Swimming Dream Meaning

Swimming in a dream is mostly a picture of how smoothly you are moving through the emotions and situations in your life. Water stands for emotion, so finding your own pace in it means trying to handle life's ups and downs. Two things decide the meaning: what the water was like, and whether you reached the shore in the end.

• Swimming easily in calm water

  This stands for peace of mind and confidence. However hard the situation, you feel you can handle it.

• Swimming against the waves

  You are facing strong resistance in some part of your life, and every step takes extra effort.

• Swimming in murky, dark water

  You are in a situation where it is not clear what is happening, yet you still have to keep going.

• Swimming while feeling close to drowning

  The weight of your responsibilities is pushing past what you can bear, and you need some help or a break right now.

• Reaching the shore safely

  The dream's message is that however hard it seems, you have the strength to fight the current.