Dreams about funerals very disturbing due to their emotional intensity, a premonition for the threat of trouble and unhappiness.
Dreaming of a funeral indicate various transitions or endings in the your life, such as the loss of a relationship, job, or way of life, an indication for humbleness and humility. It also bring attention to the your mortality and the need to come to terms with death or grief, a warning signal for your tendency to control or manipulate someone or some situation. The dream represent the need to let go of the past or make peace with a past event, you may also be elevated to a prominent position.
For example, flowers in the dream represent grief or acceptance, a coffin symbolize closure or confinement, and pallbearers represent support or carrying a burden, an omen for a lack of self confidence.
Funerals are often rooted in religious or cultural beliefs, and so dream interpretation influenced by these associations, represents the shadow aspect of a friend. For instance, in Christianity, a funeral represent the passing of a soul into the afterlife, while in Buddhism, it symbolize impermanence and the cycle of life and death, a harbinger for vitality, health and prestige.
Funeral customs and traditions vary widely across different cultures, and so the dream interpretation influenced by these cultural associations, also this dream about commitment. For example, in some cultures, a funeral a celebration of life rather than mourning, while in others, it involve elaborate rituals and ceremonies, expresses the meeting between your two states of mind – the irrational.
From a psychological perspective, a funeral in a dream represent the end of a certain stage of the your life or psyche, an indication for aspects of yourself that you find repulsive and ugly. It indicate the need to confront or process unresolved emotions such as grief, guilt, or regret, an evidence for a sense of failure or that you are not measuring up to others expectations.
Dreaming of a funeral a sign of a major life change, an admonition for some infantile need. It symbolize the end of an old way of life and the beginning of something new, also this dream about the roles you play in your various you put on. It also represent the death of an old habit or behavior that no longer serves you, unfortunately a warning alert for something that is lacking or missing from your life. The funeral also be a sign that you are mourning the loss of something or someone in your life, sadly a warning for surrender. It a sign that you need to let go of something in order to move forward, symbolises some hurtful action or remark.
The people present in your dream also provide clues about what the funeral represents, you may be acting with your heart instead of thinking things out more clearly. If you recognize the people, it mean that they are connected to whatever is being mourned, hints your protective to a situation. If you don't recognize them, it mean that they represent aspects of yourself that need to be released or acknowledged, you are not willing to leave the past behind.
It signify the end of an old way of life and the beginning of something new, a signal for the bond you have with a person. It also represent mourning for something or someone that has been lost in your life, sadly a warning alert for a difficult or demanding situation.
Dreaming Lens: Were you at a funeral in your dream? Whose was it? Did you know the deceased? What was the mood and atmosphere like? Was it your own funeral? Where was it located? Was there a religious element to the funeral?
Personal Focus: While a funeral centers on someone who has died, the event is designed for the living. A powerful ritual, funerals help people process the death of someone close to them in a collective procedure that acknowledges the loss and marks the beginning of a new chapter in their lives without the deceased.
Funerals are often very somber occasions where people feel they have to behave in an appropriately solemn manner. This restraint can limit the level of authenticity at such events. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there are many cultures in which gregarious expressions of joy are employed to deal with the feelings of grief.
If your dream involves either one of these extremes, consider how a recent life change may be impacting the authenticity of your expression. If your behavior at the funeral in the dream was inappropriately or contrary to the expectations of those in attendance, you might want to investigate areas of your life where the expectations of others are causing you difficulty.
In a dream where you are at a funeral, the identity of the deceased will play an important role in your interpretation. By examining them as a Character Aspect, you can consider what part of your psyche no longer serves you and has been sacrificed. In this case, only half the transformation is complete because funerals mark the death and not the rebirth that inevitably follows.
A common dream with this symbol involves the dreamer discovering that the funeral they are attending is their own. If this is the case, then the transformation that is taking place is more generalized and may connect to a developmental stage in life or a change of large enough magnitude as to imply a death of Self. Another potential interpretation of this dream connects to feeling a lack of passion or life force in your current circumstances. (See also Grave).
If the funeral is your own, try to identify who the mourners were and what they said about you. In the realm of the unconscious, funerals are susceptible to much the same interpretation as dreams about death, so ask yourself whether you are worried about your health or whether there is something in your life or personality you need to lay to rest. The dream funeral may even have represented the end of a relationship or particular phase in your life.
An undertaker in a dream may represent an authority figure or someone in waking life who undertakes a difficult but necessary task for those who cannot do it themselves. Are you the undertaker carrying a burden of responsibility or, if someone else is the undertaker, are you trying to pass the burden to them? If you see a coffin or are about to be buried in your dream, it is likely that the change is already occurring. As well as being symbols of death, thereby denoting the end of a certain stage in life, dream coffins also represent loneliness, isolation and a sense of hopelessness. By featuring a coffin in a dream or depicting you in it, your dreaming mind may be suggesting that you feel unable to rise above the problems that are trying to bury you or box you in.
If your dreaming mind conjured up images of a burial, what life phase or feeling is about to be dead and buried for you in waking life? Dream cremations send the same message, although the symbol of fire and ashes does hint at potential and perhaps immediate rebirth.
A powerful ritual, a funeral helps people process the death of someone close to them in a collective procedure that acknowledges the loss and marks the beginning of a new chapter in their lives without the deceased. In a dream in which you are at a funeral, the identity of the deceased will play an important role in your interpretation. By examining the person as a character aspect of yourself, you can consider what part of your psyche no longer serves you and has been sacrificed. In this case, only half the transformation is complete, because funerals mark a death and not the rebirth that inevitably follows.
A common dream with this symbol involves the dreamer discovering that the funeral he or she is attending is his or her own.
If this is the case, then the transformation that is taking place is more generalized and may connect to a developmental stage in life or a change of a large-enough magnitude as to imply a death of self. Another potential interpretation of this dream connects to feeling a lack of passion or life force in your current circumstances.
(See Death.)
If you are close to death, then a funeral could indicate your fears and concerns about your own demise.
To dream that you are attending someone else’s funeral suggests that you are putting a past relationship where it belongs: in the past. You may be releasing negative emotions you’ve kept for so long.
If the funeral is for an unknown person, then your dream is telling you to set aside some part of your past so that a new experience or person can enter. You should think about what aspect of your life you should part with.
To dream about your living parent’s funeral indicates that you need to break free of your parents’ control. This dream could offer you the strength and confidence needed to gain your own freedom and independence.
See Also: Coffin, Death
See second example under death. Parents’ funeral: difficulties with, or move towards independence; exploring the feeling of their loss; repressing or letting go of the painful past.
See buried; death.
See also death and rebirth under archetypes.
Vision: Don’t be afraid if you dream about your own funeral: it promises a long and healdiy life—the result of the shift mentioned above. Dreaming about the funeral of a friend who is still alive means problems with a friend and maybe a fight. Dreaming about the funeral of a stranger: good luck and joy for you, but bad luck for a friend or acquaintance.
See Death.
Depth Psychology: The funeral is an indication that something inside you is in the process of’dying”: feelings, hopes, wishes, an experience, etc.
The process will be liberating; you will know you have overcome something and left it behind.
If you dream of your own funeral, then this is a profound opportunity to recognize your value and worth, to make critical changes, and to align your life with your higher purpose. You are laying the past to rest, releasing grievances, resentments, disagreements, and coming to come to terms with something that has been unsettling. You are achieving completion, resolution, and finality, as well as processing your feelings about death and attachments to life. This dream is a wake up call to appreciate the gift of life.
See Death.
1- To dream of being at a funeral indicates that we need to come to terms with our feelings about death. This may not necessarily be our own death but the death of others. It may also indicate a lime of mourning for something that has happened in the past and this time of mourning can allow us to move forward into the future.
To dream of our own funeral can indicate a desire for sympathy. It may also indicate that a part of us is dead and we have to let it go.
2- Dreaming of our parents’ funeral indicates a move towards independence, or of letting go of the past, which may be painful. We mav need to let our childhood or childhood experiences go and mark that by some ritual or ceremony.
3- Rites of Passage.
Occasionally, these dreams are premonitory. For example, Abraham Lincoln predicted his own death days before being killed. He saw in dreams his own corpse in one of the White House’s rooms. However, most of the time, funerals in dreams represent the state of your mind.
To dream that you are at somebody else’s funeral means you are burying an old relationship and closing the lid on the past. You may be letting go of old feelings you’ve been clinging onto.
If you dream you are attending a funeral for a parent who is still living in real life, you need to separate yourself from your parents’ restrictions.
The symbolic death may give you the courage you need to take the next step toward your independence.
To dream of our own funeral can indicate a desire for sympathy. It may also indicate that a part of us is dead and we have to let it go.
(Here however, the emphasis is more on something “new” being about to happen). This symbol is similar to Abortion, Amputation. Differences are being buried, unrealistic wishes or tiresome, improper habits are being cast off. Possibly a relationship is dying, as in Death, Divorce, Abortion, Goodbye.
If it is your own funeral, it usually means that the old “you” is dying.
A recognition of the end of a phase, or even a celebration of one (such as a graduation).
Honoring or acknowledging a certain person (whether dead or alive).
Grief or loss.
A feeling of losing a person, relationship, activity, experience, a way of being, etc.
The idea of supporting someone who has experienced a loss or challenge.
See also: Dead Body; Dead Acquaintance; Coffin; Burying; Grave; Cemetery; Cremation; Hearse
Your own funeral may appear in dreams because you are anxious about your health or for some reason preoccupied with thoughts of approaching death.
If so, probably no good will come from trying to put death out of your mind. Death is something that needs to be taken into consideration in finding a meaning and a direction for your life. Such thinking may bring about a change of values; greater tranquillity; a nearer approach to your true self.
A teenager will often dream of a parent’s funeral, as they themselves pass into adulthood.
To dream of the funeral of a stranger, denotes unexpected worries.
To see the funeral of your child, may denote the health of your family, but very grave disappointments may follow from a friendly source.
To attend a funeral in black, foretells an early widowhood.
To dream of the funeral of any relative, denotes nervous troubles and family worries.
If the funeral in your dream is your own. it may comment that you have suffered a significant loss from which it may be difficult to recover.
This usually indicates that part of one’s life—or perhaps old ways of seeing things—have died. Alternatively, it can mean that one feels like some aspect of one’s life is dead. Someone else’s funeral in a dream can represent the unconscious desire to see that particular person dead, or a fear that someone might die.
To see or attend a funeral in your dream signifies cause for a happy celebration, probably news of an engagement or wedding; to dream of attending your own funeral indicates a relief from worry.
A woman who dreams of wearing black to a funeral is likely to have an early widowhood.
The death will indirectly benefit you.
An unexpected inheritance.
See also Burial.
2. Lucky in love.
3. A need to let go of some aspect of self and move on.
2. Death to self;
3. A new beginning about to be resurrected; Rom. 6:4.
See Death, Burial.
If one’s coffin is carried by a group of people, it means that he will support and serve a man of authority, then collect a financial reward for his support. Involuntarily following a funeral procession in a dream means serving a non-religious person in authority. Sitting on top of a coffin in a dream means increase in one’s wealth.
If one sees himself lifted and placed in a coffin in a dream, it means that people will appoint him to a leadership position. Ifone sees a group of people performing a funeral prayers and crying over the loss of the deceased in a dream, it means that the conclusion of his life will be commendable. Otherwise, if they express no sorrow for his loss or cry over him, but instead criticize him in the dream, it means that the conclusion of his life will be contemptible.
If a merchant, a governor or a leader sees himself sitting over a coffin that is moving freely by itself in the dream, it means taking a trip by sea. Ifone sees the coffin flying in a dream, it means that a great man of knowledge will die in that town and people will not know of it, or that a known person will die in a foreign land or on the way to or back from a pilgrimage.
If a funeral reachs the cemetery in a dream, it means that people will surly regain their rights.
If one sees a large number of coffins scattered in a specific locality in a dream, it means that the people of that community will break into violence, adultery and evildoing. Carrying a coffin in a dream means earning unlawful income.
If a woman sees her own funeral in a dream it means that she will get married.
If she is married, it means payment of her debts.
A funeral crossing a marketplace in a dream means liquidation of merchandise. Paying tribute to a funeral in a dream means bidding farewell or paying respect to a travelling friend. Paying tribute to a passing funeral procession in a dream represents one’s concern for his own comfort.
If the deceased in the coffin points at the person seeing the dream, it means that the latter will conduct his funeral, and he will receive a reward for his service.
If he serves that funeral till the burial and the closing of the grave in a dream, it means that he will receive double that reward, the value of which reward is known only to God Almighty.
(Also see Cemetery; Death; Funeral prayers)
attending a best friend’s: support but do not ignite the situation.
brother or sister’s: prosperous days ahead.
clothed in black: are assuming too great a burden of responsibility.
enemy’s, an: scandal and underhanded practices.
friend’s: embarrassment in affairs.
mate’s: profound shift in emotional stability.
mother or father’s: are expecting an inheritance.
relative’s: death of a friend.
yours: letting go of past and accepting what it taught you.
bier, lying in a: sad rites performed in dismal surroundings.
friend: advancement in own position.
relative: wil receive a legacy.
black colors at a: ominous and unpleasant news wil arrive soon.
casket, ordering own: wil be married soon.
close friend to a cemetery, accompanying a: riches and fortune cannot replace lost love.
coffin and its litter, of a: wil adorn the casket of a friend.
condolences, expressing: sickness.
receiving: death through fortune.
eulogizing at a: your hypocrisy wil defeat you ultimately.
family to a, going with: congenial family turns sour over loss of a friend.
loved one, a: are envied by enemies.
hearse conveying the dead: worries smoothed away when bitter enemy is overcome.
at the church: prepare, old habits die hard.
driving a: increased responsibilities lead to a sudden trip.
laughing at a: your past has caught up with you.
someone: others are too involved in your life.
your: are unwil ing to be released from the past.
mortuary, being in a: difficult period from which you wil emerge triumphant.
mourning, attending a woman in: unhappy married life.
others to a, going with: good health.
own, attending: riches, happiness, legacies and a bril iant marriage.
pallbearer at a, being a: wil do something foolish.
procession, accompanying a: involved in approaching change.
unknown person to a cemetery: your mother controls your life.
pyre, building your own: have breached your ethics.
rainy during a: those absent wil have an adverse fate.
shroud covering the body: lack of perseverance and cohesive thought toward others.
sunny during a: the sunny relations wil be in good stead financial y.