Dead An old person in dreams
Long memory, accumulated wisdom — the part of you that has seen many cycles.
How dead changes the reading
The base reading of An old person
An old person in a dream is the dictionary's image of long memory. The dream often appears around moments when the longer view is needed; the old figure in the dream often offers a sentence that turns out to be exactly what you needed to hear, sometimes one you had heard a long time ago and forgotten.
Where you often see it. An old person sitting and watching. An elder offering a small piece of advice. An elder at the edge of a family scene. The dream uses the elder for long memory and accumulated wisdom.
What it is not. The elder is not necessarily a literal grandparent. The reading is internal — the part of you that has seen many cycles.
Related in the dictionary. Read elder with monument, ghost (its harder counterpart), and any scene where time is being asked to teach.