Marriage
To dream of marriage represents serious commitment to an aspect of yourself. Choosing strong commitment to specific behavior. Respecting yourself having to care about something as important because it supports you all the time. Permanently behaving a certain way. Aspects of yourself that are working "hand in hand" all the time. A situation that you are always involved with. Ideas you are convinced of. Behavior or habits you can't see yourself discontinuing. Dependency of a certain way of thinking or acting. Marriage may be a sign that you are repeating certain behavior a lot or experiencing something that you feel is permanent. Being in love with yourself never thinking a single other thing.
Negatively, marriage may reflect Feeling that you can't change a situation, stop yourself from behaving a certain way, or are trapped in a relationship. Situations that you feel stuck with. Feeling trapped, held back, or that you can't get out of something.
Alternatively, dreaming about marriage may reflect relationship insecurity. Problems with secret crushes on people you are not dating. Jealousy of seeing people you are interested in being involved with other people.
To dream of seeing someone you like marry someone else may reflect insecurities or jealousy. Feeling that other people aren't committed to you.
Dreaming about problems in a marriage may reflect waking life situations where commitment or a sense of permanence are lacking. Feelings about something permanent that should be working that isn't.
Dreaming of marriage to something unusual such as a plant, animal, or object may reflect feelings about strong commitments to something unusual or unconventional based on the whatever the symbolism is what you are married to.
To dream of not being married may represent feelings of not having a serious commitment or not having a permanent connection or sense of support. Religious people who dream of not being married may be experiencing a sense that God is not supporting them in life. Negatively, dreaming about not being married may reflect feelings that you are not a jerk while someone else is. Jealousy of someone else's life working better than yours or that they're more important than you.
Example: A man dreamed of being married to Evangeline Lilly. The quality that stood out the most to him about Evangeline Lilly was her "respecting herself not liking someone if they don't care what she's feeling." In waking life the man was spending a lot of time yelling at his business partner who was being irresponsible. Being married to Evangeline Lilly reflected how he felt he had to permanently prove to his partner that he wouldn't care about him at all if the partner didn't respect the dreamer's feelings.
Example 2: A young girl dreamed of being married to a vampire. In waking life she noticed herself being dependent on using her friend to get through a class at school. In this case being married to a vampire may have reflect her feelings of permanently needing to use someone in order to support herself passing her school class.
Example 3: A young man dreamed of being married to a monkey. In waking life he was being made fun of for wanting to marry a girl that other people called a witch. The marriage symbolism in this case may have reflected his feelings about being permanently in a relationship with a girl he was losing respect for due to her acting childish.
Example 4: A man dreamed of being married to a fat woman. In waking life he was being criticized for lazy behavior that he didn't want to stop. In this case being married may have reflected his feelings about being more committed to a physically inactive life which he preferred than to an physically active life.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of being married to someone that wasn't her husband. In waking life she was very confident about ending her marriage and marrying another man if she ever wanted to. In this case the marriage symbolism may have been more literal about her feelings about her marriage.
Example 6: A man dreamed of seeing a royal wedding. In waking life he was witnessing his ex getting married to another man. In this case the royal marriage symbolism may have reflected her feelings about his ex-girlfriend being permanently married to someone who could give her a better or more respected life.
Example 7: A woman dreamed of getting married, but everything is going wrong. In waking life she was experiencing arguments with her boyfriend about his unwillingness to commit.
Example 8: A woman dreamed of getting married to a cactus. In waking life he was trying to commit herself to studying for her school exams. In this case being married to a cactus may have reflected her commitment to studying when she didn't like thinking of it and feeling stupid every time she tried.
