City in a dream: meaning

What dream books say

A city is read as your social world — its noise, chances and demands. An unknown city traditionally stands for a new phase where you do not know the rules yet. Being lost among its streets is a common version, read as feeling anonymous or overwhelmed by choices. A city at night points to hidden desires and a livelier, freer side of you, while an empty city suggests loneliness in the middle of a crowd. A city in ruins is taken as an old way of living breaking down. Walking a familiar city is read as feeling at home in your relationships.

A question for you

Has this come up in your dreams before? What was going on in your life then?

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