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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
What does your enemy in the dream want — and is it so different from what you want?
- 2
What part of yourself might they represent?
- 3
What would peace, rather than victory, ask of you?
Did this symbol visit your dream?
Decode the whole dream