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What does it mean to dream about water?

Water in a dream most often stands for feelings. Calm, clear water may reflect feelings you can see clearly; rough waves, strong emotion; murky water, feelings that are hard to read. Being swept along or going under may be about a part of life that feels like more than you can handle.

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Water is one of the oldest images we have for feeling. The ocean, a wave, a still pool: each one can carry a different mood. Whether the water was calm or rough, and whether you were in it or watching, shape what the dream may mean.

What dreaming about water may mean

  1. AYour emotional life

    Deep water often stands for feelings, or for life itself: everything that moves below the surface of an ordinary day. How the water behaves may say something about how those feelings are moving now.

    The water was deep

  2. BStrong feelings, maybe close to tears

    Tides and waves rise and fall with force. In a dream they may show how strong your feelings are right now, and there are often tears not far away.

    There were tides or waves

  3. CHow clear your feelings are

    Clear water lets you see the bottom; murky water hides it. How clear the water was may reflect how clearly you can see your own feelings right now, or how muddled they've become.

    The water was clear enough to see the bottom · The water was murky or churning

  1. DMore than you can keep your head above

    When the water closes over you or sweeps you along, the dream may be about some part of life that feels like too much, whether that's feelings or a pile of tasks. We even say we're "in over our heads".

    You were going under in deep water · The water swept you along · You couldn't stay afloat

  2. ELove that smothers

    Water can be beautiful and still dangerous. A dream like this may be about drowning in feeling, or about a love, given or received, that holds on too tightly.

    The water was full of whirlpools · The water was beautiful and still

  3. FLove that blew hot and cold

    Water that's warm in one place and cold right beside it may stand for care you could never quite count on, often a mother's love that changed from one day to the next.

    One patch of water was cold and the one next to it warm

These are possibilities, not verdicts. The reading that fits is the one that matches the details and the feeling of your dream, and what's going on in your life.

Questions that tell the readings apart

  1. Q1Was the water calm or rough? Were you in it, or watching?Watching a calm sea and being thrown around by waves are very different dreams.
  2. Q2Were you keeping your head above the water, or going under?Going under often has to do with something that feels like too much.
  3. Q3Was the water clear or murky?How clearly you could see into the water may mirror how clearly you see your feelings.

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