Climbing is read as ambition and steady effort. The higher you get, tradition says, the more the dream speaks of how you feel about your own progress. Reaching the top is read as a goal within reach or a sense of having earned your place, while slipping back points to fear of losing ground. Climbing a ladder or stairs that never end is a common anxious version, taken as effort that does not seem to add up. Being afraid to look down is read as success that feels precarious. It can help to notice whose summit you are climbing toward — yours, or someone else’s.
Where in your waking life have you met something like this lately?
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