Having superpowers in a dream: meaning

What dream books say

Superpowers are read as untapped ability and the wish to handle what feels too big. Tradition takes the specific power as a hint — strength, speed, flight — at what you most want to have right now. Super strength is linked to carrying heavy responsibility, healing powers to caring for others, and reading minds to wanting to understand someone. Powers that fail at the crucial moment are read as self-doubt, while using them to protect people points to a strong sense of duty. Discovering a power you did not know you had is read as a hidden talent asking for space. It can help to ask which power you would actually use tomorrow.

A question for you

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

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