War is read as conflict that has grown past one person — in a family, a workplace or within yourself. It traditionally stands for tension that needs settling, not as a forecast of real events. Being a soldier points to feeling forced to fight for something, while hiding or fleeing is read as wanting out of a struggle that is not yours. Watching war from a distance suggests worry about the world or about people close to you. Peace arriving in the dream is taken as reconciliation within reach. It can help to ask which of your battles feels the most tiring.
When this appeared in your dream, what were you feeling?
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.