Dreaming of death

A death dream can be frightening, but in the language of dreams, death is almost always transformation, not loss. Something is completing — a relationship, an identity, a way of living — and the psyche uses its most final image to say so.

Every mythology keeps a keeper of the dead, and they are less punishers than ferrymen: they carry you across. To dream of death is often to stand at such a crossing, invited to lay something down and continue lighter.

Dream meanings are reflective, not medical or predictive. If a dream troubles you often, be gentle with yourself — and talk to someone you trust.