If a pirate features in your dream, he may be echoing a sense of someone else having taken something or someone that is important to you; he might also be a symbol of a person or dilemma that may be compromising the emotional aspect of your life, or a violation of your creative decisions or integrity may be occurring within your waking life. Sometimes a pirate is a symbol for freedom and breaking the rules.
You may have to consider taking a risk or engaging in some sort of adventure when this character appears to you in a dream.
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Martha Clarke
The Big Dictionary of Dreams
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This dream indicates that the dreamer harbors some feeling of guilt or shame for having taken something that did not belong to him in real life. You should ask yourself if you have looted something, or maybe stolen someone’s partner. The key word is “to pirate”; therefore the dream does not have a positive interpretation. Perhaps some unscrupulous person is taking advantage of you, or you of him.
Pirates can be romantic, but they are also violent and dangerous. The dream is interpreted as a warning to work with caution.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
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To dream of pirates, denotes that you will be exposed to the evil designs of false friends.
To dream that you are a pirate, denotes that you will fall beneath the society of friends and former equals.
For a young woman to dream that her lover is a pirate, is a sign of his unworthiness and deceitfulness.
If she is captured by pirates, she will be induced to leave her home under false pretenses.
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Dream Explanations - Anonymous
Strangest Dream Explanations
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Dreams of a pirate are about rebellion, breaking the rules, anarchy, seeking a treasure that is buried or out of reach of your egoic desires.
The scull and crossbones are a symbol of an ancient brotherhood that stood for wealth and power through dominance. This dream may be showing you where you are blinded by your desires and perhaps willingness to get what you want at any cost.
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DreamForth
Dream Symbols and Analysis
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To dream of a pirate signals the presence of some persons or situations creating discord to your emotional life. You may feel that someone has dishonored or attacked your creativity. On the other hand, the pirate may symbolize liberty and a person who bravely goes against authority. You may be longing to explore new life voyages and riskier undertakings.
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Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
New American Dream Dictionary
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1. Not having control over one’s life, destiny.
2. Justifiable issues of trust in relationships, likely friendships, may arise.
3. Freedom and adventure may be in the offing; use caution with questionable behavior.
4. To feel unworthy of credit for or undeserving of accomplishments or gains.
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myjellybean
My Dream Interpretation
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Dreams about pirates suggest that some person or situation is bringing chaos to your emotional life. You may feel that someone is preventing your creativity. This dream can also be a symbol that you have desires to take more risks in your life.
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Gillian Holloway
The Complete Dream Book
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A man who dreams of being a pirate will be accepted by the next woman to whom he proposes.
If a maiden dreams that her sweetheart is a pirate, she should go very slowly until he has proved himself worthy of her affections.
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Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams
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Storybook-type pirates in your dream suggest a strong inclination to enter into an exciting new ven- ture, but be cautious about your associates and inves- tigate before you invest.
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Versatile - Anonymous
Dream Meanings of Versatile
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The pirate can represent the anarchic part of our personality, which in flouting convention causes us difficulty and tends to separate us from our own integrity.
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Ella Freeman Sharpe
Psycho Dream Interpretation
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A dream of pirates indicates the dreamer’s suspicion of associates.
If you dream that you are a pirate it signifies unethical practices.
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Klaus Vollmar
Little Giant Encyclopedia
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Freeloader. Longing for freedom and independence and living out the masculine in man and woman. Opposite, and a complement to, Admiral.
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Tony Crisp
A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
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Our own piratical or plundering urges or what we feel plundered by; sens£ of having someone else take what is imponant to us.
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Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dream
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To a girl this dream indicates marriage to a foreigner; to a man travel in strange lands (Raphael).
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Internet Archive - Anonymous
Mystic Dream Book
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Exciting times, journeys and financial gain*}; the deceit of an associate will cause you pain.
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Betty Bethards
The Dream Books Symbols
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A part of yourself, something or someone is robbing your energy.
See Burglar.
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Margaret Hamilton
Dream Dictionary Unlimited
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A warning of one who would steal by reproducing another’s work, etc.
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Tyler Wolfe
Christian Dream Symbols
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Symbolic of a thief or bandit, an outcast from society, Judg. 11:3
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Raymond Buckland
Gypsy Dream Dictionary
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You are going to be doing a lot of traveling. Beware of accidents.
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Silvana Amar
The Bedside Dream Dictionary
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Suspicion - Do you fear someone stealing your heart?
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Pamela Ball
Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
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About These Interpretations
This page presents 21 different perspectives on this dream symbol from various expert sources. Each interpretation considers context, emotion, and personal meaning rather than providing fixed definitions.
