Bereavement
Bereavement in a dream — especially the loss of a child — carries one of the heaviest weights the old books name, often touching plans frustrated where success was expected. It rarely concerns literal loss; more often the sudden ending of something cherished. The dream tends to ask what we fear losing where we had counted on gain.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for bereavement, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of the bereavement of a child, warns you that your plans will meet with quick frustration, and where you expect success there will be failure.
Bereavement of relatives, or friends, denotes disappointment in well matured plans and a poor outlook for the future.