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Shoes

Your stance, and the path you walk

What it often means

Shoes in a dream are how you meet the ground — your stance, your role, the path you walk and whether it fits. Missing, wrong, or ill-fitting shoes point to feeling unprepared or out of place; new shoes, to a role you are stepping into. To walk in another's shoes is to try on their life.

When it tends to appear

  • When you are stepping into a new role or path
  • When you feel unprepared or out of place
  • When the way you walk through life is in question

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    Do your current shoes fit the path you are on?

  2. 2

    Where do you feel unprepared to take the next steps?

  3. 3

    Whose shoes were you wearing, if not your own?

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