Actions

Betraying

Breaking a trust on purpose — choosing to act against someone who depended on you.

Betraying in a dream is the dream's image of a chosen act against someone who was depending on you. The dream is unusual in giving the action to the dreamer rather than to a third party; it is asking you to look at where, in your life, you are about to or have already moved against a trust. A betrayal acted out in the dream and immediately regretted is the dream telling you the honest part of you still recognises the line. A betrayal acted out without regret in the dream is the dream noting that something in you has already decided the other person's trust does not weigh as much as it used to, and the choice is closer than your waking mind is admitting.

Related symbols

Baptising

Marking a beginning through immersion in water — a ritual that names a person into a new identity.

Being chased

Avoidance — something you have been refusing to turn around and look at.

Being naked

Exposure — the fear of being seen unprepared.

Building a house

Constructing a place to live — long, deliberate work on the structure that holds a life.

Climbing

Moving upward against gravity — sustained effort directed at a higher position than the one you currently hold.

Closing something

Ending engagement with something — sometimes a relief, sometimes a refusal.

Disclaimer: For entertainment and self-reflection only. Not a substitute for professional advice.