I have a history of recurring plane crash dreams. In them, I am always an observer of events happening close by or at a distance. I haven't had a plane crash dream for years, but this morning I fell back asleep and had a terribly vivid one. In it, I was near my home with my dogs. I see a commercial jet, smaller, coming in for a landing. The wing catches on something--a rope or wire, and begins to drag the plane down. Attached to the rope is something large and unwieldy. The plane tilts crazily and crashes in a massive fireball. The crash occurs near the place where I keep my horses (I don't own a horse currently) and I know that my animals are horribly mutilated and dead. The crash is also close enough to my house to cause water mains to explode: the back half of my house is filled with water and is very damaged from the crash. I try to call people--women who I haven't seen in years--on the phone, and they can't hear me when I speak. It is also the day of my youngest daughter's birthday, and she and her friends seem not to care about the fact that our horses are dead--they insist almost cruelly on having the party. I am desperate for someone to care. Since my daughter doesn't, I repeatedly slap her in the face (i have never laid a hand on either of my daughters, but in the dream it feels like I never want to stop). I run out of the house, so fearful about seeing the wreckage. I run toward the crash and find myself running near a body of water. I sit down, and someone hands me a joint (I am sober and have used nothing for 14 years) which I cannot stop smoking, though I know its wrong. I awaken with a start.

Do you remember what was happening in your life when you've had plane crash dreams before. It seems like they may be your signal that something is going wrong and you aren't taking control of the situation, or ou can't take control.

The rope or the wire dragging the plane down sounds like something that is trapping you and dragging you down.

It could be that in this case, and in your other plane crash dreams, the plane is a symbol of freedom and when the plane crashes it is like your freedom being taken away from you, or your dreams destroyed.

Horses running freely can also be a symbol of freedom, so your horses being mutilated and dead can also have to do with a loss of freedom.

You say you don't own a horse currently. Did you useed to have a horse? If so, this could have to do with things that have changed in your life/losses.

Water usually symbolizes the emotions in dreams and flooding can refer to overwhelming emotions, the water mains breaking could have to do with a need to let out repressed feelings.

The women who you have't seen in years not understanding you could have to do with you not being able to express your feelings, or the belief that nobody would understand all you have been through over time.

It's the same with your daughter and her friends not caring - the idea that nobody understands you, especially someone very close to you.

Can you think of why you might be having this dream now?

Thank you for this insight. Although I understood in an elemental way what the symbols in my dream meant, it was so helpful to have you clarify and explain it as a whole. My life is in a huge transition now, and my relationship with my husband is failing after fifteen years. My professional life has been ruined and I face so many choices that I feel somewhat paralyzed in nearly all avenues of my life. This dream comes as no surprise, but I didn't understand it clearly until you interpreted it. Thank you. You have a gift.