Dreams about Adoption
Conjuring dreams of adoption doesn’t always mean you’re ready to welcome a child into your life. Instead, it might symbolize embracing something new or extending help.
This could also signify a profound connection to your inner child or integrating your male and female energies.
The most recurrent dream theme often revolves around adopting a baby boy or girl. However, it’s not uncommon to dream of adopting twins, triplets, or even pets like cats and dogs.
What you’re adopting in your dream guides your perspective, shifting it from external to internal. Remember, these dreams are often symbolic, linking to discovering your inner harmony.
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Did you know the earliest recorded adoption was Pharaoh’s daughter adopting baby Moses in the Bible?
Dreaming Of Adopting A Baby Boy
Dreaming of adopting a baby boy often relates to integrating male energy into your life. A link to the sun (son), creative male energy, fatherhood, and the ability to nurture life.
Your dream suggests that, consciously or not, you’ve taken responsibility to nurture the male aspect within you.
For males, this dream might signify accepting their inner child (see below). For females, it indicates accepting their animus—the unconscious male aspect within the female psyche.
Like yin and yang, this child has always been part of you but remained unrecognized. The boy emerging in a female’s dream symbolizes a new balance in your energies.
- Becoming more assertive.
- Taking a stronger life role.
- Adopting leadership qualities.
- Becoming more rational.
- Learning and understanding masculine skills (handiwork, cars, construction, etc.).
- Integrating the shadow self.
Dream Of Adopting A Baby Girl
Unlike adopting a baby boy, this dream encourages you to explore your inner feminine energy. Embracing the moon’s influence, emotions, and harmony.
The baby girl represents the inner feminine within (for males), or reconnecting with your inner child (see below). A positive sign indicating harmony between masculine and feminine energies.
This little girl helps males connect with their inner feminine (animus). This energy, now identified, will grow within you, making you a more integrated being.
- A heart full of love and inner emotions.
- The art of listening.
- Practicing thoughtfulness and considering others’ needs.
- Caring for others.
- Rediscovering gentleness.
- Fostering creative energy.
Fun Fact:
Did you know the US adopts more children both internationally and locally than the rest of the world combined?
Adoption Dreams: Your Inner Child
Your dream might be influenced by past traumas, ranging from parental divorce, physical or mental abuse, financial stress, emotional neglect, or simply feeling overlooked compared to siblings.
By adopting a child in your dream, you’re reclaiming a part of yourself. This was a neglected child in need of love and attention, which you’re now unconsciously nurturing to adulthood.
Consider yourself fortunate, as this dream symbolizes rebirth. Those who neglect their inner child may dream of rescuing the child from danger, a pattern you might recognize from your past.
Adopting Dogs And Cats Dream
Instead of reflecting on our inner child or new aspects we adopt in life, dreaming of adopting cats and dogs taps into our unconscious instincts.
Similar to adopting a boy or girl, cats and dogs in dreams represent masculine and feminine traits. These symbols suggest you’re integrating these qualities into your psyche.
