Feminine & Masculine Energy in Dreams

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Feminine and Masculine Energy in Dreams

by David Rivinus

I am a firm believer in avoiding generalized dream symbol interpretations as they are rarely accurate. As an example, a car to one dreamer could imply locomotion and might signify something about going someplace. This could either be a physical movement or it could also imply going from one place to another in the dreamer’s mind. To another dreamer, the same car might indicate a different kind of vehicle: a vehicle for political expression, a vehicle for spiritual growth or a vehicle for personal fulfillment. It is vital that every symbol in a dream be considered in the context of both the dreamer and the specific dream imagery. This is true even of archetypal symbols like mother, water or home.

It is for this reason that I am surprised whenever I encounter the one set of symbols that seems to be an exception to the rule: feminine and masculine energy.

I have never counted how many dreams I have helped interpret that had strong masculine or feminine symbolism, but it is a frequent image. The most recent example was a dreamer who had repeated dreams where, in each case, the main dream figure had a brain tumor. Most of the figures in these recurring dreams were human. One was a cat. Most of the afflicted individuals died. One was left mentally incapacitated, but all of them were male. Since the male symbol was as consistent as the brain tumor, it was essential that it be considered carefully.

To begin with, the dreamer needed to understand that this symbol was not about men. As with all symbols, these dreamed males were a metaphor and not to be taken literally. Dreams are often about conflicts that arise within the dreamer, and the dream imagery acts as the symbolic vocabulary explaining what is wrong. Such dreams are frequently about private, personal tussles.

With that understanding, it was then helpful to focus on the interaction that was certainly going on within this dreamer, and goes on inside of everyone, regardless of gender. I am referring to the interplay of the dreamer’s own masculine and feminine energy. Whether we are female or male, we all have both of these energies within us. Usually, one is more dominant than the other, but they are both there, and the dominant one is often the opposite of the dreamer’s own sex.

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