Hair

Hair has carried the weight of strength and identity across cultures. The story of Samson frames hair as the seat of vitality; Sikh tradition treats uncut hair (kesh) as a spiritual discipline. Hair cut in dreams often precedes a shift of identity — sometimes grieved, sometimes welcomed. Hair growing suddenly abundant suggests a return of vitality, or a wildness the waking self has been restraining. Notice the color, whose hair it is, and what is being done to it. Braiding, cutting, washing, and burning are all meaningful verbs in the vocabulary of hair-dreams.