Possible Meanings Of Eating In Dreams
Dreaming that you are eating alone may signify loss, loneliness, and depression. You may feel rejected, excluded, and cut off from social/family ties. Eating may be a replacement for companionship and provide a form of comfort. Alternatively, eating alone reflects independent needs. Also consider the phrase, "what's eating you up?" in reference to anxiety that you may be feeling.
To dream that you are eating with others may signify harmony, intimacy, merriness, prosperous undertakings, personal gain, and/or joyous spirits.
To dream that you are overeating or not eating enough may signify a lack of spirituality and fulfillment in your waking life. Food can represent love, friendship, ambition, sex or pleasure in your life. Thus, food is a metaphor to fulfill and gratify your hunger for love and desires.
If you are refusing to eat, then it can indicate that you want to be more independent and not rely on others so much.
If you dream that you are a picky eater, then it can indicate that you are holding back something.
If you are currently dieting in your waking life, then the dream may serve to compensate for the sustenance that you are lacking.
To dream that someone clears away the food before you finish eating foretells that you will have problems and issues from those beneath you or dependent upon you.
Other Ways To Understand Eating
Psychologically, the image of Eating may be the mind rehearsing how to recognize vulnerability, process loss, or restore a sense of safety. Relationally, the image of Eating may mirror attachment, reciprocity, trust, or an unmet need to be recognized within an important bond. Also consider the symbol’s condition, color, number, location, and your actions toward it; these details can reverse or refine the emphasis.
Oracle Dream Interpretation