Dreams about driving a car – what do they mean? (Dream interpretation car)
To drive a car in your dream – what does it mean?
To drive a car in a dream is typically an illustration of your movement forward in life. It often has a great importance that you just go by car – rather than for example riding the bus. When you drive, you drive “your own way” – but what if you have passengers in the car and not the driver – who is it that “manages” your life? The car may further be a picture of your body i.e. that which daily carries you around in life and therefore the condition of the vehicle can give you a hint about your body.–
When trying to understand your dreams it is important to know that your dreams are… your dreams. As such, you are the best person to figure out the true meaning of your dreams.
However, it is important to learn how to generally approach your dreams. Dream dictionaries like this one are only a supplement, and if you want to fully utilize the potential of your dreams, you should start at a different place.
My online course “Unlock your DREAMlife” gives you a great foundation for understanding (and recalling) your dreams.
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The car as an image of your body.
In the past, horses in a dream was a picture of one’s body (some still dream about horses in this sense) – now it’s mostly cars appearing in this sense (if you don’t drive a car yet, a bicycle can also be an expression of this). It is about the fact that this means of transport brings you forward and around in life. You use the car or bike to get around. Therefore, the type of car and the vehicle’s condition says a lot about your body’s condition. Dreaming of a worn/used car can therefore be a picture of that your body is simply worn down. In a very compressed period of time a few years ago, I dreamt that I drove around in a four-wheeled big jeep that had received a single dent on the hood – but which still drove with ease. The dream gave me peace in relation to my concern about if I was wearing too much on my body. At that age (back then I was 34), I was content with having a small dent on an otherwise strong body. A few years later I dreamt that I was driving and the car was flooded/”drowned”. A very strong image that now my life had become too busy and that I should slow down.
Driving in the car as a picture of your movement forward in life.
When you drive you are moving forward, on your way somewhere. Conversely, when we take the bus (which has a fixed route), then to drive your car in a dream is an image on a more liberated movement. At least it is when it is you who is the driver! Do you dream that you are sitting on the passenger seat or the back – and that it is your partner, your father / mother or someone else that is the driver – yes then you might ask yourself the question: “Who is it that is the actual “driver” in your waking, conscious life.” Is it yourself, or are you controlled by others?
Dream dictionaries are a very helpful tool when interpreting dreams. However, generally learning how to approach your dreams, will give you a better foundation for understanding them. My online course “Unlock your DREAMlife” teaches you how to much better utilize – recall and understand – your dreams.
Also read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free
NOTE: Dreams are 100% individual, and when you dream about driving a car, it’s almost certainly about something else for you than it is for your friend, who also dreamt about driving a car. Dream interpretation / dream analysis is sometimes a difficult art, and a particular interpretation of a dream is only correct if you feel “affected” by it. Therefore, it is not certain that the above mentioned interpretations are relevant to you.
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Hi, i have a dream where when i was 9 years old. I was thinking about it alot lately and i want to know what does it mean. So in this dream, i was fighting with my parents then drive away with my parents’ car. I was still 9 at that time and i dont know how to drive. Then i stopped driving far away from home. And walked back home. On my way back home, i saw a phone store and then take it but the guy isnt mad at me. Then i went back home and my parents were worried about me and i felt really sad for the argument and apologized. Can any of you tell me what does it mean?
I dreamt that I was driving a vehicle that looks like a truck with has only the driver seat and the front side seat. I was the driver and my mom was the passenger. I was excited that I can drive very well and was telling her that she can see I can now drive very well now. Gradually the car began to rise up higher, and was so high up that i can hardly see the part I was driving, soon it felt like the car was high up in the air, that I can only see the road like from a drone, then i became worried I tried to apply the break but there was nothing to step on. I looked at my mom, she was sleeping, I began to wake her up but she wasn’t responding, till I woke from the dream.
Please tell me what does this dream mean?
Hi I have a dream I saw my self in the dream trying to ride a car or rather learning and my hands were not too strong on the steering and the car was actually my chior mistress car in the dream.
As I was trying to ride the car the car hits another car base on that my hands were not strong enough ,
but the but the persons car did not damage
Please what is the meaning of the dream.
Mike’s boyfriend refuses to meet his new baby in my waking Life and I’m very irritated and upset with him so I know that I wish he was in our life doing the right things by me however our entire relationship for the past two and three years I have always dreamed about him and somehow it always had a house in it but this dream was about him and he was driving and he was speaking about where we were going and his mother was in the front seat and all I could see was her leg because I was sitting in the backseat and I was listening to him tell me and his mom that he was going to see there was a house for sale and he was going to show us this purple house and the car didn’t end in a crash the car ride did not end in a crash and I don’t really remember how it ended in fact I never even saw the purple house what does this mean wait I kind of feel like I know what it means it probably means that he’s in control of my emotions because I’m thinking about him too much instead of letting go and moving on and his mom has more importance to him she’s more of a priority than me and his new baby and him telling the car full of people instead of telling just me that he’s found a house and we never actually see it is just him trying to get a hype out of me like he always has and just say he’s going to do something that he’s probably never going to do and that all just came to me as I was reading and listening to my dream to share
I had a dream about driving an old car. I had other passengers in the car. I couldn’t turn at the correct place and ended up miles away. I was flagged down by a traffic officer who noted a rusty exhaust.