Guillotine – A guillotine is a somewhat disturbing dream symbol of violently cutting off parts of your life that you may feel essential. If you dream of yourself being a victim of the guillotine, this feels threatening and terrifying. Cutting ourselves off from our dependencies and unhealthy habits also feels threatening and terrifying, and we cannot foresee what life will be like or how it will go on after we make a clean break. Nevertheless, the guillotine is usually not a symbol of death and destruction; it is a symbol of radical and positive change that you may desperately need in your life.