Lap dream meaning is explained below using 14 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Dr. Mıchael Lennox
It is a sign of intimacy and connection to sit on someone’s lap or allow someone to sit on your lap. In this way, anything that involves a lap in your dreams is asking you to consider your relationship to intimacy and affection. Holding someone or something in your lap indicates your perception of that individual or thing as dear to you. You sitting in someone’s lap expresses a desire to be comforted in some way. Consider the meaning of the other people involved as aspects of your own personality that either are in need of nurturing and care or that can offer those things to you.
Interpretation 2 — Zolar
dog in your, a: whom you protect wil in turn be your protector.
cat: wil be humiliated at the hands of a seductive enemy.
dead: loss of whoever held your leash al ows prosperity.
serpent, a: tempting prospects wil distract you from your essentials.
married man holding a woman on his: humiliation and criticism from a jealous woman.
mother holding children on her: a pleasant security.
sitting in the, of opposite sex: a great need for compassion from the opposite sex.
stenographer sitting on the, of boss: an enemy is seeking the loss of a good position.
Interpretation 3 — DreamForth
To look at your hands resting in your lap is also implying a restful moment.
To dream of sitting on someone’s lap suggests the need for support at this time and reminds you that it is okay to ask for help.
To have another person sit on your lap implies extra energy and a reminder that to give comfort is often a comfort in itself.
Interpretation 4 — Gustavus Hindman Miller
If a young woman dreams that she is holding a person on her lap, she will be exposed to unfavorable criticism.
To see a serpent in her lap, foretells she is threatened with humiliation at the hands of enemies.
If she sees a cat in her lap, she will be endangered by a seductive enemy.
Interpretation 5 — Dream Explanations - Anonymous
If you dream of sitting on someone’s lap, then you are playing the role of child.
If someone is sitting on your lap, then you are playing the adult.
See Chakra-2nd-Sacrem.
Interpretation 6 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
2. A possible loss of reputation.
3. Good news is on the way, especially in terms of love relationships (to be sitting on the lap of a member of the dreamer’s preferred sex).
Interpretation 7 — Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
Interpretation 8 — Garuda
Interpretation 9 — Gillian Holloway
Interpretation 10 — myjellybean
Interpretation 11 — Margaret Hamilton
The decision is in the lap of the judge