Dreaming of cutting a face out of a photo - dream meaning with inherited lore
It may reveal a wish to get some distance from a particular memory or relationship.
You cut or snip a person’s face out of a photo. The photo may tear, or the face may come away on its own.
Korean lore: Cutting a photograph with scissors may be read as wanting to sever a part of a relationship or memory. There’s no widely established traditional reading for this scene, so whose photo it was and how you felt can offer clues. (This reading applies the folk symbolism of cutting with scissors as sorting things out or breaking away, with care to fit the scene.)
Through the mind: Your feelings about someone in the photo may still be unsettled, or you may want to redefine the distance between you. If you felt angry, you might also think back to whether you held something back in a recent conversation.
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