Loss For as long as I can remember, I have had dreams in which the theme is ‘loss’. The most frequent dream is about losing my handbag, usually at a party, restaurant or some other public place. In other disturbing dreams, I have a specific place to go to. Although I am familiar with my destination and can see it in the distance, I always take the wrong road and never get there. Margaret, Ealing Dear Margaret, What do you keep in your handbag? Most bags contain a purse, keys, make-up and other personal items. In dreams, losing your handbag therefore suggests hidden feelings of insecurity about your identity. You write that you are a widow in your 60s, semi-retired, financially secure and not looking for another partner. On the surface, everything looks satisfactory. What, then, have you lost? Where have you taken the wrong road? You provide the clue when you mention another troublesome dream in which your husband says he no longer loves you. As you were happily married for 25 years, your dream husband is symbolic. Having left his physical body, he represents the spiritual side of your nature. He ‘no longer loves you’ because you have lost contact with an essential part of yourself – your inner world. You will continue to feel you have lost something until you work out what your spirit needs…and how to supply it. (Sun Taurus, Moon Scorpio)

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