Dreaming About Wedding
Dreaming about a wedding is read as a joining of two things — not necessarily two people romantically, but two parts of yourself, or a commitment you've been circling finally being made. It doesn't require an actual upcoming wedding.
What it generally means
Weddings in dreams are read as a joining of two things — not necessarily two people romantically, but two parts of yourself, or a commitment finally being made to a decision, a path, or an identity you've been circling for a while. Anxiety in a wedding dream often points to doubt about that commitment, regardless of what it's actually about.
Three lenses on wedding
Jungian reading
This is one of Jung's clearer images for the sacred marriage, or coniunctio — the joining of opposites within the psyche, such as the conscious and unconscious, or the masculine and feminine aspects of the Self. It's treated as one of the more significant markers of psychological integration when it appears.
Norse reading
Marriage in the Norse world was as much a political and social bond as a personal one, often sealing an alliance between families or even powers — Skaði and Njörðr's ill-fated marriage is a well-known example. A wedding dream, in that frame, can point toward a bond you're forming that has consequences beyond just the two parties involved.
Talmudic reading
Weddings read strongly favorably in the rabbinic tradition, tied to joy, renewal, and good fortune — one of the clearest positive symbols in the entire catalogue, largely undiminished by context.
That's what wedding means in general. Understory tells you what it means for you — after it's shown up three times.
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