Courtroom Dream Meanings

To dream that you are in court listening to charges against you signifies your struggle with issues of fear and guilt. A situation or circumstance in your life is giving your much distress and worry, and you may feel that you are being judged in some way.

If your dream focuses on a law court, a judge or justice in general, this can indicate that your unconscious is trying to sort out right from wrong in your waking life; the moral confusion might be on a personal level or something to do with your social life. Such dreams may also be urging you to pay attention to your actions or to your attitude towards authority.

The image of a jury in a dream indicates struggles with peer group pressure. Perhaps you feel that others do not understand you or that you are being judged in some way? If you are a member of a jury in your dream, you may feel that you need to go along with the group or go it alone regarding a certain situation in your waking life. Alternatively, do you have to make a difficult decision in real life or an unpopular judgment?

If you dream that you are in a courtroom standing up for charges against you, this represents your struggle with issues of fear and guilt.

A situation in your waking life is giving you much worry. You may feel that you are being judged in some way. Other dreams about courtrooms (for example, attending a trial or being the lawyer) predicts short-term financial troubles. However, the long-term outlook is optimistic if you avoid wasting time thinking about the past. Look forward!

Being in a courtroom in a dream may reflect concerns about justice in a perceived unfair situation It may point to the need to defend yourself or the tendency to judge others.

The courtroom may also represent the act of courting another’s wishes or, literally, dating.

An area, setting, situation, or aspect in your life in which you feel judged or subject to the authority of others.

See also: Court; Trial; Judge; Justice; Jury; Authority Figure

1. A serious matter has presented itself.

2. One has just been through a “trying” time.