Cul-de-sac dream meaning is explained below using 8 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Eric Ackroyd
(1) A cul-de-sac may symbolize an unprofitable course of action. Perhaps you need to change vour ambitions and draw up a new plan for your life, or, rather, discover the original plan within the depths of your psyche.
(2) If in the dream you are being driven into a cul-de-sac, ask yourself what it is (in your unconscious) that is causing you to waste time and energy on fruitless pursuits. There would seem to be something in vour unconscious that needs to be integrated into your conscious life.
Source: A Dictionary of Dream Symbols • Author: Eric Ackroyd
Interpretation 2 — Pamela Ball
1- When the dreamer finds that he or she is trapped in a cul-desac it svmbolises futile action, but perhaps also a state of inertia. Circumstance may be preventing a forward movement, and it may be necessary to retrace one’s steps in order to succeed.
2- We are stuck in old patterns of behaviour and may be being threatened by past mistakes.
3- A spiritual cul de sac represents futility.
Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary • Author: Pamela Ball
Interpretation 3 — Dream Meanings Anonymous
To dream of a cul-de-sac or dead-end, infers the dreamer is demonstrating resistance toward change. However, it can also mean the dreamer has reached a state of helplessness and powerlessness in their life’s journey and that it has now meant they have become trapped and directionless.
Source: Dream Meanings and Dream Interpretation • Author: Dream Meanings Anonymous
Interpretation 4 — Versatile - Anonymous
Material aspects: When we find ourselves trapped in a cul-de-sac it symbolizes wasted action, but perhaps also a state of inertia. Circumstance may be preventing a forward movement, and it may be necessary to retrace our steps in order to succeed.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous
Interpretation 5 — Dream Explanations - Anonymous
Dreams of a cul-de-sac symbolize stagnation and that perhaps you are feeling stuck in a pattern, or have come to a dead end in a job, relationship or situation in your family life.
Source: Strangest Dream Explanations • Author: Dream Explanations - Anonymous
Interpretation 6 — Versatile - Anonymous
Psychological / emotional perspective: We are stuck in patterns of behaviour which give us no way out. We are being threatened by past mistakes.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous
Interpretation 7 — Versatile - Anonymous
A cul-de-sac in spiritual terms suggests futility and sometimes lack of foresight.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous
Interpretation 8 — Tony Crisp
Sense of efforts leading nowhere, a woman’s legs, with the vagina at the end.
Source: A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences • Author: Tony Crisp