The Big Dictionary of Dreams

by Martha Clarke
Carl Jung decided to become a psychologist after dreaming that he found a skull in the basement of his house. The skull represented his desire to discover and explain the secrets of the mind.

Dreaming of a skull also refers to mortality and to your spiritual contemplation about the beginning and the end of life. It can also express things that are coming to an end or whatever you are just unable not reach.

For gypsy people, skulls are the wisdom of their ancestors. Drinking from one of those means sharing this old knowledge. In Ireland it symbolizes the truth because it is said that if an individual takes false oath with a skull, she will die soon.

Dreamers Dictionary

by Garuda
Symbol: The skull is a symbol of the impermanence of life, and also of the uppermost part of the human body.

Vision: Seeing a skull: a reminder to be honest and to look at reality with a sober mind.

If you can do that, you are going to succeed. Digging somewhere and finding a skull: you will receive a monetary gift.

Depth Psychology: See Head, Skeleton.

The Fabric of Dream

by Katherine Taylor Craig
A dream denoting penance (Gypsy). Symbolism obviously Christian. Spider to spin its web before your face augurs a fortune (Raphael). The spider is the symbol of shrewdness, perseverance and foresight (Pavitt). Schemer holds that to dream of seeing the upper part of a room covered with spiders is a symptom of headache.