Coffin dreams are more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.

Dreams of coffins are less related to embarrassment, less related to confusion, and less related to pain.

Coffin dreams are much less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.

Dreams of coffins are much more related to death and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to sex.

Coffin dreams are more related to sleep paralysis, more related to bad dreams, and more related to weird dreams than dreams in general. They are much less related to lucid dreams and less related to good dreams.

Coffin dreams are less related to hearing, much less related to taste, and less related to touch.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience coffins in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about coffins in dreams. See how you feel about coffins now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. A coffin is one of those dream symbols that can spark worry and dread, but like everything else in dreams it’s symbolism. The trick is to figure out which personal or common association is used to create the symbolism. Coffins are commonly associated with death, and death in dreams can refer to figurative death: death of a relationship, death of the “old you,” the end of a phase of life, a big change in the way you feel or think. A coffin can symbolize something that you want to put in the past, that you never want to see again. The imagery of closing or burying a coffin arises most commonly in dreams after the end of a contentious relationship or difficult time of life. Burying a coffin can be associated with ideas like burying a grudge, burying the past, and burying memories. See: Burying A closed coffin in a dream can indicate that something in your life has come to a close. The lid of the coffin closes, and that’s the end. Digging up a coffin can symbolize digging up old memories or uncovering buried feelings. Of course, a coffin in a dream can refer to an event in your life, such as the death of someone you know. It can indicate that something about that event still needs to be processed, especially your emotions. Being in a coffin can symbolize confinement. A dull, listless, or depressed existence is comparable to slowly rotting away even though you’re alive. Something’s killing you inside. You might be stuck in a situation or place where you’ve been too long. See: Cages, Jails It can symbolize claustrophobia or fear of death. It can symbolize keeping secrets, something that will “go to the grave” with you. As with all symbols, your feelings are your guide. If the image of the coffin in your dream makes you feel relieved, it can mean you are happy that something is over and done. You’re ready to move on. If you feel anxious or worse, it can mean something still needs to be dealt with, perhaps something that you buried and tried to forget. The longer it remains unresolved, the worse it becomes. See also: Body parts, Burying, Cages, Death, Emotions, Fear, Funerals, Ghosts, Cemeteries, Jails, Prisoners