Dreaming of Caves
Going inward, sometimes further than you meant to.
The traditional read
A cave meant hidden knowledge and a retreat from the world.
What it usually means now
Caves are the unconscious made spatial. Entering deliberately is introspection; being trapped is avoidance that closed behind you. Something sleeping in a cave is the material you haven't woken yet.
But symbols don't dream alone
A dictionary entry can't see the room, the person standing in it, or how it ended. Describe the whole dream and get a reading that uses caves as context, not as the answer.
What does being in a cave in a dream mean?
Caves are the unconscious made spatial. Entering deliberately is introspection; being trapped is avoidance that closed behind you. Something sleeping in a cave is the material you haven't woken yet.
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