Elevator Dream Meaning – Top 20 Dreams About Elevators

Did you dream about elevators? An elevator or a mechanical lift inside the dream typically represents a level of status and wealth. It can also depict a state of your consciousness. For example, if you are riding a glass elevator where you can see the floors below you, you will be observing the world from an elevated viewpoint. Below are the most common situations of an elevator dream. And how they can relate to your subconscious and waking life.

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Depends on the dream event with the elevator, it can represent and interpret in several contexts. Like all dream interpretations, always consider where you are riding an elevator. Take note of the people who are on the elevator with you and what happens inside the elevator. Also, think about your emotions when riding an elevator in the dream.



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Please note that a proper elevator dream with meanings should depict elevators you normally do not ride in. When the dream is about your daily life, it can simply be your mind refreshing a day’s work. These types of dreams might not have any real hidden symbols.

Dream About Elevator Movements

In general, the elevator’s normally up and down action represents the ups and downs of your life. When you ascend in an elevator to an upper floor, it suggests your rise to power and wealth. The opposite is true when you are descending in an elevator. You are staying true to facts and coming back to reality. The descending elevator event signifies setbacks and misfortunes.

The normal function of an elevator can also represent the different “levels” of your mind. Perhaps you have several layers of memories buried deep inside. You access those parts of your mind by riding an elevator.

If you have a choice of going up in the elevator instead of the stairs in the dream, it could suggest that you are picking an easier way out of your situation. Or that there might outside help to get you where you want to in life. Perhaps you are getting in touch with mentors that can assist with your business decisions.

To dream about an elevator moving sideways suggests that your career or relationship is not moving the way you intended. For example, you may have gotten a job promotion, only to find the new position boring and unsatisfactory after the move. Or the sideway elevator can suggest that your relationship with a loved one is growing more stale or boring.

Dream About Where and Condition of the Elevator

The place where the elevator is located can suggest a particular area of your life. For example, an elevator in a shopping mall can reflect your perspective on commercial spending habits. An elevator in an office building can represent your career, title, and work status. And finally, an elevator within a residential skyscraper or hotel can represent your family’s atmosphere and social status.

Note the cleanliness of the elevator and the people around you. It can offer you subtle clues on how you rise and fall in status. And who are the people that are riding with you? For example, if your elevator-related dream depicts riding a bright and clean elevator up with coworkers in a brand new office building. It suggests that your entire team will have huge success with the project you are working on. Expect good profit, fortunes, and success for your entire team.

A crowded elevator with strangers in the dream can signify competition; perhaps you are searching or applying for a job position with many applicants. Or maybe you are trying to apply to attend a prestigious school.

Dream About Broken Elevator

Elevator Crashing

When the dream elevator accident is dropping out of control with you inside it, it suggests that you are now in a crisis of your life. The crisis is indicating your fear of losing job security or a romantic relationship. Your entire life’s perspective will shatter and change forever. The anxious and nerve-wracking experience reflects how you would feel when a major crisis occurs.

If the dream depicts the elevator crashing into the bottom floor, you get seriously injured or even death from the elevator crash. It suggests that the crashing elevator loss of control can have the potential to do real damage. Perhaps you are doing self-destructive behaviors in the waking life.

If the elevator dream moves upward and crashes through the roof, it indicates that you are being catapulted to a position of power. You are moving too fast in which you do not yet know how to deal with new-found status. The new responsibilities are crashing you.

Malfunction Elevator

To walk through a broken elevator door without the elevator being inside, and you fall through the elevator shaft suggests that you need to be more mindful of your surroundings. It is a warning that you are living your life in automation without your brain. Look around you for apparent dangers lurking.

Dreaming about a broken elevator with a not working sign suggests you follow different paths. Find a different elevator or even walk the stairs. The paths that you thought were good were actually not doable.

Stuck Elevator

Dream About Elevator Stuck or Malfunctioned
To dream that the elevator is out of order where the doors stay shut. You are either trapped outside or inside where you cannot exit or enter the elevator. The situation signifies that your emotions have gotten out of control. You have lost the ability to access the different layers of your mind.

When you first got in, dreaming about a stuck elevator is a reflection of your life, or your career is stuck. You are on the path, but you cannot move up or down. This represents that you are currently in a dead-end job or relationship status. It is time to rethink how you approach your life to get where you want to go.

To dream that the elevator is moving between two fixed floors means that your efforts are counterproductive. You do a lot of work for little to no result. You are going nowhere in your work, relationship, or other situation.

When the elevator stops at the wrong floor suggests little slowdowns that you may experience. However, if you actually stepped out of the wrong elevator into the wrong floor in the dream, it suggests a misstep or decision that you have made. You will have to be patient to wait for the next opportunity.

Shaky and Unstable Elevator
An unstable elevator or ones that need maintenance suggest a bumpy and dangerous ride. Your path to your destinations will not be smooth, and you should expect sudden and frequent stops. Your emotions or reactions at this point may be your intuitions showing you potential paths. You can either ride it out or seek other possibilities.

Dream About Different Types of Elevators

Fast and Operational Elevator
Dreams with a fast elevator that functions faster than the normal ones represent a fast path to reach your destinations and achievements.

Glass Elevator
Dreaming about riding in an elevator where you can observe an open space depicts your perspective and state of mind during your transcend or descend in life’s courses.

Medical Elevator
The medical elevator located in a hospital depicts your state of health. It could also be related to your digestive system.

Lift or Service Elevator
A service lift or elevator not commonly accessible to the public suggest that you have inside information or personnel to your endeavors and projects. Perhaps you know people at the company that you are applying to. They can assist you in getting that one job or contract without you having to compete with others.

Spinning Elevator or Elevator with Different Doors
This type of elevator in the dream represents different or shifting perspectives. You will go in thinking one way and coming out thinking another. Sometimes the shift in thoughts can make you feel confused and dizzy. Especially if you do not know you were riding a spinning elevator.

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