Grandfather Dream Interpretation: Insights from 5 Unique Sources

Dreams of your grandfather can be about the mature masculine aspects of yourself, elder consciousness, or that you are processing your relationship with your grandfather.

The Grandfather archetype represents the sky, the all seeing, and all knowing, wise part of yourself.

The Grandfather can sometimes represent God. This dream may be an opportunity to grapple with your feelings toward God, male elders, or about aging.

See Zeus, King.

To become a grandfather in a dream means longevity or earning respect. Seeing one’s grandfather in a dream also means enjoying a happy life.

A grandfather in one’s house in a dream represents one’s own father. Therefore, any interpretation relative to one’s father should apply here. Ifone’s grandfather dies in a dream, it means loss of one’s determination and will.

(See Father)

(1) If your grandfather appears in your dream he may symbolize wisdom.

(2) In a man’s dream it may be a Wise Old Man figure.

See Wise Old Man/ Woman, Grandmother, and Introduction, pages 49-50.

See Gr, mother.

The all-powerful Father or the archetypal father, in contrast to the personal father.

The father principle.

A grandfather also represents knowledge and wisdom, but with a touch of authority and tradition thrown in.