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Grave Dream Meaning

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To dream that you see a newly made grave, you will have to suffer for the wrongdoings of others.

If you visit a newly made grave, dangers of a serious nature is hanging over you. Grave is an unfortunate dream. Ill luck in business transactions will follow, also sickness is threatened.

To dream of walking on graves, predicts an early death or an unfortunate marriage.

If you look into an empty grave, it denotes disappointment and loss of friends.

If you see a person in a grave with the earth covering him, except the head, some distressing situation will take hold of that person and loss of property is indicated to the dreamer.

To see your own grave, foretells that enemies are warily seeking to engulf you in disaster, and if you fail to be watchful they will succeed.

To dream of digging a grave, denotes some uneasiness over some undertaking, as enemies will seek to thwart you, but if you finish the grave you will overcome opposition.

If the sun is shining, good will come out of seeming embarrassments.

If you return for a corpse, to bury it, and it has disappeared, trouble will come to you from obscure quarters.

For a woman to dream that night overtakes her in a graveyard, and she can find no place to sleep but in an open grave, foreshows she will have much sorrow and disappointment through death or false friends. She may lose in love, and many things seek to work her harm.

To see a graveyard barren, except on top of the graves, signifies much sorrow and despondency for a time, but greater benefits and pleasure await you if you properly shoulder your burden.

To see your own corpse in a grave, foreshadows hopeless and despairing oppression. [1]

This symbolizes a consideration of the past; a sense of identity that no longer serves you that has been put to rest.

The presence of a grave implies that the death has already occurred.

The person in the grave, if you know him or her, will give you clues to the consideration of what aspects of self are under consideration. Perhaps you are mourning something or someone from your past.

A secondary symbolic meaning has evolved that has emerged through the media.

A graveyard is also home to all of the dark elements associated with death: ghouls, goblins, vampires, and other creatures of the night. This setting in a dream may symbolize the fear of death and be an indication that you are in the realm of shadow material. [2]

Vision: If you are being buried: don’t worry, the dream is dealing with your spiritual growth, not telling you your life is in danger.

The dream might also indicate changes, and sometimes may be a message of an impending death.

If you are digging a grave: what you are doing right now could destroy a lifelong friendship.

If you are standing in front of an open grave: you need to let go of something or admit your part in a certain matter—it could finally free you from guilt and worry.

Depth Psychology: A grave indicates your desire to solve a problem, but you are still uncertain and quite helpless. You want to let go of a past issue and you are looking for a way.

See also: Cemetery, Death. [3]

To dream you see a grave, foretells sickness and disappointment; if you are in love, you will surely never marry your present sweetheart. If you go into the grave it shows you will experience a loss of property, and that false friends will defame you; if you come out of the grave, it denotes success in your undertakings, that you will rise in the world, become rich, and if you are in love, that you will speedily marry your sweetheart. If you take another out of the grave; you will be the means of saving the life of a person, who will be a very great friend to you, and receive some unexpected legacy. [4]
Material aspects: Such a dream may also be attempting to deal with our feelings about someone who has died. Falling into a grave is an old symbol for initiation. Digging a grave suggests that we need closure over an aspect of everyday life; it may mean that we can go no further with a particular task. Pushing someone into a grave signifies some very negative feelings, which need to be consciously dealt with and not buried. [5]
See also: Death

1- Dreaming of a grave is an indication that we must have regard for our feelings about, or our concept of, death. Such a dream may also be attempting to deal with our feelings about someone who has died.

2- Part of our personality may, quite literally, have been killed ofT, or is dead and buried to the outside world.

3- Spiritually, we may fear not just physical death but also its consequences. [6]

No matter what the circumstances, this is not a happy dream omen.

A new grave banked with flowers is a forecast of a broken promise; a neglected grave signifies heartache; an open grave predicts sad news from a distance; to fall into a grave is a sign of lost friendship; to dig a grave or to be aware of your own grave is a warning that you are being thwarted by secret enmity.

See also: Epitaph, Funeral, etc. [7]

A new grave is an unfortunate omen in a dream.

If you dig a gravel you are trying to avoid punishment for a wrong that you have already committed.

To see a person buried in the grave with the head exposed indicates that there is a disagreement between you and a person represented by that head.

If you find yourself in a grave you are due for a new channel of happiness. [8]

(See also: Burial, Dead/ Death, Tomb)

(1) A grave may represent death.

(2) A grave is a hole in which you rejoin the earth from which you came, and where the decaying body acts as a fertilizer for new life. Therefore, look within yourself to discover w hat has died in you, or w’hat should die; and w hat newr personal growth is - or ought to be - taking place. [9]

Graves often represent the end of the line, the end or “death” of something, rather than literal death. They also suggest grave issues that require depth of thought and contemplation before making a decision. Because of their underworld connotations, graves can indicate the realm of the unconscious. (See also: Burial, Coffin, Crypt, Dead/ Death, Hearse). [10]
If a man dreams that he is put into a grave and buried, it presageth he will die in a mean condition; yet some believe (grounded on experience) that to dream that one is dead and buried signtfieth he thai hath such a dream shall recover an estate according to the quantity of earth that is laid upon htm. [11]
To see one being dug, the sign of the funeral of a friend or relative; if you dream you are in it yourself, your recovery is doubtful (Gypsy). The first part of this interpretation might readily be construed as a wish dream, the second part as denoting incipient malady. [12]
Spiritually, we may fear not just physical death but also its consequences, particularly if we have no particular belief in the after-life.

Dreaming of a grave is an indication that we must have regard for our feelings about, or our concept of, death. [14]

This dream is always a prediction of misfortune. It signifies loss, whether from death or other causes, and at best it is a warning to avoid even the appearance of evil.

A dream of digging a grave is a prediction that a close friend will leave you. [15]

1. Visit to a grave may be a sign that the visitor needs to ex­amine issues, perhaps unconscious, that were purportedly put to rest.

2. Ready for a new start.

3. Digging a grave may signify trying to unearth something that is bothering one. [16]

The limiting depths one digs for oneself. Inability to take action. Creative thought mobilizes energy and helps one dig out again. Self has to propel self back into aliveness; no one else can do it for us.

See also: Death, Coffin. [17]

Psychological / emotional perspective: A grave may signify the loss of emotion or of feeling. Part of our personality may, quite literally, have been killed off, or is dead and buried to the outside world. [18]
This is a dream that foreshadows disappointment in love.

It is a presage of the early ending of a love aSair and should be regarded as a warning against criticism or any action which may cause jealousy. [19]

Feelings or concepts of death, feelings about someone who is dead; realisation a part of yourself is dead, buried or killed.

See also: cemetery; tomb. [20]

A grave in a dream suggests you need to give a matter more careful thought before making a decision. [21]
News from afar.

If the Grave space is open, the news will not be good. [22]

Some friend or relative will die. Recovery from illness doubtful. [23]
See “dead” [26]
(Burial, Tomb, Sepulcher) A grave in a dream represents a prison and a prison in a dream represents a grave. Ifone sees himself living in a grave in a dream, it means that he will be incarcerated in a prison. Building a grave in a dream means building a house.

If one enters a grave but does not witness a funeral in his dream, it means that he will buy a house. Digging a grave in a dream means getting married, though through tricking the woman to get her consent. Standing over a grave in a dream means committing a sin. Ifone sees himself digging a grave and upon completing his work, ifhe discovers that what he has dug is standing on the surface of the earth and has no walls in the dream, such ground represents the abode of the hereafter.

If he then enters it in his dream, it signifies that his life term in this world has come to its conclusion.

If he does not enter it in the dream, then there are no consequences to his dream. Seeing a known grave in a dream is a proof of what is true and a sign of what will unfailingly come.

An unknown grave in a dream represents a hypocrite. Building a tomb on the roof of one’s house means longevity. Visiting the graveyard in a dream means visiting people in prison. Raining over the graves in a dream means blessings from God Almighty upon the people of the graves. Graves in a dream also represent distant travels, bewilderment, a wife, or they could mean a prison. Filling a grave with dirt in a dream means longevity and living a healthy life. Seeing oneself buried alive in a dream means a calamity, tightening of one’s means or imprisonment. Seeing oneself buried alive and wearing one’s shroud in a dream also could mean marriage.

To unearth someone’s grave in a dream means seeking to pursue his trade.

If it is the grave of a scholar, then it means wanting to acquire his knowledge.

If it is the grave of a rich person in the dream, then it means becoming rich or receiving an inheritance.

If one sees the deceased person alive in his grave in a dream, it means that such money will constitute unlawful earnings, while in the first instance, the knowledge or wisdom one is seeking will be true, except if the person in the grave is dead in the dream.

A stone tomb or a sarcophagus in a dream means profits, a war prisoner, a booty or exposing one’s personal secrets.

(See also: Burial; Cemetery, Exhume, Sarcophagus, Shrine, Tower) [27]

lucky numbers: 09-14-23-42-44-48

decorating a: wil have very little joy from another’s broken vow.

destroying a: a wedding wil take place soon, leading to an unfortunate marriage.

digging a: big obstacles you create to cause others harm wil destroy you.

newly prepared: wil suffer through the sins of others and succeed using their success.

of own: enemies are trying to bring disaster to you; shoulder it and toss the dregs back.

of your father: unpleasant tidings about your inheritance; the oppression has lifted.

space being open: wil receive news of hopeless despair from afar.

enemies’: are submerging you in distress with no hope of extrication.

standing before an: confess your complicity before you are accused.

visiting relatives’: sorrow from promises not kept at a big matrimonial dinner.

walking on a: are weighted with the debt of worldly experience.

another person, your: death or an unfortunate marriage is very near at hand. [28]

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What does Grave mean in a dream?


No matter what the circumstances, this is not a happy dream omen.A new grave banked with flowers is a forecast of a broken promise; a neglected grave signifies heartache; an...

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In a dream, digging a grave means getting married. Digging a grave and talking with the deceased person about one’s needs in a dream means solving one’s problem.A grave digger...

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To see a grave digger or excavator in the dream means death for the one who sees it provided any of the following happens; he pushes the grave digger away...

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(Dig up a grave, Unearth) Exhuming the body of a deceased person and finding him alive in his grave in a dream means pursuing his tradition, knowledge, wisdom, trade or...

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In a dream, a grave digger represents a person toiling in difficulties. One cannot be at peace with him until he dies. Ifone sees a grave digger asking about him...

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If a person sees himself as alive in the grave he will either be imprisoned or he will find himself in some straitened circumstances.

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If a person sees himself being admitted or lowered in the grave it means he will be imprisoned. Or if a person sees himself being imprisoned in a place which...

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Vision: Watching a hearse drive by means saying goodbye to a person, to old habits, or to a particular position that has outlived its usefulness.See Grave.Depth Psychology: A hearse might...

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Seeing oneself digging one’s own grave means one will build for oneself a house in that town or place.

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If a person sees himself disappearing into the earth without a grave it means he will ruin himself, because of his obsession in worldly pursuits.If the disappearance is in a...

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If a person sees himself digging the grave of a dead person who is known to him it means he will follow in his footsteps in worldly as well as...

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A house which is plastered symbolizes a grave.If a person sees himself imprisoned in a new, plastered house which is unknown to him then such a house represents his grave.

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(Grave, Tomb) The graves of martyrs, holy men, saints or their shrines in a dream represent innovation, heedlessness, intoxication, adultery, corruption, or fear. Seeing the shrine of a saint or...

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(see Bones, Cemetery, Death, Din, Holy Ground, Tomb)Some type of cover-up, or a hidden matter. Look closely at what’s being buried here for more interpretive value.Putting something totally to rest...

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To dream of seeing intestines, signifies you are about to be visited by a grave calamity, which will remove some friend.To see your own intestines, denotes grave situations are closing...

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(Corridor, Doorman) In a dream, a hallway represents a servant who controls and manages the business and life of his employer. It also represents a doorman, or one’s actions that...

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(Clot, Coagulation) When one is suffering from blood thickening or clotting, then retaining or flushing any part thereof in a dream means liquidation of stagnant merchandise, or recovering from an...

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Symbolic of the grave, death, and destruction, Isa. 14:23 NLT

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If a dog barks menacingly in your dream, you’re in grave danger.

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See Funeral, Grave. Also dowry, inheritance, and a task that needs to be tackled.

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1. Sensitivity, seriousness, possible defensiveness.2. A grave or moral decision in the offing.

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(Blacksmith, Digging) Ajailer in a dream represents a grave digger.

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To dream of a body being borne to the grave foretells that the dreamer will attend a wedding.

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Symbol: A skull is a symbol of repentance and mortality.Vision: If a woman dreams about her deceased husband: she has come to terms with his death. Dream-psychology has proven that...

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If the name of someone you know appears on a dream tombstone, ask yourself which characteristics you associate with that person and whether or not you should eradicate or change...

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To dream of marigolds implies that your life will be long, happy, and full of prosperity. You will avoid grave illnesses and hardships.

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Fear of life, resignation and giving up. This symbol may refer to ancestors or to burial. What have you been burying? Or what is it that you should bury? Or...

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To dream of studying this language, denotes victory and distinction in your efforts to sustain your opinion on subjects of grave interest to the public welfare.

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To dream of being in a cemetary means self-renewal and giving up old attitudes or habits.See also “Grave.”

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To dream of hyssop, denotes you will have grave charges preferred against you; and, if a woman, your reputation will be endangered.

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The One who recites it in his dream will be safeguarded against harms caused by oppressors; he will also be granted protection from the chastisement of the grave and punishment...

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1. Death;2. Without life (Spirit of God);3. Superficiality;4. No faith (open grave);5. The end of something;6. Putting something to rest or death. Ezek. 37:1-10;

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1. Curse of the law;2. Spiritually dead;3. Death;4. Demonic influence;5. Resurrection life of God, the dead in Christ shall be raised first; Matt. 23:27; Luke 11:24.

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To dream of porcelain, signifies you will have favorable opportunities of progressing in your affairs.To see it broken or soiled, denotes mistakes will be made which will cause grave offense.

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To see ferns in dreams, foretells that pleasant hours will break up gloomy forebodings.To see them withered, indicates that much and varied illness in your family connections will cause you...

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To dream of an engine, denotes you will encounter grave difficulties and journeys, but you will have substantial friends to uphold you. Disabled engines stand for misfortune and loss of...

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To hear knocking in your dreams, denotes that tidings of a grave nature will soon be received by you.If you are awakened by the knocking, the news will affect you...

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To dream you see an inscription, foretells you will shortly receive unpleasant communications.If you are reading them on tombs, you will be distressed by sickness of a grave nature.To write...

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In a dream a crypt or a catacomb can represent the womb. Alternatively, a space beneath the ground often represents the unconscious mind. (See also Burial, Coffin, Dead / Death,...

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A patient cries or laughs: a sick person will soon recover from the illness • Someone from afar comes to cry in front of you: you may hear a grave...

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To see a fireman in your dreams, signifies the constancy of your friends.For a young woman to see a fireman crippled, or meet with an accident otherwise, implies grave danger...

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Committing an injustice in dreams is evidence of certain tendency toward abuse that, in the long term, could result in grave consequences for the dreamer. To suffer one, on the...

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1. A message or document of grave importance (as in “last will and testament”).2. Changes in the offing.3. Sugges­tive of themes in either the old testament or the new testa­ment...

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1. A need or desire to change identity, possibly to “mask” a wrongdoing or pranksterism.2. A need or desire to relax, be less “grave” for a while.3. Repressed feelings of...

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To dream that you have wings, foretells that you will experience grave fears for the safety of some one gone on a long journey away from you.To see the wings...

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Dark hole is unknown part of self you are now facing. A hole in something means repair is needed; or thought processes are lacking, as a hole in your argument....

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(Basket weaver, Caner, Mesh weaver, Reed) In a dream, a caner represents a weaver, a tailor, a builder, an architect or a grave digger.

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To see an ambulance indicates that you should exercise caution or you may have an accident.To be riding in an ambulance means you have made a grave error. Look back...

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Washing a deceased person with boiling water in a dream means that the latter is already sufferingfrom hell in his own grave.(Also see Hot water)

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(Knitting) In a dream, a weaver represents a problem solver, garments, travels, or hesitation. Seeing a weaver in a dream also may indicate the death of sick person, or lowering...

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If you dream that you attend a wake and the deceased is a friend or loved one then you will hear sad news in the near future.If you see a...

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