Dreaming Lens: Is the skeleton complete or fractured? Is it a medical skeleton that is clean and pristine, or is it buried and partially decayed? Is the skeleton recognizable as having once supported someone known to you? Does it frighten you, or intrigue you?
Personal Focus: Skeletons support the physical body and are not readily visible to the outside world. They are the foundation on which everything else is built. In the dream world, they represent this same underlying structure of our bodies, ourselves, and our lives. A skeleton is the invisible underpinning of any physical, conceptual, emotional, or spiritual construct in your waking life.
The skeleton of our lives is the structure of ideas, beliefs, and myths around which we superimpose our sense of self. When you can see the skeleton of something, you have a better idea of what is supporting it or holding it upright. If you dream of this image, you might be getting a message that something in the structure needs to be examined.
Discovering a skeleton in a closet may suggest that some of your thought structures may be outdated and need to be taken out and contemplated. If a skeleton is being studied in a laboratory, it may be time to explore the underlying structure of something—ask what’s underneath so you may better discover ways of managing an area of your life.
Consider in what context the skeleton appears in the dream and how you respond to it emotionally. A sense of fear, of feeling “shaken to the bones,” means you may fear confronting some underlying structure that you have perhaps taken for granted. Do you need to reconsider your beliefs about something or someone? If so, you may dream of a skeleton appearing as a result of such an investigation. Your familiarity or comfort level with seeing the skeleton will match the insight you are having as the essence of that area of your life is exposed to your inner view. [1]
A skeleton is the invisible underpinning of any physical, conceptual, emotional, or spiritual construct in our waking lives.
The skeleton of our lives is the structure of ideas, beliefs, and myths around which we superimpose our sense of self. When you can see the skeleton of something, you have a better idea of what is supporting it or holding it upright.
If you dream of this image, you might be getting a message that something in the structure needs to be examined. [2]
A skeleton in a cupboard represents a past action or shame we wish to hide.
A dancing skeleton is an awareness of the life we have lived or arc living.
To dig up a skeleton is to resurrect something we have buried.
Psychologically, we sometimes need to be aware of our feelings about death. Such an obvious image in dreams forces us to be aware of this.
A skeleton can also suggest feelings or talents which we have forgotten and which therefore have ‘died’.
A skeleton alerts us to our own feelings about death. We arc aware that the physical must ‘die’, but that there is a framework which is left. [3]
Vision: Seeing a skeleton is a reference to your innermost convictions and the essence of your personality—never ignore it. Ancient dream interpretations state that the skeleton is a promise of a very long life.
See also: Bones, Cadaver, Death.
Depth Psychology: A skeleton is a symbol of the past and death and a sign of profound fear (fear of death, death wishes, etc.) Frequent dreams about skeletons might suggest that you need to consult with a psychotherapist. [4]
If the bones are strong and healthy, then so is your foundation.
If the bones are weak or brittle, then it is time for you tend to strengthen your foundation from the inside out.
If you are dreaming about a skeleton it does not necessarily mean that you are dreaming about physical death. This is a good dream because it is telling you that you may need to begin “filling up” with feelings, adventures, work, or general enthusiasm for life. It may be that your style of living and relating to people has been “bare to the bone” and your soul can’t take it any more! So, lighten up psychologically; eat the fruits of life and fatten up! [6]
To dream that you are a skeleton, is a sign that you are suffering under useless worry, and should cultivate a milder disposition.
If you imagine that one haunts you, there will soon come to you a shocking accident or death, or the trouble may take the form of financial disaster. [7]
To see someone depicted as a skeleton indicates that a friendship or bond with someone no longer exists. [8]
To dream that you are a skeleton means that you are worrying too much over things that are trivial. Also see “Skull.” [11]
2. If one attaches a person’s name to the skeleton, it suggests that the relationship with the person is dead.
3. One needed to get to see all of a problem. [13]
If you dream that a skeleton haunts you it forebodes carelessness that can result in an accident or death. [14]
Some time. [16]
If you are kissing a skeleton in a dream it means you hate wisdom and love death, Prov. 8:36 [17]
If a skeleton with a scythe, see Scythe. [18]
2. Dead/death;
3. Fear;
4. Framework; 1 Cor. 15:26 [20]
ancestors, of: cease to define yourself by their terms.
animal, of an: wil have fear because your wrongdoing may be exposed.
being a: flesh out your character for others to see its value.
chased by a: aches in joints are caused by disease.
man, of a: wil inherit property to which a secret is attached.
of a: wil have spel s of nausea from a pervading fear.
someone you know, of: get down to the bare bones of the problem.
woman, of a: your depression can be shaken off. [28]