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Emotions

Sadness

A grief moving through

What it often means

Sadness in dreams is often a feeling that has been waiting for a safe enough place to be felt. The dream offers that place — and the grief tends to move when allowed.

When it tends to appear

  • During unprocessed grief
  • When a chapter is closing
  • When something tender is asking for honour

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    What loss has been asking to be properly mourned?

  2. 2

    Where in life have you been "fine" without actually being fine?

  3. 3

    What kindness could you offer your sadness?

Did this symbol visit your dream?

Decode the whole dream