Blood

Blood in dreams is the material of life itself. It signals kinship (blood relations), vitality (lifeblood), and sacrifice (the blood that must be given). Biblical tradition treats blood as the carrier of soul. Jungian analysis reads blood-dreams contextually: menstrual blood often marks the feminine cycle of creation and release; blood from a wound, a real cost being paid; a pool of blood, a price the psyche is acknowledging. A dream of bleeding without alarm is often a healthy release; a dream of being drained, a vitality being given to something or someone that is not returning it. Notice the color, quantity, and whose blood it is.