Falling is one of the most common dreams: loss of control, insecurity, fear of failure or letting go. It often comes when you lack support in a situation.
When the dream feels light
Landing gently or flying as you fall speaks of letting go and trust in life.
When the dream feels dark
Falling into the void points to anxiety, loss of control or a situation without support.
Ask yourself
Where in my life do I feel I have lost my footing?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- Death and Rebirth — The great transformation: something ends so that something else can live.
- Element
- Air — thought, word and message
- Planet
- Saturn
- Tarot card
- The Tower
- Alchemical stage
- Nigredo, the Blackening
Loss of control, and the invitation to let go. You will land.
Words that call this sign
fall, fallen, falling, falls, fell
Related signs
The Serpent · The Butterfly · The Frog · Fire · The River · Rain · Blood · Bones
The card of this dream
The Tower. The lightning strike: a false tower falls so that the truth can stand. The Tower is struck by lightning; its crown flies off and two figures fall in flames. It is sudden upheaval, revelation and collapse of what was built on false foundations: painful, but liberating, because it clears the ground for truth.