What does it mean to dream about planet?
A planet often stands for a whole world of its own, a sphere of life or feeling that orbits at some distance from where you stand.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would look at the distant world as a sphere of life set apart from the dreamer, an interest or person kept at a remove. A planet can stand for something longed for and far off. Its distance is part of the meaning.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might see a planet as a self-contained world within the psyche, a sphere with its own gravity and order. It can mark an area of life that turns by its own rules. What it pulls toward it is worth noting.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Continuity ties a planet to waking thoughts of other worlds, distance, or a part of life that feels separate. It often follows reading or wondering about the wider universe. The far sphere mirrors that remove.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
The wandering planets were named for gods and read as powers shaping fate, each with its own character and influence. Mars meant war and Jupiter meant rule. They stood for forces moving above human affairs.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Bulfinch; Brewer).