A lover in a dream is desire, union and the meeting with what completes you. It may be a real person, but often it is your soul-image, the inner partner.
When the dream feels light
A happy encounter with a lover promises love, harmony and inner wholeness.
When the dream feels dark
A lover who leaves or betrays you points to fear of abandonment, jealousy or an unmet need.
Ask yourself
What am I longing to be united with?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Lover — Desire, union and the choice of the heart.
- Element
- Water — feeling, dream and the unconscious
- Planet
- Venus
- Tarot card
- The Lovers
- Alchemical stage
- Rubedo, the Reddening
Union and longing. What you love in another is also what you seek in yourself.
Words that call this sign
boyfriend, crush, girlfriend, husband, partner, wife
Related signs
The Rose · The Heart · The Ring · The Bed · The Cup · Wine · The Kiss · The Wedding
The card of this dream
The Lovers. A union, and a choice made with the whole heart. The Lovers stand naked beneath an angel, the tree of knowledge behind the woman and the tree of life behind the man. This is love, union and, above all, choice: a choice of the heart that reveals what you truly value.