Mortuary dream meaning is explained below using 11 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.

Interpretation 1 — Ella Freeman Sharpe

To dream of a funeral service in a mortuary, or any other edifice, portends unhappiness followed by rejoicing.

If the service is for a stranger, anxiety over a perplexing difficulty.

If it is a member of the family, it denotes good health in spite of worries, which may have caused the dream.

If the dreamer is happy at the funeral of the relative, any differences that exist between the person represented by the corpse and the dreamer will be rectified.

If the dreamer is mournful over the funeral of the relative, it is a wish cycle from the waking state expressing a desire to be rid of the relative.

Source: Psycho Dream Interpretation • Author: Ella Freeman Sharpe

Interpretation 2 — Pamela Ball

1- In everyday life, a mortuary is a frightening place, connected as it tends to be with the trauma of death. When a mortuary appears in a dream, we are usually having to consider our fears and feelings about death.

2- If we are viewing a dead body we may be having to consider a part of ourselves that has died, or perhaps a now defunct relationship.

If we are the body in the mortuary, we may have induced a state of inertia which does not allow us to enjoy life properly.

3- Death and dying, again not necessarily the final calling, but possibly new spiritual awareness.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary • Author: Pamela Ball

Interpretation 3 — Eric Ackroyd

(1) Perhaps your unconscious is confronting you with the fact of mortality in order to change your perspective, or ambitions or values.

(2) The mortuary may symbolize whatever in your psyche you have allowed to atrophy through disuse. A conscious feeling of lifelessness may result. The repressed elements are probably just what you need to give you new life, new joiedevivre.

Source: A Dictionary of Dream Symbols • Author: Eric Ackroyd

Interpretation 4 — Versatile - Anonymous

Psychological / emotional perspective: If we are viewing a dead body we may be having to consider a part of ourselves that has died or changed irrevocably, or perhaps a now defunct relationship.

If we are the body in the mortuary, we may have induced a state of inertia that does not allow us to enjoy life properly.

Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 5 — Versatile - Anonymous

Material aspects: In everyday life, a mortuary is a frightening place, connected as it tends to be with the trauma of death or endings.

A mortuary’s clinical atmosphere may mean that we should simply observe without judgment what is occurring around us.

Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 6 — DreamForth

To see or dream that you are in a mortuary implies that you are neglecting to use your skills, and are therefore not working to your full potential. It may also symbolize certain negative attributes or qualities that you should change.
Source: Dream Symbols and Analysis • Author: DreamForth

Interpretation 7 — Versatile - Anonymous

A mortuary may symbolize a spiritual transition phase. We are dead to the old way of life and have new spiritual awareness. When a mortuary appears in a dream, we are usually having to consider our fears and feelings about death.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 8 — Betty Bethards

Represents those aspects of self which have died off or are no longer needed for growth.

If you are sitting in a mortuary, means not growing or using your gifts.

Source: The Dream Books Symbols • Author: Betty Bethards

Interpretation 9 — Tony Crisp

Feelings about death, pans of self dead but not buried, may be brought to life by being used.
Source: A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences • Author: Tony Crisp

Interpretation 10 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

1. Unwillingness to let go of the past.

2. Guilt over some­thing.

3. Regret.

Source: New American Dream Dictionary • Author: Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

Interpretation 11 — Margaret Hamilton

See “cemetery”
Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited • Author: Margaret Hamilton