Analyzing your dreams

What did you dream of last night? Analyze and find out what it means!
  1. You're flying
  2. Taking a difficult exam
  3. You're pregnant (this is only applicable for gals hopefully)
  4. You're being chased
  5. You're falling
  6. You're naked in public
  7. You're making love to/hanging out with/friends with a celebrity
  8. A loved one has died or you've died


  • You're flying
    This dream conveys the sense of having your life under your own control-- the wonderful feeling of being in the driver's seat. If you're flying easily, high in the sky, it may mean you've set realistic goals for yourself and have met them. If you can't get off the ground, maybe what you're trying to do is too difficult. It's also important to note that the flying dream allows you to get a different perspective on your life, to see things at a new angle, and to perhaps regain your balance.

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  • Taking a difficult exam
    You're taking a difficult exam and haven't prepared for it/can't find the room/your pen or pencil won't write, etc. The "examination dream" is shorthand for a wide range of dreams in which your level of competence is being scrutinized or tested by a superior. So if you're an actor, your "examination dream" might be about not being able to remember your lines, or arriving at an audition on the wrong day. In this dream, the spotlight is on you -- especially your skills and knowledge.

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  • You're pregnant (this is only applicable for gals hopefully)
    Although it's more common in women, men also report having dreams in which they are pregnant. For a woman who's concerned about whether or not motherhood will be in her future, this dream may represent simple wish fulfillment. But for others the beginning of something new -- a job, a relationship, psychotherapy -- or the ending of something important may symbolize new life, growth, and expansion to the dreamer. The "baby" could also indicate creative work -- a writer could dream of a new book, an entrepreneur a new business. back to index

  • You're being chased
    Metaphorically, the "being chased" dream may have to do with different parts of yourself that are dying for attention. This interpretation follows the Gestalt theory of dreams, in which each aspect of the dream represents a part of the dreamer; integrating all the parts and allowing the "ignored" parts to be acknowledged in some way is thought to promote wholeness. It may also be that there's someone in your waking life you feel is out to get you -- maybe a colleague at work who's unusually competitive, or a friend or spouse you're having difficulties with.

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  • You're falling
    Because we use the word fall in so many ways -- nearly all of them negative -- we may translate the idea into our dream life when we are afraid of "losing our balance" or "stepping over the edge." This falling dream is most likely to come up in situations where we're not sure exactly where we stand and we become anxious about our ability to maintain our place in the world. Interestingly, though, very few people dream of actually hitting the ground; that's because we don't know what it would feel like.

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  • You're naked in public
    Stripping away the clothing that tells others something about your status in the world, you are revealing who you are at base. The expectation for many dreamers is that people will be disgusted or shocked by our nudity, but in most dreams people don't react negatively or positively; they're more likely to overlook it or react very casually.

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  • You're making love to/hanging out with/friends with a celebrity
    Generally speaking, celebrity dreams may indicate that you'd like to be more affluent, perhaps increase your status in the world. Having sex with a celebrity could indicate something as simple as wanting to make love to someone more attractive than your real-life partner. As far as sexual dreams are concerned, women are much more likely to be able to identify their dream lover's face and the circumstances of the dream; there's a great deal of personalization in women's sexual dreams. Men are more likely to dream of physical attributes and a woman's availability; his dream lover's face may not even be discernible.

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  • Yellow
    Dreaming about the death of someone who's alive most likely indicates tremendous anger and hostility toward that person. If, on the other hand, the person has died and you dreamed about them, ask yourself what might have triggered it. It could be the anniversary of their death or another benchmark like a birthday, but there are also other connections your dreaming mind might be making that your waking mind wouldn't. Perhaps there's a new situation in your life with which you need guidance; for instance, you're dealing with the stress of buying a new house and your Uncle Jack always had great advice about money. Some dream researchers have also explored the idea that the dead communicate with the living through dreams. A dream of your own death can usually be looked at as a favorable dream -- not unlike a pregnancy dream. It can symbolize a transition into a new part of your life and new experience. Perhaps there's a part of you that is "dying" and that you'd like to "cut off" to encourage growth.

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