Dreaming of Climbing
climbing, ascent, mountaineering, scaling · mixed, depending on the outcome
Climbing is about obstacles: everything depends on whether you reach the top.
What happens in the dream
- Climbing a hill or mountain and reaching the top: you'll overcome huge obstacles on the way to a prosperous future
- Failing to reach the top, or waking before you do: your dearest plans will fall through, in love and elsewhere
- Climbing up the side of a house and having a window open to let you in: bold ventures your friends disapprove of will succeed in the end, despite moments of despair
- Climbing a tree: success in life
- Climbing rocks or mountains: love that is in vain or unreturned
- Climbing a ladder to the last rung: business success; if the ladder breaks, sudden hardship and accidents
- Climbing a very steep slope: many difficulties and health troubles, which you'll get over if you make it to the top
How you felt
- Determination: the dream may reflect a demanding goal you're pursuing
- Fear of failure: it can also express worry that you won't make it
Ask yourself
- What summit am I climbing right now?
- What would help me see it through?
See also Climb · Ascend · Hill · Mountain · Ladder
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901); A. H. Noe, The Witches' Dream Book (1885); Anonymous, The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles (1805). Also searched as: ascent, mountaineering, scaling.