Amputation in a dream is read as a hard cut made to save the whole — ending a relationship, habit or role that could not stay. It speaks of painful but deliberate separation. Losing a leg is linked to losing independence or a way forward, while losing an arm points to losing the ability to act or to hold on. Someone else’s amputation suggests a loss you are witnessing in their life. The image is symbolic and calm in tradition: something given up so that the rest can go on.
Does the traditional reading fit your dream, or did it mean something else to you?
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