What does it mean if you dream about an old lady?

Answer 1

Dreaming about an old lady can symbolize wisdom, experience, or guidance in your life. It could also represent fears of aging or mortality. Or maybe you just had too much cheese before bed. Who knows, dreams are weird.

Answer 2

This suggests that you are receiving (or expect to receive) credit or admiration that you do not deserve. In nearly all cultures, elderly women are given respect, but your dream turns this order upside down. It is unlikely, unless you are the Pope, that you deserve to have any old lady kissing your hand. So your mind may be using this dream to show that you need to quit expecting quite so much, and adjust your self image toward more realistic proportions.

Answer 3

There is not enough information in the question for any meaningful interpretation. Dreaming of oneself being old would be very different from dreaming of one's parent, child, lover or a stranger being old. The emotional tone is also important, whether peaceful and calm or fearful and dark.

Answer 4

It is difficult to suggest a meaningful interpretation without additional information; an "old lady" might be a homeless person, the queen of England, or one's own mother or grandmother, each of which would give very different meaning to the dream. Very generally, an old lady could represent a part of the dreamer's own self, such as the inner parent, feminine wisdom, or unconditional compassion.

Answer 5

Without more to go on than provided in the question, the Old Lady in the dream could represent a multitude of different meanings. An obvious question is, Why does the dreamer feel that an Old Lady is so threatening?

If the dreamer is male, the Old Lady might represent the anima, or female aspect of the personality. If the dreamer is female, she might represent the inner Wise Woman, or parental authority. Regardless of the dreamer's gender, the Old Lady might be the Great Mother, or she could be Hecate the Crone, or a Teacher trying desperately to draw the dreamer's attention to a matter of great importance. In any case, if the Old Lady is appearing repeatedly, the dreamer would do well to stop running and find out what she has to say.

Answer 6

There is no special significance to dreaming of "old people." The meaning of any dream lies in the emotional tone of the dream as well as in the events and symbols in that dream.