White Wedding

My friend got married in my dream last night. The interesting thing is that she's been married for several year (and just had her first child) and I wasn't at the wedding because I was in Australia attending graduate school. Not only did she get married, but I (along with all my female cousins and female cousin-in-laws) were in her wedding party. Hmmm....

To see a wedding in your dream symbolizes a new beginning or transition in your current life. It reflects your issues about commitment and independence. Alternatively, your wedding dream refers to feelings of bitterness, sorrow, or death. Such dreams are often negative and highlight some anxiety or fear.

I don't know if color really signifies anything, but just in case - we were wearing purple. A lot of purple. Purple (um, ugly) dresses, with purple hats, complete with those nets women had on their hats years ago to cover their faces, in purple.

Purple is indicative of devotion, healing abilities, loving, kindness, and compassion. It is also the color of royalty, high rank, and dignity.

I also had problems because there were no shoes for me, none of them fit. There were three pairs in a plastic garbage bag, one of which was a pair of flip-flops (made me think that if I ever get married I should wear flip-flops). And then a whole bag of shoes that we couldn't wear. For insurance reasons. Insurance reasons??? I ended up barefoot.

In general, shoes represent your approach to life. It suggests that you are well-grounded or that you are down to earth. It also represents your convictions about your beliefs.

To dream that you are wearing inappropriate shoes for the activity at hand denotes that your progress and path in life will be laborious and ill-prepared. It may also indicate that you are heading on the wrong direction and need to reevaluate your goals.

To dream that you are not wearing any shoes, signifies that you have low self-esteem and a lack of confidence in yourself. You may be dealing with issues concerning your self-identity. It also indicates poverty, lack of mobility, or misunderstanding. Alternatively, it represents your playful attitudes and relaxed, carefree frame of mind. You have a firm grasp and good understanding on a situation. If you dream that you lose your shoes, then it suggests that you may be searching for your identity and finding/exploring who you are.

Getting to the ceremony from the shoe room, my friend rode a donkey and I rode a horse.

To see a donkey in your dream represents your stubbornness and unyielding personality. You are overbearing and unwilling to cooperate with others. The donkey also symbolize menial work. You may be feeling overburdened or stressed.

To see a horse in your dream, symbolizes strength, power, endurance, virility and sexual prowess. It also represents a strong, physical energy. You need to tame the wild forces.

To dream that you go horseback riding indicates that you are in a high position or in a position of power. You possess confidence in your ability. Alternatively, it suggests that you will achieve success through underhanded means. You lack integrity.

Um, ouch.

We had to stop on the way at this remote store, which I think was an old gourmet food shop I used to go to all the time when I was growing up, because my friend wasn't feeling well because she was pregnant and couldn't make it all the way to the ceremony without a bathroom break.

To dream that you are pregnant symbolizes an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that is growing and developing. You may not be ready to talk about it or act on it. This may also represent the birth of a new idea, direction, project or goal.

And then I woke up. I should do a little more investigating on these dreams I think. Basically I just look up some of the broader elements I remember from my dreams, not really all the details (like the fact that the shoes I could not wear were leopard print - does that actually mean anything, other than I'm subconsciously stuck in the '80's?), but what does it mean when many of these elements were not actually on or happening to me in my dream? Like the wedding, or the pregnancy, or the donkey? Most of the definitions I find assume that I'm the one getting married, or I'm the one riding the donkey or having the baby.

Also, analyzing this dream changed it from a pretty funny dream to a pretty depressing dream.

All definitions come from the website Dream Moods.