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.
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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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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).
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.
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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!”
My dream is about sitting on a bus for a long time and the bus just go in the same direction repeatedly, it was like going again and again in the same road. In that dream I was not also sure where the bus will go or its destination.
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And thank you for your comment, Apologies for my late reply, but I receive many comments every day, and I simply cannot keep up with them. That is also why I have decided to no longer do interpretations for free. Instead I offer the following options: http://www.michaelrolsen.com/dreamcoaching. Best regards – Michael
I had a dream that I was riding a bus with other people who were deceased (I don’t know how I knew they were deceased, since I didn’t recognize any of them but I was also deceased) The bus was driving in the middle of darkness, in a limbo kind of set. The bus was dimly lit but we could still see each other. The bus periodically would pass by doors that were open and you could kind of make out what was inside the doors. Some of them had darkness and some had a very intense white light. Every single time we would get close to a door people would get tense. I seldom remember someone saying that they didn’t want to get off the bus and cross a door alone. I wasn’t afraid as I told myself that I believe in the lord and that he will guide me to take the correct door (I’m not a religious person). It wasn’t until I started to think about my two options awaiting me. Either I choose the door that would take me to Heaven or the door that would take me to hell. There was no way to tell which door would take me where. Once I got scared, this teenage girl sat right next to me and told me that she would attempt to cross the door with me so that I wouldn’t do it alone. I felt like I was a child of 11 years by the way she was talking to me. I don’t recall if I ever got off the bus or if I ever crossed over.
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I dreamt that I was traveling in a bus. There’s a co passenger who I am generally chatting with. Then my destination arrives and I get up and walk to the door. I realize that the gentleman I had been talking to is also waiting near the exit with a huge array of luggage. The bus stops just before the actual halt and this man gets off but a couple of his bags are left behind as the bus starts moving again. I throw the bags out for him in a gesture of helping him and wait for the bus to stop at my stop.
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I was on a bus with one other person, a man I know in waking life, but haven’t seen in a year. The bus had more than one level, seemed clean and comfortable and shades of turquoise and mint- a little unorthodox but not necessarily luxurious…and it seemed to be privately chartered between the two of us. There were two bus drivers who worked in shifts and both wore chauffeur uniforms. There was the vague notion that this person and I were heading for our honeymoon or something like it, but we never left the bus, even between stops and driver change-overs. No specific chartered destinations were apparent but no end to the journey seemed likely either, and that wasn’t worrying.
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Thank you for making available a place like this.
Please i want to know the meaning of my dream. I always dream of being with my wife, but the face I see is not the face of my wife in real life. But In the dream, I see her as my real wife.
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I have dream about riding in bus(sitting around 3-4 row behind driver seat)on a hilltop going up and down and even name of stations even I don’t know exists like Hidswai,croog.Also I am also applying brakes and accelerating otherwise driver will not stop the bus while going down the hill.
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I dream riding on a bus last night so that I can go back where im used to be..while riding and see the place I ask the driver to stop but he did not hear me..I tried to shout as much as I can but words are too weak to hear..until finally I get the attention of a person sitting beside me and help me to stop the bus..then I left the bus wearing an irritated face..and noticed that im too far from the place I have to go.
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Hi my dream was about my boyfriend who I haven’t seen in a while and lives far away. Every time we make plans to see each other something occurs and we can’t. In my dream he was visiting me the bus was outside waiting and he kept pulling out more bags to carry on the bus, as if he had not even prepared to leave until that very moment. I was surprised that he wasn’t prepared as hes very organized and] he ended up missing the bus having to stay with me. I then woke up.
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I saw that I was sitting in a bus near the Window seat, with a certain batch mate of mine I don’t really like her . Also there were few boys at the back of the bus troubling us. My parents and a few relatives were sitting in the front of the bus took no notice of them. However they continued troubling us and after a certain amount of time my friend joined their group more like started hanging out with them while I refused to do the same. After a few while I saw tamarinds under my seat. I am really confused about it
Apart from that In my reply life I have noticed a sudden bad change in my health
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I had a dream that I was in the back of a driverless bus and it was hurtling through traffic lights and there was only one other person on the bus, an ex coworker. I was struggling to get out of my seat to get to the front of the bus to drive it, but couldn’t get up.
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I dreamt that i was with my siblings shopping. There’s a backpack i wanted but when the seller gave it to me, it didn’t look nice anymore. I was afraid to ask her to take it back thinking i had wasted her time so I thought if leaving my siblings behind (in other words, she wouldn’t have to accuse me or anything)
I excited to head to the bus asking my little brother to hurry up. We entered the bus with my other sibling already inside. I checked the bug to get money and I only found coins. Inside the bus, I knew almost everyone inside including my ex. All of a sudden my nose was running like water from a tap and I hated myself that I didn’t have a handkerchief. I had to use a sweater u was wearing (black). My sister showed up with the backpack that i had left behind. I told her I left it because I didn’t want it but then she insisted she thought otherwise. I was so mad at her. I woke up without the bus moving
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I had a dream about my friend and I were waiting on the bus. I got onto the bus. After, the bus was going really fast eventually realizing that my friend was not on the but she as i seen her running after the bus. We she cought up sbe got on the bus but was very upset and she decided to get off of the bus and asked me to come with her so we both got off of the bus…
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I have dreamt frequently of buses lately, but I am never on any of the buses. I am looking at them. And it’s always a stream of buses. Last night I dreamt I had to clear out old furniture and business files because new ones were coming so I had to make room. I saw a series of buses go by and in one of the buses was an office, with a desk and a nice cushy executive office chair made of dark/royal blue. The chair was on its side and had broken through the bus window. This dream had a good feeling. I was happily anticipating the new things and focused and productive on getting out the old things.
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hi, i have a recent dream. I am riding on a public transport vehicle with my three friends. I was fall asleep with my one friend (she is a girl). What does it mean?
Thank you and more power.
Hi Angie,
and thank you for your interesting dream! I have realized that I have no chance (not enough time) in terms of getting back on all the comments I now get, so I have decided not to offer free interpretation any longer. Very soon I will have a payment system on the website, so that I can offer dream interpretation against payment, at that time I would be glad to help you out! Best regards – Michael R Olsen.
I have had a similar dream to the one I had today but with a different person previously, I’m always on a bus sometimes with my partner and we always pass either my sister and my dad, they always look miserable as they walk past. I can never stop the bus as much as I try to get off or get there attention.
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and thank you for your interesting dream! I have realized that I have no chance (not enough time) in terms of getting back on all the comments I now get, so I have decided not to offer free interpretation any longer. Very soon I will have a payment system on the website, so that I can offer dream interpretation against payment. Best regards – Michael R Olsen.
Why are u charging all of a sudden just to try and interpret dreams? Old people could do that for free. Unfortunately a lot of them passed. Are u just trying to make it turn into a financial pull? Ur not a medium u know. It’s just a dream
I keep having the same reoccurring dreams I am either on a bus or at a train station or on a train but I never know where I am going.at first I panic because I feel lost but then I seem to calm down because I know where I’m going even though I really don’t know? Some times I miss my stop on the bus and get off and wait for a next bus. I really want to know what this means???
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and thank you for your interesting dream! I have realized that I have no chance (not enough time) in terms of getting back on all the comments I now get, so I have decided not to offer free interpretation any longer. Very soon I will have a payment system on the website, so that I can offer dream interpretation against payment. Best regards – Michael R Olsen.
Hej Jay,
and thank you for your interesting dream! I have realized that I have no chance (not enough time) in terms of getting back on all the comments/dreams I now get, so I have decided not to offer free interpretation any longer. Very soon I will have a payment system on the website, so that I can offer dream interpretation against payment. Best regards – Michael R Olsen.
I had a dream I was in a flying bus,and there was another flying bus in front of me.what does this mean?
Hi Christopher – it is quite frankly almost impossible for me to know, as I have no clue of what’s happening in your life 🙂 Our dreams are always a reflection of what is happening in our real life situation – the dream maybe is about how you move forward in your life currently; where a you headed in life, and since you are flying – you might be moving (developing) fast?! But again – very hard for me to know. Best regards – Michael
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I dreamt of getting into a bus which was heading to some destination I was told I then got out of the bus afraid that something bad myt happen on the way and decided nt to go though with the journey
Hi Ludo – since I don’t know what’s happening in your life/thoughts at the moment, it is hard for me to guess. The dream might be a comment/illustration to/of a concious decision you have taken recently, e.g. of declining an opportunity you were given. Best regards – Michael
i dreamt that i was driving a bus and only that i was infront of the windshield! and the only visible pedal waz the break pedal…which means i had the power to stop it and this bus was full of people
Hi Joseph – very hard for me to know what this illustrates, as I don’t know you or your specific life situation. The dream might illustrate your specific life situation, and how you maybe have the option of “stepping on the break” in your life (are you moving “too fast”) – and how you are not doing it.. But again – that’s a wild guess! 🙂 Michael
i dream thst i was in the front seat of a loaded bus with people. and i was being driven by our country president and he was taking us through his former places where he fought a guarrilla war. He would keep reading important papers as well as driving. you could see that for this reason the bis was not steady on the road but somehow we kept moving.
Hi Tumussiime,
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