Very bad dream last night.

[rosesaylavee]

I had a very bad dream last night - rather this morning. It woke me up and has followed me like a black cloud all day. I was hoping that some here would give me their take on it.

All I remember now is the last part of the dream. I am holding am official looking document that has my birth name - I have dropped my first name and rearranged my name legally some years ago so seeing my birth name annoys me - another bureaucratic snafu I think. I look further down and see my birth date and then I see my date of death. Not the year. Just the date which is coming up in a few weeks. And then I wake up.

I am filled with such sadness I don't know what to do. I don't feel I can tell my family - even if its just a bad dream that would upset them too much and not be fair. Has anyone else had a dream like this? Can you think of it meaning anything other than ... well that that day I saw is my death date?

Thanks for not thinking this is silly.

[Shallah Kali]

1. It probably represents the final death of the old you as shown by using your old name

Is something significant - a trip, a project, new job or promotion - coming up that is something you wouldn't have dared or felt comfortable doing years ago? That could be what the 'death' date represents the day you are fully reborn as the new you.

I hope my iterpretation helps. In any case here is a big hug along with some Light and Reiki from me and some wisker kisses from my Georgie cat {{{{{{{{HUGSES}}}}}}}} >^^<

[rosesaylavee]

2. Thanks Shallah

That does help alot. Thank you for your kind words. Thank Georgie cat for me too!

[Shallah Kali]

5. the psyche can be very unsubtle when signifying great changes

Maybe it is a way of making sure we don't ignore important doings but it really sucks to be bopped over the head like this. As Dover said in tarot the death card, tv and movies to the contrary, rarely indicates actual death. Instead it signifies big changes. Too bad whomever created the first death card wasn't moved to use a phoenix instead of a skeleton. I honestly feel this dream is one of those cases and that you will find in the next few weeks that something from your past, as indicated by your original legal name's use, will come more offically to the end.

I hope insight will come to you to help you see exactly what is going on but in a *much* gentler fashion! Just in case it helps try having a talk with your guides and sub/superconscious pointing out that you respond better to less dramatic imagery. Something similar helped me years ago when I had a series of nightmares. Usually it works and I am of the school of thought if it can't hurt and might help why not try it.

:grouphug:

[rosesaylavee]

7. Unsubtle like a bop on the head!

I know there are many things that are needing to change in my life - this dream made me sad as I was thinking I wasn't going to get a chance to do that. When it comes right down to it, I have to trust that whatever is happening is ultimately for the higher good and whatever it is, I had best get my head wrapped around it properly. I am not good on changing gracefully ... but I am working on that!

[I Have A Dream]

3. rosesaylavee, is there a chance that it might have something...

to do with the church shooting? You said that you are a member of the church, so I'm sure that you've really been affected by it even though it wasn't your congregation. Right now, no liberal probably feels really safe, but I suspect that UU congregants are feeling even more traumatized than the rest of us.

I'm thinking that the name is just another thing that would disturb you.

Any chance that this might be part of it?

:hug::hug::hug:

[rosesaylavee]

6. I am not sure - I didn't read too

much about it until yesterday am. It too has effected me as they could very well have been describing our church on Sunday. We too have an exboard member who greets people at the door.

And my name has been vexing me since I was about 5 when I entered school. I had it legally changed about 15 years ago - but it still pops up to haunt me.

[Dover]

4. I agree with Shallah

As when reading the Tarot, death in dreams is usually symbolic of an ending. It might be related
to a spiritual type death/rebirth experience, the death of a way of life, of a relationship, etc.
And these changes often are anticipated and followed by grief.

It might also be referencing an important date in your past...particularly as regards the you who was born into your new self-chosen name. Perhaps something about that shift is up again in your life. Some similar shift, or the final passing of the part of you that was let go with your birth name. How did you feel about that person prior to your name change? Might you be shifting again in a similar way?

[rosesaylavee]

8. I liked the me

that had that name - I just never felt connected to that name at all as the only people who ever used it never knew me. It was a first name but I always was called by my middle name. Confused teachers all to heck first week of every school year.

[crikkett]

9. Death in a dream is change. I'm with Shallah.

I've had dreams of death and they are about change: new projects, moving, ending a job or relationship.

Maybe your dreams are more more literal, and you're dreaming of the death of your old name. You'll find an account or something with your old name on it (the last instance ever?) and it'll be fixed for the last time on the day you dreamed about.

[rosesaylavee]

10. I have had dreams that

are both. I think what disturbed me about this was that it felt like I was holding the actual paper. Didn't have that 'dreamlike' feel to it. Am hoping it's new beginning to something pleasant.

[Grateful for Hope]

11. I really doubt this is a literal meaning of death

If you have had both, they were obviously not about your own death. When I first read your OP, I thought it would be strange to simply receive a "death date" in one's dreams. What would be the point?

In my own experience, I have received warnings, many of them. For instance, I had a dream that I was driving too fast, and, I was heading right into the rear of another car. The dream ended just before impact and I woke up with a start. Shortly after that, I had a very major car accident. The reason I had the accident is because my mind was "going sixty miles an hour", and, I was not paying attention to my driving. I did not run into another car, rather, I swerved, and went into and over a center divider and landed upside down on the other side (on a major highway in CT). I was not hurt save for a cut on my forehead. I think I was being warned to "pay attention". I also believe that, because no one was hurt, this was nothing short of a miracle.

I think that the posters here have accurately captured the meaning of your dream. In fact, I am sure they are right.

[Why Syzygy]

13. This is something I'm thinking ...

although it could certainly be referring to a symbolic death, what if it is bringing your conscious attention to the legal document? Do you know where it is? Mona Lisa Schulz, PhD, a medical intuitive, talks about these kind of dreams a lot. It's been awhile since I read her book, but IIRC she gives an example of some problems she had with her teeth which was brought to her attention through a dream. Is there some reason the document could be important in the very near future?

[rosesaylavee]

15. I am not sure that I have even thought about

my birth name in a long time. This is an interesting idea tho... I would like to puzzle it out before whatever it is occurs tho. Will have to give Dr. Schulz' book a look.

[NuttyFluffers]

17. yeah, familiar with precognition myself... check your legal name change info

precog just feels different from de ja vu and esoteric dream ramblings. there's a distinct realness to the experience, definitely focused on details. in precog you can often READ, which is quite rare in dreamers (if not impossible for some people); you can also draw things down to last details; and also little things that are petty and clumsy occur, just like what happens in real life. there's no "romance" or "glamour" to precog, it's usually banal and eerie.

i don't know how close this felt to precognition, but there's some things you can do to be pro-active. go check your legal status in various locations. someone might be claiming you're dead and using your name to collect fraudulent funds. or someone could be stealing your past identity and leaving you with troubles. feel free to share with others, including family, to see if there's any past paperwork they remember but you forgot to clear up with your new status. check your voter's registration status. it may seem silly, but if it's "that feeling" then it wouldn't hurt to double check.

[elleng]

12. How's this?

Not a dream, but daughter almost encountered death yesterday; while driving, she was forced to swerve away from car stopped on highway.

Hurt daughter's muscles etc, and frightened her badly.

So today's horoscope (both hers and mine, from WaPo)says:

"People who do not realize what they are doing will exert a major influence over your day, so you need to stay extra-aware if you want to keep your cool right now. The drivers next to you? They're all chatting away on their cell phones, oblivious to the fact that their left turn signal has been on for ten miles. Zen it out. Don't let it get to you. Just keep your distance from clueless folks and realize that they will get their just desserts. Focus on what you're doing all the more."

[rosesaylavee]

14. Ha!

The universe is a prankster isn't she? Glad your daughter is ok.

[NuttyFluffers]

16. i like the advice so far, but i'd still tell others.

by voicing the dream it brings consciousness to it. sometimes you hear the best way to have your plans work is not tell anybody? well, sometimes that also works for bad things happening, too. others may unconsciously either pour energy warding it or consciously try to relate it to other events that might actually be a real warning. we cannot remember or know everything in life, so that's where 2 heads are better than 1. so feel free to share, even if only to make you feel better.

[Stevepol]

18. Since the year isn't on the death date,

it could be that this is up to you to fill in. Is the date some important date for you? I mean did something happen on that date or near to that date that you remember and are affected by or just remember each year?

Whatever it means, it seems it's up to you what the date will be. At some point, we all fill in a date as in the dream but we can extend our lives by right living and thinking.