Dreaming of a Cab
cab, hackney, taxi · mixed
A cab points to a busy life and modest prosperity, but also to secrets and the risk of gossip.
What happens in the dream
- Riding in a cab: pleasant occupations and moderate prosperity
- Driving a public cab: manual work with little room to advance
- Riding in a cab at night with others: a secret you will try to keep from friends
- Riding in a cab with someone of bad repute: gossip will link your name with theirs
How you felt
- Being carried along: the dream often mirrors a sense of following a route someone else set
- Awkwardness: it may reflect worry that the company you keep looks bad
Ask yourself
- Am I steering my life right now, or being driven?
- Is there something I am keeping from people close to me?
See also Carriage · Coach (Horse-Drawn) · Ride · Secret · Coach Driver
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: hackney, taxi.