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What are orphan dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about orphan dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with orphan dreams. These are the words that make orphan dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of orphan dreams can be illuminating about show orphans affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example orphan dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how orphans in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that orphan is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that orphan is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, orphan dreams have more sadness than 98.0% of dream symbols, more work than 97.7% of dream symbols, and more strangers than 96.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, orphan dreams have less lucid dreams than 93.6% of dream symbols, less recurring dreams than 92.2% of dream symbols, and less sex than 87.2% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of orphans are friendly! These dreams have more friendly interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Friendly dreams can be great. They involve people helping other people, expressing love, and just being good to one another. Also, dreams of orphans are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of orphans will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Dreams help us to process our emotions and social relationships. In a certain lens, you can think of dreams as simulations of the world. This can be especially helpful for our relationships with family. Furthermore, orphan dreams are about death. Better stated, orphan dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. Also, orphan dreams can be very vivid. Dreams of orphans are more associated with the dream being describe as vivd than 90% of all other dream symbols. Finally, orphan dreams are about work! Working is a part of life, so it makes sense that we dream about it. Work dreams can be stressful. They can be good. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of orphans is different than dreams of orphans in general.

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How common are orphan dreams?

0.1% of dreams have the orphans symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 1,500 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very rare.

Identification

How are orphan dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like orphan. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and unnamed people.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of orphans?

Orphans dreams are notable because they have substantially more Ethiopia, Kenya, Ecuador, bankruptcy, adoptions, Hermione Granger, limousines, bird cages, Portugal, cheating on tests, hazel eyes than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of orphans?

Orphans do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into orphan dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in orphan dreams.

Who is in dreams of orphans?

Who is in dreams of orphans?

Dreams of orphans are much more related to unnamed people, more related to fantastic beings, and much more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to peers.

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What are the emotions in dreams of orphans?

What are the emotions in dreams of orphans?

Orphan dreams are much more related to sadness, more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to confusion than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to pain.

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Where do dreams of orphans take place?

Where do dreams of orphans take place?

Dreams of orphans are much more related to home, much more related to work, and more related to human-made places than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of orphans?

What happens in dreams of orphans?

Dreams of orphans are much more related to friendly acts, more related to disasters, and much more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to sex and less related to eating and drinking.

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How do dreams of orphans related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of orphans related to the type of dream it is?

Orphan dreams are more related to weird dreams, much more related to vivid dreams, and more related to good dreams than dreams in general. They are much less related to lucid dreams, much less related to recurring dreams, and less related to bad dreams.

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How do dreams of orphans related the senses?

How do dreams of orphans related the senses?

Dreams of orphans are more related to hearing than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of orphans in dreams?

Orphan dreams are very rare. Among other things orphan dreams are friendly, family oriented, about death, very vivid, and work dreams. Do you think this is true for your dream of orphans? How might your dream of orphans be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

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.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

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

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

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 orphans in dreams. See how you feel about orphans now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of orphan dreams

An interpretation of orphan dreams

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. To understand the symbolism of an orphan in a dream, begin with the definition of an orphan as a child without parents. Now ask what that can compare to: feeling abandoned; needing guidance, love, or care; the sense that parents or other adult figures are absent physically or emotionally; facing the challenges of life alone. Stretch the idea of an orphan further and it can symbolize being away from your family or missing them. It’s a way of expressing feeling alone or without family, even if temporarily. See: Family For example, a woman dreams about being in a home and finding an orphaned child in the basement. She asks the child why he’s there, and he says he’s waiting for the mail to arrive. It’s a way of saying she misses her father, who takes long business trips. Waiting for the mail to arrive to the home symbolizes her waiting for this all-important male to come back. The child is in the basement because the basement is where things are put out of mind. She’s trying not to miss him too much. Dreams with the theme of orphans and orphanages arise commonly in people who feel estranged from, or abandoned by, their parents or family. Being an orphan in a dream is a comparison that sums up their feelings and perceptions, albeit in an exaggerated way. You are not necessarily an orphan but might as well be because you feel unloved, unwanted, or excluded. Those feelings can be projected onto a surrogate character; e.g., an orphan. It’s likely to be a projection of something about you, though a dream can use that image to symbolize encountering something that’s been abandoned, such as a project, idea, or pet. For example, a woman dreams about driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood and finding an orphaned child on the side of the road. She pulls over and asks the child where her parents are, and she replies that they died. She tells the child that she will find her a home. The orphan symbolizes a house she visited while house hunting. The real estate agent told her that the elderly couple that used to live there died suddenly, and the house sat for months with no attention or care. It is, in a sense, orphaned, and the woman’s motherly instincts are pulling her toward buying the home and giving it the attention and care it needs. “Orphan” can capture the idea of taking care of people who need guidance and parenting. People can be described as orphans when they lack direction in life or behave like unruly children. Even as adults we can have figures in our lives who are like parents. If you are cut off from that support, then your dreams can symbolize the situation as involving an orphan. An orphan can symbolize something in your psyche that’s left out, not integrated. It’s a comparison used to describe something that’s left out or unwanted, and it can be used far and wide. For example, a project is said to be orphaned when it’s abandoned, and adults can be described as orphans when they lack direction or are isolated and friendless. Any of these ideas can be symbolized by an orphanage. It’s a dream setting that sets the scene and gives an overview of the subject. See also: Adoptions, Children, Childhood homes, Family, Family homes, Museums, Pets, Psyches, Strangers, Widows

Examples of dreams of orphans

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of orphan dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for orphan dreams. Read at your own risk.

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