Symbolic Dream Interpretation Library

Unable to open a locker

My gender is female and my dream starts when I am back at high school. I am aware that I had been out of high school for a while in dream. I usually go to a few classes or wonder the hallways and all is fine until I walk up to my locker. I try to unlock it but I don't remember the combination, I sit there trying to undo the lock to get to class or get my stuff to leave school. Yet, no matter how hard I try I can't unlock my locker. I just sit staring at the lock with frustration and confusion.

Being in high school in the dream world is often thought to be the manifestation of stress in the dreamer's waking life. High school is often thought to be more stressful in some ways and less stressful in others compared to adult life, however, for the dreamer, this symbol suggests experiencing a certain kind of stress at the moment. The things inside the locker, your school books and supplies, represent your future. Your ambitions, desires and wishes are all very close to you, but perhaps they are beyond your reach at present. That is where the symbol of the locker and forgotten combination come into play. The locker suggests there is something standing between you and your goals, either a person, requirement or quality you are currently lacking. Your inability to remember how to open your locker suggests you have the power within you to make your dreams come true, but you have either forgotten an important lesson or have not utilized that particular skill in a long time. Until you are able to regain what you have lost, you may be faced with more stress and hardship.