Dreaming of a Basement

basement, crawl space · mostly negative

A basement foretells fading opportunities and growing worries.

What happens in the dream

  • You are in a basement: promising chances slip away, and pleasure gives way to trouble and care

How you felt

  • Feeling closed in: the dream may reflect a dip in your mood
  • Curiosity: a basement can also stand for what we bury inside

Ask yourself

  • What have I pushed down without dealing with it?
  • Which opportunity do I feel slipping away?

See also Cellar · Underground · Vault · Cave · Attic

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: crawl space.

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