To dream of scissors can symbolically indicate breakups and separations. Like scissors, a practical object that cuts through various materials, its representation in a dream is capable of representing both painful - yet necessary - and liberating experiences.

Check out more details below to better understand what you dreamed.

Reflect on the context of dreaming of scissors

What are these scissors? do they belong to anyone? are they pointy, pointless, rusty, new, sharp, blunt? what are they made of?

What does she cut or not cut? What draws attention to her? How does the dreamer relate to her?

Reflect on what your unconscious mind may be signaling when you dream of scissors

• How do I deal with ruptures and finalizations?
• Can I cut or break with what is not good for me?
• Do I experience separations that I regret or make conscious cuts?

Possible interpretations

Scissors in dreams necessarily need to be contextualized. Scissors speak of the cutting tool, that is, the the power of the psyche to break, cut, and separate That's the premise, so you evaluate the context in order to amplify.

Type of scissors can change the context of the dream

The type of scissors that appear in a dream, in a more obvious way, can give us some information about what kind of cutting is possible and even if it is possible or what conditions exist in the psyche for a break. We can think of scissors without cutting, for example, or too sharp, too cutting. What these scissors cut or the circumstances in which they appear also give usinformation to be able to understand the symbol more deeply.

Ruptures are inevitable

In Greek mythology, the Moira Atropos, which means the one who cannot be avoided, cut the thread of fate by ruthlessly determining the death of the living. The idea to which this brings us is that ruptures, cuts and separations are, for the most part, inevitable. We go through this type of situation countless times throughout our lives, and, in a certain way, we learn to face this experience as somethingnegative, such as a loss.

Ruptures, cuts and separations are mostly inevitable

But since the symbol is always much broader, we can realize that many ruptures are actually part of the healing itself, or the opening of space for something different. A break with something that no longer serves the psyche can be precisely the point of liberation to glimpse a new way of being in the world or of relating.

Our Experts

- Thaís Khoury has a degree in Psychology from Universidade Paulista, with post-graduate studies in Analytical Psychology. She uses dream interpretation, kalatonia and creative expression in her treatments.

- Yubertson Miranda, who majored in Philosophy at PUC-MG, is a symbologist, numerologist, astrologer, and tarologist.