Dreaming of fishing in a small canoe that is sailing in calm waters indicates absolute dominance over oneself and therefore can manage and govern life and business with absolute success. Sailing in this same way but in company of a loved one, if both are single it insinuates that marriage might be close and if both of them are already married, it indicates a well-matched marriage and a happy home. When the canoe is sailing in dirty water it indicates that life and business will go from bad to worse or that social relationships will deteriorate. Dreaming of running water of any kind always indicates the present and immediate future, depending on how the waters look: clean and clear or dirty and muddy, calm or turbulent.

The canoe in dreams show how you are moving through your life and how you are able to cope with all of the barriers and obstacles. The canoe that goes through water gracefully and you are able to control it easily, shows that you are doing great in your life as well. To get more detailed dream interpretation, please see the meaning of paddle.

If you swim through calm waters, it indicates that we are able to manage our business. If we are in troubled waters or lose control of the canoe, difficulties and problems at home and at work can be expected.

To dream of the canoe, signifies the naivety, severity and self-support. The dream also shows spiritual equilibrium the dreamer has. Perhaps you move to the target of your life slowly and thoughtfully.

…To paddle a canoe on a calm stream, denotes your perfect confidence in your own ability to conduct your business in a profitable way. To row with a sweetheart, means an early marriage and fidelity. To row on rough waters you will have to tame a shrew before you attain connubial bliss. Affairs in the business world will prove disappointing after you dream of rowing in muddy waters. If the waters are shallow and swift, a hasty courtship or stolen pleasures, from which there can be no lasting good, are indicated. Shallow, clear and calm waters in rowing, signifies happiness of a pleasing character, but of short duration. Water is typical of futurity in the dream realms. If a pleasant immediate future awaits the dreamer he will come in close proximity with clear water. Or if he emerges from disturbed watery elements into waking life the near future is…

Seeing it indicates that your duties require extreme insight. Putting it in the sea indicates even greater difficulties.

Seen in a dream stream, happiness; in muddy water, trouble.

…Dreaming of a raft or canoe, or dreaming of navigating, indicates the probability of starting a new business or something new and attractive, but since it will be unknown for the dreamer, he could put himself at risk. Dreaming of sailing in raft or canoe and happily getting to your destiny suggests that, even though you’ll face a lot of obstacles, you will come up triumphant at the end. Dreaming of being in broken and useless boat is warning so you should stop acting in the way you have been acting, because your attitude will lead you to failure….

A carpenter in a dream represents a teacher or an educator. Seeing a carpenter in a dream also means curbing off the intentions of hypocrites and obliging them to comply with what is correct. Constructing a canoe in a dream means travels. Building a water-wheel in a dream means profits from real estate, building a mill in a dream means disputes. Fixing a door latch in a dream means marriage or children. Building a plow in a dream means farming. (Also see Construction worker)

…To see the water of a canal muddy and stagnant-looking, portends sickness and disorders of the stomach and dark designs of enemies. But if its waters are clear a placid life and the devotion of friends is before you. For a young woman to glide in a canoe across a canal, denotes a chaste life and an adoring husband. If she crossed the canal on a bridge over clear water and gathers ferns and other greens on the banks, she will enjoy a life of ceaseless rounds of pleasure and attain to high social distinction. But if the water be turbid she will often find herself tangled in meshes of perplexity and will be the victim of nervous troubles….