Getting Married in a Dream: The Union of Opposites and New Responsibilities

The Deep Jungian Meaning of Marriage Dreams

Dreams of a Wedding (ceremony/crowd) and Getting Married (contract/commitment) are different from each other. Seeing that you are marrying someone (signing a paper or sitting at the wedding table) in a dream is the biggest step of the "Individuation" process according to Carl Jung, one of the founders of psychology. This dream symbolizes the moment when opposing forces within you (logic and emotion, masculine and feminine, good and evil) finally sign a peace treaty and integrate.

Marrying Someone You Don't Know

If you see yourself being forced to marry someone you don't know at all, whose face you can't quite make out, or even someone you don't like, this indicates that in real life you are "obligatorily bound (condemned)" to a situation, a job, or a responsibility you don't want at all. That signature is the weight of that contract squeezing your soul.

Remarrying Your Ex-Spouse (or Ex-Lover)

This dream is usually not a desire to return to them. Your subconscious is telling you that you are repeating the same mistakes you made in the past in your current relationship or new life. It warns you by saying, "Look, you are signing up for the same scenario again."

Remarrying Your Current Spouse

Seeing married people marrying their own spouses again by wearing a wedding dress/suit is a tremendous dream of love indicating that the trust in that relationship is renewed, a huge crisis has been overcome, and the bonds are "re-sealed" much stronger than before.