50 hidden meanings behind the most common dreams

Dreaming of plane, train, or car travel is very big, especially for young people, Lauren says. “It’s a desire for movement in your life,” she says. “It’s contrary in a lot of ways. It’s trying to keep you in balance.”

This means you cannot stop thinking about your ex…but the feeling isn’t necessarily mutual. “It does not mean in any way, shape, or form the person wants you back,” Lauren warns. “It means you are obsessed thinking about the person in your life you dated and you just can’t get over it.”

Now dreams about turmoil with someone you were once involved with are a different story than dreams about happier times, Lauren says. “It’s indicative of not resolving something you feel you were wrong about and didn’t get to apologise for,” she says. “Arguments usually have to do with our regrets.”

When attempting a dream interpretation of a vision of a celebrity, Loewenberg says it’s important to figure out what comes to mind when you think of that celebrity. “The message that celebrity brings to you can be found in the title of the song or maybe the lyrics or the character you know them from,” she says. “There’s something your subconscious identifies from it that applies to you and your life right now.”

“That’s about isolation,” Lauren says. “People who are lonely, this dream could be an indication they need to socialise more in real life.”

Maybe the theme changes each time, but you’re consistently having scary dreams. What’s the dream interpretation? “Nightmares, which are very common, reflect a deep fear we want to address or are releasing,” Robyn says.

If your partner has cheated on you before in reality, Loewenberg says this indicates a distrust is still there. But the dream interpretation is different if this has never happened before in real life. Many people have dreams of their partners cheating, seemingly out of nowhere, and it can say something about the relationship. “If this dream seems to be coming out of nowhere, in that case, the cheating dream does mean there’s a third wheel in the relationship,” Loewenberg says. “But it’s not another person. It’s typically another thing (work, a new baby, fantasy football)…something taking time and attention from the relationship, but applies elsewhere. You feel cheated out of time and attention. These dreams are good for you because they’re shining a light on an issue you need to work out.”

“Any time you dream of water, it’s emotional,” Lauren says. “It has to do with something new changing for you, but it’s emotional. You don’t know if it’s good or bad, but it’s an emotional time coming up.”

Did you dream you slept with your friend’s boyfriend or your coworker? According to dream interpretation, this doesn’t mean you want to secretly sleep with them in real life according to Loewenberg. “It’s important to remind yourself dreams are symbolic,” she says. “Don’t look at them literally. Sex in a dream isn’t about a physical union you want, but a psychological union you need. What qualities stand out about that person that you could use right now with your life?”

If you’re keeping a secret in your dream that doesn’t apply to you in real life, the dream interpretation here still reflects on your reality. “It could be something about yourself you don’t want others to know,” Loewenberg says.” Maybe you have a low opinion of yourself. Maybe you’re insecure. Maybe it’s a personal viewpoint you don’t want others to know about you. If you’re getting that type of dream, ask yourself what is it about you that you don’t want someone to know.”