Adultery
Dreams of adultery often symbolize betrayal, broken trust, hidden desires, or anxieties about your current relationship(s). These dreams are rarely literal interpretations, instead representing an emotional conflict or unmet need.
- Betrayal and Broken Trust: Adultery, even in dreams, can represent fears of disloyalty, betrayal, or a breakdown of security and trust within your life, even outside romantic relationships.
- Hidden Desires or Dissatisfaction: These dreams can point to unmet desires, unfulfilled needs, or an emotional disconnection from a partner, situation, or even from yourself.
- Temptation and Testing Boundaries: Adultery can represent a temptation within your waking life – not necessarily sexual, but a desire to break societal or your own personal rules and act on a hidden impulse.
Specific considerations
- Your Role: Did you commit adultery, were you the victim, or a witness? Your position in the dream highlights the anxieties centered on you or someone close to you.
- Identity of the Other Person: Was it a lover, stranger, someone familiar yet unidentified? Known figures offer symbolic clues on what the broken trust represents, a stranger points to a more general fear or hidden desire.
- Emotions: Did you feel guilt, fear, excitement, or liberation? Your emotions reveal your stance on betrayal, unmet needs, or temptations you might be resisting.
Waking life
- Are there concerns about trust? Is there a relationship where you worry about betrayal, deceit, or fear losing a vital support system?
- Are any of your needs unmet? Examine romantic relationships, friendships, and your personal goals. Are there areas where you feel unfulfilled, neglected, or disconnected?
- Are you experiencing temptations? Do you have desires or impulses you’ve been suppressing that are starting to stir up anxieties?
