Flying in a dream symbolises an inflated (overvalued) psychological state in the dreamer...

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This type of situation is captured in the attitude:

“I have the right answer and I am certain of it. My way is the right way.”

The dreamer is flying because the dreamer insists on the value of themselves and their attitude, however in order to do this they must simultaneously deny the world outside them.

Psychologically, to deny is to push down and away (depreciate).

The dreamer pushes the disagreeable facts about their situation down in order to raise their view of themselves and hold onto the certainty of their own attitude to life.

The dreamer is now pushed away from reality, and is likely to experience falling in the dream, jumping, or their efforts failing in the dream situation, leading to a fall back to earth.

This person is “up in the air” and needs to “come back down to earth”.