Dreaming of Lamenting

lament, grieving, wailing · mixed, with a good outcome

Lamenting foretells hardship that will eventually bring something good.

What happens in the dream

  • You bitterly mourn lost friends or property: great struggle and distress, from which joy and gain will spring
  • You mourn lost relatives: illness or disappointment that draws you closer to those around you and brightens your prospects

How you felt

  • Grief: the dream may reflect a loss, real or symbolic, that needs expressing
  • Hope: sorrow sometimes makes way for renewal

Ask yourself

  • What loss have I not yet grieved?
  • What has a recent hardship given me?

See also Weeping · Crying · Grief · Mourning · Wail

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: grieving, wailing.

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