Nature & Weather
Lily dream meaning
Lilies are linked with illness, death, and sadness, though their fragrance suggests sorrow can refine the mind. Rich foliage points to early marriage followed by bereavement; withered lilies bring nearer sorrow, and children among flowers suggest illness.
Dream scenarios
- 1
Dreaming of a lily or lilies growing with rich foliage
Lilies are associated with illness and death; for the young, rich foliage suggests early marriage followed by separation through death.
- 2
Little children among lilies
This suggests sickness and fragile constitutions for the children.
- 3
A young woman admires or gathers lilies
The dream holds sadness and joy together, with concern that the person she loves may suffer greatly or die early.
- 4
A young woman sees withered lilies
The dream suggests sorrow is nearer than she expected.
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Personal symbolism
The lily in this dream holds sorrow and joy together. It may accompany illness and death; lilies growing with rich foliage suggest early marriage for the young followed by separation through death. Children among the flowers are linked with sickness and fragile constitutions. For a young woman, admiring or gathering lilies brings sadness alongside joy and concern for a loved one’s suffering; withered flowers bring sorrow closer. Breathing their fragrance gives grief a refining effect on mental qualities. Notice which image and feeling stayed with you most.
Questions to reflect on
- Were the lilies growing, gathered, withered, or fragrant?
- Who was among the flowers, and how did you feel about them?
- Did sorrow, joy, or both shape the dream?