Oars

Oars are an archetypal sign of "man against nature" struggles. It is our labor against the elements that represents what we are striving toward. To dream of rowing a boat or anticipating to do so is to dream of your struggle against circumstances.

Oars
To see or use oars in your dream, signify control over your emotions. You are able to navigate through life based on the lessons and skills you have learned.

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In Freudian symbolic, a phallic symbol, so rowing would symbolize sexual intercourse.

Oars
You are focusing on your ability to move yourself forward, steer a steady course, or change directions on a dime. You are struggling against circums...
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To dream of handling oars, portends disappointments for you, inasmuch as you will sacrifice your own pleasure for the comfort of others. To lose an oar, denotes vain efforts to carry out designs satisfactorily.

To dream that you are using oars, symbolizes disappointments and your tendency to sacrifice your own desires to please others. To dream that you are paddling with one oar, signifies your need for help or assistance.

If you handle or otherwise use oars in your dream you will experience disappointments and you may sacrifice your own desires to please others.

To dream of an Oar or oars represents great personal effort and suffering endured while on one's spiritual path.
Whenever you know you really have to put effort into something, the oar may appear in a dream.

Dreaming that you're in a boat and have lost your oars can mean you're feeling unable or unempowered to change your life, or a situation in your life.
See also: propeller
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oar moving forward on your own steam; strength and physical exertion indicated; time to take a rest on your oars. What alternatives might you consider before making your final decision?

The nightmare started off with a red river, it was gently swaying along the shore. I also noticed that a canoe was within this red river, I saw three men rowing the canoe with oars along this river. T...[More of this dream] ...

piaffer, plod, ply the oar, pole, prance, pull, punt, rack, rattan, rile, ripple, rod, roil, roll, roughen, row, row away, row dry, ruffle, ruler, rumple, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scull, scuttle, shake, shake up, shaker, shamble, ship oars, ...

So you pull in the oars letting the current turn you around and you now effortlessly and easily flow with your own stream. You are free to be your true self.
Love and Light and Magic upon your path
~Lucien~ ...

See also: Dream, Oar, May, Present, Dreams