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Search across 2,348 dream symbols drawn from the older dream books and the public archive. Each entry carries an original interpretive note for the contemporary dreamer.

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Floating medallion
Floating

Floating

Floating often touches the act of staying buoyant against forces that would pull you under — victory over seemingly overwhelming obstacles. The dream may ask where you're keeping yourself afloat amid difficulty, whether the water beneath you runs clear or muddy, and how it feels to rise above a thing that threatened to swallow you.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for floating, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

To dream of floating, denotes that you will victoriously overcome obstacles which are seemingly overwhelming you. If the water is muddy your victories will not be gratifying.