Dead Elbow in dreams
The hinge that lets the arm fold — the joint of reach and of leaning in.
How dead changes the reading
Dead in the dream means the symbol's energy is no longer in active circulation in your life. The reading is not necessarily grim — most often it is the dream noting that something you had been carrying has run its full course and you can stop carrying it.
The base reading of Elbow
An elbow in a dream is the dream's image of the hinge that lets the arm fold — the joint of reach, of leaning on a table, of bringing food to the mouth. The elbow is ordinary; you notice it when it stops working. The dream brings the elbow when a part of your life that depends on small, repeated reach — feeding yourself, leaning in to listen, putting on clothes — is calling attention to itself. A working elbow is the dream telling you the small reach is intact. A locked or painful elbow is the dream noting that a small, daily capability has been lost, and the activities you took for granted now require help.