Dreaming of Melancholy
melancholy, depression, sadness · mostly negative
Melancholy foretells disappointment and, for lovers, a parting.
What happens in the dream
- Feeling melancholy: disappointment in what seemed a promising venture
- Seeing others melancholy: unpleasant interruptions in your affairs
- If you are in love: separation
How you felt
- Sadness: the dream often reflects grief you haven't yet voiced
- A need to slow down: it may express a need for a pause
Ask yourself
- What is making me sad that I haven't said?
- Whom could I tell how I feel?
See also Grief · Gloom · Despair · Morose · Crying
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: depression, sadness.