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Dreaming of Gate
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Dreaming of a gate is a about a passage that requires permission. In the psyche, a door is a decision and a gate is a condition, an opening that exists precisely so that not everybody may pass, and its appearance means that an access in your life is being either granted or refused. Something is being permitted or prevented. If it was open, ask what you have been given entry to. If it was shut, examine what has been closed to you and by whom. If you stood in front of it, notice how much of a life is spent at a boundary somebody else controls. Nobody builds a gate who intends everybody to come through. This dream asks what you are trying to enter, and who decides.
There is an authority behind this that the psyche always locates. Somebody put this here. If you did not know who, ask what limitation has been placed on you by a power you cannot identify. If it was old, examine what boundary you have been respecting that was set before you existed. If nobody was watching it, notice how a barrier operates entirely on the assumption that it will be respected. If you climbed over, the dream may be describing a permission you gave yourself. Every gate depends on somebody agreeing not to go around it. The dream asks who set this limit, and whether you still recognize their authority.
There is a threshold in this that changes what you are on the other side. To pass through is to be admitted into a different condition. If you crossed it, ask what you have become by entering. If you could not go back, examine what one passage has made permanent. If you hesitated, notice what a person understands at a threshold that they never understand anywhere else. If it closed behind you, the dream may be describing a commitment that is now irreversible. Nobody comes through a gate as the person who went to it. The dream asks what you were entering, and what it made of you.
There is an exclusion in this image that is more important than the entry. Whoever is inside is inside because somebody else is not. If you were let in, ask who was left outside so that you could enter. If you saw them, examine what your admission has cost somebody. If you were the one outside, notice what it is to be on the wrong side of an arrangement you had no part in. If you opened it for them, the dream may be describing a solidarity that will cost you your own place. Every gate is defined by who is not coming through. The dream asks who is on the other side of yours.
Dreaming of a Gate You Cannot Open
Dreaming of a passage that refuses you names an access you have been denied. It is there, and you cannot go through. If it was locked, ask what has been withheld from you and by whom. If you had no key, examine what qualification you lack for a life you can plainly see. If others went through freely, notice what makes you the one who is stopped. If you gave up, the dream may be describing an acceptance of an exclusion you never contested. Not every closed gate is legitimate. The dream asks what has been closed to you, and whether it should have been.
Dreaming of Climbing Over a Gate
Dreaming of bypassing the permission names a transgression you have committed. You did not wait to be let in. If it was easy, ask what limitation you have been respecting that turned out to be nothing. If you were caught, examine what authority still believes it has jurisdiction over you. If you were exhilarated, notice what freedom there is in refusing a boundary that was never explained. If nobody stopped you, the dream may be describing a permission that has been available all along. Most gates depend entirely on your agreement to use them. The dream asks what you went around, and whether anything happened.
Dreaming of a Gate Standing in an Empty Field
Dreaming of a barrier with nothing on either side names a limitation that is no longer limiting anything. It stands alone. If it made you laugh, ask what rule you have been obeying that has stopped applying to anything. If you went through it anyway, examine what obedience you perform to a boundary that has no function. If you walked around it, notice what it is to see the absurdity of something you have respected all your life. If it still stopped you, the dream may be describing a limitation that lives entirely in you. A gate with no fence stops only those who agree to be stopped. The dream asks what you have been obeying, and what would happen if you simply walked around it.
Dreaming of Being Let Through a Gate
Dreaming of an admission granted names a permission you have received. They opened it. If you were astonished, ask what access you had believed was impossible. If somebody spoke for you, examine who has advocated for you and whether you have thanked them. If you did not feel you deserved it, notice what prevents you from accepting an entry you have been given. If you went through, the dream may be describing a life that begins on the other side. Somebody opened it, and that decision was made by a person. The dream asks who let you in, and what you intend to do now that you are through.