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Stairs / Spiral Staircase Dream Meaning

Changes and transformation starting from below (the unconscious) and coming to the surface (consciousness), or vice versa.

A frequent symbol in fairy tales and movies, suggesting personal growth and wholeness.

The landings in a staircase correspond to the dreamer’s energy centers (the chakras). Are you going up the stairs or coming down? According to Freud, going up symbolizes sexual union. [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. Little Giant Encyclopedia by Klaus Vollmar [Back to dream]

What does STAIRS / SPIRAL STAIRCASE mean in a dream?


Vision: Seeing a spiral staircase: this complicated structure is always forcing us to move in tight circles. You will be thrown back on your own devices. Try to get off...

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Changes and transformation starting from below (the unconscious) and coming to the surface (consciousness), or vice versa.A frequent symbol in fairy tales and movies, suggesting personal growth and wholeness.The landings...

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Vision: Climbing stairs: you are on a spiritual journey that will lift you above the common confusions of everyday life, but here, too, you will have to deal with obstacles....

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A spiral staircase or spiral mountain path is symbolic of progressively moving up or down in life from one area to another

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A staircase may represent the passage or connection between the mind and the body. Or it may suggest the movement from the structures of your own thoughts to a higher...

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According to Jung, stairs are a clear symbol of psychological growth, whereas Freud attributed phallic symbolism to the image. In general, dreams stairs are thought to represent feelings in connection...

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Stains are a sign of guilt.If you discover a stain on clothing, it shows that you need to conduct a thorough cleaning in your daily life. The stain might be...

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Universal Landscape: Transition to higher or lower consciousness.Dreaming Lens: How many flights of stairs did you traverse? Were they in a home? Were you moving up or down, or standing...

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Stairs are about our ambitions or where we’re heading. Climbing stairs is a metaphor of your fierce ambition and ability to face up to challenges in your life.• More generally...

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Having written a dream down, by using highlighting pens to make all matching words the same colour, one can immediately see the main issues in some dreams.Example: ‘We walk around,...

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lucky numbers: 08-09-13-14-21-37of, cotton: wealth from completion of an industrious task. old woman dreaming of, an: annoyance and anxiety from your fable of events. operating a, wheel: wil not be...

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Reaching a stage of advancement— social and conscious. Often, stopping in order to gain a better view. Stairs also represent an interim stage between above and below—between head and belly,...

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also see ShellThe spiral convolutions on a shell have often been associated with perfection and therefore plenty.Dreaming of such an object would link with a primitive understanding of those things...

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Climbing stairs constructed of unbaked bricks suggest that he will enjoy honour in the world by giving charity.

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Descending or going downhill could represent: A feeling of losing progress, moving backward or downward in life, or the idea of things getting worse (as in a “downward spiral”).Things getting...

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It was jung who recognized that dreams appear to meander (wander) all over the place, and it is only by perceiving the overall spiritual picture that we can make sense...

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see Ascent, Descent, Staircase, Storey

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(Conveyor, Steps, Travels) In a dream, stairways represent the vehicle of rising in station, advancement in worldly gains, seeking the blessings of the hereafter, and the rising of one’s station...

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Indicates that positive steps were taken, for “up” is a step of faith; see “staircase”

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Symbolic of the path to death or moving in the wrong direction in life

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(see Pictographs)The swirling powers of creation.The essence of individuality (note the shape of DNA molecules).Depending on its direction of movement, this can indicate a type of ascension into higher thought...

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Dreams of feeling down, falling down, or descending a staircase or an elevator symbolize that you are getting down to the heart of the matter and discovering the truth of...

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See Smoke. Cleansing, but also pollution.A phallic symbol.See also Column, Tree, Stairs.

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Spiritually a shell is a miniature representation of the process of life and death. You might also like to consult the entry for snail as well as the information for...

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Is the perfect path to evolution.The principle is that everything is continually in motion, but also continually rising or raising its vibration.

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Dreams of a coil symbolize sexual energy springing into action, repetition, and flexibility.See Circle, Kundalini and Spiral.

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If you dream of a balcony, ledge or sill, this suggests a need for support and protection in your life. An elevator or lift in a dream usually suggests how...

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The support that brings everything back into order. Honesty and civil courage.See Stairs, Tower, Skyscraper / High-Rise.

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(see Ascetic, Ascent, Balcony, Climbing, Ladder, Stairs)Achievements. Overcoming the odds and getting a second chance. Many heroic figures await their rebirth in a mountainside tomb. Merlin is one such figure.Doing...

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Dreams of curls, because of their circular nature, represent connection to your feminine nature and to the cyclical nature of life.See Spiral.

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Eating macaroni in a dream could mean you are in for various small losses. Seeing it in large quantities means you are being urged to economize and save money. In...

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(1) A whirlpool may symbolize something in your psyche that is threatening to ‘pull you down’ or even destroy you.(2) If the ‘feel’ of the whirlpool is good, it may...

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To dream of a descent - by elevator, stairs or otherwise - means you are ready to explore your inner feelings.

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The obvious meaning is success through effort. Where do I want to go? Is the goal worth the effort? See Stairs, Ladder.

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(see also Anticlockwise, Left, Right / Left, Spiral)Moving clockwise means going to the right, which symbolizes consciousness; intellect; spirituality; masculinity.CLOUD(S)

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Power, or out-of-control power.A perceived threat.A thing or situation you feel could easily become destructive or spiral out of control.See Fuel, Bomb, Hot

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Whether up mountains, hills, stairs, or what have you, an increase in status and/or prosperity is forecast in a climbing dream; even if the effort seemed to tax your stretch...

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Emotional and senseless action that requires more clarity and insight. Pay attention to the reality of everyday life. Often reveals a distrust of Self.See Fool, Belt, Door, Stairs.

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Leaves signify fertility and growth. Since each leaf is completely unique, we may be becoming aware of the beauty of creation and the perfection of spiral patterns in nature.

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Climbing a ladder or stars symbolises the religion of Islam by virtue of which he will acquire high stations in the Hereafter.

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Climbing any of these suggest that he will attain high status in the world provided their is something in the dream to suggest this.

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1- To be on the brink of something in a dream literally means we are on the edge of something. This will have a profound effect on our lives or...

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Dreams of a step signify progress toward a dream, plan or goal. Consider if you are taking a step forward or a step backward. Keep in mind, sometimes you have...

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The snail shell symbolizes the perfection of nature’s creativity, which is also echoed in mathematical fractals (repeated patterns).The spiral shape of the snail shell is symbolic of the labyrinth.

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