Sinking is read as being pulled down by mood, duty or a situation that does not hold. Dream books take it as a call to find something solid underfoot, not as a sign of anything to come. Sinking slowly in water is linked to exhaustion or sadness creeping in, while sinking into the ground points to feeling stuck. A sinking boat is read as a plan or relationship losing support. Finding the bottom and pushing back up is read as resilience. It can help to notice what is weighing you down, and what would give you a firmer footing.
Has this come up in your dreams before? What was going on in your life then?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.