Calm in a dream often marks a settled return to inner balance -- a resolution that's already settled somewhere beneath the surface, even if you haven't consciously registered it yet. Moving through a chaotic dream scene without alarm can point to real stability you've been building, steadier ground than you've given yourself credit for.
We should consider of future contingents from the conjunctions of the planets, but things past or present from their separations. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)