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Nature

Leaf

A small season, turning

What it often means

A leaf in a dream is a single unit of natural change — green and growing, or falling and letting go. It marks the small turnings of a season: something fresh unfurling, or something gently released. A falling leaf is rarely tragic; it is the tree doing what trees do.

When it tends to appear

  • During small but real seasonal changes in your life
  • When something is unfurling, or being released
  • When you are learning the rhythm of letting go

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    What small thing is unfurling, or falling, in your life right now?

  2. 2

    Is this a season of growth, or of release?

  3. 3

    What would it be like to let go as easily as a tree does?

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