Dreamers Dictionary

by Garuda
Vision: Billowing steam means that the goals you have set for yourself are ill defined and the dream symbolizes your insecurities and Aggression. Your work may have been all for naught and worthless.

The steam of a locomotive is a promise of great projects to come your way. Steam from a boiling pot on the stove; pay attention—family differences are about to surface.

Depth Psychology: Steam represents the amount of energy you invest in what you do; it also might be symbolic of anger you have repressed. Maybe you invested more energy in a project than was called for? The dream is a warning to release stress and tension to prevent the “pot” firom boiling over or exploding.

See Fire, Water.

The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams

by Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
The omen varies according to the action.

If you were burned by the steam, the dream is telling you to look out for deception within your close circle; to hear die sound of escaping steam portends quarrels and/or disagreement; a dream of turning off the steam is a sign that you will get a wish—or overcome an obstacle— which you thought was impossible.

Operating a steamroller forecasts success in all your undertakings; but if you dreamed of being run over or hit by one, you are being warned of hidden, but nevertheless active, hostility.

Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia

by James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver
Seeing and hearing steam in a dream may symbolize the dreamer’s emotional state about an issue or situation. To have a “head of steam” about something means to be full of resolve and ready to proceed full steam ahead with a great deal of personal power to accomplish whatever is to be done. Alternatively, it may indicate anger about someone or some situation and the need to “let off steam.”