What does it mean to dream about riding a bus (dream interpretation bus)
Dream interpretation bus. Riding a bus belongs to the category of transportation. Means of transport in dreams symbolize how you move forward (and sometimes backwards) in your journey of life. The type of transport you use can be of great symbolic significance. When you in the dream is on a bus, it may symbolize that you live a very conformal life, in other words, you “go with the flow”, “do what other people do” etc. – but you don’t go your own way. It would be a different story if you were the bus driver! Or the driver of your own car.
We are all on a journey of life – en route to somewhere. In dreams, we often choose the mode of transportation, we would choose in real life like bus, train, ferry, car, airplane, bike etc. A bus journey can in this way be an expression of a shorter (and maybe more down-to-earth) movement/journey than for example a plane trip. Means of transport are used to take us from A to B – just like we would move from one place in our life to another; from child to adult, from having no kids to all of a sudden becoming a parent, but of course also our general development or “growth”. Dreaming about being on a bus can therefore mean several things.
A bus as a symbol of public transportation – and therefore an attempt to fit in “with the crowd”. As mentioned – if you dream that you are on a bus, it may symbolize that you live your life in an attempt to fit in. You go with the flow and would rather not stand out too much.
If this is a recurring dream, then there is a good reason to take a closer look at it. Additionally, you can dream that you are late for the bus, and that you struggle to catch it. In other words, you are struggling persistently – and unsuccessfully – in order to adapt to the demands of the world.
Such a dram can once again be an invitation to stop and ask yourself what you want in your life. A crowded bus in a dream can therefore be an image of an extreme sense of competition in the course of life (or career), you have chosen.
A bus in a dream as transport bringing you from A to B. Your bus journey can also simply be a symbol of you moving from A to B in your life. In this way, you can dream that you catch a bus going in the wrong direction – that is to say, your life is going in the wrong direction (or that parts of you want to go in one direction and others want to go in another, and you experience inner conflict).
Have you had a dream about riding a bus? Please share your experience in the comments below (unfortunately, I have decided to no longer help out via the comments below – I simply get too many requests every day – on this blogpost, and the many other blogposts).
Also read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free for a more in-depth explanation.
NB: Dreams are 100% individual. When you’re dreaming you are on a bus, it probably doesn’t mean the same is happening in your life as it is in someone else’s. It is not a certainty that the interpretations above are relevant to you. An interpretation of a dream is only correct, if you can recognize yourself in it – if you really think “Yes, that’s me!”
I dreamed I owned a bit for long time and I just found out about it. So I went and forced it out of the person who took it from me and drove off.
I was getting on a bus to go home after a woman, who i know in real life, gave birth in the hospital. All of our family got on the bus, it was public transport. Me and my sister sat together and they all went in the upper floor. And then it came to a bus stop which i thought we all will get off at, so me and my sister got off at that bus stop. But the family didn’t even get off and then i felt frustrated and anxious but then just waited for the next one and that’s when my dream ended.
I was on a bus and my parents were arguing on it. My mom and older cousin had then gotten off the bus and I stood up but, my dad had blocked the door and I couldn’t leave it. He had a worried facial expression. At the next stop, I took off and ran back toward the direction of the last bus stop. I was jogging and then I saw a man and he was smiling asking me if I was going to the apartment as well. I felt confused so I ignored him and kept jogging. Another man was standing in front of an apartment complex with a small staircase waiting for the other man, he nodded his head “no” to the other man while smiling at me and then walked into the complex. I called my mom to tell her and my cousin to stay at the stop while I continued jogging to them. A train track appeared on the street and a train appeared. After the train passed I saw a park and my mom standing there on her phone. When she saw me she crossed the street and ran to me hugging me. Lastly, I had seen my older cousin with shopping bags standing right behind the glass of the bus stop. (I tend to vividly remember my dreams and many I want to know the possible meaning of can u help?)
Dear Lizmarie,
thank you for your comment and dream! I currently cannot keep up with the enormous amounts of comments I receive daily (currently more than 200 unanswered), so I have decided to no longer offer this kind of help. I would however love to help you understand your dream in a private online session – see more here. Best regards – Michael
I dreamt seeing myself at a beach sitting on the sands, I wasn’t comfortable. I saw some people sitting and drinking, I decided to meet them for directions out of the beach. On getting there I knew one of them and when I asked for help he told me it’s on the right over there, pointing a road covered with the ocean water . I was scared and I decided to turn left, at the end of the road on the left, I saw a school and I asked one student there where I could go to leave but she replied that I have to go back from the path I came from that there’s a path on my right and that’s the only way out. I went back to the beach and sat for a while, then I decided to pass through the path on my right, I stepped forward, as I placed my feet on that path I almost fell into the ocean but a pillar saved me thrice each time until I passed through to a dry land. Immediately I saw myself on a bus moving away from that spot. I looked back from the window at the back of the bus and I saw everyone who were still on the beach.. is this a good or a bad dream.
Dear Spencer James Okpa,
I am sorry to inform you that I currently don’t help out here, as I am focusing fully on the completion of my next book. You can try asking this one major question with regards to the dream; how might this dream in any way be relevant for my waking life? I can offer to help you in a private session (with payment), please see more here. Best regards – Michael
I dreamt I was waiting for a bus, but i was on the wrong side of the road. I ran across the road when the bus pulled up and just missed it. My next bus was not for another hour. It was dark. I found under the bus stop area rolls of money. Roll of $50 and a roll of $5 when i started to unravel the $5 roll there were a bunch of $10 unrolling underneath and lastly an envelope.. there was nothing in the envelope.
Dear Ness,
I am sorry to inform you that I currently don’t help out here, as I am focusing fully on the completion of my next book. You can try asking this one major question with regards to the dream; how might this dream in any way be relevant for my waking life? I can offer to help you in a private session (with payment), please see more here. Best regards – Michael
I have a knee injury in real life. In my dream I was going to see a Dr on the bus, but somehow missed my stop. My appointment was for 11:30 pm. I got off the bus to get there a different way and ran into some co-workers at an outside bar, who were drinking and talking with my mother (who died two years ago). While there I saw it was 11:35. I begged for a ride to the hospital, but no one helped. I took off limping trying to walk there, had to cross a litter filled lot and I kept stumbling but eventually made it there tho late. The struggle to get to this appointment was amazing. I woke up stunned and exhausted.
Dear Cimone,
I am sorry to inform you that I currently don’t help out here, as I am focusing fully on the completion of my next book. You can try asking this one major question with regards to the dream; how might this dream in any way be relevant for my waking life? I can offer to help you in a private session (with payment), please see more here. Best regards – Michael
I dreamt I dropped at the wrong bus stop which is 30mins to my destination and am stranded without money to continue the journey. I had to beg for money there nobody could help😭😭😭
Hi Sweet – and thank you for your comment and dream! Since I don’t know much about you/your life situation it is hard for me to know what this dream might be illustrating – but; you could try asking yourself these questions: how might you be stranded in your own life right (or in a given project) – and how might you feel that there is no one there to help you? Your situation might call for a more spiritual approach; asking the universe, God/Allah – or who is most relevant to you; what am I to do? The dream could also be seing – don’t quit your dreams to early – you are not too far from home. But again – this is only guesswork based only on the dream content, and not what is actually happening in your life. Best regards – Michael
In my dream, me and my girlfriend were on a bus sitting next to each other. I’m Black and she’s Chinese. Even though nowone said anything directly towards us, I still got the feeling that we were being disliked or judged(and I think she felt the same way).
Hi Tyrelle, thank you for your comment and your dream! Now what you had is a dream, but it might invite to see how this is 1) something you actually experience in waking life (and what that does to you) and/OR – is this something that is much more happening (unconsciously) in your OWN mind – i.e. how you yourself unconsciously reinforces this pattern. The dream could be inviting you to ponder the question; how is my own thinking making my life more difficult? My ideas are only based on the dream itself, and no so much on your own associations to the dream – and as such, you are the best person to interpret your own dreams. best regards – Michael
Why I dream so often traveling on busses and sometimes waiting for it (I see such dream so almost every night (?
Hi Sundar – thank you for your comment and dream! It is actually quite hard for me to know, since I don’t know anything about your/what is happening in your inner and outer life at the moment. Did you read the blogpost? It might give you some ideas – dreams should always be related to waking life / the waking life situation – one angle thus could be (as decribed in the blog post above) – are you following “the masses” – waiting for something to happen? Or are you following your own path in life? Again – just one angle, there are more angles to a dream like that. Best regards – Michael R Olsen
I dreamt I was driving an old bus
I dreamt that I was traveling on a bus from Paris to Rome. My mom who died 9 years ago was with me.
Hi Maria – what an interesting dream, though very short. It would be relevant for you to investigate the following I think; what are your associations with Paris/Rome (Europe? Don’t know where you are based). Have you had actual experiences there? Paris is the city of hearts/love to me – Rome the capital of modern structure/rationalism, but also democracy. Your mum is accompanying you on that journey – what was your mum like, maybe in regards to being heart-driven or head-driven? How do you feel about her today? Why would you dream of your mother at this point in your life – what is your life situation? Where are you “headed” in life – and how might the dream be an illustration of that? Best regards – Michael
I had a dream my daughter and I were be evacuated from fire in QLD so we needed to run to an oval and get a spot on a bus to Melbourne. I pushed our way in before pushing a man out of the way to sit with my daughter. I can see the female bus driving playing music smiling as if it’s nothing to drive the bus.
I dream that i was dragged in to a bus forcefully and my schoolmate were there saying i took something from them
I had a dream where I was on a bus with a guy, we sat and he gave me his number, I think it’s worth mentioning that there was a romantic tension. Then I got off at a fancy white and gold train station. At the train station, I met another guy who I was friends with and we fooled around for a bit. Then there was another guy who I wasn’t on the best terms with and we had a normal conversation and became friends. I had a consecutive dream where I was on a bus with another guy and he also gave me his number, the dream ended with me trying to finish an entire science fair project the day before the fair.
I just had a dream, where i was waiting for a bus and when it came I sat down in my seat, and fell asleep and when i woke up, i was sitting at a bus stop and i had no idea where i was. I started going somewhere and found a highway road and there was a small bridge for people and i started to climb down above the highway not on the other side and police cars drove past me or under me, and dissapiered. The i met some guys and just walked with them until my sister finally came to get me. And then i woke up. It was a really weird dream.
I had a dream that I was driving a bus but notice my junior brother was in the bus with a car passanger also was driving to a destination but notice when I was driving the car I was not convenient driving the car I have tell the passengers to get down from the car so that I could do the driver seat well so I finished setting the seat right and continue with my driving
Very useful text! I dream a lot about taking a bus to the wrong direction. After reading this, I think it could be related to the way I engage myself into activities that I don’t appreciate, just because I’m trying to fit in and to be accepted. I also dream about bad things happening in a bus – like a child being kidnapped or something similar. I’m guessing it might mean that I don’t feel really safe in the crowd.