Dreaming of Steps
steps, staircase, stoop · mixed
Climbing steps relieves old worries; going down or falling brings setbacks.
What happens in the dream
- You go up steps: fair prospects will ease earlier anxiety
- You go down: misfortune
- You fall down them: unexpected failure in your affairs
How you felt
- Progress: the dream may reflect a sense of moving forward step by step
- Apprehension: it can echo fear of slipping back
Ask yourself
- Which step am I taking now?
- Am I afraid of going backwards?
See also Stairs · Ladder · Climbing · Fall
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: staircase, stoop.