Dreaming of Roads
Dreaming of two roads signifies that you will face a choice. Dreaming of a rugged and narrow road indicates that you will experience hardships and challenges, or that you carry unresolved pain and suffering in your heart. Dreaming of a bumpy road filled with thorns suggests that you will undergo trials, but with perseverance and effort, you will achieve extraordinary success. Dreaming of traveling along an unfamiliar and rugged road implies that embarking on a new endeavor will only bring you sadness and waste your time.
If the roadsides are adorned with trees and flowers, it signifies that you will unexpectedly receive wealth and experience great joy.
In dream interpretation, roads represent the path of life. When a person faces a choice, they may dream of roads diverging and offering different scenes, symbolizing their different options. Walking a specific road in the dream represents the individual's deep inner choice or their subconscious, or what can be referred to as their "primitive self."
The buildings or scenery along the road symbolize the experiences encountered in life's journey.
In the dream, a young man walks in a garden with friends, all dressed in ancient costumes resembling monks. Suddenly, a group of thugs attacks them, and they engage in a fierce battle, killing all the attackers. They continue to encounter several batches of thugs, and eventually, a group of female thieves appears. Without hesitation, the young man also moves to kill.
As his knife is about to strike the opponent's abdomen, he realizes that the person is his elementary school classmate and refrains from harm. The group then departs. He intends to approach and inquire about the classmate, so he pursues them. The group leaves the garden and walks along a long and dilapidated road lined with old buildings. He continues to chase, getting closer and closer. However, he suddenly remembers that he needs to buy ink, so he enters a stationery store.
When he comes out, the group has disappeared. He decides to continue chasing along the road, which is uneven and exceptionally long, until he reaches a crossroads. He feels that he should turn and take a bus to continue the pursuit. He arrives at a crowded bus station, but none of the buses are suitable. Suddenly, he realizes that he should go to the opposite side to catch a bus.
As he reaches the opposite platform, there is no one there. He looks up at the signboard, but it's written in Japanese, leaving him bewildered...
In fact, this young man has had a crush on a girl in his class since middle school. They have always kept in touch, but he fears that it would affect his studies and has never confessed his feelings to her. He planned to confess after entering college but decided to fully focus on his studies and eliminate distractions.
His fight with the thugs in the dream represents overcoming distractions, and his failure to kill the female thief indicates his inability to conquer this "distraction." The ancient costumes symbolize escapism (like monks representing a detachment from love). His elementary school classmate in the dream represents the girl he has feelings for. Chasing after her signifies his desire to obtain her affection.
The following extensive passage is about roads.
Chasing after the female thief along a long and narrow road can be interpreted as:
- The fluctuating process of his emotions.
- Signifying a long period of their past relationship.
- The small road represents a relatively weak emotional connection.
- The long and challenging road suggests that he perceives this path as difficult and arduous.
When he is about to catch up, he thinks about studying and enters a stationery store, only to come out and find no one around. This can be explained by him being too busy with his studies and growing distant from the girl. Additionally, the dilapidated houses along the road symbolize the girl becoming "outdated." The crossroads represent choices, and it is likely that another person has entered his emotional world. In high school, another girl was kind to him, and she happened to be studying Japanese. Therefore, the Japanese language on the second signboard represents this second girl.
His desire to take a bus to continue the pursuit indicates his wish to quickly complete the pursuit of love, but he realizes that at the first bus stop (representing the first girl), there are many people, and the buses are not suitable. This may suggest that many people are pursuing this girl, and he cannot find an appropriate and swift way to pursue her. Consequently, he thinks of the second girl, but the signboard is in Japanese, indicating his inability to communicate with her.