When Dreaming About Death, What Does It Mean?

Nearly any dream you have that refers to death, dying or attending a funeral, or the like, pertain to change. Most all the time this change is very dramatic and major. It can be change in your life attitude or emotional balance. These types of dreams can also symbolize confronting fear, usually fear of death or change. Since most of use will agree that death is the ultimate change, and many people fear it. Death dreams are generally big changes and should never be ignored. Sometimes they really do signify death! Another possible symbol of a death dream is threat. Whichever suits the dream depends on how well the theme was arrived at. Most death dreams are about major change and not about literal death though, so don't panic if you have one. Just patiently go through the analysis process, and make sense of it.

Calm Mind

Ah the old.
'Oh its ok, the death card just means change' idea.

According to my "Dream Guide Book"; it says dreaming about death:

Dreaming about death isn't necessarily a negative symbol, it implies change and transformation.

I think that's a bit of a cop out really. There is no reason to think death represents change.
It seems to me just made up because you have to explain why it doesn't actually mean death.

Actually if you think about it, death does represent change. It changes people around you; it brings out deeper emotion and the secrets that were concealed forever, are broken. It changes the way we think; some become anxious and weary, some try to be stronger and fearless. It doesn't have to change the whole world, sometimes it can just change a person.
The transformation bit, well after doing dream study, you would know that after death; life is always made. The world continues without you, but with you either ashes and dust, or buried deep; you didn't only change the people around you; you gave room for more life.

That's my opinion anyways.

I dreamt last night that we were looking up at the sky and someone pulled the plug on the earth. The clouds and stars started swirling around like water does in a bath when you take out the plug.

The all of a sudden some Scottish guy started singing 'We're all gonna die'. It was my alarm waking me up.

I think I have that same alarm.

There could be a thousand and twelve meanings to death in Dreams, and each one is different, pertaining to the person dreaming and the Dream in General. "Dream Books" and "Dream Interpretation Websites" can't tell you anything useful. If they were, everyone would have to view these things exactly the same, and would have to be living the exact same lives and we would really all be the exact same person. If you want a dream interpreted, the only way you can possibly get close to the bulls-eye is if you get someone to try after explaining it in detail. But even then, it will only get perfect if you yourself can translate it honestly.

Which I've never seen anyone do.

Dreaming about your death can just be your subconcious coming to terms with the almost universal fear of death we all have ( of course you might be unaware of this until something very life threatening happens to YOU). Unless you have the very rare gift of prophesy I dont think our dreams are prophetic. When I practised judo on a weekly basis, I became very aware of the skills we learnt that could quickly kill.
About this time I had a dream when a Japanese guy suddenly surprised me and I knew I was going to die, and suddenly there was a blackness in the dream, and I awoke with my heart racing. And guess what - I'm still alive!

I have read a lot of books that say we should really pay attention to our dreams because they all mean something. I have tried to pay attention and figure out what my dreams could possibly mean but they are soooo off the wall that I don't think anyone could ever interpret them.

I finally gave up and wake up a lot of times thinking "Where the heck did that come from?"

dreams are just things that you have thought of or that have happened to you during the day and your mind is going over all the events in a mashed up messed up way.

Thanks a lot guys for sharing your posts! Very interesting

Calm Mind