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Getting Married

A wedding dream represents far less an actual desire for marriage than the integration of two opposing forces, a new commitment, or an inner transformation.

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Spiritual Interpretation

In spiritual traditions, marriage is the symbol of the sacred union (hieros gamos) — the cosmic harmony of two opposing principles. Getting married in a dream symbolises that the soul has reached a threshold of integration and the door to a new life phase has opened.

Astrological Interpretation

Wedding dreams increase during periods when Venus and Jupiter are strong or make positive aspects. Seventh-house transits directly trigger these dreams. Those born under Libra and Cancer are more open to these relationship-themed dreams.

Related Zodiac Signs: Cancer Libra

Psychological Interpretation

For Jung a wedding dream is one of the most symbolic moments of the individuation process: it symbolises the ceremony of integration in which opposing inner forces — the conscious and unconscious, anima and animus, shadow and light — finally come together.

Freudian Interpretation

Freud generally associates wedding dreams with unconscious desires relating to maturation and sexuality. Sometimes ambivalence about marriage or dependency anxieties are also hidden in this dream.