What Does It Mean to Dream About Napoleon Bonaparte?

To dream of Napoleon Bonaparte represents dictating controlling behavior that respects itself with the integrity of never having to explain who it is in order to deserve to go all the way without a reason to stop. Controlling behavior that has integrity for who it is while being assertive, ambitious, with no belief that stopping should ever happen. Bossy control that demands to be admired for who it is never being wrong.

Negatively, dreaming about Napoleon Bonaparte represents feelings about behavior with the integrity of who it is being the boss being overbearing, overly ambitious, or power-hungry. Feelings about power gained through a heightened sense of never having to explain who you are that allows you to deserve to never stop being ambitious about getting your way, while experiencing going far with your goals as the reason your power will turn against you. The power and integrity of knowing you are always right that will eventually make people sick of you. Controlling power of being better than other people at being right all the time that will eventually turn people against you because being a person is important. An inflated sense of self, where one feels entitled to continuously push boundaries without explanation or accountability.

Example: While attending Radcliffe College, Helen Keller dreamed of being Napoleon Bonaparte riding a horse in a battle. The dream may have been a reflection of her feelings about her disabilities causing her to be aggressive about being supported while learning so that she could perform well in school with integrity. It may also have reflected her sense of entitlement due to how impressive she appeared to other people for who she was as a person who overcame her disabilities when most people would have given up in life. She may have felt she deserved special assistance with heightened sensitivity about preventing anyone from stopping her from being involved due to her disabilities.

Example 2: A teenage girl dreamed of being at a wedding getting married. She had to wear a red blanket that felt like she was in the painting where Napolean's wife was crowned. In waking life, she was about to turn 18 years old and thought a lot about it. In this case, the feeling of being Napolean Bonaparte's wife may have reflected her feelings about the personal milestone of turning 18 giving her a sense of importance and control for who she was as a newly transitioned woman eligible for marriage that may make people she knew start asking her about it. The symbolism of Napolean Bonaparte may also reflect the realization that once she got married, the power of who she was being an eligible single woman would be lost to the same people.

Example 3: A young man dreamed of needing to fly to Africa to ask for the help of the Great Ape spirit. The spirit gave him special powder, but instructed him to only take it after Napoleon Bonaparte agreed to the spirit's terms. In waking life, he was struggling with peer pressure to do drugs when it conflicted with his spiritual beliefs. He was becoming open to doing drugs with his friends. In this case, Napoleon Bonaparte may have reflected his feelings about an overbearing friend who would stop at nothing to get him to give up his religious conservatism and do drugs with the awareness of his personal limits with doing drugs that would make him turn on his friend if the drug usage got too high.