Association:
– New Life and Fertility.
Question:
– Where I am going? Am I in the process of the creation? What I am going to create?
General Meanings:
Achievement – Pregnancy usually symbolizes hopes and plans, that are maturating in us and eventually become successfully achieved.
Finalization or Development – Becoming pregnant in a dream often indicates the long period of waiting, which was necessary in the dreamer’s life, and after which a specific project become completed. Pregnancy also denotes that the dreamer is developing a new range in his potential or in his personality.
Actual Pregnancy – The dream of a pregnancy is rarely an actual pregnancy of the dreamer, sometimes it is, but more often it can indicate such condition in his environment.
Psychological Meanings:
Fulfillment of Wishes – According to Artemidoros and following psychoanalytical methods in interpretation of dreams, explanation of pregnancy in a dream have one simple meaning – pregnancy means the fulfillment of wishes.
Wish for a Child – For a woman to dream that she is pregnant indicates her wish for a child or it can denotes that she has the wish to find a man.
Wish for a Man – If a woman is dreaming about pregnant man, then such dream clearly shows her wish for a man, which can bring a lot of things in their homes.
Love or Wealth for a Man – If a man is dreaming about being pregnant, then such dream indicates his wish to give a birth in his life for something. It can be related to professional activities that brings money or it can show his wishes related to riches, maybe the dreamer has desire to get new property or anything materialistic and valuable. Other meaning of pregnant man foretells that there is the desire to have loving wife.
Real pregnancy – But it is very possible that vision about pregnancy in a dream is an actual pregnancy or the wish for it.
Rebirth and Development – Pregnancy in a dream also points to a spiritual rebirth that gives us happiness in everyday life. Pregnancy can also be a symbol for a new orientation or development of new thoughts, feelings or interests.
New Qualities – When dreaming that another person is pregnant, it indicates that the dreamer is able to observe the part of himself that develops new skills or characteristics.
Wish for a Leader – The pregnancy of a man in a dream is a wish, especially if a woman dreams this, that this man takes responsibility in their lives.
Spiritual Meanings:
Patience for Transformation – On the spiritual state the dreamer is always in a period of some kind of transformation. This quality or condition of being in significant spiritual development can be expressed through dreams about pregnancy. In such case dream foretells that patience is required for final stage of the metamorphosis. To give a birth after pregnancy in a dream shows that long awaited natural process has reached the end and the dreamer is gifted with very fruitful outcome.
Traditional Meanings:
European (Judeo-Christian)
- Fortune for a Woman if She is Pregnant – If a woman finds out herself pregnant in a dream: it shows her expectation for something new from the life; success is coming into her life;
- Success for a Man if His Partner is Pregnant – If a man finds out that his woman is pregnant in a dream: it shows that his plans is transferred into next level and are going to succeed; Also shows that all creative plans and new ideas have matured and now are taking place in the realization;
- Happiness if Being Pregnant – In a dream to be pregnant or to get positive result of pregnancy test (or becoming pregnant for both, for men and for women): indicates happiness and spiritual joy; foretells that a wish will come true; Or such dream is a call for action – to start acting and put plans and ideas into practice;
- Riches if Others Pregnancy – In a dream to see that someone else is pregnant (unknown woman or man, or close relative, friend): represents wealth and promises material happiness;
- Slander if Young Person is Dreaming– For young girl or virgin woman to dream about pregnancy: predicts defamation and anger;
- Good Health if Pregnant Woman is Dreaming – For a pregnant woman to dream pregnancy – to see herself pregnant or to see someone else is pregnant or to dream about positive pregnancy test: it is a sign of easy childbirth and speedy recovery.
Arabian (Islamic)
- Plans if Being Pregnant – To be pregnant in a dream: the dreamer has bold plans;
- Problems if Seeing Pregnant – To see someone else is pregnant in a dream: the dreamer will get into trouble;
- Riches and Worries if Seeing Big Belly – If the emperor is dreaming that his wife became pregnant and her belly became bigger: he will accumulate gold in its vaults, but worries and sorrow are inevitable;
- Success if Wife with Big Belly – If common man is dreaming that his wife became pregnant and her belly became bigger: he will achieve outstanding results in his affairs.
Hindu (Hinduism)
- Broken Friendship if Being Pregnant – In a dream to be pregnant (same for both, woman and man): means that the dreamer will lose a good friend.
Artemidorus:
Dreams of pregnancy meanings accordng to Artemidorus Daldianus
Meanings of the dream about pregnant man, significance by social status
Fortune if Poor is Pregnant– If a poor man is dreaming of being pregnant, so he will earn a handsome fortune, he’ll make money in abundance and will be thick and round in this way.
Marriage if Bachelor is Pregnant – If a single man is dreaming of being pregnant, then he will marry a good woman that he will share with her everything of pleasure and pain.
Misfortune if Rich is Pregnant – If a rich man is dreaming of being pregnant, then for him such dream means trials and sorrows.
Disaster if Married Man is Pregnant – If a married man is dreaming that he is pregnant, then such dream shows possibility of losing his wife and a future without kids, no woman will be able to bring children into the world for him.
Disease for Others – Dreaming of being pregnant for other men shows chances of diseases.