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What it means to dream about elevators
An elevator in a dream is something carrying you along against your will, events shooting up or down while you ride inside with little say. Stuck between floors, you too are stuck between the old and the new. A dream doesn't announce what is coming, it shows how you got here - so the first question is this one: where has life been moving faster than you chose?
First layer · what tradition says
What the traditional dream book says
The elevator is a latecomer to the dream books, the old ones never knew it. In the newer readings a sharp ride up promises luck and a quick rise, while a stuck or falling elevator means a snag in your affairs.
Second layer · the honest read
What the dream really reflects
Really the elevator comes when something carries you along against your will: events shoot up or down and you seem to be riding inside with little say over any of it. The buttons are pressed and the car moves on its own, that feeling that life is dragging you faster than you chose. Stuck between floors, you too are stuck between the old and the new, neither here nor there. The dream is saying you want the reins back in your own hands, and awake that is well within your power.
FAQ
Is dreaming about elevators a good sign or a bad one, and does it change anything if it sticks between floors?
Neither a promise nor a threat: sticking between floors speaks of being caught between the old and the new, and a car that shoots up on its own speaks of events carrying you with little say in any of it. A mirror, and no crystal ball.
Why do the old dream books read dreaming about elevators as a quick rise, or a snag in your affairs?
Folk tradition stamped this image as a quick rise, or a snag in your affairs, and the lists themselves were compiled in different centuries, each one arguing with its neighbor. The mirror is more honest than the list, and whether you are single or married the reading starts from where you are now, with this question in the middle of it: where has life been moving faster than you chose?
The dream reflected you for one night. The chart of the sky holds your whole reflection.
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