CHEATING

Are you cheating in your dreams in order to pass an exam or test? If you dreamed of running, did you take a shortcut in the race? What happened? Were you caught, or did you get the gold star? How you feel about all this is important. Often dreams in which we win by cheating are similar to gray areas in waking life. They are actions that express a lack of self-confidence. Why do you think you couldn’t win the prize without cheating? Why do you feel inadequate? Why are you afraid to lose?

In your dreams, winning by cheating may leave you with an empty feeling.

If you get caught cheating in your dream, this can leave you feeling anxious as well, and these feelings are your unconscious reminding you that you don’t feel worthy of the prize. Sometimes, though, cheating dreams can be positive, indicating that you’re beginning to see yourself as a potential winner, but are not yet ready to recognize this inside yourself. The best way to make sense of these sorts of dream is to think about how you feel, and what situation in waking life they may be referring to.

Cheating (such as on a test, on taxes, or in a game) can represent: The idea of unethical shortcuts, dishonesty, or stealing (possibly relating to a real-life situation).

Resentment of someone whom you feel is attempting to control you.

Rebellion against an authority.

Feeling unwilling to put in the required effort, or preferring to take a shortcut somewhere in your life.

Dreading or lacking interest in something you have to do.

Feeling dishonest, or considering cheating or its consequences.

See Stealing, Thief, Criminal, Crime, Inferior, Adultery, Betrayed, Being, Dishonest, Lying, Trickery

For a married person to dream that he or she has been cheating in love is a sign of trouble ahead.

To dream that one has overcome a temptation to cheat predicts happiness.

Misfortune in love affairs is predicted by unmarried folk when they dream that they are cheated In card or other games or in business transactions.