Possible Meanings Of Stairs In Dreams
Dreaming that you are walking up a flight of stairs indicate that you are achieving a higher level of understanding. You are making progress into your spiritual, emotional or material journey. The dream is also analogous to material and thoughts that are coming to the surface.
To dream that you are walking down a flight of stairs can represent your repressed thoughts. You are regressing back into your subconscious. It also may point to the setbacks that you are experiencing in your life.
If you are afraid of going down the stairs, then it means that you are afraid to confront your repressed emotions and thoughts. Is there something from your past that you are not acknowledging?
To dream that you slip or trip on the stairs signify your lack of self confidence or conviction in the pursuit of some endeavor.
If you slip going up the stairs, then it means that you are moving too fast toward attaining your goals.
If you slip going down the stairs, then it may suggest that you are moving too quickly in delving into your subconscious. You may not be quite ready to confront your subconscious or repressed thoughts.
To see spiral or winding stairs signify growth and/or rebirth.
Other Ways To Understand Stairs
As a threshold symbol, the image of Stairs may mark a transition: something is beginning, ending, or changing form before its direction is fully clear. A depth-psychology reading treats the image of Stairs as material at the edge of awareness—something hidden, disowned, or not yet ready to be stated directly. Also consider the symbol’s condition, color, number, location, and your actions toward it; these details can reverse or refine the emphasis.
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