If the person you are ambushing is someone you know, you also need to consider if you are secretly envious of this person in waking life.
If this is the case, your unconscious may have been expressing your desire to capture or kidnap the qualities you admire and make them your own. Alternatively, you may have a hidden desire to control that person. If, however, you were ambushed, abducted or kidnapped in your dream, this suggests that someone or something in your waking life is trying to take control of you. Your dream expresses your surprise and uncertainty about losing control. [1]
The most outstanding element of an ambush is its surprise, highlighting the unexpectedness of such a situation. Spiritually this may be, for instance, emotions and feelings about past events or traumas, with which we may consider we have come to terms but which re-emerge to trap us. [2]
If the dreamer is the one who prepares the ambush the meaning is the opposite: it reflects confidence, tact, and boldness to manage dangerous situations. [3]
If you dream of lying in ambush for others, this suggests that you are consciously tricking or fooling your friends about something. [4]
If one was headed for a clear destination at the time of the ambush, it may represent a sense of being blocked. Ambushes may also be more general symbols of sudden loss and emotional upheaval. [6]
If you lie in ambush to revenge yourself on others, you will unhesitatingly stoop to debasing actions to defraud your friends. [7]
2. Going down wrong thought pathways can lead to the enemy ambushing your thought life.
2 Cor. 10 3-5. [10]