In a previous column featuring dreams I acknowledged that I'm no dream expert. For me it's about interpreting information … in the same way that I interpret the cards.

So let’s get interpreting to un-taint your love of air travel. Pick up any dream book or click on any dream website and you will see flying features quite prominently. This might help you feel like you're not alone in the “terrified to fly” while dreaming department. A dream in which you’re flying is often about freedom and letting go. One could deduce then, that if you’re afraid of flying in your dream that there could be something that you’re afraid to let go of or something that is inhibiting your sense of freedom. Trust your instincts on this one – usually the first thing that comes to mind (or whatever stirs up the most emotions) is it.  The next piece of information to help you unravel your flying mystery is today's card, “You’re Ready” from Doreen Virtue’s Angel Answers deck. With that eagerness, I looked deeper into your dream question and came across Sigmund Freud who argued that flying represented dreams of a sexual nature. But I think that’s a whole other column! For today we’ll keep it PG and stick to letting go and finding freedom. So I found a safe haven in Rose Inserra’s Dictionary of Dreams. “Dreams can help us understand ourselves better. If we interpret them correctly, we can find a treasure trove of hidden secrets. Who or what are we running away from in a chase scenario? If our teeth are falling out, should we be paying the dentist a visit or is it all to do with losing our grip on things?”

Tips on how to unlock and unravel the message of your dreams:

- First, acknowledge that your dreams do serve a purpose other than to aid sleep. If you dismiss them as such, you won’t be open to their ‘hidden secrets’.

- Can you make links between your recurring dreams and any past issues that require reconciling?

- Look at this as an opportunity to learn something about yourself as opposed to highlighting a problem. There’s no need for judgement when you’re decoding dreams.

For many, there is something beneath the surface (a childhood issue, a trauma, a fear) that can be the very thing that is blocking their path to happiness. Dreams are a way that we receive messages about these issues that need to be cleared. When you identify what it is for you and heal that issue, the dream will no longer persist. Instead, it will allow your real dreams to take flight. 

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