Whether you are a man or a woman, dreaming of castration can represent a fear that you are losing power or that someone is trying to take power away from you.
If you are man castration, having your balls cut off, in a dream can also represent anxiety over sexual performance.
If you are a woman, castration can also mean you are repressing angry feelings toward a man in your waking life or that you are trying to repress the masculine parts of your personality.
If you are castrated in your dream, the nature of the person who castrates you can provide a clue to the meaning of the dream.
There are many symbols for castration in dreams, such as destroying a tall building or cutting off a necktie.
Castration in a dream often represents a metaphorical castration – a loss of power or control.
A dream that you are castrated can be a message that you are causing yourself harm by denying or shutting out a part of yourself – perhaps by repressing strong emotions or by refusing to accept an aspect of your personality.
Being violently castrated in a dream can be a sign that you need to face your deepest fears.
If you dream that you are castrated, you could be having trouble integrated your masculine and feminine sides – your strong, assertive, rational side and your passive, receptive, emotional side.
A man who dreams about castration may have concerns about his own masculinity.
If you dream that you castrate someone else, you may feel that they have too much power over you.