Being Stubborn
To see oneself being stubborn in a dream signifies placing excessive confidence in oneself, becoming hateful in the eyes of people because of pride and arrogance, and becoming involved in wickedness and evil. Stubbornness, in every condition and circumstance, signifies sorrow and grief.
To be stubborn in a dream is a sign of quarrelling. If a person is stubborn in a dream concerning a matter, it signifies that he will enter into trade in agreement with someone, or that he will ask for something promised to him.
To see in a dream that another person or one of the members of one’s household is acting stubbornly toward him concerning a matter indicates that he is in sorrow and distress. To see oneself being obstinate and insistent is not auspicious. According to one account, obstinacy and insistence signify flight and abstention. Whoever sees himself being obstinate and insistent concerning a matter will flee from an affair in which he is engaged. If he is a high-ranking official, he will resign his office; if he is a leader or chief in a place, he will abandon his position. If he is a merchant, he will give up trading; if he is a craftsman, he will cease working. If he has a lawsuit, he will abandon it.
According to another account: To be stubborn in a dream signifies doing or encountering evil. A person’s being stubborn in a dream signifies his fleeing from something in which he is engaged, or quarrelling, enmity, disputation, or engaging in trade.
Whoever sees himself showing enmity and stubbornness in a dream will grieve on account of one of his affairs, his heart will become distressed, or people will hate him.
Positive Meaning
It provides early awareness; the person sees risks before they grow and can choose a more solid path.
Shadow Meaning
Neglect, haste, untrustworthy people or uncontrolled behavior can increase the difficulty.
Advice
In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, emotional life, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.