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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
Do your current shoes fit the path you are on?
- 2
Where do you feel unprepared to take the next steps?
- 3
Whose shoes were you wearing, if not your own?
Did this symbol visit your dream?
Decode the whole dream