Dream meanings
Common dreams, and what they can mean
Each guide starts with a short answer: the readings that come up most often for that dream. Then it goes through the possible meanings one by one, with the details that make each one more likely, and the questions that tell them apart.
The same image can mean different things to different people. A snake is a threat to one person and fascinating to another; a dream about an ex is rarely about the ex. So treat a guide as a set of possibilities, and check each one against how the dream felt and what's going on in your life. If none of them fits, that's useful too: your dream may be about something more personal, and a reading of your own dream starts from its details rather than from the image alone.
The most searched dreams
- Teeth falling out→Teeth falling out in a dream most often reflect worry about how you come across: a blow to your pride, or a fear of losing face.
- Falling→Falling dreams most often reflect pressure and a fear of losing your standing, or standards you've set very high.
- Being chased→Being chased in a dream is usually about something you're avoiding, and the pursuer is often closer to home than it looks: a side of yourself you keep at a distance, a guilty conscience, or something that happened recently.
- Snakes→A snake in a dream most often stands for a threat: something or someone you're wary of.
- A loved one who died→Dreams of someone who has died are part of grieving, and they change as grief changes.
- Death and dying→A dream about death is rarely about dying.