Dreaming about the sea: what does it mean? Is it positive or negative?

The sea is one of the most representative symbols of the unconscious. Its immensity, movement and diverse life are intensely linked to the immensity, movement and life of the unconscious.

Dreams are formed by symbols and are the language of the unconscious. They communicate to the dreamer all that is necessary for the search for balance in the psyche as a whole. Therefore, the symbols speak as much about issues of consciousness as of the unconscious, that is, of the psychic totality.

For this reason, exploring symbols is essential to understanding a dream. Check out more details below to help you better understand what it means to dream about the sea.

Like any symbol, the sea harbors a duality that refers to both creativity and destruction.

Dreaming of a calm, navigable sea, in which one can dive, certainly brings different information from dreaming of rough and rough seas and dreaming of violent sea waves, from a symbolic point of view.

This immensity, movement and life are certainly both fascinating and frightening aspects and should be particularly considered by the dreamer and his relationship with the symbol.

Furthermore, the sea in a dream can be experienced in a personal or impersonal way, through apparatuses and mechanisms for navigating it. Certainly a dive is different from a boat trip.

Dreaming of sea waves brings us a reflection on the cyclical movement of everything that comes and goes, that is, the cycles of objective or unconscious life itself. Just as a wave washes things ashore, it also carries them out into the ocean and into the depths.

These sea levels can also be important information for the dreamer who accesses different information about a dream that takes place in the abyssal depths, in a dive and on the surface, or even without being in contact with the surface.

Dreaming about sea water can be scary. However, even if it does not immediately refer to some real situation, such as betrayal, its amplification may reveal important revelations.

Therefore, some questions can help in this process of understanding the symbology of the dream, facilitating self-reflection and encouraging the person to make associations with what they live in everyday life or with situations they have already experienced.

And, above all, taking the interpretation into real life and being able to take some action.

FIRST STEP: QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF ABOUT THE DREAM

How does the symbol appear in the dream? Does the dreamer come into direct contact with sea water or does it orbit around it? Does it go deep or stay on the surface? Is it pulled by the sea or returned by it?

STEP TWO: WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR REAL LIFE

Do I dive body and soul or do I stay on the surface of experiences? How do I react to situations that ask me to go deeper and have greater contact with my unconscious? Do I feel adrift or sail towards my projects and relationships?

To understand the meaning of dreaming about the sea, it is necessary to evaluate the dreamer’s contact with this symbol: the greater the contact with this symbol, the deeper is his willingness to connect with his own unconscious life. See some of the interpretations below.

Dreaming of standing on the surface of water

A dream in which the dreamer remains on the surface, flies over the surface or surfs in the sea can indicate a beginning of contact or a fear of deepening.

Demonstrates an essay to connect with such a dimension of psychic life and emotions themselves.

Dreaming of being adrift at sea

To be adrift in the sea or to be swallowed by it without any kind of resistance or emotion can indicate an unhealthy state of the psyche that demands attention. It may indicate an unhealthy unconscious invasion.

Dreaming of diving into the sea

Diving into the sea and observing marine life with direction and intention can point to a positive contact with the unconscious, in which the dreamer discovers and connects with his own creative resources and the fertility of his ideas.