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Chasing

Pursuing what is moving away — sustained effort directed at something that will not stop.

Chasing in a dream is the dream's image of sustained effort directed at something that has not chosen to stop for you. The chase requires energy from one side and refusal from the other. The dream brings the action when something in your life — a goal, an answer, a person's attention — is being pursued past the point where the pursuit was clearly welcomed. A chase that closes the distance honestly is the dream telling you the effort is meeting real ground. A chase in which the target stays exactly the same distance ahead is the dream noting that you are spending your stride on something that has decided, deliberately, not to be caught.

Related symbols

Apologising

Naming a fault you committed and taking responsibility for it — the action of putting yourself, in language, under the harm you did.

Baptising

Marking a beginning through immersion in water — a ritual that names a person into a new identity.

Bargaining

Negotiating an exchange of value — the act of trying to alter the price of something that has been set.

Being chased

Running with a pursuer behind you — energy spent on distance from something you have not turned to face.

Being chased

Avoidance — something you have been refusing to turn around and look at.

Being naked

Exposure — the fear of being seen unprepared.

Disclaimer: For entertainment and self-reflection only. Not a substitute for professional advice.