Gender Dream Meaning

Dreams of changing gender (for example, a girl dreams she is a boy) are very common. These other “selves” simply represent feelings or thoughts that come from a side of...

(Gender, Fertilizing, Masculine virility) A human being of the male gender in a dream represents a positive element, a decisive force, or someone who is extremely lucky.(Also see Man)

Gives gender-specific: When the other person is known in dreams or of the opposite gender both men and women will need to monitor their own integrity. This is an aspect...

A fear, misunderstanding, or disapproval toward this lifestyle. Latent tendencies expressing themselves.An intimate exploration of the masculine or feminine nature, depending on which gender is seen in the dream (see...

Gives gender-specific: At its very basic interpretation, the worm can suggest the penis. Depending on the dreamer’s attitude to sexuality and gender, there may be a sense of threat.

Gives gender-specific: Sometimes a figure (either a man or woman), though seeming to be invisible, can represent the shadow. In both men’s and women’s dreams it will have the same...

Gives gender-specific: It depends on the gender of the dreamer and the content of the dream whether this image is negative or positive. In a woman’s dream it might signify...

Gives gender-specific: Dreams of an invading force in a woman’s dream suggest a violation of her personal space. In a man’s dream he is perhaps more likely to dream of...

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams, dreaming of a partner, particularly in a mixed gender relationship, will probably highlight the animus or anima. In many cases, a partner...

Gives gender-specific: Sadistic behaviour that is not sexual in nature signifies a degree of childish cruelty in both men’s and women’s dreams. That cruelty may well be gender specific.

Gives gender-specific: In modern times the use of tools is not so gender specific as it used to be so in both men and women’s dreams using a chisel suggests...

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams the opposite gender can pose a threat. Thus a man might feel threatened by the image of a vengeful goddess (an aspect...

Gives gender-specific: There used to be a strong division between men’s and women’s work. In dreams if we find ourselves doing work that traditionally belonged to the opposite gender we...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream the elders or the elderly may suggest a more matriarchal aspect. In a man’s dream this may be more paternalistic. It will, of course,...

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams a journal suggests a private part of the psyche and perhaps the need for privacy.The gender of the journalist will suggest a...

Gives gender-specific: Arising from the patterning laid down in the womb, dreams of amputation of a limb can often have a sexual or gender specific meaning. In a man’s dream...

Gives gender-specific: Magical ritual often concentrates on the union of two polarities – male and female, drive and receptivity. Ancient religions symbolized this in the sacred marriage and many dreams...

(Gift, Grant, Present) The gender of a gift one donates in a dream signifies the gender one may receive in wakefulness.A donation in a dream also represents charity, a present...

Within each one of us there is masculine and feminine potential, and when there is conflict between the two, this can sometimes show itself in dreams of bisexuality or transvestism....

Gives gender-specific: It will depend on whether the toys are gender specific in dreams. Boys’ toys in men’s dreams indicate the need to learn different masculine skills and girls’ toys...

Universal Landscape: Opposing expressions of gender to the outside world.Dreaming Lens: Were you cross-dressing in the dream? Was someone in your dream cross-dressing? What gender was being contradicted? Was it...

Female gender.Folklore: Great luck.

Signifies a confusion so far as gender is concerned in dreams.

(see Archway, Buildings, Concrete, Stones)While these are sometimes considered phallic due to their shape, in ancient Greece pillars were regularly carved in the shape of a woman whose visage was...

Gives gender-specific: A woman will sometimes dream of becoming fat before she is consciously aware of being pregnant.

Gives gender-specific: For a woman, an egg will usually have links with fertility, whether her own or someone else’s. In a man’s dream an egg more often suggests potential.

1. Self-acceptance.2. Masculine or feminine side of self (op­posite gender).3. Unresolved or recurring problems (old lover).

Gives gender-specific: Anything pointed normally refers to male sexuality and has this symbolism in both men’s and women’s dreams.

Gives gender-specific: As a symbol, this will only appear in both men’s and women’s dreams when a certain state of internal equilibrium is becoming apparent.

Gives gender-specific: Women are much more in touch with the natural forces so tend to dream of goddesses and their attributes.

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams, insertion frequently has the same connotation as penetration, albeit from their different perspectives.

To dream of a marmot suggests that someone you trust is attempting to harm your reputation or character. This person is likely a member of the opposite gender.

Gives gender-specific: For a man to be quarrelling with a woman, or vice versa, signifies a conflict between drive and intuition.

Gives gender-specific: Most women will make choices from an emotional perspective and most men from a logical one. In dreams this is often reversed.

Symbol of female gender. According to Oriental interpretations, a passion fruit, pointing to a passionate love affair in the making.

Gives gender-specific: Dreaming of being illegitimate for both men and women suggests a lack of self worth and sometimes a questioning of our right to a place in society.

Gives gender-specific: When we understand the natural cycle of the year, dreams by both men and women will link with the union of the god and goddess.

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams, feeling alone can highlight the state of our relationships. When someone dies or a relationship comes to an end, such a dream...

Gives gender-specific: In any dream where the differences between male and female are highlighted, both men and women may be struggling with the conflict between logic and intuition.

Gives gender-specific: Because of their association with fertility and divinity these significances can surface in both men’s and women’s dreams as they move towards a more spiritual understanding of life.

Gives gender-specific: If a woman dreams of baking she will recognize this as her need to nurture. By and large in the case of a man he may be dealing...

1. Feelings of confusion regarding the gender roles of the inner self, discomfort with one aspect or another.2. Issues concerning one’s sexual identity.3. A message from one level of consciousness...

Gives gender-specific: For many men, ball games such as football or rugby are simply a release of tension and will appear as such in dreams.For women, any action of kicking...

Gives gender-specific: In old-fashioned parlance a nag was a scold or cantankerous old woman.If in waking life we are used to negative reinforcement, nagging may have this relevance in both...

Gives gender-specific: When a woman dreams of visiting a family planning centre, she may be becoming aware of her wish to be pregnant. In a man’s dream this may suggest...

Balanced sexuality; comfort with both sides of the soul (see Men, Women).An attempt to eliminate real or perceived gender-specific limitations. Hiding your true sensual or sexual nature behind an ambivalent...

Gives gender-specific: Often in an intense relationship there is a sense of being overcome.For a woman this may result in dreams of abduction whereas a man is more likely to...

Gives gender-specific: Any instrument which is struck in a woman’s dream suggests the coming together of her two aspects, lilith and eve, harlot and mother.For a man such a note...

Gives gender-specific: Often in male / female relationships we will dream that lovers have changed to loving friends and vice versa before this has actually occurred in waking life.

Gives gender-specific: Most teenage boys have what are called ‘wet’ dreams – or more properly nocturnal emissions – when they do actually ejaculate in sleep. These usually occur before the...

Gives gender-specific: As a protective force in both men’s and women’s dreams, the bear can represent maternal energy.

Gives gender-specific: A block as in a cube represents the physical material realm in both men’s and women’s dreams.

Gives gender-specific: As a period of gestation, the chrysalis may appear in women’s dreams to alert her to the possibility of pregnancy.

Gives gender-specific: Of necessity in relationships, we have to open up to someone else. In both men and women this may lead to dreams of exposure.

Gives gender-specific: Obviously, because an injection is penetrative by nature, such a dream for both men and women may have sexual connotations.

Gives gender-specific: Antlers in dreams may always be considered to represent virility and sexual prowess, whether in a man’s or woman’s dream.

Gives gender-specific: In a man’s dream, a bird can represent the anima. In a woman’s dream, it suggests the self, in the sense of the spiritual self.

Gives gender-specific: A bullet can represent the need for, and control of, sexual impregnation.The differences in a man’s and a woman’s dream are self-explanatory.

Gives gender-specific: In a man’s dream the one who jeers may often appear as a parental figure, sometimes of the opposite sex. In a woman’s dream it may be her...

Gives gender-specific: The use of a poker can be seen as the sexual act in both men and women’s dreams but may also be seen as an inflexible attitude to...

Gives gender-specific: In both male and female dreams the bamboo plant can suggest androgeny.

Gives gender-specific: Rather obviously, a club can be taken as a symbol of the penis in both male and female dreams.

Gives gender-specific: In both male and female dreams the anvil can be seen as a form of resistance which allows us to use our individual creativity to fashion our lives.

Gives gender-specific: In a man’s dream an iron bar might suggest an assertive nature, whereas in a woman’s dream it is more likely to signify aggression or to have sexual...

Gives gender-specific: Often before she knows she is pregnant, a woman may become conscious of her belly in dreams. Body dysmorphia, such as dreaming of becoming fat, is quite common...

Gives gender-specific: The act of ejection implies the use of force. In a woman’s dream such an image may imply that she must become more forceful. In a man’s dream...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a jar will represent her own femininity whereas in a man’s dream it is more likely to signify a nurturing nature or need. Also...

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams, love and passion can give a luminous quality to images.It is as though the energy has taken on a different quality.

Gives gender-specific: In a man’s dream nails may signify his own sense of self or his assertiveness, whereas in a woman’s dream the same things are likely to be much...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream ivy may represent relationships, but in a man’s dream may signify responsibility.

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams, paradise reflects a perfect relationship both with ourselves and others.

Gives gender-specific: In both men and women’s dreams, since the principle is one of a balance of positive and negative, a battery can suggest the libido or the driving force.

Gives gender-specific: For a woman to dream of menstrual blood may alert her to a health problem, but may also draw attention to her essential femininity.

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream the chalice tends to represent her sense of self and her connection to the ultimate. In a man’s dream it is more likely to...

Gives gender-specific: There is obvious significance in the slang word for the penis in a man’s dream and there may be a similar word-play in women’s dreams.

Gives gender-specific: Since coven also means a religious assembly in both men’s and women’s dreams it will depict a heightening of both emotional and spiritual vibrations.

Gives gender-specific: A lever is a mechanical means of altering position, so in both men’s and women’s dreams such an image can suggest manipulation from an outside source.

Gives gender-specific: Because of its shape, the obelisk obviously has phallic connotations. In both men’s and women’s dreams it may also represent a hard unforgiving ‘core’ within the personality.

Gives gender-specific: Men’s and women’s perceptions of a peak experience will differ in dreams, although both will transcend the self-imposed boundaries and limitations that occur.

Gives gender-specific: In some senses yearning is a more feminine feeling than masculine. However, it is also a somewhat chaotic feeling, and therefore somewhat adolescent. In both men’s and women’s...

Gives gender-specific: Often in dreams an analyst will appear as a member of the opposite sex, so it is worthwhile taking careful note of what the interaction is between you...

Gives gender-specific: In terms of spiritual progression in both men’s and women’s dreams, a representation of balance suggests an equilibrium between masculine and feminine qualities.

Gives gender-specific: For a man to dream of breasts usually indicates his unconscious connection with his mother or the nurturing principle.For a woman, changes in size may suggest that she...

Gives gender-specific: For a woman a cask will represent her ability to preserve her culture or ideas, but for a man it is more likely that he feels he has...

Gives gender-specific: The devil as satan used to appear with some frequency in both men’s and women’s dreams. Now the image is more likely to be that of one of...

Gives gender-specific: In slang terms, pulling means picking up a potential partner. In dreams this can actually translate itself into a physical feeling.

Gives gender-specific: Angels’ appearance in dreams – for both men and women – suggest that we need to look at concepts that are particularly spiritual in origin. Both angels and...

Gives gender-specific: In a man’s dream it shows he may be wishing for the freedom to achieve something he might find difficult in partnership. In a woman’s dream it indicates...

Gives gender-specific: When the arrow is taken to represent masculine energy, in a man’s dream the bow – the actual means of propulsion – signifies his need to succeed. In...

Gives gender-specific: Since many people still have difficulty in calling ‘private parts’ by their correct name, a knob appearing in a dream can represent the penis or, if the dreamer...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream using needles will probably require assessment of her more creative aspects, whereas for a man the assessment will be of his softer skills such...

Gives gender-specific: A spear represents the masculine in dreams and is a phallic symbol. Whether it appears in a man’s or a woman’s dream, it allows us to be conscious...

Gives gender-specific: Dreams of war will depend on the experiences in waking life of the dreamer. In a woman’s dream traditionally she would have been on the periphery though this...

Gives gender-specific: In the balance within us of masculine and feminine, both men and women can find that, as they reach for a better understanding of themselves, dreams bring to...

Gives gender-specific: Where the dreamer often travels in his or her workaday life, going abroad for a man may simply signify how he gets from a to b – a...

Gives gender-specific: Arguments with members of the opposite sex suggest that some adjustment needs to be made in the way you approach relationships. Men may need to understand their own...

Gives gender-specific: Whereas previously men carrying bags were seen as effeminate, this is no longer the case, so in dreams a man carrying a bag can symbolize his attitude to...

Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams a cave will represent exploring the subconscious, but in a woman’s dream she is more likely to sense something greater than herself...

Gives gender-specific: Symbols and images relating to earthiness and the nurturing of others will be more likely to appear in a woman’s dream than in a man’s. Equally, as the...