A Zigzag is a pattern with alternating corners that shift a line from left to right then right to left.
They can appear erratic like stylized lightening and, therefore, can symbolize your erratic, unpredictable behavior in your dreams, or the behavior of someone else that you dream about.
However, Zigzags do tend to follow a specific direction or straight line, only that they veer from left to right along the way.
One often uses Zigzag patterns when searching for something or someone, so Zigzag dreams could reflect exploration and an inquiring subconscious mind.
Zigzags in dreams can also reflect a feeling that your course is set out, you know where you need to go, but there will be obstacles you must zigzag around to get there.
You may also travel along a zigzag pattern because of obstacles in your way, say when walking through a forest or along a crowded street.
Lightening is often stylized as a zigzag pattern.
So what does all this mean in your dreams? Well in the first instance you may dream that you’re heading somewhere while exploring areas by the wayside as you go, perhaps searching for something that you know is in a particular direction. This type of dream can be reflected in your real life as a need to find something, perhaps suggesting you keep looking along the same route you’re taking now while exploring other, related areas along the way.
In the second instance you may find your route blocked by inconvenient obstacles, so that you have to adopt a zigzag pattern to get to where you’re going, weaving in and out. In real life this kind of thing will obviously slow you down, but will not inevitably stop you from reaching your goal. So in this type of dream your subconscious can be telling you to keep going, navigating all the obstacles in your way, and you will eventually achieve your goal.
Zigzag lightning patterns can signify a discharge of raw energy and, depending on the context of your dream, could suggest you need the energy or that you’re already receiving a boost in your life at the moment from a particular place.