Beheading dream meaning is explained below using 8 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Ibn Seerin
If one knows his assailant in the dream, it means receiving wealth at his hand.
If one is sick, it means that he will recover .from his illness, and ifhe is not sick, it means that he will attend a pilgrimage.
If the assailant is a young boy, then it means comfort, joy and relief from his burdens through his own death.
If a healthy person is beheaded in a dream, it means the end of his comfort or loss of his job or authority.
If one sees the governor ofthe town beheadinghim in a dream, it means that God Almighty will save him from his sorrows and strengthen him in this life.
If one sees a ruler beheading his subjects in a dream, it means that he will issue a decree of amnesty for all prisoners.
If one is beheaded as a result of a judgment or by robbers in a dream, it means that either one of his parents or a child of his may die shortly.
If a condemned person on death row sees himself beheaded in a dream, it means that he will be released from prison and his judgment will be rectified.
If an investor or a money exchanger sees that, then it means loss of his capital investment.
If a traveler is beheaded in a dream, it represents his safe return home. Ifrivals see that in a dream, it means loss of their fight.
(Also see Cutting off)
Interpretation 2 — Nancy Wagaman
You being beheaded can represent a feeling or fear of: the end of a phase in your life, losing your identity, your ego, some aspect of your life or yourself, or your authority over your own decisions.
You beheading someone else might represent your anger toward, fear of, or some other feeling toward whomever or whatever the person represents in your life.
For more clues, consider the motivation behind the action.
See Execution, Head, Killed, Being, Killing, Killer, Dying, Death of You, Life Force, Authority Figure
Interpretation 3 — Eric Ackroyd
(2) Alternatively, beheading may signify a need to get free of a too dominating head: you may have been relying too exclusively on intellect - in w hich case, you need to give more room in your life to instinct.
Interpretation 4 — James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver
The head symbolizes the intellect, so beheading can also represent alienation from feelings or from one’s own body. (See also Decapitation, Guillotine).
Interpretation 5 — Martha Clarke
Interpretation 6 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
2. Completion, often in business affairs.
3. Fear of castration.
4. Lack of connectedness (as in “losing one’s head”).
Interpretation 7 — Gustavus Hindman Miller
To see others beheaded, if accompanied by a large flow of blood, death and exile are portended.