Sailing dream meaning is explained below using 13 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.

Interpretation 1 — Pamela Ball

also see Journey

1- When we dream of sailing, we are highlighting how we feel we are handling our lives. We can cither work with the currents or against them.

If we are sailing in a yacht there is more of a sense of immediacy than if we were sailing in a liner.

The first is more to do with one-to-one relationships, while the second suggests more of a group effort.

2- To be tacking - sailing against the wind suggests that we have created difficulties possibly by setting ourselves against public opinion.

To be sailing with the wind means we are using opportunities to the best of our abilities.

3- Sailing suggests a sense of spiritual freedom and the ability to use our intellect.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary Author: Pamela Ball

Interpretation 2 — Tony Crisp

How we are handling or feeling about our life.

The images in sailing lend themselves to depict human endeavours to work with the tides and influences of life. Dealing well with wind, waves: suggests being able to meet internal and external pressures, emotions and drives, and using them to advantage. Being overwhelmed, sinking: finding emotional, sexual drives and anxieties too much to cope with.

See boat, ship. Idioms: plain sailing; sail against the wind; sail close to the wind; sail into something; sail under false colours; set sail; trim one’s sails; take the wind out of someone’s sails.

Source: A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences Author: Tony Crisp

Interpretation 3 — Michael and Elizabeth Thiessen

To have a dream where you are sailing on calm waters show that you will have an easy time of it as you strive to make your fortune.

A beautiful sail full of wind shows that you will be free from poverty and much misery.

If you are on a small vessel this shows that your desires will remain modest and not beyond your means of earning them.

Source: Encyclopedia of Dreams Author: Michael and Elizabeth Thiessen

Interpretation 4 — Pagan - Anonymous

Dreaming you are sailing on calm waters predicts you will have an easy time as you make your fortune.

A beautiful sail full of wind indicates you’ll be free from poverty and misery. Dreaming yourself sailing in a small vessel indicates your desires will remain modest and not beyond your means.

Source: Tryskelion Dream Interpretation Author: Pagan - Anonymous

Interpretation 5 — Internet Archive - Anonymous

This is another form of the Water dream, and the meaning depends upon whether the water is smooth and your voyage pleasant.

If not, then expect trouble and worry, according to the severity of the storm in your dream.

The smaller the Boat, the greater your success, or your misfortune.

Source: Mystic Dream Book Author: Internet Archive - Anonymous

Interpretation 6 — Gustavus Hindman Miller

To dream of sailing on calm waters, foretells easy access to blissful joys, and immunity from poverty and whatever brings misery.

To sail on a small vessel, denotes that your desires will not excel your power of possessing them.

See Ocean and Sea.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation Author: Gustavus Hindman Miller

Interpretation 7 — myjellybean

To dream that you are sailing on peaceful waters suggests that you are living life with ease. You will achieve success without major barriers.

If the sea is stormy, you are troubled about a personal situation.

Source: My Dream Interpretation Author: myjellybean

Interpretation 8 — Stephen Girard

To dream that you are sailing on the great deep to some distant country, indicates that you are about to change your residence for one that is more respectable in appearance than that you at present occupy.
Source: The Mystic Dream Book Author: Stephen Girard

Interpretation 9 — Ariadne Green

On the ocean blue, sailing is an activity that signifies letting go and allowing the forces of the winds and currents of spirit to propel you forward in life.
Source: Ariadne's Book of Dream Author: Ariadne Green

Interpretation 10 — Ella Freeman Sharpe

To dream of sailing on clear blue water warns the dreamer to be alert even though everything seems to be under control.

See Ocean.

Source: Psycho Dream Interpretation Author: Ella Freeman Sharpe

Interpretation 11 — Katherine Taylor Craig

Over smooth water, prosperity; rough water, misfortune; in a small boat, gaining harbor, sudden wealth (Raphael).
Source: The Fabric of Dream Author: Katherine Taylor Craig

Interpretation 12 — Gillian Holloway

If it is on calm waters, your sailing in a dream is a forerunner of achievement.
Source: The Complete Dream Book Author: Gillian Holloway

Interpretation 13 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

1. Feeling free and easy.

2. On the way to achieving whatever one wants to.

Source: New American Dream Dictionary Author: Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin