If you are not currently in a relationship, a dream about having an affair may simply be compensating for a lack of sexual activity in waking life. If you have a partner and dream about passion with someone else, ask yourself whether, if you are honest, you are finding your sex life a little dull or predictable. If so, it would be good to discuss this with your partner. Should you find this difficult, you could try mentioning your dream as a way of approaching the issue.

But what if you are enjoying a perfectly satisfactory relationship, or don’t feel that you are missing out on anything? In this case, your dream lover embodies a quality that you need to embrace. Being in bed with your boss, for instance, often reflects a hidden desire for power or status.

The man or woman in your dream can also symbolise your own masculine or feminine side with which you need to connect in order to become a whole, well-balanced personality. Heterosexual people often ask if dreaming about making love to someone of the same sex implies repressed homosexual feelings. It can – but more often the dream indicates that a woman is developing a closer relationship with her own feminine side, or that a man is getting in touch with his masculinity.