Dreaming of Metamorphosis

metamorphosis, change, shapeshifting, transformation · mixed

A metamorphosis foretells sudden change, good or bad depending on whether it is pleasant or frightening.

What happens in the dream

  • Something transforms pleasantly: a sudden, happy change
  • The transformation is frightening: a sudden, painful change

How you felt

  • Excitement: the dream may reflect a transformation you long for
  • Anxiety: it may express a fear of no longer recognizing yourself

Ask yourself

  • What transformation is under way in me?
  • What scares me about change?

See also Butterfly · Caterpillar · Transfiguration · Chameleon · Moving

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

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