What It Means to Dream About Getting Married
A dream of getting married symbolizes a milestone in life, or a rebirth into a new self. The meaning changes depending on who you marry.
The Basic Meaning
In dream interpretation, a dream of getting married symbolizes a milestone and new responsibility. It does not predict an actual marriage; it is often read as representing a change in your environment, taking on a new role, or a stage of your own growth. Who you married in the dream shifts the focus of the meaning. Marriage is also an event in which two things become one, so it can represent a season when different parts of yourself — work and home, ideals and reality — come into harmony.
What It Means in Different Situations
Marrying Your Partner
This expresses a wish to take the relationship to the next stage, or a desire to confirm your bond. If the dream was calm, it can also be read as a sign that the relationship is stable.
Marrying an Ex
This points to a season when your reckoning with the past is progressing. Rather than lingering feelings, it reflects the heart's work of integrating past experience into who you are now.
Marrying a Stranger
This represents meeting a new self, or an unknown possibility. A major change in your environment may be approaching.
Marrying a Friend or Acquaintance
This is sometimes read as a wish to grow, within yourself, the charm or strengths that person has.
Marrying a Celebrity
This represents a longing for a glamorous world, or a rising wish to be recognized. It is a season for polishing your own appeal.
Having a Wedding Ceremony
This points to a season of showing your resolve to those around you. A dream where people celebrate you is a good sign that you are likely to have the support of those around you.
Trouble at the Wedding, or Running Away
This reflects anxiety about responsibility or change. By preparing well, the anxiety will grow smaller. Postponing a decision for a little while is not a wrong choice, either.
Receiving or Exchanging Rings
A symbol of promise and trust. It can be read as a season when your bond with someone important becomes certain and solid.
Attending Someone Else's Wedding
This expresses the emotional room to rejoice in others' happiness, and a wish to move forward yourself.
Your State of Mind When You Have This Dream
You are likely to have this dream when you are conscious of a change in your stage of life — starting a job, moving, an important decision. A heart thinking about "the next stage" may be reflected in it. For people who are actually considering marriage, it can simply be read as an expression of mental preparation.
How It Differs from Similar Dreams
A pregnancy dream is about nurturing a possibility, while a marriage dream represents decision and milestone. A baby dream is the purity of a beginning; a marriage dream is responsibility and harmony — that is a useful way to tell them apart.
The Flow of Your Luck, and Some Advice
Your luck is in a flow of commitment and fruition. It is a good season to check promises and contracts carefully. In love, you may have a chance to talk calmly with your partner about the future. Putting your feelings honestly into words will lead to good results.
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