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Death & Dying Dream Meaning

Death in dreams is rarely, if ever, literal. Rather it is a metaphor for letting go, change and transformation.

• Some part of your behaviour, your life or a habit has to “die”. You need to take some radical, life changing action to resolve your current dissatisfaction.

• Find the courage to let go of the past and act on your inner ambition to solve this dream. [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Premier in Dream Dictionary by The Premier [Back to dream]

What does Death & Dying mean in a dream?


To dream of dying, foretells that you are threatened with evil from a source that has contributed to your former advancement and enjoyment.To see others dying, forebodes general ill luck...

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The old is dying; make way for new beginnings. Life is a process of death and regeneration into higher awareness, the old dying off in order for one to continue...

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Fears of death and dying are often translated in dreams as entering into a valley – the so-called valley of death.The less fear we have over dying the easier our...

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If it is the dreamer dying, it never has any connection to a real impending physical death. Rather, it is a reference to the need to change one’s path in...

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Death in dreams is rarely, if ever, literal. Rather it is a metaphor for letting go, change and transformation.• Some part of your behaviour, your life or a habit has...

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Dreaming about death is very common and it can be interpreted in many different ways. Death is usually a symbol of some type of closure or end. It implies an...

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To dream of dying or altering the essence or perception of something represents your desire to make an impression or leave your mark or imprint on someone. Consider what is...

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Dreams in which you appear dead or are dying are unlikely to presage your actual death.If you were struck down by a disease in your dream, then your unconscious may...

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The end of a phase of your life before entering another one.Some aspect of your life situation coming to an end (or a fear of or desire for such).A fear,...

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Dreams of a tomb reflect your feelings and attitudes towards death and dying.See Death, Cemetery and Goddess Persephone.

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Frequent dream symbol. Something is supposed to die, to be put aside, to be completed to make room for the new, as in Baby, Birth.(Here however, the emphasis is more...

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Universal Landscape: Death of a Character Aspect.Dreaming Lens: What was your relation to the dead person? Was he/she known to you or a stranger? Did you experience grief? Were other...

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Dreams of an obituary represent your feelings about death. You are at the end of a cycle, relationship or pattern.If you dream of reading your own obituary, then you are...

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1- In everyday life, a mortuary is a frightening place, connected as it tends to be with the trauma of death. When a mortuary appears in a dream, we are...

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Sleep patterns vary markedly across different age groups, with people sleeping progressively less soundly in later life. Stage 4, or deep sleep, in particular, practically disappears among the elderly. Studies...

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The end of a phase in some area of your life.The physical body in general, or the idea that it’s just a physical “shell” in which a person lives during...

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interpreted upon 5 sides: marriage & scholar & great / old man & dying (not necessarily death) , deception.

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1. Christ crucified;2. Humility (poor person’s offering);3. Dying to self (grain dying); Lev. 5:11; Ps. 34:18.

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Fear of death.Acknowledging your own mortality.A feeling or fear of something in real life trying to take something from you (time, attention, energy, focus, etc.).A feeling or fear of an...

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A feeling of loss, grief, loneliness, or isolation.Grieving a specific loss or change in your life (losing a loved one, losing a job, etc.).A fear or feeling of abandonment (whether...

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1. Hearth, representing center of domesticity.2. Domestic troubles (if fire is not present or dying).3. Disappointment, apa­thy (not present or dying).4. Love and happiness.

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Areas of progressive change in one’s life, emerging personal qualities; occasionally one’s children being helped in their growth’. Dead, dying plants: loss of vital enthusiasm; dying pleasure.See weeds.

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Dreams of crypts are indicative of a fear of dying or a preoccupation with the concept of death. However, such dreams can also imply the dreamer has significant issues of...

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Your life force, life energy, chi, or the part of you that constitutes “life” can represent: Your existence.Your soul.Your will, ego, or consciousness.Your identity.The idea of being alive.Your life force...

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Our own internal emotions or drives we are fright­ened of. Use the approaches in dream processing to change the monster into usable personal resources; dread of death; a monstrous deed...

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If a dead person is seen as dying again and there is weeping without screaming and mourning it means a relative of his will get married and the marriage will...

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Dreams of an urn reflect your feelings and attitudes about death and dying. Perhaps you are hanging on to a relationship, clinging to the past or wanting to salvage your...

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Dreams of an airplane terminal signify the beginning or completion of a journey. You are in the midst of a transition.If you dream of a terminal illness, then this dream...

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To dream that you are shot, and are feeling the sensations of dying, denotes that you are to meet unexpected abuse from the ill feelings of friends, but if you...

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See Murder, Death, Dying. Disconnected personality or emotions. Warning signal: You are carrying something foreign—something that is dead—around with you.If these dreams appear frequently and are accompanied by fear, it...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: In dreams we can often allow our fears to come to the surface in an acceptable way.The cemetery in dreams is a place set apart, where...

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To dream of a particular event that has not yet occurred usually is symbolic of your own self-growth. For example, to dream of a parent dying usually indicates that the...

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Dreams about the dead or about death are not usually omens of literal death, although they may indicate anxiety about death. Violent death may represent anger and aggression, although much...

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Seeing a person in a dream who has passed away in real life can represent that person, your memory of them, a characteristic of theirs (optimism, creativity, etc.), or something...

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(Tank, Tanning drum, Tannery, Woman) A vat in a dream holds the same interpretation as a tannery, except if a tannery represents an independent woman in a dream, then a...

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1- To dream of our own death is to be exploring our own feelings about death; the retreat from the challenge of life or the split between mind and body....

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ln dreams of debt, we are to take notice, that the debtor and creditor represent- life; wherefore, to the sick, the creditor urging and constraining is great danger, and receiving...

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You being killed can represent: A feeling or fear of ill will, victimization, manipulation, or someone or something taking power away from you (physically, emotionally, or mentally).Something of yours (such...

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(Army) In a dream, ants represent weak and covetous people, an army, a family, or longevity. Seeing a colony of ants entering a city in a dream means that an...

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1- Putrefaction can represent disintegration. In real-life situations something may have gone wrong, and there is no longer any energy to sustain it. While on a conscious level we mav...

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If one sees himself struggling with death in a dream, it means arguing about his religion, or doubt about God’s revelations. Death rattling in a dream also signifies preparing to...

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The ending of a process or activity can represent an actual, feared, expected, or imagined situation in which something ends.Consider the context (such as whether the ending was expected or...

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The pit, like the abyss, represents the void and possibly death – not necessarily a physical death, but more a death of the old self. We have no choice but...

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A hanging has two symbolic connotations.The first is that it is a death and so it relates to the sacrifice that comes along with great change and transformation.The person dying...

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(1) As a sexual symbol, a tunnel represents the vagina. A train or car entering it symbolizes the sexual act.(2) It may symbolize the unconscious.(3) It may symbolize death; or...

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Universal Landscape: Rebirth, resurrection.Dreaming Lens: Were you reborn in the dream? Was someone else? Was it a literal birth, or more figurative? Did your dream include images of resurrection? Was...

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Death of old emotions and attitudes no longer needed for your highest growth. Death of fear and insecurity. Also, hiding from life, burying aliveness, emotions and sensitivity.See Death.

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Owls have the ability to see in the dark, and therefore represent your intuition or ability to really see what is going on around you and within yourself. The owl...

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