garage

Universal Landscape: The anticipation of movement in life.

Dreaming Lens: Were you in a garage in your dream? Was it your own garage from life? Was it a private garage connected to a home or something larger and more public? Were you in a car? Were you searching for your car?

Personal Focus: The primary purpose of a garage is to keep a car safe and protected when it’s not in use. The car is symbolic for how we maneuver through our lives. When a garage is prominent in a dream, some element of how you are moving forward (or not) is being expressed. The essence of a garage connects to being prepared to move out into the world.

If the garage is a private one that is part of a home, then you must use the symbolic sensibility of the house as self to come to a satisfying interpretation. Every room in a home connects to some part of your sense of self. The use or purpose of the room is what illuminates the meaning that should be assigned to it.

The garage represents your potential for movement and direction. If a car or other vehicle is in the garage, a dream that takes place there may be indicating some movement in a new direction is about to occur in your life. No car could mean a limitation on your mobility or motivation in regard to where you would like to be heading. If the garage is being used for some other purpose than storing a vehicle, consider that your ability to move more effectively toward a specific direction in your life may be hampered by choices you made that took you away from your intended goals. Are you being distracted from your life purpose in some way?

A public garage indicates that the dream is reflecting issues that center around your social experience. Since there are many cars being stored in such a setting, it reflects a significant amount of choices available to you. Being unable to locate your car in a garage is indicative of being temporarily stuck in some area of your life. Ask yourself where you would like to be heading and what you have to do to prepare yourself for the journey. (See also House, Car).

This is a symbol for a temporary stopping point in your journey with the anticipation of movement in life.

The primary purpose of a garage is to keep one’s car safe and protected when not in use.

The car is symbolic of how we maneuver through our lives. When a garage is prominent in a dream, some element of how you are moving forward (or not) is being expressed.

The essence of a garage connects to being prepared to move out into the world.

If the garage is a private one that is part of a home, then you must use the symbolic sensibility and apply it to your private life.

A public garage indicates that the dream is reflecting issues that center around your social experience. Since there are many cars being stored in such a setting, it reflects a significant number of choices available to you. Being unable to locate your car in a garage is indicative of being temporarily stuck in some area of your life. Ask yourself where you would like to be heading and what you have to do to prepare yourself for the journey.

This is an interesting symbol and many people have requested that it be added to the dictionary. Traveling is very common theme in dreams and traveling in a car is the most common. Traveling in a vehicle generally can represent our journey through life -- or a portion of our life’s journey.

If in your dream you find yourself in a garage or a parking lot, two varying connotations can be made. Please consider the content of your dream, the mood in it, and your current dilemma or situation in life.

The parked car could represent a period of inactivity and indecision in your life.

The dream could be pointing out that you have been idol for a period of time and that it may be a good time to “get a move on.” The more positive interpretation of this dream may be that the parked car is symbolic of a reflective period or mood. You may be in “park” for a while so that you can rest, relax, regroup, and think things over.