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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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.
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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).
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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!”
March 28, 2020
Last night I had a dream of riding on a bus. Fhe strange thing was, the bus won’t stop. I was able to wake up since I shouted STOP very loud. Please help me. What does it mean? 😢
I had a dream where I spent some time in my school with a girl I liked and a few friends, it was snowing and the buses were delayed. I’ve really missed the girl, so much because I can’t see her for a month, but we had to seperate ways as she went on another route. For some reason, loads of people were waiting for the busses and the busses were different. I remember missing my real bus around three times and entering another bus that was said to go to the same direction, soon I didn’t realise where I was and I asked a friend of mine if I passed my stop and she said I had passed two stops and said I could get off and take the bus back- I don’t think I remember this perfectly but I had a feeling that the bus didn’t come. I soon woke up.
I recognised the bus stop and my location- though the busses that arrived were completely different- I remember one distinctly that had 308 (I live in the UK), though I’ve never taken that bus. It was frustrating, but I took the bus on.
A fair interpretation and appreciate it.
I was there on bus with grandmother, about to get down to the bus but she get a corner seat and sat down in dream.
I dreamt that I was with people that i knew (but i dont actually know any of them that were in my dream) we were all going to the same place, but all from a long time ago, like old work colleagues and a girl that i was supposed to look after because everyone trusted me, we were all going to a place which is where i lived when i was a young child 6 or 7. And i can remember the roads very well and knew where we were going, all sorts of details that are vividly clear like one of the group left some bags full of drinks and lunch and i would not let him leave them and again a bit later on when on THE bus on the bus even though he didnt want them anymore i felt we could not leave them, This guy felt like he was on old boss of mine, although i could not recognise him. Another guy from the group was misbehaving and i ended up having a scuffle with him but over something really silly and that got stopped by a shop security guard, but it was pushing and shoving not a punch up, and this was as we were all traveling to the end location. We all stopped at my grandma’s house to rest for the night, even though she has passed but this was back at her house that i remember from when i was a child and in the dream she has passed over but we were at her house. And throughout all of this i was sort of trying to keep everyone together like i was guiding them around but one of them was my boss so i had no authority(which seems to be the purpose of the dream) that i had no authority. also in a shop somewhere we all had to walk through different lines/Q’s to get to the till, but the lines were like the the london underground where you follow a path through a specific line with metal railings that once you are in you cant pick another lane/Q. We all then caught a bus i remember waiting for a bus but then all of a sudden we were on the bus. And the bus went a route that i recognise again from when i was a young child when we lived in a different “Rough” area. But when we were all due to get off of the bus everyone did except me, i didnt make it to the doors in time, so the bus drove off and i though no this is ok because the next stop will be closer to where we are going anyway. So i got off at the next stop thinking i know this place ill walk a shortcut and beat them to where we are going. But then when i got off it was a shopping centre i was not familier with but the decor was straight out of the 70s, so i hunted around then found I was in a town 30 40 miles from where the next stop should have been, then i found a policeman who i was going to ask for a lift from, then I woke up.
I have a dream I went to bus station to catch the bus going to my hometown. Then when I ride a bus I brought with me my cat. I pamper my cat and cat fall asleep in my lap while riding a bus. What it does mean? Thank you
i dreamt that i traveled in a crowded bus with some people i work with others happen to be family members . we were going through the forest and at some point i was walking as i guide the bus in a hilly forest route, and we happened to have left a cousin who didn’t communicate where to be picked at, we decided to proceed without her as everyone complained how snobbish she is, besides the mini van was full and hence no seat. The route in the hilly rocky forest seamed familiar as i had passed through the place before and i woke up before we reached.
i dream of i am in a bus and go to a place near the sea.. i saw balloons over the sea water.. i saw students playing in the water. . . and i found myself into a classroom as a student.. a noisy with with full of pupils.. someone hurts me..
Last night I dream that me and a friend of mine (that i like him ) traveling with bus , our directions were different he was going to another city and I was going to another one very far from each other ! We were sitting the last sit of the bus with two stranger I fall sleep on his shoulder intentionally and some how we end up kissing each other passiontally in a way that I ignore my destination to be with him and the kiss to be continue , after I pass my city I request the bus driver to stop and I have to mange to go back alone since I pass my destination ! Once I wake up I didn’t like the way he was kissing me (End )
In my real life i was in emotional state that I believe everything is mess I also get lost between helping my family and my career that I am passionate about it ! So he call me and make me feel better I kind of admire him but not sure
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I had a dream last night that I was riding in a mini bus and got off one stop too early, I turned around and rushed back to the bus. When I got on this time I was sitting in the front, my stop was meant to be the very next one, and I expected the bus driver to stop but he didn’t and I couldn’t find the button or get him to stop and then it was too far from my stop to try so I just kept going. Can you help me with this meaning?
Aqua hie l dreamed about taking a bus home with 3 bags. One bag was blue, one green and last one colourless. It seemed l went out when we where about to reach home and the bus left and l run to catch it at home bus stop. Whilst we were running to catch the bus with my friend. The bus driver called us to see how far we where. I eventually caught up with the bus but while trying to unload l the bus started moving again. The bus looked like it was white and offered door to door delivery. I wake trying to make the driver stop and remove my laguage.
I dreamt last night that I was riding in a public utility vehicle and since the traffic was bad and streets were jammed, our driver decided to pass on the CLEAR, UNOBSTRUCTED wide pavement. The vehicle I was in was moving fast though its driven in reverse, while the rest was still stuck in congestion.
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Last night i had a dream and i saw that i was on the bus riding and suddenly i got feeled that this is going to another country(because at a place I saw many students are gathered and they were sing the national anthem of another country ) and our bus stops there too.
I had a bus dream where I was on a spacious coach bus with lots of food. I was with friends but then there was a group of people that dislike me who were sitting further to the front. And for some reason we ran into no problems. Until a friend of mine decided we should sit in their seats since they got off the bus for something. When they came back one of the ppl who dislike me saw me sitting in her seat but didn’t say much I just got up and left. Then the rest of the ride was peaceful. The strangest part is I never saw myself board the bus and I didn’t know where it was heading. What can this mean?
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.