Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we all seek within ourselves complete harmony in partnership. This is a security that allows us to express parts of our personality which are not normally accessible otherwise.Dreaming of being a widow or widower when we are not suggests that we have lost part of ourselves.
A husband represents the masculine principle, the drives and ambition, and a wife the intuitive sensitive principle, so to have lost either is to have lost an essential part of the mystical union that everyone requires in order to become spiritually complete.
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Material aspects: Dreaming of being a widow or widower can suggest loss and sadness, but can also suggest the independence of old age. Sometimes such a dream can mark the change in a woman’s awareness as she moves towards the ‘crone’ or wise woman.A woman to dream of a widow highlights her ability to be free and use her own innate wisdom.
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It has been said that a woman dreaming about being a widow can represent either fear of losing a husband or a desire to be free of one’s marriage.The same meaning can be extended to a man dreaming about being a widower.
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