Kissing dreams are frequently misread as being about desire for the specific person, when interpretive traditions more often treat them as being about integration — taking in a quality the other figure carries. That is why people so often dream of kissing someone they have no waking interest in, and find it confusing. The identity of the person is generally less informative than what you associate with them.
These are interpretive lenses, not facts — your own feeling in the dream is the better guide.
Commonly tied to a quality that person represents rather than attraction, and one of the most frequently misinterpreted dream images.
Generally read as connection sought and not returned, and frequently reported during periods of feeling unreciprocated.
Often associated with integrating something unfamiliar about yourself rather than any real person.
Usually connected to endings acknowledged with warmth, and commonly reported during separations that are not hostile.
Read as connection that keeps being interrupted, whether by circumstance or by something in the dreamer.
Kissing is generally read as integration — taking in a quality the other figure represents — rather than desire for the person. Jungian interpretation treats it as a union of opposites, which is why the partner is so often someone unexpected.
It is not treated as evidence of attraction. People very commonly report kissing dreams involving colleagues, friends, and figures they have no waking interest in, and the quality the person represents is usually the more useful question.
Strangers are generally read as unrecognised parts of the self, so kissing one is usually interpreted as integrating something unfamiliar about yourself. It is commonly reported during periods of personal change.
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