Father

A dream about your father suggests authority and security problems or acceptance – a symbol that changes from male to a female. The father is also a symbol of protection and security, however he may come across negativity if this is missing in your life. Having arguments, noticing a sick or injured father reflects the relationship and inner feelings that are damaged. A women’s inner masculine or animus reflects their own inner feelings that can either be healthy or underdeveloped based off of the past relationship.

In dreams, the image of a father (yours or someone else's) is a representation of love and well-being. If you dream of your father dying, however, great misfortune may lie in your future.

Generally all people in a dream represent you. The father in a dream signifies what you were taught in terms of aggression and asserting yourself to become independent, whether you are a man or woman. The father portrays that part undergoing exploration, and the dream offers a message about its well being through the drama of what takes place with the father. Dad will appear in your dreams when you are exploring the influences that he holds over you. If he is driving the car - the dream can be showing how his influences are currently driving you. When he appears in your dream - examine his presence as your own judgements that can be either positive or negative. Similar to police appearing in a dream - dad can represent your critical tapes. Since everything in the dream is representing the dreamer - it is not 'dad' that is the focus - but the aspects that you adopted from him. See Family.

Seeing one’s father in a dream means attaining one’s goal. One’s dreams are most beneficial when he sees his parents, grand parents or a relative. Seeing one’s father in a dream when in wakefulness one needs help means that help will come his way from sources he does not anticipate. If in real life he is awaiting someone’s return from a journey, it means that such a person will soon arrive. If one is sick, it means that he will recover from his illness. If he sees that his father is given a dwelling with high fences, it means that he will continue his father’s work and manage what he has left for him in this world.