Lock / Locked dream meaning is explained below using 6 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.

Interpretation 1 — Pamela Ball

also see Key and Prison

1- It is very easy to lock away the emotions, supposedly to keep them safe.

A lock appearing in a dream may alert us to the fact that we need to free up whatever we have shut away.

To force a lock would indicate that we need to work against our own inclinations to lock things away in order to be free of inhibitions.

To be mending a lock suggests that we feel our personal space been trespassed upon and we need to repair the damage.

2- To recognisc in a dream that a part of our body has become locked suggests that we are carrying extreme tension. We need to release that tension in a physical way in order to be healthy.

To realise a door is locked suggests that somewhere we thought of as sanctuary is no longer available to us. It may also be that a course of action is not right.

3- Spiritually a lock can represent that either a new freedom is being offered to us or that the way forward is barred. Our actions are not appropriate.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary Author: Pamela Ball

Interpretation 2 — Versatile - Anonymous

Psychological / emotional perspective: It is very easy to lock away the emotions, supposedly to keep them safe.

A lock appearing in a dream may alert us to the fact that we need to free up whatever we have shut away.

To force a lock would indicate that we need to work against our own inclinations to lock things away in order to be free of inhibitions.

To be mending a lock suggests that our personal space has been trespassed upon and we need to repair the damage.

Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 3 — Eric Ackroyd

AS IN LOCK AND KEY

Locks symbolize inaccessibility. Perhaps you can’t get what you want; or perhaps you have denied parts of yourself access to your conscious mind. In a healthy psyche nothing should be locked.

CANAL LOCK

A canal lock may symbolize a block in the flow of psychic energy. There may be repressed materials that need to be brought up from the unconscious; some neglected function / capacity / instinct may need to be activated.

Source: A Dictionary of Dream Symbols Author: Eric Ackroyd

Interpretation 4 — Tony Crisp

Generally, the emotions or physical tensions we use to keep others from getting at us\ or to prevent our own urges or fears from being experienced; desire to keep something safe or protected, such as one s honour or emo­tions; feeling trapped; vagina; sexual tension. Occasionally a problem which needs a specific solution, the key; our ability to choose, whether to let someone into an intimate relation­ship.
Source: A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences Author: Tony Crisp

Interpretation 5 — Versatile - Anonymous

Material aspects: To recognize in a dream that a part of our body has become locked suggests that we are carrying extreme tension. We need to release that tension in a physical way in order to be healthy.

To realize a door is locked suggests that somewhere we thought of as sanctuary is no longer available to us. It may also be that a course of action is not right.

Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 6 — Versatile - Anonymous

A lock can suggest that either a new spiritual freedom is being offered to us or that the way forward is barred. Our actions are not appropriate.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile Author: Versatile - Anonymous