Life dreams
Rites of passage carry the strongest shared meanings of any dream category, because everyone has been through versions of them. Weddings, funerals, exams, and graduations all encode the same thing: a change that was witnessed by other people.
Death
Almost never literal. Usually the most positive dream in the book.
🌱Pregnancy
Gestation, not gestation of a baby — of a project, an identity, a change.
💵Money
Rarely about money. Usually about worth and sufficiency.
👶Babies
Vulnerability, new responsibility, or a fragile idea you are carrying.
💍Weddings
Commitment, and the parts of you being asked to merge.
📝Forgetting an Exam
The most common adult anxiety dream, decades after school ended.
⚰️Funerals
An ending being formally acknowledged — often a good sign.
🎂Birthdays
Being counted, and the discomfort of being the centre.
🎓Graduation
Completion that arrives before you feel ready.
💼Job Interviews
Being assessed by someone whose criteria you can't read.
⏰Being Late
The most common anxiety dream among adults with calendars.
📉Losing Your Job
Identity, security, and the two being bundled together.
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