Background

What are job dreams about?

In the simplest view, people have jobs in order to make money. However, there are many reasons why people have jobs and there are many reasons people choose specific jobs. Even though it might seem strange, jobs should give us pleasure. It should feel good to work and contribute to society. 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 job dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how jobs in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that job is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that job is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, job dreams have more work than 100.0% of dream symbols, more human-made places than 99.2% of dream symbols, and more hatred than 93.2% of dream symbols. On the other hand, job dreams have less fantastic beings than 84.5% of dream symbols, less vision than 81.2% of dream symbols, and less natural places than 79.6% of dream symbols. Notably, job dreams are about work! Working is a part of life, so it makes sense that we dream about it. Work dreams can be stressful. They can be good. Finally, job are full of hatred! Hatred is a really strong emotion. It can feel good to feel strong emotions. Dreams also help us process our emotions and make sense of our waking lives. If you feel hatred in a dream, whether or not it is a job dream, feel into it. Be curious about where the emotions comes from. 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 jobs is different than dreams of jobs in general.

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of dreams have jobs

How common are job dreams?

2.9% of dreams have the jobs 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 job dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like job. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of things.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of jobs?

Jobs dreams are notable because they have substantially more getting a job, getting fired, unemployment, accountants, Bolivia, Kuwait, C-3PO, bosses, coworkers, dismissals, Dobby than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of jobs?

Jobs dreams are notable because they have substantially less Algeria, Haiti, Hannibal Lecter, healing dreams, toenails, Jamaica, Lebanon, Legolas, light rain, Luke Skywalker, luminous bodies than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into job dreams

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

Who is in dreams of jobs?

Who is in dreams of jobs?

Job dreams are more related to unnamed people, more related to peers, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.

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What are the emotions in dreams of jobs?

What are the emotions in dreams of jobs?

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

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Where do dreams of jobs take place?

Where do dreams of jobs take place?

Dreams of jobs are more related to home, much more related to work, and much more related to human-made places than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.

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What happens in dreams of jobs?

What happens in dreams of jobs?

Dreams of jobs are more related to friendly acts and more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to death.

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

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

Job dreams are more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to sleep paralysis.

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How do dreams of jobs related the senses?

How do dreams of jobs related the senses?

Dreams of jobs are less related to hearing, less related to vision, and less related to touch.

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How can you make sense of jobs in dreams?

Job dreams are relatively common. Among other things job dreams are work dreams and full of hate. Do you think this is true for your dream of jobs? How might your dream of jobs 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 jobs 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 jobs in dreams. See how you feel about jobs now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of job dreams

An interpretation of job 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. Considering the importance of work and career for so many people, it’s not surprising that dreaming about your job is common. These dreams usually reflect recent events and situations related to it. However, expand the idea of what constitutes a job, and consider how the word is used to mean something other than formal employment, and dreams can branch out from there to touch on a variety of subjects. For example, being a parent is a job. Maintaining social relationships requires work, and for some people “networking” is an integral part of their job. A hobby that you’re trying to turn into a paid gig is treated like a job. The possibilities go on and on. A man dreams that he has two jobs, both in restaurants, and decides to call off one of them. It symbolizes his feeling of being overextended. He has a career and home to take care of, and he’s too busy with work to put as much effort into his home. It has to wait, symbolized as calling off of work. Now let’s return to “job” meaning what you do for a living. Your dreams can branch out to tell a story about advancement, authority, recognition, prestige, pressure, time management, skill, competence, education, training, compensation, choice. Dreams can talk about your job—or a job—without referring to it directly. For example, shopping at a mall can symbolize casting a wide net for a job, because a mall is place with many stores (employers) to choose from, and making a purchase is an investment you make (giving your time and energy) in return for what you get in return (salary, benefits, authority, challenge, prestige). Fishing can symbolize looking for a job. See: Malls Dreams involving driving and your car can be closely connected with your job. A car takes you places in life, and so can your job. See: Cars For more examples of other not-so-obvious dream themes that can connect with your job, see: Horse, Journey, Lost, Marriage, Robot, Servant. The dreaming mind is a very clever storyteller, oblique when it needs to be or when that’s the best way to tell the story. However, it can be direct. If a dream takes place at your place of work or involves co-workers and other people related to your work or occupation, it’s a clue that the subject somehow relates to your job. For an example, see: Walmart. Remember, though, that dreams can address anything related to your job, and they don’t necessarily have to use your workplace as a setting. Instead, your workplace, even if it’s at home or on the road, is portrayed through a different setting based on your associations and feelings. See: Dungeons In another example, a woman dreams about an apocalyptic battle symbolizing her job conditions working in the front office of a school. She loves the work, but it can be a battle to get everything done. See: Fighting Dreams about your job are not necessarily related directly to events at work, but instead address something related. For example, a female dreams that she is at work, at her desk, and a co-worker comes up and touches her suggestively, distracting her. The dream is about the dreamer’s distraction at work. She was recently on her honeymoon and her mind is not on her work. See: Coworkers A man dreams that he’s at a party with his co-workers and he’s naked. No one seems to notice, though. Being naked symbolizes his fear that he’ll be exposed for not knowing how to do his job—he’s still new. And his nakedness going unnoticed symbolizes that no one knows he doesn’t really know what he’s doing at work. Use the entries listed below to further explore this subject. This book has entries for a variety of occupations (nurse, pilot, doctor, artist, police officer, soldier) and titles (president, captain, general) and work settings (grocery store, restaurant, school) that are addressed as symbolism, generally not from the point of view of someone who works in those occupations, but it still could be helpful to read them if your job or dream involves them. They are too numerous to list. See also: Armies, Bosses, Cars, Computers, Coworkers, Dismissals, Dungeons, Emails, Employees, Famousness, Fighting, Guns, Prostitutes, Lost, Being naked, Police, Principals, Robots, Servants, Tackling, Teacher, Unemployment, Vacations, walmart

Examples of dreams of jobs

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 job 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 job dreams. Read at your own risk.

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