To dream that you are having an operation suggests that you need to get something out of your system or cut it out of your life. Perhaps you need to let go of something or change your habits.
To dream that you are operating on someone indicates that you are facing some deep issues or dealing with some repressed thoughts.
To dream of a military operation suggests that you need to approach some issue or situation with discipline, precision and planning. Do not rush through your decision.
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A medical procedure being performed on the dreamer may signify old issues being “cut out” or patched up. If the dreamer is doing the operating, then deep unconscious issues are being faced, worked on, and healed. The overall implication of this dream depends on one’s experiences with medical operations.
If you dream that you are about to undergo a surgery, and suddenly, you get up from the operating table, convinced that you are cured, it means you have self confidence.
You believe in the resolution of a problem that at first seemed incurable. So, you will find the correct answer without outside intervention. In addition to this, the image of the scalpel urges you to act with precision, decisiveness, and conviction to put an end to a situation that is worrying you.
An important change in your fundamental life-style is forecast in a dream of undergoing surgery; to dream of observing an operation predicts unexpected news. However, neither of these dreams has any significance if you practice (or are connected with) any form of medicine.
A surgical procedure is a healing proposition designed to correct some malfunction, remove something that is not working properly, or replace something that has ceased to work at all.
As a symbol, an operation is evidence that such a healing and transformation is going on in your life that is invasive and frightening and carries with it both a measure of risk as well as a level of profound necessity.