Paralysis in a dream commonly reflects helplessness -- a situation where you feel unable to act or speak up even though you desperately want to. It often surfaces during periods when you feel powerless over a decision, a relationship, or circumstances that seem entirely out of your hands.
Three manner of wayes the Planets are varied or changed, by reason of their first qualities, of their Houses, and significations. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)