Dream Symbols

Wedding Dream Meaning

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Dreaming about a wedding can mean many different things. Understanding what a wedding can symbolize in your dreams can help you apply that wisdom into your daily waking life!

wedding dream meaning

What Does it Mean to Dream of a Wedding?

Weddings are a union of two people who are in love. It is a commitment “for better or worse” and can have a number of different meanings, depending on the other details of the dream.

In our dreams, we might be in a wedding as the bride or groom or as a guest attending the ceremony. Understanding the symbolism of a wedding can help you understand your role in the dream.

Commitment & Promise:

When two people get married, they are making a commitment to one another. Most weddings involve the couple making a vow to each other.

If you are dreaming of a wedding, it is very possible that you are thinking about a promise you may have made or a promise someone has made to you.

Unity & Coming Together

Weddings are often associated as an event for when “two become one”.

To dream that you are getting married may indicate that two important aspects of yourself are merging. In your daily waking life, you might find yourself combining responsibilities or finding things are connected to each other in ways you didn’t expect.

It can also mean you are learning ways to unite with others. For example, maybe you are finding a common bond between your differences with another person.

Some Common Wedding Dream Examples

You dream you are getting married to a co-worker or boss: This often means a level of commitment to your work or career. Do you love your job? Do you feel like your job is secure? This dream could be a fear about job security or it could mean you are committed to doing your best in your career.

Dreaming of Marrying an Ex: Dreaming about an ex can mean a number of different things, but often times if you are marrying an ex in a relationship it can symbolize being healed or whole again. See our article on What it Means to Dream of an Ex to understand your dream further.

Dreaming of Marrying a Family Member: Don’t be grossed out – often times this family member in a dream is only to give you some hint at what qualities you might be looking for in a partner. If you dreamt you married your brother or a cousin, it could mean there is some aspect about this person that would be desirable or undesirable to have in a future or current partner.

Other Meanings When You Are the Person Getting Married: This dream could also reveal your literal desire to get married. You might be thinking of settling down and starting a family of your own.

Attending a Wedding as a Guest: If you are at a wedding as a guest, this may mean you are feeling like a spectator in some aspect of your life. Who is the person getting married? What type of role do they play? For example, if you dream that you are at the wedding of someone else, you might subconsciously feel as if you are always “on the sidelines” while the other person gets the spotlight.


Questions to Help You Interpret Your Dream About a Wedding

In order to help you understand this dream better, it is useful to pay attention to other details of the wedding and dream. Learning how to identify dream symbols can be useful in understanding what other parts of the dream are important.

Here are some questions to ask:

Where is the wedding taking place? Is it an ancient cathedral? A small chapel? On the shores of the beach?

Who is at the wedding? The people in your dream that are at the wedding all play a role, just like characters in a movie. Take note of their personality aspects or whether there are any personal associations you might have for the person.

What colors are present in the dream? There are many different meanings to colors, and many weddings choose certain colors as a theme for a reason. Understanding the different color symbol meanings can help give you insight to the overall mood and message of the dream.


Have you had a dream about a wedding? What were your experiences? What do you think it meant? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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  1. i have a dream of getting married to girls even tho I’m one and I’m 13 I always dreamed of girls never boys. why is that its always the same girl but I have no clue who she is when I wake she’s stuck in my head for the whole day. last night she had our babies and we were happy but then I wake again to find myself folding my arms like I’m cradling a baby. why is that I keep have wedding dreams over and over until I had the baby dream…? I’m only a girl and I’m 13….

  2. I have been dreaming of my wedding date approaching with in a few weeks or even days and no planning has been done.

  3. I dreamt of marrying a star on a tv show, it felt like we’d been together for a long time, we had a quiet, quaint wedding, after I found out he’d been having an affair and she was waiting outside our venue, I fronted him and asked why he still married me, he said he loved me and she was a mistake.
    We both went to see her, I was not angry, just shaken.
    We sat in her car.
    Then I woke up.

  4. my dream of a wedding was i had on all white facing backwards and noticing there was a girl walking around with ugly white stocking looking like spider weds

  5. I have had a few reoccurring dreams of being a bride. In these dreams I would be doing something like reading a book or finding the perfect dress. I was dressed in an elegant wedding dress but often had armor underneath the dress. Suddenly, I would see a dragon approximately 20 feet from me. It was at least three times my size and clearly hated me. I would be backed into a corner or alleyway fighting this thing until I received help or was exhausted. Usually a man would also be there helping me fight whether I knew him or not. He would also encourage me saying things like “I will never leave you or forsake you.” I would wake up after defeating this dragon.

  6. I travelled encountering different dead bodies on the side of the road. When I am at the church I am hesitant to attend the wedding of my childhood sweetheart. Because i am not prepared with the dress and make up. I am also afraid to his reaction to see me on his wedding day. I am from work and the only dress I have has a print of different religious beliefs not appropriate to the religion of the wedding ceremony. Her sister offer me her dress. but I refuse to wear because it doesn’t fit my size. It is larger than my size. then her sister give me a white or colorful shawl to cover that prints on my dress.

  7. I’ve been divorce over 40 years I’ve had a horrible husband and father of my two deceased children he offered in the 25 years of my life nothing but extreme rejection to us!! Cheating, drinking, and more!! After rejection to his children he rejected his Grandchildren and Great Grand. They hardly know him. I feel in my heart that the rejection he gave contribute to their death. It’s been many years and he comes into my dreams constantly!!! Always loaded with rejection making me hate him more and more!! My dreams are frequent always upsetting. I want him out of my dreams.!!! It has never been a good dream. I feel he’s haunted my dreams with such negativity! Plus I feel he contributed the death of my children with nothing but rejection!!!!!!! Txs for listening.

  8. I had dream about my deceased daughter in a beautiful white wedding dress. It was just me and her. I was so happy and ask her not to leave. She left I woke up hysterically crying. It started so beautiful and ending so bad 😞😞😞

  9. The dream was but like a flash I was at wedding didnt see bride or groom just people all sitting in chairs outside and I knew it was a wedding and I woke up. Dont remember any of the people.

  10. Hello, I dreamt that I attended wedding dress in a white short dress, I saw my frnds my mom was sitting beside me and my sister was among the bridemaids girls.. it was a beautiful wedding everyone was happy frnds and family where attended the wedding too.. I will appreciate if u give me a reply

  11. Dreaming my deceased sister wearing a white wedding gown but crying and apparently when the dream was starting I thought it was me getting married but I was wearing a pink gown and silver heel and was not seeing the other heel

  12. You are feeling the loss and absence of your husband. He left you and can not return except through memories. He knows you are waiting for him. He will still be with you forever. But it is okay to move on and find happiness.

  13. I dream about 4 wedding cakes different sizes and decorations all brought to my work place at same time and many unknown people wearing wedding attire voming to my work place and then multiple weddimg celebrations happening the same time at my work place. I was just observing them and then asked by my m.j manager to not interrupt them and stay away.

  14. My coworker dreamed about me marrying the son of our coworker… I knew him already but I do not like it. but somehow it disturbs me

  15. My cousins got married and I wasn’t invited, I got very furious, my friend told me to calm down and check my name in a register, that i will sure have a share from their bride price
    I refused to…later on a cousin brother gave me an envelope with lots of money, that’s it’s my share of the brideprice

  16. Dreaming attending church wedding to other country that I don’t know the people, and the bride but I was the one of bridesmaid, then there a mad lady show up and took my dress?

  17. I dreamt about wedding celebrations of my deceased neighbor whom I never interacted with but only got news that he is dead. My grandma was helping with the preparations of this wedding and she passed away long before. I was happy to help with the preparations. What does this mean

  18. I’m married and I’ve had 5 dreams that I am getting married and preparing for it, but always wake up before it actually happens. When I wake I do not know who I was supposed to be marrying. I hope it was my husband. But the dream mostly is about preparing.

  19. I dreamt about my sister getting married in a blue dress. The people start coming in but by this time, the wedding is over 2 hours late. I was on the drums and asked the musicians to play to keep the guess entertained. They didn’t. Then I got tired and was about to leave. I saw my sister in a frantic talking about things not right and looking sad. I’m not sure if I left or tried to help her

  20. So what if you are married, dream that you are supposed to marry a couple (no clue who but am ordained to do so), but the couple never shows & nobody knows what’s going on. I’ve been married 8 years but the last 4 he has dealt with addiction & our marriage needless to say is struggling.

    1. ahmm.. i dreamed of a wedding, that my bride is actually the woman who wants me. but it happened that there is another bride there who happened to be the woman i’m corting with. what does it entails?

      1. I travelled encountering different dead bodies on the side of the road. When I am at the church I am hesitant to attend the wedding of my childhood sweetheart. Because i am not prepared with the dress and make up. I am also afraid to his reaction to see me on his wedding day. I am from work and the only dress I have has a print of different religious beliefs not appropriate to the religion of the wedding ceremony. Her sister offer me her dress. but I refuse to wear because it doesn’t fit my size. It is larger than my size. then her sister give me a white or colorful shawl to cover that prints on my dress.

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