Okay long overdue response do to some issues in my life at the moment. But here it is, Ra. Also wanted to thinka bout the response a bit because I've had a few similar fragments of dreams since then. What's been said gave me a chance to mull these new fragments over a bit.============================================
The most obvious alternatives have to do with repressed sexual or homosexual energies, or a desire to become free of limitations/inhibitions in waking life. Do either of these apply to you?
+++ Definitely not homosexual energies, though I do have a desire to shed some sexual inhibition. I consider myself a very sensual person, & half the time my outlet for channelign some of that energy has to be through my poetry (about fantasies, lost causes, etc.)
Well, I am not a big fan of the obvious, so I think we can squeeze out some other possible suggestions.+++
Being tied up and turned on could have something to do with a passive/aggressive aspect of self which is being subconsciously played out through your dreams. Who tied you up? A male? This could be a subconscious expression of wanting a relationship, wanting to give in to a union which you do not have. Submission to masculine forces.
+++ I dont remember or distintly recall a specific person tying me up, but I did feel a "male" presence in the dreams. & I will second that about wanting to be in a relationship. I've experienced times in my life that where I felt the most whole was when I was sharing myself with another person, & at the moment there is no significant other in my life. +++
The urge to look at lesbian porn could be your subconscious pointing towards some aspect of self that you need to incorporate in order to become more complete, and perhaps in order to attract those masculine forces you seek union with. So what does that mean to you? Do you need to be more in touch with your feminine side? Do you need to be more open or receptive? Or perhaps the opposite - are you overly open or sexual? Are you too strongly feminine (at the expense of a balance with your masculine side)?
+++ I consider msyelf a feminine person. But the majority of planets in my astrology chart is masculine (8 planets in masculine signs; only 2 in feminine signs). I think if anything, I need to bring them more in balance.
To me, dreams containing sexual material usually indicate powerful energies of some sort, not necessarily sexual in waking life, that need to be expressed or completed somehow.
+++ I want more than anything to express myself as a woman to someone I love & to know what it's like to really be a woman with someone I'm very simpatico with. Not necessarily in a sexual way, but in a loving, companionship way. +++
On a side note not related to the dreams (i think), I've only had that once before in a serious relationship(about 4 years ago) & I was stupid & screwed up that relationship.