ARE YOU DREAMING ABOUT CARS?
Cars are one of the most common dream symbols in developed countries. In the US and most other countries, cars and other motor vehicles are part of our daily lives. We rely on transportation to get us to where we need or want to go. It is the purpose and our dependency on cars that shapes our personal symbolism of cars. The following article explores the meaning of cars and similar motor vehicles within specific contexts.
The Meaning of Cars in Dreams
In dreams cars are YOU and show you how you are getting through life. Depending upon the context of the dream, a car can symbolize our physical body, our mind, our ego (Freud's definition), our consciousness, our personality, and/or our life in general or the direction our life is taking currently. A car can also represent our social persona (Carl Jung)- who we are to others, also known as our social image or our social status. The context of car dreams shows us how much power and control we have (or believe we have) over our lives as well as how successful we are at moving from one stage of life to another.