Nevertheless, we’ve all had dreams that seemed a bit too relevant to our waking lives, raising the question, What was that dream trying to tell me? Only you can truly understand what the symbols in your dreams mean to you, but there are still some common tropes in dreams that interpreters take to have specific meanings. She adds that if you’re driving a car in your dream and get into an accident, this can mean you’re experiencing a sort of emotional or energy crash in your life. The theme of endings existing within travel dreams can also relate to life stages and death, Ellis explains. “They can, at the far end of the journey, indicate preparation for death. There are many accounts of dreams easing people into the final stages of their life, preparing them in ways that tend to be calming and spiritual,” she notes. If you’re on a boat, she adds they often represent our relationships. (Relation-“ship,” get it?) “A ship or a boat will be commenting on a relationship more than any other vehicle because it travels on water, and water tends to represent the emotional self,” Loewenberg explains. In that case, are you on an extravagant cruise liner that’s sailing smoothly? Or are you in a broken-down boat that’s sinking fast? You can guess which one indicates a relationship is heading south. “You also have to have good balance to operate a bicycle or a motorcycle, so take a good look at your emotional balance or anything you’re trying to balance in your life,” Ellis adds.
