Dreaming of an Obituary

obituary, death notice, eulogy, obit · negative

An obituary signals unpleasant duties or upsetting news.

What happens in the dream

  • You write an obituary: unpleasant, discordant duties will fall to you
  • You read one: distracting news will reach you soon

How you felt

  • Awareness of time: the dream often reflects thoughts about what we leave behind
  • An ending to acknowledge: it may show a chapter is closing

Ask yourself

  • What would I want people to remember of me?
  • Which chapter am I closing?

See also Death · Funeral · Epitaph · Newspaper · News

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

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