Narrow stairway

A narrow stairway in a dream is the dream's image of a passage that allows only one person at a time. The stairway is functional and tight; meeting another person on it means one of you has to step aside. The dream brings the narrow stairway when something in your life — a stage of a process, an advancement, a personal transition — has reached a structure that is not built to be made in company. A stairway climbed alone with care is the dream affirming the solo passage. A stairway with a stranger blocking the way down, neither person willing to step aside, is the dream noting that the narrow transition has become a deadlock and the movement that should be happening has been stopped by an encounter that the design did not allow for.