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Swimming in a dream
By tradition, swimming in a dream is read as getting along: the easier you swim, the easier your days go.
Old dream books read swimming as the skill of staying afloat and moving ahead. Easy swimming in clear water is read as work and relationships that flow without a hitch, and swimming upstream as persistence that earns respect. Diving is believed to mean curiosity and a wish to understand things to the bottom. If you grew tired in the dream, people only say it is time to turn onto your back and rest a little. Water carries the one who trusts it.
The most common dreams
Dreaming of swimming easily and fast
In folk belief, things are going your way and you are pacing your strength well. The dream announces days in which you get a lot done.
Dreaming of swimming against the current
Persistence and a course of your own, so the folk reading goes. The old folks say the way is longer, but you reach the goal stronger.
Dreaming of diving underwater
Folk belief says you want to understand something fully, not just on the surface. The dream praises curiosity and calm breathing.
Dreaming of learning to swim
The old folks say you are mastering something new and getting better day by day. The dream encourages you not to give up after the first gulp of water.
These interpretations come from folk tradition and are meant for fun; they do not predict the future and are not advice for life decisions.