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Enemy

The face of what opposes you

What it often means

An enemy in a dream often wears the face of something you are at war with inside yourself — a rejected trait, a fear, an unfinished conflict. Meeting them can be a chance to see what you have been fighting, and whether the war is still worth waging.

When it tends to appear

  • When an unresolved conflict is active
  • When you have disowned a part of yourself
  • When opposition has come to define a part of your life

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    What does your enemy in the dream want — and is it so different from what you want?

  2. 2

    What part of yourself might they represent?

  3. 3

    What would peace, rather than victory, ask of you?

Did this symbol visit your dream?

Decode the whole dream