Grey Hair Dream Meaning And Symbolism

What does it mean if you see yourself with gray hair in a dream? The gray hair in a dream is associated with wisdom, a great life experience of a sleeping person. Sometimes, a dream book indicates unexpected complications, difficult trials, having passed which you will learn valuable lessons and benefits. Gray hair in dreams may also reflect weakness and anxiety.

What is the spiritual meaning of grey hair in dreams? A dream where you see grey hair predicts sudden trials and complications in which you will not only be a winner, but will be able to get lessons and some kind of profit. Nowadays a dream about grey hair doesn’t seem so awful because thanks to progress we can dye our hair in any color we want. That is why modern dreambooks advise to interpret this night image in accordance with the progress in beauty industry.

The dreambooks consider that seeing grey hair on your head is a sign of wellness and respectability. Some dreambooks think that the dream represents an expensive but unnecessary purchase. A dream where you saw an acquaintance with grey hair promises sudden changes in his life.

Miller believes that seeing gray in your hair, first of all, portends a deterioration in well-being. If you dreamed that your hair literally turns gray in front of your eyes, this means changes that will require maximum effort from the dreamer.

Did another person become gray-haired? The plot symbolizes a meeting with a wise mentor, from whom you will receive good advice. For a girl such night vision promises getting acquainted with a respectable, well-to-do person who is able to provide financial assistance to the dreamer.

Dreaming about a man with grey hair predicts career growth or a successful contract. But this success is promised not for you, but for the one you saw in your dream. The interpretation also suggests that the man can be a precursor of some situation and you will get a valuable advice. The dream also has a dark side: you may be dealing with a despot.

To dye over his gray hair for a man means that in order to achieve his plan, the dreamer will have to go to self-sacrifice. For a young woman a dreaming picture predicts the increased attention of the authorities to her person.

Combing her hair (for a woman) in a dream in front of a mirror and seeing gray hair in it, means the dreamer should be working on the implementation of her plans. Otherwise, in the future, the dreamer will experience bitter regret about missed opportunities and unfulfilled dreams.

What do superstitions and traditions say about grey hair? Main folk omens about haircuts.

Combing long gray hair reflects regret about old times, missed opportunities and dreams that didn’t come true. An interesting fact is that this dream is usually seen not by elder people but young people. According to other dream explanations, this plot promises welfare. Grey hair may appear not on hair only, but on face as well. For example, a dream about grey beard promises acknowledgement and recognition. As for gray eyebrows, they will bring worries and troubles only. According to Miller, if you saw only separate strands of gray hair, the dream indicates a difficult choice and it will be hard to take a decision. Grey hair combined with young face warns a dreamer to be more careful in order not to get into troubles. Grey hair roots and dark hair length symbolize hesitation and confusion.

The Modern universal dream book warns of the risk of dealing with a despot, interpreting a dream about gray-haired man. A Modern combined dream book portends the receipt of an unpleasant message that can spoil the dreamer's mood for a long time, interpreting dreams of seeing graying hair in the mirror. Seeing your daughter's gray hair in a dream suggests that the news will relate directly to the character.

The young lady who had to dye gray hair on her head in a dream has secrets unknown to her soulmate - Dr. Freud is sure. If in a dream, someone found you at this procedure, the dream book does not exclude that the secret will become known to this character.

If you dreamed that you were turning gray, this means that in reality you are too worried and upset about minor things, thereby undermining your own health. Seeing yourself with silver curls predicts a sad event in the family or sadness among close relatives.

Could stress cause gray hair?

Many Western tabloids included a couple of photographs of famous politicians on their covers, one of which was related to the beginning of person's political career, and the other one was related to its end. Most of the journalists concluded that hard work associated with constant stress leads to the rapid appearance of gray hair.

However, it is natural for people that their hair can only have color for 45-50 years. And although there is some disagreement among scientists regarding the causes of graying, in general, it is associated with loss of pigment. This pigment is produced in the scalp by special cells called melanocytes. When these cells stop working, gray hair appears. For most white people, this process starts around 35 years old and takes around 10 years, depending on the genes. For Africans, this begins somewhat later.

Our hair grows and falls out according to specific cycles, each of which lasts from several years to a decade. After the appearance of the first gray strand, there will be more and more of them with each new cycle. Usually, if you are half gray, you will be completely gray by the end of the next cycle.

Stress can play its role in this process. There is evidence that stress shortens the length of hair's life cycles and can accelerate graying. Stress also creates systematic inflammation that can damage pigment cells. For example, it is common to see young people with autoimmune diseases who have strands of white or gray hair due to inflammation that has damaged the melanocytes.

In short, your hair usually begins to turn gray somewhere between 30 and 50, depending on your DNA. And if you are constantly under the influence of stress, the resulting inflammation can accelerate the process of changing hair color.