What does it mean to dream about a funeral?

by Lucy Moore | 11 March 2021

If you dream about a funeral, it suggests that something in your life is coming to an end or perhaps it already has.

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Think about the things, people and feelings in your world and contemplate which ones have reached their natural conclusion.

This could be a positive thing- perhaps you have recently quit a bad habit or stopped all contact with someone who was a bad influence on you.

It could also be a negative in that you have recently parted ways with someone who you were close to or left a period in your life behind that you loved.

The dream could be telling you not to focus too much on the loss and try to seek out what you have gained from the experience or to at least try and look forward.

If you are preoccupied with things you have lost, it might be time to try and shift your focus onto things in your life that you can acquire if you put your mind to it.

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If you are dying in real life, it’s possible you have fears about your own demise and the dream is your way of processing these anxieties. Would it help to talk to someone about them?

The simplest interpretation is that you are grieving for someone you have lost in your own life and that trauma has made its way into your dreamscape. Your subconscious is trying to make sense of the loss and where it leaves you.

If you were at your own funeral, perhaps you feel your time is running out and you need to spend your days more wisely so you have on regrets when the time comes.

If there was a positive vibe in your dream despite being at a funeral, it could mean that you are feeling better after having rid your life of something that was weighing you down.

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If you find them irritating, then perhaps seeing them in your dreamscape represents something that has become a consistent problem for you in your waking hours. Can you distance yourself from whatever it is that annoying you or can you do something about it? If so, it might be time to make a move to stop it from distracting you anymore. If you enjoy listening to bagpipes in your waking hours or indeed you play them, the dream might be linked to something you like to do. Consider what else was in the dream or who was with you as this might give you greater insight into its meaning. Perhaps you need to see more of someone or do more of something in order to make yourself happy again. If you once played the bagpipes as a hobby, this could be the very thing you are missing and need to take up again.