What Does It Mean to Dream About Reaching?

To dream of reaching for something represents a desire or goal that one is striving for in waking life. The potential for something to happen. The dreamer's efforts to achieve a particular objective, or their longing for something that is beyond their grasp. A sense of yearning, ambition, or aspiration. Depending on the context of the dream, reaching for something could also symbolize the dreamer's willingness to take risks or pursue a new opportunity.

Negatively, reaching may represent overdoing desiring or striving for a goal to the point you are unhappy or feel that it's dangerous. The fear of something bad happening that you think has the potential to happen. The dreamer's feelings of frustration, disappointment, inadequacy, or a sense that one's goals or aspirations are just out of reach.

To dream of reaching for something and grasping it may represent a sense of achievement or success in waking life, or a feeling of finally attaining something that one has been working towards.

To dream of reaching for something and falling short may indicate feelings of disappointment or failure in waking life, or a sense that one is not quite good enough to achieve their goals.

To dream of reaching for something and it moving further away may represent a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in waking life, or a feeling that one's efforts are constantly thwarted.

To dream of reaching for something forbidden or dangerous may represent a sense of temptation or risk-taking in waking life, or a feeling that one is willing to take dangerous or extreme measures to achieve their goals.

To dream of something reaching for a gun represents feeling threatened or endangered in waking life and the need to defend oneself with a powerful decision or action. The gun may symbolize power, control, or the ability to protect oneself or others from harm with your choices or actions. Alternatively, it may also reflect a fear or anxiety about violence, aggression, or conflict in one's life. The act of reaching for the gun may indicate a sense of urgency or a need to act quickly in order to protect oneself or others.

To dream of reaching for something evil represents a sense of temptation, desire, or ambition towards something that is morally or ethically wrong. A fear or concern about negative influences or intentions that are trying to take hold in one's life. It could suggest that you are engaging in activities or behaviors that are harmful or negative, or that you are contemplating doing something that you know is wrong. Alternatively, it could reflect a struggle to resist temptation or negative impulses that are leading towards harmful actions or behaviors. This dream may be a warning to be cautious and aware of potentially dangerous people or situations in one's waking life.

To dream of hands reaching down from the clouds may represent feelings about divine intervention, guidance, or support during a difficult and uncertain time.

To dream of something reaching into your chest to your heart represents an emotional or mental impact that deeply affects you, often related to love or strong feelings of attachment or vulnerability. Feelings about something being taken from you so that you can't care about other people anymore. Fears about literal heart problems.

Example: A man dreamed of a dark creature reaching into his chest while being afraid and unable to speak. In waking life his girlfriend informed him that she might have heart problems. In this case the reaching into his chest may have reflected the man's fear and concern about his girlfriend's potential heart problems and his feeling of powerlessness in the situation. He may have also feared the same potential outcome for himself that his girlfriend was experiencing.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing 2 hands reaching down from the clouds with a crucifix in the middle. In waking life the woman was experiencing her friend from church dying of cancer in a hospice facility. In this case the hands reaching down from the clouds may have reflected her feelings about divine intervention making it her friends time to die and the potential for her friends illness to get a lot worse before she dies.