Guitar
To dream of an acoustic guitar represents the expression of feelings of authenticity, simplicity, and being more interesting than someone else for who you really are. Expressing a desire to live a life that feels more genuine and true to who you are, unencumbered by societal expectations or personal fears. Your comfort with who you are, or your desire to share your true self with others. Attempting to "move people" with your authentic self.
Negatively, the dream might symbolize a fear of exposure, or anxiety about being judged for who you really are. Feelings or regrets about expressing your authentic self to others is a mistake or excessive.
To dream of an acoustic guitar that is out of tune or broken may reflect feelings of discord, dissatisfaction, or a sense of being out of sync with your authentic self.
To dream of an electric guitar represents the expression of feelings of everything edgy and awesome being possible while being more interesting than you ever thought. Encouraging others to feel good noticing how totally awesome, edgy, or cool you are. Feeling good being edgy and awesome like nothing can stop you. Feelings about a situation being the coolest thing anyone has ever experienced. Projecting feelings about yourself being dangerously cooler or exceptionally more exciting than other people.
Negatively, dreaming about an electric guitar may be a sign that you are trying too hard to show off or impress other people by being awesome or edgy. Feeling good being dangerous about why nothing can stop you. Showing off feeling good never seeing losing is possible that's excessive.
Guitar dreams may also be common to people in a band to reflect issues with their band. Frustrations with practicing.
Example: A teenage boy dreamed of playing the acoustic guitar while his ex-girlfriend started an argument with him crumpling up a piece of paper and throwing it in his face. In waking life, he was spending a lot of time contemplating his future and wondering if he would ever find the right girl. He had also been having other dreams about his ex-girlfriend. In this case, the acoustic guitar may have reflected his desire to communicate authentically and sincerely to his ex-girlfriend about the reasons for breaking up not a problem so that she'd get back together with him. He stops playing the guitar and argues with his ex-girlfriend because it reflects his objectivity about issues that led to the breakup and seeing it as a mistake.
Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing someone sitting in a garage on a folding chair playing an acoustic guitar. In waking life, he was a gay male who was expecting another gay male to leave his wife while also preparing to enter drug rehab. In this case, the guitar playing may have reflected his attempt to practice expressing his feelings about the authenticity and simplicity of coming to terms with his drug addiction so that he could be more interesting to his gay lover in a relationship.
Example 3: A teenage girl dreamed of buying a 25 dollar guitar for her brother, but he didn't know how to use it. In waking life, she had a bad argument with her brother and hadn't spoken to him in over a year and didn't like noticing him beginning to argue with their mother. In this case, the guitar she bought for her brother may have reflected her feelings about wanting to reconnect with her brother through an authentic and sincere gesture, hoping that it would allow them to communicate and understand each other better. She may have perceived the guitar as a symbol of simplicity, honesty, and harmony, something that could bring them closer. The fact that he didn't know how to use it might reflect her underlying fear or realization that their relationship was more strained and complicated than she'd hoped, and that a simple gesture might not be enough to heal the rift between them.
Example 4: A man dreamed of finding his electric guitar smashed and then thinking of replacing it with a new white one. In waking life, he was experiencing problems with his wife sexually and was considering trying to improve the relationship. In this case, wanting to replace his electric guitar may have reflected his desire to bring a new spark or edginess into his sexual relationship to overcome the existing problems by being honest and open-minded about being less selfish about doing what his wife wants in bed.
