The Big Dictionary of Dreams

by Martha Clarke
Your unconscious may be showing you the way, either because you are not satisfied with the direction your life is going or because you need time to reorient. This dream manifests that the haze you feel will end soon.

If the compass deviates in the dream and guidance is uncertain, you may have to change route. Other elements may appear in the dream suggesting alternatives for the future.

According to feng shui, the eight directions of the compass symbolize eight different qualities. The south is fame, fortune, and recognition; southwest, marriage, and happiness in love and relationships; west, children and creativity; northwest, charitable people, mentors, and network connections; north, career success; northeast, knowledge, academy, and introspection; east, family, the elderly, people with authority, and health; and southeast, finally, wealth and prosperity.

Strangest Dream Explanations

by Dream Explanations - Anonymous
Dreams of a compass represents a desire to know where you are and whether or not you have chosen the correct path. According to Native American traditions, all roads lead to the same place.

If the compass is clearly pointing in a specific direction, there are interpretations for you to consider.

If the compass is pointing East, then you are advised to try something new.

If it points South, then you are advised to express your passion and sexuality.

If it points West, then you are advised to spend quiet time in contemplation, introspection and perhaps to let yourself cry.

If it points North, then you are advised you to claim your authority, to be firm and grounded in your wisdom, and sit on your throne as an unwavering elder.

See True North and Medicine Wheel.

Ariadne's Book of Dream

by Ariadne Green
A compass is a navigational tool that establishes direction. In a dream, a compass may appear to tell you that you arc lost and need to be pointed in the right direction.

A broken compass may indicate that you lack direction in your life. Pbinting north, a compass signifies mov.ng toward your vision of fulfillment. Pointing south, it suggests change. Pointing cast it suggests spinrual or new beginnings. And if pointing west, a compass suggests issues regarding your emotions.

(See Four directions and East, North, South, West.)