So, what does it mean to dream about dead father?

The starting point of the interpretation of this dream begins with fundamental associations of dead father:
a) 1. Security; 2. Power; 3. Authority; – that stand as the symbolism of father;
b) 1. Spirituality; 2. Purification; 3. Intelligence; – that is for the death.

The general meaning of dead father dream has significance of authoritative powerful security and perfectly pure intelligent spirituality. That is from both sides exceptional good symbolism and portends outstanding happiness in various areas of the dreamer’s life.

So, for physical aspects it means that you are protected and being in calm, safe, careful and peaceful environment. You have fair success in your career, business or any professional activity. The dream foretells that you will achieve even more desired goals and attain honorable prosperity. You are in strong position to have firm conviction that something is the true and right. The decisions of yours are authoritative and have the influential capacity to affect someone in definitively positive way. And the carefulness, also the attentiveness, that you have, gives strongest possible trust for you character in eyes of others. People do believe and follow your way of thinking, speaking and acting. You have an ability to keep it all the times in equitable manner, so that makes the future shines for you and others who surround you too.

Also, for spiritual aspects of dreaming about dead father mean that you’re spiritually evolved person, your subconscious mind is intelligently bright and has highly developed subconsciously intuition. That emits and surrounds you and others with extraordinarily pure mystical light, which enables positive feelings and influences the thinking in clear way. Additionally the dream shows your huge aspiration and actual ability to move with ever increasing acceleration further towards Divine Oneness. It means that you do have a very special spirituality which you are sharing with others and willing to do it even more. And because of that the future will bring even more happiness to all beings in your environment. Right spirits were, are and will be forever.

Dead father/grandfather dreams soon after the death of him

After the death of someone very close to us, we are having a lot of dreams of this person; it can be a father, grandfather, mother or any other relative. It is our mind that recreates the image and the feeling of our beloved ones. The depth of the connection between a person and the father or grandfather of him is the reason of how much dreams about deceased relative the dreamer might have. Psychologically, it is the representation of what happened in waking life, our minds still accepting the fact of the death. It means that the feeling of the security in the life of the dreamer has changed and developed to new level, where the dreamer is alone responsible for it. He has it all in his own hands, what was before the death shared between him and his father or grandfather. Sometimes the dream about dead father is so strong, that the dreamer might be even crying while he is sleeping. The release of the emotions and the acceptance of the fact throughout the dream is the reflex of our healing soul and body. So, at first those dreams are giving us an ease in relation to our loss, then over time the occurrence of such dreams becomes less frequent, and the importance of symbolic interpretation becomes more evident.

Dead grandfather dream meaning: longevity and wisdom

Additionally, to what was said before, about dead father dreams, which is also applicable to the dreams about dead grandfather, such visions bear timeless never-changing wisdom and ever increasing robust longevity. It means that the dreamer is having more perennial knowledge and experience. Also, it shows that the life span of the dreamer is increasing. He is getting more endurance over time and understanding how to use it to increase well-being.

For young person, the dream of dead grandfather or grandmother is almost always the first dream related to the death. Also, it is very common and frequent dream. Additionally, it shows fast increasing maturity in youths.

Dreaming about the death of the father while he is alive

It is strong dream. Personally, I had such dreams often while my mother was alive. I know the feelings that are triggered by such dreams and the meaning is also very clear for me, but it is very individualistic and can’t be attached to everyone’s dreams. By my personal experience, the dream about the death of a relative was the realization of deep hidden expectation that the death is not avoidable and the acceptance of it before it happens is the solution to the inevitable changes of my life. Generally, the creation of such experience while we are dreaming is based on amazing ability of our subconscious mind to prepare us so that we become more stronger and capable to bear anything who might seem first unbearable. In other words, the dream about the death of the father (or other relative) while he is alive is the training to live a life without him (or any beloved one). So, this dream means that after each of such dream we become stronger. Also, it announces that sooner or later we will receive the authority, power and wisdom that our father or grandfather have.

It doesn’t have such prophetic message, of which you should think about. But it sometimes becomes very common dream for those who are in constant thinking about the health of the father or other relative. It shows delicate care and strong bond between two also.

Deceased father is alive in a dream or coming back from the dead

Most of the times such dream gives us enormous happiness, because it’s recreates the feelings that are the same while our father was alive. It shows that the reality we live in waking life is not only one. There is something magical and mystical that can be reached and experienced. It means re-birth, new beginnings, spiritual growth and overall expansion within the dreamer’s life. Alternatively, it can mean that the father here is to support, encourage you. It means that you can bear a lot of more and that depends only on your own wish. There isn’t anything to stop you. Keep in mind that and all your wishes comes true. If in the dream you seen resurrected grandfather, then it symbolizes constant wisdom that is around you.

Talking resurrected father/grandfather

If your father or grandfather was talking with you, try to remember what has been said. Is there some important message in the words of resurrected one? Alternatively, it means that you are very responsible person with the information, which you manage. If you are sharing it, then you are doing it in so delicate way for the better. Also, it can symbolize that you have the ability to encourage others just by speaking positive truth. Father represents logical aspects of how you do manage those things, while grandfather – common sense aspects of the same.

Hugging of deceased father/grandfather dream meaning: secure comfort and protective mastery

To dream about hugging the deceased father means your ability to achieve secure comfort in your waking life. If hugging the dead grandfather, then it symbolizes your potential to acquire mastery in protecting not only yourself but others too.

To be hugged by the dead father means that you have acquired guarded relaxation. If that is done by your grandfather – means that you have received mastery in protecting others.

Other contexts

Smiling dead father/grandfather dream meaning: joy because of fulfillment of wishes.

Crying dead father/grandfather dream meaning: easiness after huge efforts.

Angry dead father/grandfather dream meaning: represents possible increase in the rate or speed of current ongoing progress in seeking and reaching expected goals.

Naked dead father dream meaning: can be interpreted throughout Freud and Jung “Oedipus complex” explanation and seen as psycho-reproductive development of the dreamer.

Also, other positive dream meanings, if you were dreaming about dead father/grandfather: eating, calling, asking or giving something.

– Treasures & resources; Security & wealth.

Question:

– What is worth to me? What is value to me?

Artemidoros:

Accident – Some maintain that money and coins altogether mean accident.

Better less than more – It is always better to possess little property and money than too much, because big wealth means concerns and grief because it is difficult to manage as well as a treasure. If somebody dreams who he is penniless or poor in the waking life, this means luck and prosperity during days, the return of the former splendid relations. If somebody dreams who is rich at the waking life, that shows him many offensiveness and poverty.

General Meanings:

Evaluation of Own Worth – In the dream money is not necessarily a hard currency, but rather symbolizes the way in which the dreamer evaluate himself. When this symbol appears in a dream, it can point out that the dreamer must carefully evaluate his own worth.

Price of Actions – The dreamer is also aware of what price he has to pay for his own behavior or /and his desires.

Sexual Potency, Power and Influence – Money is also interpreted as a symbol of sexual potency, power and influence.

The exact meaning of money in the dream is interpreted by following circumstances:

• Stressful Future If Exchange - Dreaming of currency exchange often announces an uncertain future;
• Troubles If Winning – In a dream to win money warns against failures and losses;
• Failure If Losing – In a dream to lose money often means a failure, but this one isn’t so serious;
• Advantage If Finding - To find money in the dream shows that you can prevent a loss or other damage;
• Wealth If Counting - In a dream to count money announces a profit, which you will get for good work;
• Advantage If Spending – In a dream to spend money promises success and financial gains.

Dishonor or Pride If Having Money – In a dream to have money can warn from careless spending, but also announce that you can lose prestige and influence, but not always. Sometimes comes pride.

Psychological Meanings:

Wealth or Poverty – There are many signals for correct interpretation of dream about money. Important are the source of the money, the place where you get it, find or lose, their colors and their numbers. Dreaming about money can indicate either riches, wealth or poverty.

Power and Sexuality – A dream in which money is involved under certain conditions is associated with the estimation of power and sexuality of the dreamer.

Performance If Golden Coins – Some psychoanalysts believe that the money, particularly gold coins, for men is a sign of their performance in love and in life areas.

Feminine and Sensual If Silver Coins – Money and silver coins in a dream describes the feminine and when women handle the money, and it almost always stands for erotic speculation. Who has money, are powerful man, after all it is the ideal of the women. The woman longs for a man who can give her strength and power because of security and satisfaction.

Personal Success – Money can represent the personal resources in material or spiritual terms, and also the potential success of the dreamer. Paper money or coins represent more or less emotional and mental energy.

Luck If Finding – It is a very positive and good sign if the dreamer finds unexpected cash in his dream.

Inability If Losing  – If in a dream the dreamer loses his money, this is a sign that he is not using certain qualities and abilities.

Spiritual Meanings:

Knowledge and Outcome – At this level money in a dream is for the exchange of spiritual knowledge. But in the form of capital dreaming of money at spiritual level stands for the result of past undertakings.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Power and Sexuality If In General - Dreaming of money in general is the male symbol of power in love and in life and for the woman almost always money is the symbol of erotic speculation;
• Enticements or Costs If Seeing Money – If the dreamer in a dream sees money then such dream means sudden expenses or existing temptations that he must to overcome;
• Longing for comfort If seeing a lot of money – In a dream to see a lot of money indicates your yearnings for improvement of living conditions;
• Fortune If looking at a lot of money In a dream to look at a lot of money is a sign that wealth and happiness are within reach;
• Risky business If seeing foreign money – When you are dreaming that you see foreign money, then this means that you will start a very risky business;
• Prosperity If seeing coins of gold – In the dream you see bright shiny golden coins it brings good fortune, successful, flourishing, or thriving condition in your life;
• Growth If seeing coins of silver – When your dream is about money, especially silver coins, then it promises good business or personal growth;
• Difficulties If seeing copper money (coins) – You are dreaming that you see copper coins this means, that such a dream brings you worries;
• Retaliation If seeing paper money – In the dream you see paper money, then it can be a warning about hate and revenge;
• Haughtiness If seeing you own money – This dream shows that you are too arrogance with others;
• Much debt burden If found money on the street – This dream announces you that no matter the circumstances about money or financial commitments, you will stay calm and quiet conscience because you will deal with them.
• Confusion and Damage If found somewhere else – In the dream you found money, that can be as a sign of a great embarrassment. Also it can be that you will be saved from serious harm and loss;
• Anxiety If found somewhere else – When you dream that you found money, this promises little worry, but it ends luckily or in a sudden success. This will not be a disappointment, which can stop you to move on;
• Bad Omen If Borrowing – In a dream to borrow money from somebody is a
  bad sign for the dreamer, it is like a warning;
• Appreciation If Give (giving away) – In the dream you give away your money to somebody, this brings unexpectedly big gratitude for your work or help;
• Gain If Giving to a beggar – You are dreaming that you give money to the beggar, this dream promises you large profits and benefits;
• Worry If Winning – In a dream to win money is a sing that you will have some troubles, but don’t worry everything will be alright. These troubles show you that you have to pay attention to the details;
• Problems If Leaving change – You are dreaming that you left change, then you can expect uncertainty and problems in business or personal life, this will happen due to your own fault;
• Deep affection If Earning (make, deserve) – When you dream that you deserve and get money, this is a sign that this dream brings you luck in love;
• Warning If Taking – This dream warns of generosity because somebody can use your kindness and munificence;
• Prosperity If Getting (receiving) – You are dreaming that you get or receive money from somebody, we can say that this announces you success, but only through hard work;
• Deprivation If Finding a bunch of money – In your dream a young woman finds money and she pretends to be hers. This is a signal that you will suffer losses because of your wastage or your friend intervenes in your life. You will see that you have spent money without thinking and living beyond its means;
• Wastage and Privation If Finding – Also you are dreaming that you have found money, but someone pretends that it belongs to him/her, This can be a warning to you to be careful and do not spend all your money before payday;
• Troubles If Losing – In the dream you lost some money this means tears and suffer, also foretells misfortune, but that will pass soon and you will become even stronger;
• Emolument If Counting – When you are counting money in your dream this announces you that you will have good earnings and incomes;
• Discomfort If Counting and noticing a deficit – When you are dreaming that you count money and there are some lack of money, this dream shows you that pending payments will give you a headache and worries;
• Riches If Saving – In the dream you are saving your money, such a dream announces you that the wealth will grow;
• Avarice If Swallow – When you swallow some money in the dream, probably you are very greedy;
• Welfare If Getting golden money – You are dreaming that you get some golden coins, you can expect a wealth and unmitigated delight;
• Bad Luck If Paying off;
• Assistant and Friendship If seeing counterfeit money – In the dream you see counterfeit money this dream means that you will be asked by someone for help, who will turn out to be a good friend, you can trust him;
• Danger If Stealing – When you are stealing money in your dream this can mean that you are in danger and should act with more caution;
• Longing for love and safety If a woman is dreaming frequently of money – This dream shows her that the woman yearns for a man through his power and strength she can convey security and happiness;
• Erotic attraction If woman seeing – This dream has erotic significance and represents reservoir of female erotic attraction and charm.

Hindu (Hinduism) 

• Luck If Seeing – You are dreaming that you see money in the dream, this tells that you will have luck in travel or luck in the game;
• Great earnings If Counting – When you are dreaming that you or someone else are counting money, this dream shows that you will earn very much;
• Richness If  Seeing a lot of money – In the dream you see plenty of money, this dream announces you an unexpected richness and wealth;
• Warning If Receiving Dreaming that you receive free money in your dream, you have to beware before spending big;
• Worry and Embarrassment If Borrowing – In the dream you see yourself borrowing money, then you will face with some problems, troubles and confusion;
• Failure If Losing –  Dreaming that you’re losing your money this dream is as a sing  that you will have some lack of success in your work.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Temptation If Seeing – In the dream you see a lot of money, this dream announces you that you will be tempted. You may be seduced by wrong relations,   love affairs, or to be provoked to make and do bad decisions;
• Anxiety If Getting – When you dream that you get or take money, this shows that you’ll lose peace by external circumstances;
• Detriment If Finding – You dream that you find some money you may suffer from damage or loss;
• Misfortune If Losing – The dream when you lose money it is like a warning that you will experience troubles and adversities. This may be in personal life or business;
• Fruitless love If Gambling and Losing – In the dream you are gambling  and losing you money and cannot win, shows you that this love or relations, that you are now, has no future;
• Love If Winning – You are gambling in the game in your dream, this announces that you’ll have luck in love.

* Please, also see meaning of bank, currency, savings bank & miser.

Father (Eyebrow) Seeingone’s father in a dream means attainingone’s goal. One’s dreams are most beneficial when he sees his parents, grand parents or a relative. Seeing one’s father in a dream when in wakefulness one needs help means that help will come his way from sources he does not anticipate. If…

Father Dreaming of one’s father could mean that there are upcoming problems that will require fatherly advice in order to be solved. In the case that the father is already dead then this could signify that the problems are serious and that the dreamer must act with extreme caution. If a…

Father To dream of your own father indicates that you will have big responsibilities to afford. If your father is dead and you dream of him, it presages a bad step which you will overcome. In a dream to live with your father is a sign of security and good news….

Father Dreaming of your father, signifies that you are about to be involved in a difficulty, and you will need wise counsel if you extricate yourself therefrom. If he is dead, it denotes that your business is pulling heavily, and you will have to use caution in conducting it. For a…

Father Can symbolize your real-life father, an authority or caretaker figure (such as your employer), or can symbolize your spiritual parent – meaning God….

Father Father loves you. If the father is dead, it indicates a symbol of affliction….

Father-in-law Dreaming of your father-in-law, denotes contentions with friends or relatives. To see him well and cheerful, foretells pleasant family relations….

Father-in-law To dream one sees his father-in-law, either dead or alive, is ill; especially if he dreams that he uses violence or threatening. And to dream that he uses gentle speech and good entertainment, implies vain hopes and deceit….

Father-in-law To dream one sees his father-in-law, either dead or alive, is ill….

Father-In-Law Seeing your father-in-law in the dream symbolizes power and energy. Also, it symbolizes happy events with friends and family….

Father in-law Having a father in-law in a dream and particularly for someone who does not have in-laws means strength, peace and tranquility….

Father-in-law To dream one sees his father-in- law, is ill, whether he is dead or alive….

Jewel light of the father’s eyes In a dream, it means one’s sons or daughters….

Family, Relatives, Cousin, Nephew, Father-in-law/Mother-in-law, Aunt/Uncle, Son-in-law In this dream the action happens here and now, if not so this is another dream, for example, if we see relatives and characters from our childhood we refer to children. To see a relative in dreams announces surprises or news. To see that deceased relatives that are alive, announces…

Father-in-law, mother-in-law Gossips, risk of falling into contradictions and errors, disloyalty….

Source: Father dreams

– Authority, control, leadership, recognition.

Question:

– What do I take care of?

In general:

Father partly stands for the relation to own father and / or makes clear these traits which he has affected by his bringing up; behind it you can often see neurotic disturbances which were founded in the childhood. However, it can also point a strong influence by a father-figure with an immature personality. Generally it symbolizes manliness, power and energy.

Psychologically:

The father is a symbol for traditional order and natural authority in the dream. The archetypal representatives of the rational, function of the active consciousness and the will. The father in the dream is mostly the agent the purpose in life bound understanding of life content, but also traditional element. Has or had the dreamer a good relation to own father, diminishes this by the unconscious conflicts and leads us to a certain extent in his hand certainly on the correct way. In the dreams of adults the father appears either as a helpful figure which recalls the long-forgotten lessons of the former father in the memory, or the strong personality of the Father side of the dreamer. In the dreams of young people, the father in a dream is usually an opponent. With this picture, a generation gap can be expressed when the father occurs in other than natural forms. The dream consciousness wants to help the dreamer to separate from childish father’s images and to recognize the father as people like others. When the daughters dream, it often translates the first lover, with women generally or also the husbands – in badly running marriages – the longing for a new life partnership and shows the ideal marked of a desired partner. Women dream more frequently of the archetypal father-figure, which appears in women’s dreams and not necessarily represent the biological father. This is typical woman who is striving for security (who felt herself as a small girl, provides protection of the father). However, on the other hand the father is considered in the dream also as the personified bad conscience (particularly if the mother and the father have always act as the punishing), particularly in view of frequent changes of partners. For sons, he is more the authority figure, the model, but also the rival, the husband of the beloved mother.(What suggested Freud, the Oedipus complex, because Oedipus has killed his father and has married his mother.) Those who dreams of the deceased father, with whom he had a relationship of trust during his lifetime, association receives advice and assistance in a quandary position. Who himself becomes in the dream the father, even if that should not be in the waking life. In everyday life, perhaps an idea for which it is worthwhile to work with energetically effort. However, generally, the whole dream may be considered very carefully, because the father is a very ambiguous dream symbol.

Traditionally:

European (Judeo-Christian)
– For girls and women revolt or reminder of the male nature; very often also inclination or appreciation for educator, teachers, ministers etc, to transfer to the father image ;
– For men frequently discussion with forced, often men dealing with imposed, superior, sometimes annoying, mostly unpleasant powers;
– To see in your dream: this is a sure sign that he loves you; also: you will be soon involved into a problem and need a well-meant advice;
– To talk with him: a sign of coming happiness;
– Silent confirmation and to see ill: you may expect future difficulties;
– To see the living father: this will bring disgrace about the family, and it is admonished to the debt opposite his parents` home;
– In the dream you see deceased father: announces an unexpected joy or help; the business becomes stormy, and you need circumspection for their accomplishment;
– In the dream you see dying or dead father: announces a long life of your father;
– If a young woman sees her deceased father, her lover does a wrong game with her, or he will cheat her.

Hindu (Hinduism)
– In the dream you became a father: to single ones, it announces quick marriage, marrying good children, beautiful married life;
– To see or speak with your father: luck;
– To see dying: accident;
– You see dead father: there will be changes in your family.

Arabian (Islamic)
– In the dream you speak with your father: you will learn and know something good;
– You lose or can not find your father: you will get in a big embarrassment;
– in the dream you became a father: you will be revealed a new field of activity.

* Please, see meaning of archetypes, chef, director, sexual intercourse, intercourse, teacher, child, king, man, family.

Smiling dead father/grandfather dream meaning: joy because of fulfillment of wishes.

Crying dead father/grandfather dream meaning: easiness after huge efforts.

Angry dead father/grandfather dream meaning: represents possible increase in the rate or speed of current ongoing progress in seeking and reaching expected goals.

Naked dead father dream meaning: can be interpreted throughout Freud and Jung “Oedipus complex” explanation and seen as psycho-reproductive development of the dreamer.

Also, other positive dream meanings, if you were dreaming about dead father/grandfather: eating, calling, asking or giving something.

So, what does it mean to dream about dead father?

The starting point of the interpretation of this dream begins with fundamental associations of dead father:
a) 1. Security; 2. Power; 3. Authority; – that stand as the symbolism of father;
b) 1. Spirituality; 2. Purification; 3. Intelligence; – that is for the death.

The general meaning of dead father dream has significance of authoritative powerful security and perfectly pure intelligent spirituality. That is from both sides exceptional good symbolism and portends outstanding happiness in various areas of the dreamer’s life.

So, for physical aspects it means that you are protected and being in calm, safe, careful and peaceful environment. You have fair success in your career, business or any professional activity. The dream foretells that you will achieve even more desired goals and attain honorable prosperity. You are in strong position to have firm conviction that something is the true and right. The decisions of yours are authoritative and have the influential capacity to affect someone in definitively positive way. And the carefulness, also the attentiveness, that you have, gives strongest possible trust for you character in eyes of others. People do believe and follow your way of thinking, speaking and acting. You have an ability to keep it all the times in equitable manner, so that makes the future shines for you and others who surround you too.

Also, for spiritual aspects of dreaming about dead father mean that you’re spiritually evolved person, your subconscious mind is intelligently bright and has highly developed subconsciously intuition. That emits and surrounds you and others with extraordinarily pure mystical light, which enables positive feelings and influences the thinking in clear way. Additionally the dream shows your huge aspiration and actual ability to move with ever increasing acceleration further towards Divine Oneness. It means that you do have a very special spirituality which you are sharing with others and willing to do it even more. And because of that the future will bring even more happiness to all beings in your environment. Right spirits were, are and will be forever.

Dead father or other deceased relative dreams soon after the death of him

After the death of someone very close to us, we are having a lot of dreams of this person; it can be a father, grandfather, mother or any other relative. It is our mind that recreates the image and the feeling of our beloved ones. The depth of the connection between a person and the father or grandfather of him is the reason of how much dreams about deceased relative the dreamer might have. Psychologically, it is the representation of what happened in waking life, our minds still accepting the fact of the death. It means that the feeling of the security in the life of the dreamer has changed and developed to new level, where the dreamer is alone responsible for it. He has it all in his own hands, what was before the death shared between him and his father or grandfather. Sometimes the dream about dead father is so strong, that the dreamer might be even crying while he is sleeping. The release of the emotions and the acceptance of the fact throughout the dream is the reflex of our healing soul and body. So, at first those dreams are giving us an ease in relation to our loss, then over time the occurrence of such dreams becomes less frequent, and the importance of symbolic interpretation becomes more evident.

The end of a cycle; The end.

Question:

What is it that already over?

General Meanings:

The dream has a lot to do with the death ,when it wants to frighten the dreamer. The main thing is that people know about the death, that it exists, but does not realize it and when they dream of the death, it overwhelms them. They experience how short life actually is, and it can be over any time, any second. Usually the death in dreams symbolizes the big changes and/or the end of something in dreamer’s life. However, the changes and the end might be a good thing, where you can start everything from the beginning.

The death of someone
It depends on who died in a dream, as for example if someone that is closed to you died in the dream, then such dream shows the fear of losing of that particular person. It also could show that you feel guilty of not giving enough of attention to that person, therefore you dream of his death, where you lose any contact with him for good.

The death of your own
If the dreamer sees his own death, then the dream shows that maybe some part of you is dead and not alive anymore, which shows that you are changing as a person, as individual. The other meaning could show that the dreamer is not taking care of himself, which means that he needs to start looking more after himself instead of the others. The dream could also have a good meaning, where the end of something old that lies within you is no more the part of you, and you are becoming better person, having only positive features. This dream could be called as a process of rebirth and new beginning.

Psychological Meanings:

In reality the death has only negative impacts, however in dreams it is only a symbol transformation and not a signal of actual death. Consider, that what dies in a dream it is replaced with something new. Dreams of death very often shows the aspects of your personality which you do not like in yourself and maybe trying to get rid of them. The death of your own scares a lot, as the death is something unknown and not understandable, out of the mind. The fact that everything will be over when you die feels unacceptable. The end of your life gives some thoughts, which might change your view to the life. Therefore when dreaming about the death might want to tell you that you should make some cardinal changes and decisions in your life. There is a possibility that the dreamer is trying to take mind and body apart.

In the traditional interpretation of dreams the death is explained as a birth of new life or the conditions of life will be changed. Death was always associated with severe anxiety, therefore it symbolizes things which will never will be as it used to be. The ancient Indian dream theory foretells that the dreams about death denotes to vitality and health.

Spiritual Meanings:

On the spiritual level death in the dreams is part of human’s life, which is indicated as omniscience, rebirth, resurrection and reintegration.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• News of someone’s birth if heard of someone’s death – to dream that somebody you know or not necessarily know has died, signifies that someone will give a birth;
• Long life if see someone dying – to dream of someone’s death that you see happening, denotes to long life for you or the person that died;
• Will overcome difficulties if see the unknown death – such a dream shows that you will be able to cope with harsh situations in your life;
• Suffer and agony if buried alive – to dream of your own death, where you were buried alive signifies to misery you will suffer;
• New message from relatives and friends if dream of those you knew that are already dead – to dream of your deceased relatives and friends, signifies something new you will find out;
• Sad news if touched or kissed a dead person – to dream of kissing or touching the person that is already dead, promises gloomy and tearful news you will receive;
• Will suffer the hard period in life, but will recover soon if see an open grave – to dream of the open grave, signifies that the dreamer will struggle while dealing with difficulties, however he will be able to get back to the state he was before;
• Will leave the past behind if dream of dying – to dream of your own death, shows that the dreamer is ready for the changes in his life, where he will move forward instead of looking back. The mistakes that were done and the lifestyle that he lived before will be in no matter, as everything depends on the presents. It means that the dreamer is ready for better, brighter and happier future. The death is the beginning of new chapter in life.

Hindu (Hinduism)

In Hinduism culture the death means not only the loss of faith, but also the long life.

• Bondage and tribulations if been buried alive – if the dreamer was buried, but still saw himself alive, then such a dream shows misery and troubles;
• Will become more alive than ever if dreamed of being dead, but wanting to be alive – for a dreamer to say in a dream – ‘’i’m not dead, but alive’’ means that after such dream he will rethink his life and will make changes where they have to be done. However, if the dreamer liked being dead, then such a dream shows that things will get worse, because the dreamer does not want to change for the better and he might get depressed and fall into deeper negative state of the mind;
• The others still have the respect for the dreamer when he is dead in a dream, but still thinks that is alive and lives among the others – such a dream shows that people around this person still care about him and nothing is lost yet. The dream shows that the dreamer should try harder while communicating with others, especially if he wants to be noticed for the good things he has done;
• Repentance if shoveling your own grave -for a dreamer to see himself shoveling his own grave, denotes to repentance. The dream shows that the dreamer feels guilty and sorry for whatever he has done;
• A serious lesson needs to be learned if the dreamer dreams of being imprisoned – to dream that you are imprisoned in some place, where nobody knows where is it and you know that you will die here at this imprisonment, signifies that there are things to which you should pay more attention and learn the things you should learn. Take the meaning of this dream as serious lesson of life what is right and what is not right;
• Will increase in health if something going out of dead man – such a dream shows that the dreamer will obtain goods, especially in health;
• Will get wiser if talking to dead man – to dream of seeing yourself speaking to the person who is dead, signifies wisdom and intelligence you will obtain;
• Loss of money if dead person eats or drinks – to dream of the dead person, that is eating or drinking, symbolizes the losses especially the ones that are related to money;
• Dishonest richness if carrying the dead man – to dream of seeing yourself carrying the man that is dead, signifies to money and other luxuries. However these things will be earned in dishonest and unfair way;
• Long but unhealthy life if the dreamer was kissing or touching the dead man – such a dream promises long journey through life, but it will be the life leaded by sickness and diseases;
• Danger in life if lying with the death person – to dream of seeing yourself lying next to the person that is dead, denotes to dangers that you are surrounded by. Consider to stay careful with these people;
• The dreams will come true if the dead person woke up as never died before – to dream of yourself or somebody else that wakes up from the death and looks healthy and very alive, shows that the dreamer’s desires and wishes will come true;
• Will get another chance if woke up from death more than once – for a dreamer to die and wake up more than once, shows that he will have more chances at things he is doing;
• Illness if the death tries to talk you into dying – such a dream shows weak health of the dreamer;
• The dreamer will die if death person asks to go along with him into his grave – such dream shows the upcoming death of the dreamer. However, this will not happen soon, only some day in the future;
• Difficulties in the future if the dead person follows you – to dream that the dead person was following you, but then later left you by yourself, shows that you will face the barriers in the life. Do not worry as things will be sorted out by you or by itself;
• Short life if was following steps of dead person – such dream shows that you will have a very meaningful, but short lifetime;
• Will be rewarded if died, because protected someone – when the dreamer tries to save someone from the death, then such dream gives a signal of how great the dreamer is and for the good intentions he will be rewarded in his life;
• Peace if death was smiling to you – if you dreamed that you were facing a death as a person and stayed calm and happy, then such dream shows how balanced and wise you are as a person. The death is just another chapter that is impossible to avoid, therefore you are absolutely calm and tranquil about that;

Arabian (Islamic)

In Islamic death has either good meanings, either bad omens in the dreams. It all depends on who was dreaming of the death – was it female or male. It also has a huge difference between your own death and other people. There are some main explanations of dreams, which are related to death:

• Will be made rich by someone above him if dream of his own death – to dream of your own deaths, signifies to rich and wealthy life, however, the death represents the bad view towards you from the others;
• Will receive the money if the dreamer was buried – to dream the death and being buried signifies the huge gain of money;
• Wealth if became ill – to dream you will become ill and have been abandoned by everyone, promises wealth, but limited one;
• Will make lots of money, but will lose the respect if been dead, but then became alive – such dream shows that when you get something, you also have to give something away. In this dream you will lose the power and respect from others, however will be granted with riches for that;
• Long life but loss of the horses if the emperor died – the death of emperor will bring joy and long life, however you will lose all of your horses;
• Worries and sorrow if mother dies – to dream of the death of the mother signifies the wishes that will not be fulfilled;
• Will avoid the evil if the son dies – to dream of the death of the son, signifies the relief from bad things that is surrounded;
• The joy if the daughter dies – to dream of the death of the daughter denotes the change from unhappiness to happiness;
• The brother will die if he is already sick – such dream shows real possibility of death of your brother, if he is really sick in reality;
• Richness if the wife dies – to dream of the death of your wife usually has a good meaning, which promises better and wealthier life;
• Will have a healthy baby if pregnant women dies – to dream of the pregnant woman’s death, means that she will give a birth to healthy beautiful baby boy;
• Marriage if bachelor dies – to dream of the death of the bachelor, shows that very soon he will marry the one he chose;
• Unexpected worries and troubles if death came out of nowhere – to dream of the death that was very quick, unexpected shows that the dreamer will face barriers while dealing with obstacles;

Artemidorus Meanings:

The death in dreams for unmarried people announces the wedding. If the woman is unmarried, then such a dream could pronounce of engagement she will be offered to. For the man to dream of the death could symbolize the proposal he will make to someone, however, the dream might show the wedding he will attend to, but not necessarily will be a groom in it. According to Artemidorus, the slaves who dreamed about death, were set free, so according to this, the death in the dreams can have many meanings depending on what situation the dreamer actually is.

Medicine Wheel Meanings:

Keywords

Change, transformation, rebirth.

Description

Death is the end of one phase of life and new beginning of another.

General Meaning

Very rarely – the actual death of you or another person; Very often – notice of changes; The dream suggests to allow the new aspects in your life and leave the old ones behind. Basically, the dream asks to welcome the transformation in the future.

Association

The end of all life.

Transcendent Meaning

The journey into new unknown places, without being afraid and letting the novelty into your life.

To dream about hugging the deceased father means your ability to achieve secure comfort in your waking life. If hugging the dead grandfather, then it symbolizes your potential to acquire mastery in protecting not only yourself but others too.

To be hugged by the dead father means that you have acquired guarded relaxation. If that is done by your grandfather – means that you have received mastery in protecting others.

If your father or grandfather was talking with you, try to remember what has been said. Is there some important message in the words of resurrected one? Alternatively, it means that you are very responsible person with the information, which you manage. If you are sharing it, then you are doing it in so delicate way for the better. Also, it can symbolize that you have the ability to encourage others just by speaking positive truth. Father represents logical aspects of how you do manage those things, while grandfather – common sense aspects of the same.

Water in a dream represents a happy life, money, prosperity, expansion of one’s business, increase in one’s income, or it could mean marriage.

If one sees the water pure and abundant in his dream, it means lowering of prices, peace and social justice. ggg If one sees himself chewing on water in a dream, it means toiling and hardships related to earning his livelihood.

Drinking a glass of water in a dream means protection against any danger from one’s enemy and it denotes a prosperous year for the one who drinks it in a dream.

Drinking more water in a dream than what one usually drinks in wakefulness means longevity.

ggg If one glass of water does not quench one’s thirst in the dream, it means discord between husband and wife.

If one immerses his hand in water in a dream, it means that he will play with money and confuse himself.

Fresh potable water or a well in a dream also could be the immediate cause of a trial, fight or calamity.

Giving someone a glass of water in a dream is glad tidings of a child.

Drinking a glass of spring water in a dream means conceiving a child, or that he will receive benefits from his wife. In this sense, glass in a dream represent the substance of a woman and water represents a fetus.

ggg Drinking hot water in a dream means distress and adversities.

If one is pushed into a pond or a river of clear water in a dream, it means receiving a pleasant surprise.

ggg Seeing oneself submerged in a body of water in a dream means facing a trial, distress, bewilderment and adversities.

Carrying a jar of clear water in a dream means receiving an inheritance.

ggg Asking people for water to drink in a dream means lying to them by claiming to be needy.

ggg Stagnant water in a dream means imprisonment, distress, or depression. It is said that stagnant water in a dream has weaker meaning than running water.

ggg Bad smelling or putrid water in a dream represents a wretched life.

ggg Bitter water in a dream means a bitter life.

ggg Boiling water in a dream means suffering from heat. If boiling water is used during the daylight in a dream, it means suffering from chastisement, afflictions and punishment for one’s sins. If used during the night time in a dream, then it means fear of evil spirits.

ggg Salty water in a dream means hardships and difficulties in earning one’s livelihood. Murky waters in a dream represent unlawful earnings.

ggg Black colored water in a dream means destruction or family problems. Drinking black colored water in a dream also may mean blindness.

ggg Yellow water in a dream means an illness. Boiling water, blazing water, or oozing water in a dream means change of one’s status, or being deprived of Allah’s favors for lack of gratitude and for being a hindrance against those who do good.

ggg Drinking polluted seawater in a dream means turbulences, distress and sufferings that will be brought about by someone in authority.

ggg If seawater runs inside one’s dwelling place or business, and if one drinks from it in a dream, it means an illness. If everyone drinks from it in the dream, then it means a plague.

ggg Murky water in a dream denotes a tyrant.

If a sick person bathes in murky water then walks out of it in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness. If he is facing adversities, it means that he will be able to overcome them. If he is incarcerated, it means that he will be released.

Pure potable water in a dream means salvation.

ggg Saltwater in a dream means distress.

ggg If one sees murky water gushing froth from a water well in a dream, it means a bad marriage.

Walking on water in a dream represents the strength of one’s faith, certitude and trust in Allah Almighty. This is particularly true if while walking one also speaks words of wisdom and piety. Otherwise, walking on water in a dream could mean ascertaining something that is not too clear. Walking on water in a dream also means undertaking a dangerous trip and trusting in Allah Almighty for protection and guidance. Walking on water in a dream also means undertaking a dangerous venture. If one walks back from the water to dry land in a dream, it means that he will satisfy his needs or desire.

Falling into a deep sea or a deep river but not reaching the bottom of it in the dream means wealth and prosperity, for the world in a dream represents a deep ocean.

ggg If one falls into a river and if he is overcome by water in a dream, it means that he will fall sick.

ggg If he drowns in a river in a dream, it means his death.

Falling into water in a dream also could mean happiness, joy, or blessings.
Observing the reflection of one’s face in the waters looking beautiful in a dream shows kindness toward one’s household and neighbors.
Reaching a pond of clear water in a dream means speaking good words.
Pouring water inside a bag in a dream means spending money to please a woman.
ggg Pouring water over a place where it is of no benefit in the dream means wasting one’s money.
ggg Floods in a dream means distress, suffering and corruption, depending on their strength.

If the water level of a dam or a river rises and inundates people’s homes and businesses and becomes a threat to people’s lives in a dream, it means discord and trials after which evil people will be eliminated from that place.
ggg If one sees water flowing over his own roof in a dream, it means a quick distress, or a permanent stress that will be brought by someone in authority.

Sweet potable water in a dream represents lawful earnings, a good heart, knowledge, revival, recovering from a dangerous illness, a wife, a husband, or marriage.
If one drinks a sweet and a refreshing glass of water from a permissible cup in a dream, it means that his marriage is proper.
ggg Otherwise, if the container from which one drinks in his dream is unlawful, it means that his marriage is illegal from a religious point of view.

Water in a dream also denotes the drink of poor people, or what gallant people exchange and share among themselves. If a thirsty person quenches his thirst with water in a dream, it means comfort, appeasement of one’s bewilderments, prosperity verses poverty, or reuniting one’s family.
Bathing in fresh spring water in a dream means payment of one’s debts.
If sweet and potable water becomes salty in a dream, it means apostasy, or straying from the path of Allah Almighty and meeting with insurmountable difficulties.
Carrying water in a container in a dream means conceiving a child and increase in one’s income.
ggg Abundance of water at a time when it is supposed to be low, or drought at a time when it is supposed to be raining in a dream means injustice, abuse, high prices, divided opinions, weaknesses, or payment of financial damages.

Clear water in a dream also means recovering from trachoma.

The explosion of a water tank or a pipe in a dream means distress, trouble and adversities.

ggg Green colored water in a dream means a long illness or a wretched life.
ggg Drinking black colored water in a dream means becoming blind.
ggg Sucking water in a dream means tight circumstances.
ggg If unexpectedly one is showered with hot water in a dream, it means a fever, an illness or a scare from evil spirits, the intensity of which is relevant to how hot is the water.
ggg If one’s garment gets wet in a dream, it means changes in one’s travel plans, or it could mean delaying a project, or failure of one’s plans.

If a poor person sees himself carrying a container of water in a dream, it means money. If a rich person sees that dream, it means marriage, or conceiving a child.
Carrying water in a purse, socks, a cloth, or in any porous material in a dream means pride about one’s wealth, status, attainments, fame and living conditions.
Pouring water into a container in a dream means getting married.
Bathing in cold water in a dream means repenting from sin, recovering from an illness, release from prison, payment of one’s debts, or dispelling one’s fears.
Drawing water from a well in a dream means earning money through deception and fraud.
Channelling irrigations to water a garden or a farm in a dream means earning money from a woman.

If the trees of one’s garden or farm are doing blossom in the dream, it means conceiving a child from such a woman.
Watering a garden or a farm in a dream also means having sexual intercourse with one’s wife.
If pure water gushes forth from one’s mouth in a dream, it means that he is a gnostic and people will benefit from his knowledge, wisdom and admonition.
If one is a young merchant, it means that he is a truthful person.
Sweet water in a dream also represents the element of faith in Allah Almighty, while salt water represents the element of atheism.
In a dream, water also means wealth.
ggg Seeping water from a crack in a wall means adversities and distress caused by a brother or an in-law. (Also see Distilled water; Earth; Ophthalmologist; River; Walking on water) Source:Strong

Water —
Water symbolizes:
(1) Islam and good knowledge.
(2) Life, fertility, and prosperity, because it helps everything come to life. To quote Allah: “… and We made every living thing of water …” (“Al-Anbiyae” [The Prophets], verse 30), and “If they [the idolaters] tread the right path, we shall give them to drink of water in abundance, that We may test them thereby …” (“Al-Jinn” [The Jinn], verses 16–17.)
(3) Marriage, in view of a verse in the Holy Quran that says: “And He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is very Powerful.” (“Al-Furqan” [The Criterion], verse 54.)
(4) Semen, because God Almighty has called sperm water and Arabs call notfa, or semen, abundant water.
(5) Money, because it generates profit.
(6) Purity.
(7) Birth of one or more children.
(8) Price decreases.
(9) Justice.
(10) War spoils or gains and acquisitions of any kind.
(11) Worries, pain, and sorrow.
(12) Death and destruction. In any case, running water is better than stagnant water.

Stagnant water:
(1) Prison, especially if the dreamer falls in it.
(2) An unhappy life, full of miseries.
Limpid water: Cheap prices and better justice.
Underground water: Isolation, humiliation, and misery in view of the verse in the Holy Quran that reads as follows: “Say: Have ye thought: if [all] your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water?” (“Al-Mulk” [Majesty], verse 30).
• Salty water: Trouble and worries.
• Stinking water: Illicit gains.
• Yellow water: Illness.
• Seeing black water: Bankruptcy, havoc, and destruction.
• Black water coming out of a well: Will marry an unworthy woman.
• Drinking black water: Will lose one’s eyesight.
• Drinking water: Will be safe from enemies.
• Drinking plenty of water: Will indulge in one’s habits and live long.
• A healthy bachelor drinking limpid water from a well or a water skin, but not to the last drop: Will marry and enjoy sex as much as he enjoyed drinking the water in the dream.
• A patient drinking pristine water from a well or a water skin and leaving some: Will recover and live long.
• A married person drinking pure water: Will have delicious sex with spouse that night.
• Drinking clean and limpid water from a glass: Benefits from one’s children or wife (because glass is part of the essence of women,56 and water symbolizes the fetus).
• Being given water to drink in a glass or a goblet: Will have a child.
• Water in a glass: A child. If the glass is broken and the water remains, the mother will die and the child survive. The reverse is also true.
• An atheist drinking clear and clean water: Will embrace Islam.
• A person seeking learning drinking pristine water: Will acquire knowledge.
• A merchant drinking clear potable water: Will achieve lawful gains, unless something soils that water or if he drinks that water in the house of aliens in a Muslim country. In that case, it means rotten knowledge, a low sexual relationship, or suspicious earnings.
• Trouble water: A cruel tyrant.
• Drinking troubled sea water: Trouble will come from the king (the authority).
• Troubled sea water infiltrating a person’s shop or that person drinking from it: Will get ill.
• All people drinking of that troubled sea water: An epidemic will strike.
• Washing with or bathing in troubled sea water or any dirty water, then getting out of it: (1) If facing hardships, will see an end to it. (2) If sick, will recover. (3) If a prisoner, will regain one’s freedom, provided water has become clean again.
• Drinking plenty of sea water: Will receive money from the king.
• Drinking plenty of water from a river: Will receive money from a man whose condition tallies with the importance of that river.
• Drinking water from a well: Will obtain money cunningly or through a trick.
• Drinking troubled, bitter, or stinking water: Will become ill, profit will be lost, life will get hard, or faith will change, depending on the place where the drinking took place and the condition of the container.
• Drinking hot water: Pain and sorrow.
• A man drinking some delicious cold water from a hole in his robe: He is flirting with a woman other than his legitimate wife.
• Using very hot water by day or by night: Will receive a blow from the authority.
• Using very hot water at night: Will be frightened by a jinn.
• Hot water being poured on the dreamer from nowhere and wetting his clothes: Will go to jail, fall ill, or experience real trouble inasmuch as the water was hot.
• One’s clothes simply getting wet: A trip or something the subject intended to undertake will not take place.
• Sucking water: Things will go wrong.
• Masticating water: Will deal successfully with frustration, depression, and hard living conditions.
• Spreading and moving one’s hand freely in the water: Will play freely with money and dispose of it and of one’s own destiny at will.
• Being thrown in a clear water: A pleasant surprise.
• The quantity of water in a container represents the person’s life span. Whatever he has drunk from it is his past; the remainder is the time left for him. If he drinks the contents to the last drop, he has no more years left in his life. Carrying water in a container: (1) If a poor person: Will make financial gains. (2) If a bachelor: Will get married. (3) If married: Wife or concubine (slave or servant) will have a baby. (1), (2), and (3) are subject to the condition that it is the dreamer himself, his wife, or his servant who pumped the water from the well, large water jar, or water skin and poured it in the container.
• Water flowing and inundating or simply entering people’s houses: Bad dream for the whole area, meaning violence, heavy losses and fines, women and children getting captured by the enemy and considered war booty, and epidemic diseases or plagues (bubonic or others).
• Water, ooze, or spouts entering a specific house or a spring erupting in that house: Tears for a sick person who will pass away in that house, a dear one whom the inhabitants of the house will bid farewell to, a scuffle or a fistfight among the neighbours, or a tragedy caused by a disease or measures taken by the authority.
• Water in a sterile land or stagnant water: People will gather in that place.
• Water flowing in an arable land: Fertility.
• Water springing from the earth or floods inundating a place: A hard test from the Almighty in the form either of a devastating plague, a hellish sword, in case houses were destroyed and their dwellers drowned in the dream; or annihilation or sufferings brought about by the ruler.
• For pious people a spring means welfare and blessings in view of a verse in the Holy Quran that reads: “Wherein are two fountains flowing.” (“Al-Rahman” [The Beneficent], verse 50.)57
• Evil people seeing a spring or a fountain: A tragedy will befall them.
• Water erupting from a wall and logging in the house: Sorrow on the part of a man who could be the dreamer’s brother, son-in-law, brother-in-law, or friend.
• Water springing up and flowing out of the house: The end of all worries. If it stays in the house, that means everlasting sorrow or someone will fall ill in that house. If the water flows in the house, it means exactly the reverse, i.e., joy for the landlord, be he alive or dead, till the end of time.
• Some dreamers interpreters believe that running water in one’s house, emanating from a spring, means that the landlord or the tenant will buy a slave (in Arabic jariyah, a running one).58
• Seeing water springing out from various sources: Will earn money, but be blamed for the way that money was made.
• Water foam or froth: Nothing good.
• Seeing one’s image reflected in clear water like in a mirror: Excellent dream, plenty of benefits. If the face looks handsome, the dreamer will be good to his family.
• Pouring water: Will spend money.
• Water not in its proper container, like in a wrapper or bundle or in some cloth: Leak, because the dreamer thinks that he holds in, but in fact he does not.
• Ablutions with clear or troubled, hot or cold water is acceptable, provided the water is clean.
• Washing with cold water: (1) Repentance. (2) Recovery (from the love of a woman). (3) Release from prison. (4) The settlement of debts. (5) The end of terror.
• Springs are a good augury, except if their water stagnates.
• Walking on the water surface, then coming out safely: (1) Strong faith in God, if the dreams talks wisdom while walking. (2) Otherwise, he is certain of something doubtful and will be, in fact, confused ultimately. (3) The dreamer is undertaking dangerous trips and running risks, but if he comes back from his walk safely, things will go the way he wants.
• Diving in deep waters but failing to reach the bottom: (1) Will have the lion’s share in this life or the best of this world. (2) Will deal with a great personality.
• Irrigating a garden or flowers: Will have sex with a lady.
• Taking water to irrigate a garden or a plow field: Will obtain money from a woman. If the flowers blossom or the plants grow, the said woman will give money and children to the dreamer.
• A woman giving people water to drink: She is spreading lies.
• Giving water to someone without charging a price: The dreamer is a benefactor and might help build a village.
• A physically strong person in the water: The king or dreamer’s chief has entrusted him with some difficult matter, which keeps him busy, and whatever he says will be heard by the higher-ups, especially concerning the matter in question.
• Entering the water with one’s clothes on without getting wet: Dreamer’s religious faith is unshakable and determination unswerving in relying on God in all matters here and in the Hereafter. He will always follow the right path.
• Drinking water from a cup without its quenching one’s thirst: Wife will disobey dreamer.
• Water flowing under a viaduct: Welfare for a man who benefits other people.
• Taking water from a viaduct: Will obtain money from such a philanthropist.
• Diverting sea water or turning away from it: Getting money through an irreligious person.
• Having a hidden jar of pure water: Inheritance.
• The king’s water having turned salty or infiltrated the earth: God has withdrawn His blessings and gifted wealth from that king for having failed to show his gratitude.
• Pouring water in a jar, a vat, or any large vessel: Will have sex with a woman.
• Waves: Pain and torture in view of what is mentioned in the Holy Quran “And if a wave enshroudeth them like awnings, they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure for Him only. But when He bringeth them safe to land, some of them compromise. None denieth Our signs save every traitor ingrate.” (“Luqman,” verse 32.) “He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me from thewater. [Noah] said: This day there is none that saveth from the commandment of Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the wave came in between them, so he was among the drowned. (“Hud,” verse 43.) Source:Weak