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Horseback Riding Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 2 unique sources about Horseback Riding

To dream of riding (or sitting on) a horse foretells a coming rise in your status. You might become more popular, win a contest, or get a promotion at work. However, if you were thrown (or fell off) the horse, you will have to cope with a rival who is out to foil your plans.

If you dreamed of having any difficulties with the horse’s saddle, pay more careful attention to your personal affairs. Some change to your current plans might work in your favor. [1]

To dream of going horseback riding means that you will enjoy pleasure at the price of your good name. [2]

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Sources and Authors

  1. My Dream Interpretation by myjellybean [Back to dream]
  2. Gypsy Dream Dictionary by Raymond Buckland [Back to dream]

What does Horseback Riding mean in a dream?


To dream of going horseback riding means that you will enjoy pleasure at the price of your good name.

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It is a sign of general good fortune to dream that you are riding horseback with one of the opposite sex.

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Controlled (reigned-in) eroticism and energy, power, and movement.According to Jung, a symbol for intercourse, especially in women’s dreams.

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Freedom, power; sexual energy. Riding horseback suggests oneness with nature, expanded sense of self.

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If you’re riding alone in a cab, life will be comfortable; ride with others at night and scandal will follow you, unless you’re riding with friends.If riding with friends, it...

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To eat grapes in your dream, you will be hardened with many cares; but if you only see them hanging in profuseness among the leaves, you will soon attain to...

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A dream of riding a horse may be associated with your sex life, and how fulfilled or inhibited you are.If you are enjoying the ride, it could indicate a rewarding...

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Vision: In a woman’s dream, riding up in an elevator means social and professional advancement. Riding down in an elevator means the desire for sexual adventure. Seeing an elevator in...

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To attend a riding school, foretells some friend will act falsely by you, but you will throw off the vexing influence occasioned by it.

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Riding a bicycle downhill warns of misfortune. Riding it uphill, bright outlook for the future.

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Riding a lion and directing it to go wherever one pleases means one will soon be endowed with power and one’s enemy will soon be subdued.

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Dreams of riding a skateboard suggest that you may be taking a ride on someone else’s energy, or that someone is riding on your coattails. Perhaps you are gaining downhill...

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Vision: The bus means that determination and ambition are the forces behind a need for advancement at work, particularly in a man’s dream. Riding on a bus: being satisfied but...

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If riding in a vehicle and someone else is driving, ask who is running your life instead of self; or, what aspect of you is guiding your direction. Also, you...

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If you win a race in a dream—afoot, horseback, or in an automobile—you will be able to hold your own in competition with others.

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To dream that you are riding over or through rapids warns of negligence.See Riding.

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Riding a camel means that a journey is to be undertaken.

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lf a female dreams she sees a jockey riding at full speed, she will have an offer of marriage made her very unexpectedly; for a man to dream he rides...

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Seeing an elephant in your dream is great luck, signifying that you are laying a solid groundwork for wealth and success. You will have power, strength and prosperity.If you feed...

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In a dream, a mule represents an obstinate and a stupid person, an imbecile or a bastard. Amule in a dream represents an illegitimate child who is born from a...

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If you dream of riding in a vehicle and someone else is driving, you will soon take a business trip at your bosses convenience.If you are riding in a vehicle...

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According to Freud, riding a bicycle is a symbol of sexual intercourse. Both bicycles and motorbikes symbolize the need for balance in life and the need to reconcile the often...

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To dream that you drive along an embankment, foretells you will be threatened with trouble and unhappiness.If you continue your drive without unpleasant incidents arising, you will succeed in turning...

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An actual train or other vehicle (such as one you’ve traveled on, expect to travel on, or you saw in the media).Feeling on-track (or off-track) in your life.The idea of...

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If you are riding in one, new surroundings are portended.

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It is generally far more fortunate in a dream to be walking, instead of riding.

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Saddling yourself to an unnecessary situation. Also, protection and comfort, as when riding an animal.

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You are being warned against an unreliable friend if your dream concerned carrying or using a riding crop.

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One will attain dignity, honour and happiness.A strong and powerful opponent will be subdued.

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This is considered a fortunate omen if you alone are riding in the bus. Every extra passenger represents an obstacle to your success, some difficulty to be overcome.

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To dream that you are riding a horse that Rears and plunges betokens success in plans that have long seemed impossible to carry out.

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If you dream about riding a unicycle (a one-wheeled bicycle), you are on the right track and well in control of your present situation.

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Riding the wind in a glider predicts a surprising proposition from a friend or acquaintance; listen to advice before you act on it.

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If lovers dream of riding together in a horse-drawn cart or motor truck, they will be sure to overcome any difficulties that may befall them.

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