Protection
To dream that you are being protected or need protection, indicates that you are feeling helpless in some situation. Life's difficulties have made you dependable on others. You need to start taking charge of the situation.
To dream that you are protecting someone, suggests that you are putting up an emotional wall or barrier between you and others around you. Consider who or what you are protecting for clues as to what aspect of your own self you are afraid of letting out and letting others know.
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"
- 2: a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors" [syn: protective covering, protective cover, protection]
- 3: defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness" [syn: security, protection]
- 4: the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home" [syn: protection, shelter]
- 5: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council" [syn: auspices, protection, aegis]
- 6: the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; "he made trade protection a plank in the party platform" [syn: protection, trade protection]
- 7: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection" [syn: protection, tribute]