In general, shoes represent your approach to life. It suggests that you are well-grounded or that you are down to earth. It also represents your convictions about your beliefs.

If you are changing your shoes, then it refers to your changing roles. You are taking a new approach to life.

If your forget your shoes, then it suggests that you are leaving restraints behind you. You are refusing to conform to some idea or attitude.

To see new shoes in your dream, suggests that you are overconfident in your success. If they pinch your feet, you will be uncomfortably exposed to the practical joking of the fun-loving companions of your sex.

To see old and worn shoes in your dream, signifies that through diligence and hard work, you will find success. It may also mean that you have come to grips with accepting who you are.

To find them untied, denotes losses, quarrels and ill-health.

To dream that you are wearing inappropriate shoes for the activity at hand, denotes that your progress and path in life will be laborious and ill-prepared. It may also indicate that you are heading in the wrong direction and need to re-evaluate your goals. Alternatively you may be on a life path that is unfamiliar to you.

To dream that you are not wearing any shoes, signifies that you have a lack of confidence in yourself and low self-assurance. You may be dealing with issues concerning your self-identity. Thus if you dream that you lose your shoes, then it suggests that you may be searching for your identity and finding/exploring who you are. To dream of losing your shoes is also a sign of desertion and divorces.

To dream of seeing your shoes ragged and soiled, denotes that you will make enemies by your unfeeling criticisms. To have them blacked in your dreams, foretells improvement in your affairs, and some important event will cause you satisfaction.

To see baby shoes in your dream, symbolizes purity, innocence, vulnerability, tenderness and the desire for love.

See also: Barefoot.