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“Why am I dream about cigars?”
Well, let’s get straight to what Freud might have said. Sigmund Freud, the famous psychoanalyst who encouraged the exploration of dreams and promoted dream work, was well known for believing in phallic symbolism in dreams.
So whether you dreamt about a canoe, a banana or a cigar, the Freudian school of thought would suggest it’s something to do with sex, or at least a repressed desire about it. It’s fair to say for some people this may well be the case, though even then, not all sex dreams are actually about sex (in fact only a small percentage of people even have them).
However, even Freud is believed to have said, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”.
So what does a cigar mean in dreams?
Cigars can be associated most commonly with status and celebrations.
In the movies, the head of the mob or a wealthy business man is usually seen sitting with his squad enjoying a cigar as a symbol of his power and wealth. It may be that at the time of your dream you have been thinking about status and, in particular have some ideas about how to live a more lavish life. You may be in a rare position of authority where you feel comfortable in your surroundings and your every wish is someone else’s command. Or you simply desire it to be that way.
When a baby is born and his or her arrival is celebrated, people, especially men, may be seen smoking a cigar. If you’ve had a cigar dream (depending on the context) you may feel it is a time for celebration or that some important reason to celebrate is on the horizon.
All of the above can apply wherever your gender, but traditionally a cigar is a male status symbol. (There are also many different types of cigars which women can and do smoke and like any dream analysis the interpretation will be individual and subjective). If a woman is dreaming of smoking a cigar, she may associate this with what’s described traditionally as her “masculine” qualities (or those commonly associated with masculinity) such as strength and power.
A common complaint from non-smokers is the pungent smell which emanates from cigar smoke. If cigar smoke appears in your dream, and you don’t like them, them it’s worth thinking about why that may be. Perhaps there is a powerful (and possibly annoying) character around you in your waking life.
If this is a dream you have frequently, you might find keeping a dream diary a useful way to notice patterns in your dreaming and understand why you dream in when you do. I offer a template in my book Answers In The Dark.
Delphi is the author of Answers In The Dark: Grief, Sleep and How Dreams Can Help You Heal, out now on Amazon and Hive. The Dreams Maven™ is part of the Helping You Sparkle™ portfolio. You might also like Monday Mojo™.
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