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What it means to dream about blood
Two readings: the one the old dream book gives, and what this dream actually means.
What the traditional dream book says
Blood in the tradition speaks of family, of blood ties, and of strong feeling. Your own blood was read as illness or a loss of strength. Someone else's was read as a quarrel with a person close to you, one that leaves a mark.
What the dream really reflects
Blood comes when something is draining you awake. If it is your own running, you feel yourself wearing thin, giving out more than you have got. If it is someone else's, it is a close person's pain that you have taken on as your own. The dream is about what wounds you and leaves nothing over.
What changes the reading
The same dream reads differently, and here is what shifts it.
- Your own blood
- You feel yourself running low, giving more than you have got. Something awake is taking your strength faster than you can replace it.
- Someone else's blood
- The pain of someone close that you carry as though it were yours. Sometimes it is guilt about the harm you did to another person.
- A lot of blood
- Loss of strength at the far edge of it. Something big has left you completely spent, and the dream is showing you the size of it.
FAQ
Is dreaming about blood a good sign or a bad one?
Neither one directly, because a dream does not prophesy. It shows your state, and whether that is light or heavy is yours to weigh once you look closely. Blood here is a mirror rather than a sentence.
The dream reflected you for one night. The chart of the sky holds your whole reflection.
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