Losing your pants: other people are mocking you.
See also: Clothes.
Depth Psychology: Pants in a dream are a sign of your need for protection; or are you afraid that others will expose you? See Shirt. Are you paying too much attention to your appearance? Have you been “caught with your pants down”? Are you afraid of getting caught without your pants on? and if so, why? [1]
The state, style, color, and other elements of the pants must be added to your interpretation. [2]
Ability to make progress or achievement.
A sense of authority or being in charge.
Maturity or adulthood.
Consider also the type of pants.
For example, dress pants might represent the workplace.
Expensive or designer pants might represent status or an attempt to convince others that the wearer is important.
Old or dirty pants might represent hard work, a focus on areas of the self other than appearance, or neglected self-care.
If the pants were dirty and you were trying to clean, this means you want to change something about your personality.
A dream of pants that fit too tightly suggests you feel smothered in a relationship. Torn or ripped pants indicate that there is some flaw in your thinking or thought process - you need to alter your reasoning.
A dream of wearing velvet pants signifies your sensual side. [4]
If putting on pants or changing your pants, plays a major part in your dream you may be questioning your role at work, home, or in any other area of life.
The physical look of the pants, who is wearing them, and the emotional content of the dream will give you clues to its meaning.
If your were trying to cover up your genitalia, then the dream may be bringing up sexual issues. [5]
If the pants are too short for you or look ridiculous on you, it means you fear not being up to speed on your circumstances. In the case that you buy pants, it manifests that you want to obtain more power; if they are torn, your projects may have serious holes; to lose them reveals your fear of the opinions of others. [6]
If a pair of pants is seen in the context of “I am the one that wears the pants,” particularly in a man’s dream, it represents a picture of self-determination and gender identity.
For both men and women, this dream symbol may also be, at the same time, an overemphasis on one’s masculine side.
See also: Container, Genital Organ, Leg. [7]
2. Wordplay; Idiom for person to make the decisions “she wears the pants in the relationship”
3. Spiritual covering; Deut. 22:5.
• Without pants
1. Trusting in own strength, not guided by the Holy Spirit; Psalm 147:10. [8]
A woman putting on men’s slacks may point up her tendency to ovendentify with male qualities in order to feel successful in the world. [9]
buying: your life is moving in a direction you have chosen.
discarding: clothes don’t make the person.
dry cleaning: your self-confidence ensures profitability.
losing: others being indignant toward you is the result of false gossip.
men’s: wil win competition despite imprudence of your opponents.
taking your, off: have been indiscrete with your actions and nonconformity.
washing: your beliefs are unworthy of you.
wearing: share control of the family and the peace.
women’s: taking over another’s role does not make you an equal. [14]