't remember the beginning of the dream but i know that i had to go in a forest for some reason. While i was in the forest i found a dirt path and began to...

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Dream about devils mark

Hello, last night I had the weirdest dream. Last months have been very tough because of Covid and my business is pretty bad.

I dream I was like walking on a park in the middle of the night or at least everything was dark and thinking about what could I do next year to financially recover. When I heard a voice who told me: hey I can give you a hand with that, you know like make you a very successful person. I was like very hypnotized about that. We were now in a place that looks like a warehouse still all dark. And the voice told me: all you have to do for me and I will let you be a millionaire is that you have to let me put this mark in your forehead. Can’t see exactly what that was but immediately I could se someone being mark like when you mark a cow or a horse. The person that talked to me was like a normal guy with dark jeans and black shirt. Nothing else. After he told me that I say no and wake up.

Hello, last night I had the weirdest dream. Last months have been very tough because of Covid and my business is pretty bad.

I dream I was like walking on a...

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My sister and I had the same dream, saw different parts, and woke up at the same time. We live in different states...?! What does this mean?

Both my sister and I moved from our home state. We both live in the South now, but in different states.

Our dream took place at our childhood home, a big horse farm. We were all outside finishing up feeding the horse. My sister asked if she could close up the barn, and I said yes. I just needed to put a hhorsein a pasture.

I noticed that a bunch of Amish-looking people parachuted into the pastures I was walking toward. They seemed to be landing and walking away from the farm, so I didn’t think anything of it.

The mare, J, was roaming freely. I was going to put her in a pasture with another hhorse F. J and I would meet up on different sides of the gate. I had to walk through one pasture to get to the pasture J would go into. As I approached, I saw a bear fighting with the F. I called F and she came. I got the gate closed in time, but when I turned around, somebody knocked me out.

My sister remembers walking into the house and downstairs to her bedroom. She heard a lot of noise and my dad yelling at someone and the phrase, “Put the gun down.” My sister was scared so she waited downstairs until everything quieted down.

When she went upstairs, my parents told my sister that I was gone and they were filing a missing persons report.

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How do two people have the same dream, and actively participate in different scenes? We woke up at the same time. She texted me right after I woke up. It was really unnerving.

Both my sister and I moved from our home state. We both live in the South now, but in different states.

Our dream took place at our childhood home, a big...

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