Head dreams are more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general.

Head dreams are more related to confusion, more related to fear, and more related to pain than dreams in general.

Head dreams are more related to magical places than dreams in general.

Head dreams are more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and more related to death than dreams in general.

Head dreams are more related to nightmares, more related to sleep paralysis, and more related to bad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring dreams.

Head dreams are much more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and much more related to vision than dreams in general.

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 heads 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 heads in dreams. See how you feel about heads 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. You can get great ideas about specific features related to the head such as eyes, hair, and face by looking them up. The head itself is associated primarily with thoughts, thinking processes, and intellect, so that’s where we begin discussing possibilities for symbolism. Symbolism involving the head is shown in figures of speech and idioms such as “Get your head screwed on straight,” meaning think straight, be sensible. To get ahead means to advance, usually after thinking through how to do it. “Losing your head” means your thinking is faulty, irrational. Dreams enact those figures of speech, so if a dream wants to say that you lost your head, it’ll show you losing your head—it comes off, or is missing. In simplest terms, a headless person is someone who lost her head. Your “heading” is your direction, and direction in a dream can refer to direction in life or a specific area of it such as work life or family life. The symbolism could be shown as a head rolling along the ground, flying through the air, or faced in a certain direction. See: Rightness A head swiveled around backwards can be a way of saying “look behind you” in the figurative sense. Something is in your blind spot, or in your past, and it’s important. If something goes over your head it means you don’t get it, you don’t understand. Dreams may enact the symbolism through imagery of something flying over or above your head. Holding your head high may indicate pride and related ideas, whereas a head held low indicates shame and related ideas. Turning the head away can indicate disapproval or negative opinion, whereas the opposite action can indicate approval or positive opinion. All functions of thinking and decision-making are fair game to be symbolized with the head: self-control, attention, intention, opinion, analysis, intuition, reason, strategy. Conflict between the head and heart, between rationality and feelings, is central to many dreams. The symbolism can be shown in closeness or distance between locations or objects. For example, a giraffe’s long neck can symbolize a wide distance between the head and heart. Injury to the head can symbolize figurative disconnection from the body. You “live in your head.” It can mean you live in your head at the expense of your physical needs. The same idea can be expressed in the symbolism of being headless. See: Wounds It’s funny when you step back from a dream and realize how obvious it is. For example, you dream that your head swells to many times its normal size. You wonder whether it means you’re “sick in the head” or have an illness in the head such as swelling of the brain, then realize it means your head is swelled with pride. It can mean you have a big intellect, a “big brain.” The swollen head is a metaphor. Having two heads, or switching heads, can mean you’re of two minds about something. Getting shot in the head can symbolize thoughts that hurt to think about, or doubts about your intellect. It can symbolize a headache. In rare cases it can indicate a more severe physical issue such as a tumor. Dreams that warn of dangerous physical conditions are likely to recur—your dreams will keep sending the message until you get it. See: Disease The forehead is the seat of intellect, insight, and critical thinking. In dreams it can symbolize anything related to thought processes and rationality. A third eye in the forehead is a sign of deep insight. See also: Amputations, Antlers, Balloons, Brains, Decapitations, Disease, Ears, Executing, Eyes, Faces, Fevers, Hair, Hanging, Hatred, Illness, Insanity, Mouths, Necks, Psyches, Psychologists, Wounds