Dreaming of getting married in wicca: meaning
In wicca the marriage ceremony is called a handfasting, and marriage is seen as the union of opposites, like the Goddess and the God. A dream about getting married is therefore often read as two things coming together, in your life or in yourself.
Within this tradition
In a handfasting the couple's hands are bound together with a cord or ribbon, a custom inspired by old British and Celtic practices. Some couples bind themselves for a year and a day, others for this life or longer. The ceremony is often held around Beltane, the spring festival of fertility and union in the Wheel of the Year.
In Wiccan mythology Beltane stands for the union of the Goddess and the God, of opposites that together bring forth new life. A dream about getting married is therefore often read as a union: two sides of you coming together, or two parts of your life finally fitting.
Marrying a stranger gets a beautiful reading in that light: you are joining with a part of yourself you do not yet know. A wedding that goes wrong invites shadow work. What are you doubting, and which commitment did you begin without really choosing it?
The moon phase colours the reading. A wedding dream under a waxing moon fits growth and a deepening commitment. Under a waning moon the dream may rather ask whether an old commitment still holds.
Common variations
Hands being bound together
The image of handfasting: a conscious commitment, to another person or to a plan.
Marrying around Beltane or in spring
Strengthens the image of growth and fruitful union.
Marrying yourself
Some practitioners know self-dedication as a ritual: faithfulness to your own path.
A cord breaking during the ceremony
In shadow work, a question about doubt over a commitment you have made.
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What is a handfasting?
A Wiccan wedding ceremony in which the couple's hands are bound together, often for a year and a day or longer.
What does getting married in a dream mean in wicca?
A union of opposites: two sides of your life or of yourself coming together.
Is dreaming of a wedding going wrong a bad sign?
Not in wicca. It is read as an invitation to look at where you doubt, not as an omen about a real relationship.