Dreaming of a castle can have several meanings depending on how it is presented in the dream. In ancient times castles were used for protection, so dreaming of a castle could represent a need or desire for protection in your life. You may feel you need protection or you may feel the need to protect someone else. Further, a castle can relate to feelings of security and threat. Depending on the context of the dream you may be feeling secure (in that you are protected by the castle), or you may be feeling threatened by outside forces (in that you need to be in a castle in the first place). Dreaming of a castle can represent your defense mechanisms that you use for protection – often going as far back as childhood, so these patterns and defenses may be unconscious. Thus, dreaming of a castle can also represent the unconscious. Along the same lines, castles can represent the parts of you that lie dormant – that are long forgotten, ignored, or discarded and uncared for. Castles can also represent the idea of royalty and all that goes along with that – such as power, prestige, money, and fame. Seeing a castle in the sky or in the clouds could represent the ideas of fantasy, magic, and illusion. Further, it could represent spirituality, religious views, or heaven.