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What's In A Dream
An A to Z of Dream Meanings and Symbolism in Dreams
A Dream Dictionary for use in Dream Interpretation
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``_And the King said unto them, I have dreamed a dream,
and my spirit was troubled to know the dream_.''--Dan. ii., 3.
_Pacify_.
To endeavor to pacify suffering ones, denotes that you will be
loved for your sweetness of disposition. To a young woman,
this dream is one of promise of a devoted husband or friends.
Pacifying the anger of others, denotes that you will labor
for the advancement of others.
If a lover dreams of soothing the jealous suspicions of his sweetheart,
he will find that his love will be unfortunately placed.
_Packet_.
To dream of seeing a packet coming in, foretells that some pleasant
recreation is in store for you.
To see one going out, you will experience slight losses and disappointments.
_Page_.
To see a page, denotes that you will contract a hasty union with one
unsuited
to you. You will fail to control your romantic impulses.
If a young woman dreams she acts as a page, it denotes that she
is likely to participate in some foolish escapade.
_Pagoda_.
To see a pagoda in your dreams, denotes that you will soon go
on a long desired journey.
If a young woman finds herself in a pagoda with her sweetheart,
many unforeseen events will transpire before her union is legalized.
An empty one, warns her of separation from her lover.
_Pail_.
To dream of full pails of milk, is a sign of fair prospects
and pleasant associations.
An empty pail is a sign of famine, or bad crops.
For a young woman to be carrying a pail, denotes household employment.
_Pain_.
To dream that you are in pain, will make sure of your own unhappiness.
This dream foretells useless regrets over some trivial transaction.
To see others in pain, warns you that you are making mistakes
in your life.
To see newly painted houses in dreams, foretells that you will succeed
with some devised plan.
To have paint on your clothing, you will be made unhappy by the thoughtless
criticisms of others.
To dream that you use the brush yourself, denotes that you
will be well pleased with your present occupation.
To dream of seeing beautiful paintings, denotes that friends will assume
false positions towards you, and you will find that pleasure is illusive.
For a young woman to dream of painting a picture, she will be deceived
in her lover, as he will transfer his love to another.
_Palace_.[145]
Wandering through a palace and noting its grandeur, signifies that
your
prospects are growing brighter and you will assume new dignity.
To see and hear fine ladies and men dancing and conversing, denotes
that you
will engage in profitable and pleasing associations.
For a young woman of moderate means to dream that she is a
participant in the entertainment, and of equal social standing
with others, is a sign of her advancement through marriage,
or the generosity of relatives.
This is often a very deceitful and misleading dream to the young
woman of humble circumstances; as it is generally induced in such
cases by the unhealthy day dreams of her idle, empty brain.
She should strive after this dream, to live by honest work,
and restrain deceitful ambition by observing the fireside counsels
of mother, and friends.
[145] See Opulence.
_Palisade_.
To dream of the palisades, denotes that you will alter well-formed
plans
to please strangers, and by so doing, you will impair your own interests.
_Pall_.
To dream that you see a pall, denotes that you will have
sorrow and misfortune.
If you raise the pall from a corpse, you will doubtless soon
mourn the death of one whom you love.
_Pall-bearer_.
To dream of a pall-bearer, indicates some enemy will provoke
your ill feeling, by constant attacks on your integrity.
If you see a pall-bearer, you will antagonize worthy institutions,
and make yourself obnoxious to friends.
_Pallet_.
To dream of a pallet, denotes that you will suffer temporary
uneasiness over your love affairs. For a young woman,
it is a sign of a jealous rival.
_Palmistry_.
For a young woman to dream of palmistry, foretells she will be
the object of suspicion.
If she has her palms read, she will have many friends
of the opposite sex, but her own sex will condemn her.
If she reads others' hands, she will gain distinction by her
intelligent bearing. If a minister's hand, she will need friends,
even in her elevation.
_Palm Tree_.
Palm trees seen in your dreams, are messages of hopeful situations
and happiness of a high order.
For a young woman to pass down an avenue of palms, omens a
cheerful home and a faithful husband. If the palms are withered,
some unexpected sorrowful event will disturb her serenity.
_Palsy_.
To dream that you are afflicted with palsy, denotes that you
are making unstable contracts.
To see your friend so afflicted, there will be uncertainty
as to his faithfulness and sickness, too, may enter your home.
For lovers to dream that their sweethearts have palsy, signifies that
dissatisfaction over some question will mar their happiness.
_Pancake_.
To dream of eating pancakes, denotes that you will have excellent
success in all enterprises undertaken at this time.
To cook them, denotes that you will be economical and thrifty
in your home.
_Pane of Glass_.
To dream that you handle a pane of glass, denotes that you are dealing
in uncertainties. If you break it, your failure will be accentuated.
To talk to a person through a pane of glass, denotes that there
are obstacles in your immediate future, and they will cause you
no slight inconvenience.
_Panorama_.
To dream of a panorama, denotes that you will change your
occupation or residence. You should curb your inclinations
for change of scene and friends.
_Panther_.
To see a panther and experience fright, denotes that contracts in love
or business may be canceled unexpectedly, owing to adverse influences
working against your honor. But killing, or over-powering it,
you will experience joy and be successful in your undertakings.
Your surroundings will take on fair prospects.
If one menaces you by its presence, you will have disappointments
in business. Other people will likely recede from their promises to
you.
If you hear the voice of a panther, and experience terror
or fright, you will have unfavorable news, coming in the way
of reducing profit or gain, and you may have social discord;
no fright forebodes less evil.
A panther, like the cat, seen in a dream, portends evil to the dreamer,
unless he kills it.
_Pantomime_.
To dream of seeing pantomimes, denotes that your friends will deceive
you.
If you participate in them, you will have cause of offense.
Affairs will not prove satisfactory.
_Paper or parchment_.
If you have occasion in your dreams to refer to, or handle,
any paper or parchment, you will be threatened with losses.
They are likely to be in the nature of a lawsuit.
For a young woman, it means that she will be angry with her
lover and that she fears the opinion of acquaintances.
Beware, if you are married, of disagreements in the precincts
of the home.
_Parables_.
To dream of parables, denotes that you will be undecided as to the
best
course to pursue in dissenting to some business complication. To the
lover,
or young woman, this is a prophecy of misunderstandings and disloyalty.
_Paradise_.
To dream that you are in Paradise, means loyal friends, who are
willing to aid you. This dream holds out bright hopes to sailors
or those about to make a long voyage. To mothers, this means
fair and obedient children. If you are sick and unfortunate,
you will have a speedy recovery and your fortune will ripen.
To lovers, it is the promise of wealth and faithfulness.
To dream that you start to Paradise and find yourself bewildered and
lost,
you will undertake enterprises which look exceedingly feasible and full
of fortunate returns, but which will prove disappointing and vexatious.
_Paralysis_.
Paralysis is a bad dream, denoting financial reverses and disappointment
in literary attainment. To lovers, it portends a cessation of affections.
_Parasol_.[146]
To dream of a parasol, denotes, for married people, illicit enjoyments.
If a young woman has this dream, she will engage in many flirtations,
some of which will cause her interesting disturbances, lest her lover
find out her inclinations.
[146] See Umbrella.
_Parcel_.
To dream of a parcel being delivered to you, denotes that you
will be pleasantly surprised by the return of some absent one,
or be cared for in a worldly way.
If you carry a parcel, you will have some unpleasant task to perform.
To let a parcel fall on the way as you go to deliver it,
you will see some deal fail to go through.
_Pardon_.[147]
To dream that you are endeavoring to gain pardon for an offense
which you never committed, denotes that you will be troubled,
and seemingly with cause, over your affairs, but it will finally
appear that it was for your advancement. If offense was committed,
you will realize embarrassment in affairs.
To receive pardon, you will prosper after a series of misfortunes.
[147] See kindred words.
_Parents_.[148]
To see your parents looking cheerful while dreaming, denotes harmony
and pleasant associates.
If they appear to you after they are dead, it is a warning of
approaching trouble, and you should be particular of your dealings.
To see them while they are living, and they seem to be
in your home and happy, denotes pleasant changes for you.
To a young woman, this usually brings marriage and prosperity.
If pale and attired in black, grave disappointments will harass you.
To dream of seeing your parents looking robust and contented, denotes
you are
under fortunate environments; your business and love interests will
flourish.
If they appear indisposed or sad, you will find life's favors passing
you
by without recognition.
_Park_.
To dream of walking through a well-kept park, denotes enjoyable leisure.
If you walk with your lover, you will be comfortably and happily married.
Ill-kept parks, devoid of green grasses and foliage, is ominous
of unexpected reverses.
_Parrot_.
Parrots chattering in your dreams, signifies frivolous employments
and idle
gossip among your friends.
To see them in repose, denotes a peaceful intermission of family broils.
For a young woman to dream that she owns a parrot, denotes that her
lover
will believe her to be quarrelsome.
To teach a parrot, you will have trouble in your private affairs.
A dead parrot, foretells the loss of social friends.
_Parsley_.
To dream of parsley, denotes hard-earned success, usually the surroundings
of the dreamer are healthful and lively.
To eat parsley, is a sign of good health, but the care of a large
family will be your portion.
_Parsnips_.
To see or eat parsnips, is a favorable omen of successful business
or trade,
but love will take on unfavorable and gloomy aspects.
_Parting_.
To dream of parting with friends and companions, denotes that many
little
vexations will come into your daily life.
If you part with enemies, it is a sign of success in love and business.
_Partner_.
To dream of seeing your business partner with a basket of crockery
on his back, and, letting it fall, gets it mixed with other crockery,
denotes your business will sustain a loss through the indiscriminate
dealings of your partner. If you reprimand him for it, you will,
to some extent, recover the loss.
_Partnership_.
To dream of forming a partnership with a man, denotes uncertain
and fluctuating money affairs. If your partner be a woman,
you will engage in some enterprise which you will endeavor
to keep hidden from friends.
To dissolve an unpleasant partnership, denotes that things will arrange
themselves agreeable to your desires; but if the partnership was pleasant,
there will be disquieting news and disagreeable turns in your affairs.
_Partridge_.
Partridges seen in your dreams, denotes that conditions will be
good in your immediate future for the accumulation of property.
To ensnare them, signifies that you will be fortunate in expectations.
To kill them, foretells that you will be successful, but much
of your wealth will be given to others.
To eat them, signifies the enjoyment of deserved honors.
To see them flying, denotes that a promising future is before you.
To dream of an unknown party of men assaulting you for your money
or valuables, denotes that you will have enemies banded together against
you.
If you escape uninjured, you will overcome any opposition, either in
business or love.
To dream of attending a party of any kind for pleasure, you will find
that life has much good, unless the party is an inharmonious one.
_Passenger_.
To dream that you see passengers coming in with their luggage,
denotes improvement in your surroundings. If they are leaving
you will lose an opportunity of gaining some desired property.
If you are one of the passengers leaving home, you will be
dissatisfied with your present living and will seek to change it.
_Passing Bell_.
To hear a passing bell, unexpected intelligence of the sorrow
or illness of the absent.
To ring one yourself, denotes ill health and reverses.
_Password_.
To dream of a password, foretells you will have influential aid
in some slight trouble soon to attack you. For a woman to dream
that she has given away the password, signifies she will endanger
her own standing through seeking frivolous or illicit desires.
_Pasteboard_.
To dream of pasteboard, denotes that unfaithful friends will deceive
you concerning important matters. To cut pasteboard, you will throw
aside difficulties in your struggle to reach eminent positions.
_Pastry_.[149]
To dream of pastry, denotes that you will be deceived by some artful person.
To eat it, implies heartfelt friendships.
If a young woman dreams that she is cooking it, she will fail
to deceive others as to her real intentions.
[149] See Pies.
_Patch_.
To dream that you have patches upon your clothing, denotes that you
will show no false pride in the discharge of obligations.
To see others wearing patches, denotes want and misery are near.
If a young woman discovers a patch on her new dress, it indicates
that she will find trouble facing her when she imagines her happiest
moments are approaching near. If she tries to hide the patches,
she will endeavor to keep some ugly trait in her character from her
lover.
If she is patching, she will assume duties for which she has no liking.
For a woman to do family patching, denotes close and loving bonds
in the family, but a scarcity of means is portended.
_Patent_.
To dream of securing a patent, denotes that you will be careful
and painstaking with any task you set about to accomplish.
If you fail in securing your patent, you will suffer failure
for the reason that you are engaging in enterprises for which you
have no ability.
If you buy one, you will have occasion to make a tiresome
and fruitless journey.
To see one, you will suffer unpleasantness from illness.
_Patent Medicine_.
To dream that you resort to patent medicine in your search for health,
denotes that you will use desperate measures in advancing your fortune,
but you will succeed, to the disappointment of the envious.
To see or manufacture patent medicines, you will rise from obscurity
to positions above your highest imaginings.
_Path_.
To dream that you are walking in a narrow and rough path,
stumbling over rocks and other obstructions, denotes that you
will have a rough encounter with adversity, and feverish
excitement will weigh heavily upon you.
To dream that you are trying to find your path, foretells that you
will fail
to accomplish some work that you have striven to push to desired ends.
To walk through a pathway bordered with green grass and flowers,
denotes your freedom from oppressing loves.
_Paunch_.
To see a large paunch, denotes wealth and the total absence of refinement.
To see a shriveled paunch, foretells illness and reverses.
To dream that you are a pauper, implies unpleasant happenings for you.
To see paupers, denotes that there will be a call upon your generosity.
[150] See Beggars and kindred
words.
_Pawn-shop_.
If in your dreams you enter a pawn-shop, you will find disappointments
and losses in your waking moments.
To pawn articles, you will have unpleasant scenes with your wife
or sweetheart, and perhaps disappointments in business.
For a woman to go to a pawn-shop, denotes that she is guilty of indiscretions,
and she is likely to regret the loss of a friend.
To redeem an article, denotes that you will regain lost positions.
To dream that you see a pawn-shop, denotes you are negligent
of your trust and are in danger of sacrificing your honorable
name in some salacious affair.
_Peaches_.[151]
Dreaming of seeing or eating peaches, implies the sickness of children,
disappointing returns in business, and failure to make anticipated
visits of pleasure; but if you see them on trees with foliage,
you will secure some desired position or thing after much striving
and risking of health and money.
To see dried peaches, denotes that enemies will steal from you.
For a young woman to dream of gathering luscious peaches from
well-filled trees, she will, by her personal charms and qualifications,
win a husband rich in worldly goods and wise in travel.
If the peaches prove to be green and knotty, she will meet
with unkindness from relatives and ill health will steal
away her attractions.
[151] See Orchard.
_Peacock_.
For persons dreaming of peacocks, there lies below the brilliant
and flashing ebb and flow of the stream of pleasure and riches,
the slums of sorrow and failure, which threaten to mix with its
clearness at the least disturbing influence.
For a woman to dream that she owns peacocks, denotes that she
will be deceived in her estimate of man's honor.
To hear their harsh voices while looking upon their proudly spread
plumage,
denotes that some beautiful and well-appearing person will work you
discomfort
and uneasiness of mind.
_Pearls_.
To dream of pearls, is a forerunner of good business and trade
and affairs of social nature.
If a young woman dreams that her lover sends her gifts of pearls,
she will indeed be most fortunate, as there will be occasions of
festivity and pleasure for her, besides a loving and faithful affianced
devoid of the jealous inclinations so ruinous to the peace of lovers.
If she loses or breaks her pearls, she will suffer indescribable
sadness and sorrow through bereavement or misunderstandings.
To find herself admiring them, she will covet and strive for love
or possessions with a pureness of purpose.
_Pears_.
To dream of eating pears, denotes poor success and debilitating health.
To admire the golden fruit upon graceful trees, denotes that fortune
will wear a more promising aspect than formerly.
To dream of gathering them, denotes pleasant surprises will follow
quickly upon disappointment.
To preserve them, denotes that you will take reverses philosophically.
Baking them, denotes insipid love and friendships.
_Peas_.
Dreaming of eating peas, augurs robust health and the accumulation
of wealth.
Much activity is indicated for farmers and their women folks.
To see them growing, denotes fortunate enterprises.
To plant them, denotes that your hopes are well grounded and they
will be realized.
To gather them, signifies that your plans will culminate in good and
you
will enjoy the fruits of your labors.
To dream of canned peas, denotes that your brightest hopes
will be enthralled in uncertainties for a short season,
but they will finally be released by fortune.
To see dried peas, denotes that you are overtaxing your health.
To eat dried peas, foretells that you will, after much success,
suffer a slight decrease in pleasure or wealth.
_Pebbles_.
For a young woman to dream of a pebble-strewn walk, she will be vexed
with many rivals and find that there are others with charms that attract
besides her own. She who dreams of pebbles is selfish and should cultivate
leniency towards others' faults.
_Pecans_.
To dream of eating this appetizing nut, you will see one of your dearest
plans come to full fruition, and seeming failure prove a prosperous
source of gain.
To see them growing among leaves, signifies a long, peaceful existence.
Failure in love or business will follow in proportion as the pecan is
decayed.
If they are difficult to crack and the fruit is small, you will succeed
after much trouble and expense, but returns will be meagre.
_Pelican_.
To dream of a pelican, denotes a mingling of disappointments with successes.
To catch one, you will be able to overcome disappointing influences.
To kill one, denotes that you will cruelly set aside the rights of others.
To see them flying, you are threatened with changes, which will impress
you with ideas of uncertainty as to good.
_Pen_.
To dream of a pen, foretells you are unfortunately being
led into serious complications by your love of adventure.
If the pen refuses to write, you will be charged with a serious
breach of morality.
_Penalties_.
To dream that you have penalties imposed upon you, foretells that you
will have duties that will rile you and find you rebellious.
To pay a penalty, denotes sickness and financial loss.
To escape the payment, you will be victor in some contest.
_Pencil_.
To dream of pencils, denotes favorable occupations.
For a young woman to write with one, foretells she will
be fortunate in marriage, if she does not rub out words;
in that case, she will be disappointed in her lover.
_Penitentiary_.
To dream of a penitentiary, denotes you will have engagements
which will, unfortunately, result in your loss. To be an inmate
of one, foretells discontent in the home and failing business.
To escape from one, you will overcome difficult obstacles.
_Penny_.
To dream of pennies, denotes unsatisfactory pursuits.
Business will suffer, and lovers and friends will complain
of the smallness of affection.
To lose them, signifies small deference and failures.
To find them, denotes that prospects will advance to your improvement.
To count pennies, foretells that you will be business-like and economical.
_Pension_.
To dream of drawing a pension, foretells that you will be aided
in your labors by friends.
To fail in your application for a pension, denotes that you will lose
in an undertaking and suffer the loss of friendships.
_People_.[152]
[152] See Crowd.
_Pepper_.
To dream of pepper burning your tongue, foretells that you will suffer
from your acquaintances through your love of gossip.
To see red pepper growing, foretells for you a thrifty and an independent
partner in the marriage state.
To see piles of red pepper pods, signifies that you will aggressively
maintain your rights.
To grind black pepper, denotes that you will be victimized by the wiles
of ingenious men or women. To see it in stands on the table, omens sharp
reproaches or quarrels.
For a young woman to put it on her food, foretells that she will be
deceived
by her friends.
_Peppermint_.
To dream of peppermint, denotes pleasant entertainments
and interesting affairs.
To see it growing, denotes that you will participate in some pleasure
in which there will be a dash of romance.
To enjoy drinks in which there is an effusion of peppermint, denotes
that
you will enjoy assignations with some attractive and fascinating person.
To a young woman, this dream warns her against seductive pleasures.
_Perfume_.
To dream of inhaling perfume, is an augury of happy incidents.
For you to perfume your garments and person, denotes that you
will seek and obtain adulation.
Being oppressed by it to intoxication, denotes that excesses in joy
will impair your mental qualities.
To spill perfume, denotes that you will lose something which
affords you pleasure.
To break a bottle of perfume, foretells that your most cherished
wishes and desires will end disastrously, even while they promise
a happy culmination.
To dream that you are distilling perfume, denotes that your employments
and associations will be of the pleasantest character.
For a young woman to dream of perfuming her bath, foretells
ecstatic happenings. If she receives it as a gift from a man,
she will experience fascinating, but dangerous pleasures.
_Perspiration_.
To dream that you are in a perspiration, foretells that you
will come out of some difficulty, which has caused much gossip,
with new honors.
_Pest_.
To dream of being worried over a pest of any nature, foretells that
disturbing
elements will prevail in your immediate future.
To see others thus worried, denotes that you will be annoyed
by some displeasing development.
_Petticoat_.
To dream of seeing new petticoats, denotes that pride in your belongings
will make you an object of raillery among your acquaintances.
To see them soiled or torn, portends that your reputation will be
in great danger.
If a young woman dream that she wears silken, or clean, petticoats,
it denotes that she will have a doting, but manly husband.
If she suddenly perceives that she has left off her petticoat
in dressing, it portends much ill luck and disappointment.
To see her petticoat falling from its place while she is
at some gathering, or while walking, she will have trouble
in retaining her lover, and other disappointments may follow.
_Pewter_.[153]
To dream of pewter, foretells straitened circumstances.
[153] See Dishes.
_Phantom_.[154]
To dream that a phantom pursues you, foretells strange
and disquieting experiences.
To see a phantom fleeing from you, foretells that trouble
will assume smaller proportions.
[154] See Ghost.
_Pheasant_.
Dreaming of pheasants, omens good fellowship among your friends.
To eat one, signifies that the jealousy of your wife will cause
you to forego friendly intercourse with your friends.
To shoot them, denotes that you will fail to sacrifice one selfish
pleasure
for the comfort of friends.
_Phosphorus_.
To dream of seeing phosphorus, is indicative of evanescent joys.
For a young woman, it foretells a brilliant but brief success with admirers.
If you see photographs in your dreams, it is a sign of approaching deception.
If you receive the photograph of your lover, you are warned
that he is not giving you his undivided loyalty, while he tries
to so impress you.
For married people to dream of the possession of other persons'
photographs, foretells unwelcome disclosures of one's conduct.
To dream that you are having your own photograph made, foretells that
you
will unwarily cause yourself and others' trouble.
_Physician_.
For a young woman to dream of a physician, denotes that she
is sacrificing her beauty in engaging in frivolous pastimes.
If she is sick and thus dreams, she will have sickness or worry,
but will soon overcome them, unless the physician appears very anxious,
and then her trials may increase, ending in loss and sorrow.
_Piano_.
To dream of seeing a piano, denotes some joyful occasion.
To hear sweet and voluptuous harmony from a piano,
signals success and health. If discordant music is being played,
you will have many exasperating matters to consider.
Sad and plaintive music, foretells sorrowful tidings.
To find your piano broken and out of tune, portends dissatisfaction
with your own accomplishments and disappointment in the failure
of your friends or children to win honors.
To see an old-fashioned piano, denotes that you have, in trying moments,
neglected the advices and opportunities of the past, and are warned
not to do so again.
For a young woman to dream that she is executing difficult,
but entrancing music, she will succeed in winning an indifferent
friend to be a most devoted and loyal lover.
_Pickaxe_.
To dream of a pickaxe, denotes a relentless enemy is working to overthrow
you socially. A broken one, implies disaster to all your interests.
_Pickles_.
To dream of pickles, denotes that you will follow worthless pursuits
if you
fail to call energy and judgment to your aid.
For a young woman to dream of eating pickles, foretells an unambitious career.
To dream of pickles, denotes vexation in love, but final triumph.
For a young woman to dream that she is eating them, or is hungry
for them, foretells she will find many rivals, and will be overcome
unless she is careful of her private affairs. Impure pickles,
indicate disappointing engagements and love quarrels.
_Pickpocket_.
To dream of a pickpocket, foretells some enemy will succeed
in harassing and causing you loss. For a young woman to have her
pocket picked, denotes she will be the object of some person's
envy and spite, and may lose the regard of a friend through
these evil machinations, unless she keeps her own counsel.
If she picks others' pockets, she will incur the displeasure
of a companion by her coarse behavior.
_Picnic_.[155]
To dream of attending a picnic, foreshadows success and real enjoyment.
Dreams of picnics, bring undivided happiness to the young.
Storms, or any interfering elements at a picnic, implies the temporary
displacement of assured profit and pleasure in love or business.
[155] See Kindred Words.
Pictures appearing before you in dreams, prognosticate deception
and the ill will of contemporaries.
To make a picture, denotes that you will engage in
some unremunerative enterprise.
To destroy pictures, means that you will be pardoned for using
strenuous means to establish your rights.
To buy them, foretells worthless speculation.
To dream of seeing your likeness in a living tree, appearing and disappearing,
denotes that you will be prosperous and seemingly contented, but there
will be disappointments in reaching out for companionship and reciprocal
understanding of ideas and plans.
To dream of being surrounded with the best efforts of the old
and modern masters, denotes that you will have insatiable longings
and desires for higher attainments, compared to which present
success will seem poverty-stricken and miserable.
[156] See Painting and Photographs.
_Pier_.
To stand upon a pier in your dream, denotes that you will be
brave in your battle for recognition in prosperity's realm,
and that you will be admitted to the highest posts of honor.
If you strive to reach a pier and fail, you will lose the distinction
you most coveted.
To dream of eating pies, you will do well to watch your enemies,
as they are planning to injure you.
For a young woman to dream of making pies, denotes that she will flirt
with men for pastime. She should accept this warning.
[157] See Pastry.
_Pig_.[158]
To dream of a fat, healthy pig, denotes reasonable success in affairs.
If they are wallowing in mire, you will have hurtful associates,
and your engagements will be subject to reproach. This dream will bring
to a young woman a jealous and greedy companion though the chances
are that he will be wealthy.
[158] See Hog.
_Pigeon_.
To dream of seeing pigeons and hearing them cooing above their cotes,
denotes domestic peace and pleasure-giving children. For a young woman,
this dream indicates an early and comfortable union.
To see them being used in a shooting match, and, if you participate,
it denotes that cruelty in your nature will show in your dealings,
and you are warned of low and debasing pleasures.
To see them flying, denotes freedom from misunderstanding,
and perhaps news from the absent.
_Pilgrim_.
To dream of pilgrims, denotes that you will go on an extended journey,
leaving home and its dearest objects in the mistaken idea that it must
be thus for their good.
To dream that you are a pilgrim, portends struggles with poverty
and unsympathetic companions.
For a young woman to dream that a pilgrim approaches her,
she will fall an easy dupe to deceit. If he leaves her,
she will awaken to her weakness of character and strive
to strengthen independent thought.
_Pill_.
To dream that you take pills, denotes that you will have responsibilities
to look after, but they will bring you no little comfort and enjoyment.
To give them to others, signifies that you will be criticised
for your disagreeableness.
_Pillow_.
To dream of a pillow, denotes luxury and comfort.
For a young woman to dream that she makes a pillow, she will have encouraging
prospects of a pleasant future.
_Pimple_.
To dream of your flesh being full of pimples, denotes worry over trifles.
To see others with pimples on them, signifies that you will be troubled
with illness and complaints from others.
For a woman to dream that her beauty is marred by pimples, her conduct
in home or social circles will be criticised by friends and acquaintances.
You may have small annoyances to follow this dream.
_Pincers_.
To dream of feeling pincers on your flesh, denotes that you
will be burdened with exasperating cares. Any dream of pincers,
signifies unfortunate incidents.
_Pineapple_.
To dream of pineapples, is exceedingly propitious.
Success will follow in the near future, if you gather pineapples
or eat them.
To dream that you prick your fingers while preparing a pineapple
for the table, you will experience considerable vexation over matters
which will finally bring pleasure and success.
_Pine Tree_.
To see a pine tree in a dream, foretells unvarying success
in any undertaking. Dead pine, for a woman, represents
bereavement and cares.
_Pins_.
To dream of pins, augurs differences and quarrels ill families.
To a young woman, they warn her of unladylike conduct towards her lover.
To dream of swallowing a pin, denotes that accidents will force
you into perilous conditions.
To lose one, implies a petty loss or disagreement.
To see a bent or rusty pin, signifies that you will lose esteem
because of your careless ways.
To stick one into your flesh, denotes that some person will irritate you.
_Pipe_.
Pipes seen in dreams, are representatives of peace and comfort
after many struggles.
Sewer, gas, and such like pipes, denotes unusual thought and prosperity
in your community.
Old and broken pipe, signifies ill health and stagnation of business.
To dream that you smoke a pipe, denotes that you will enjoy the visit
of an
old friend, and peaceful settlements of differences will also take place.
_Pirate_.
To dream of pirates, denotes that you will be exposed to the evil
designs of false friends.
To dream that you are a pirate, denotes that you will fall beneath
the society of friends and former equals.
For a young woman to dream that her lover is a pirate, is a sign
of his unworthiness and deceitfulness. If she is captured by pirates,
she will be induced to leave her home under false pretenses.
_Pistol_.
Seeing a pistol in your dream, denotes bad fortune, generally.
If you own one, you will cultivate a low, designing character.
If you hear the report of one, you will be made aware of some scheme
to ruin your interests.
To dream of shooting off your pistol, signifies that you will
bear some innocent person envy, and you will go far to revenge
the imagined wrong.
If you are looking into a deep pit in your dream, you will run silly
risks
in business ventures and will draw uneasiness about your wooing.
To fall into a pit denotes calamity and deep sorrow.
To wake as you begin to feel yourself falling into the pit,
brings you out of distress in fairly good shape.
To dream that you are descending into one, signifies that you
will knowingly risk health and fortune for greater success.
_Pitcher_.
To dream of a pitcher, denotes that you will be of a generous
and congenial disposition. Success will attend your efforts.
A broken pitcher, denotes loss of friends.
_Pitchfork_.
Pitchforks in dreams, denotes struggles for betterment of fortune
and great laboring, either physically or mentally.
To dream that you are attacked by some person using a pitchfork,
implies that you will have personal enemies who would not scruple
to harm you.
_Plague_.
To dream of a plague raging, denotes disappointing returns in business,
and your wife or lover will lead you a wretched existence.
If you are afflicted with the plague, you will keep your
business out of embarrassment with the greatest maneuvering.
If you are trying to escape it, some trouble, which looks impenetrable,
is pursuing you.
_Plain_.[159]
For a young woman to dream of crossing a plain, denotes that she
will be fortunately situated, if the grasses are green and luxuriant;
if they are arid, or the grass is dead, she will have much
discomfort and loneliness.
[159] See Prairie.
_Plane_.
To dream that you use a plane, denotes that your liberality and successful
efforts will be highly commended.
To see carpenters using their planes, denotes that you will progress
smoothly in your undertakings.
To dream of seeing planes, denotes congeniality and even success.
A love of the real, and not the false, is portended by this dream.
_Planet_.
To dream of a planet, foretells an uncomfortable journey and depressing work.
_Plank_.
For a young woman to dream that she is walking across muddy water
on a rotten plank, denotes that she will feel keenly the indifference
shown her by one she loves, or other troubles may arise;
or her defence of honor may be in danger of collapse.
Walking a good, sound plank, is a good omen, but a person will have
to be unusually careful in conduct after such a dream.
_Plaster_.
To dream of seeing walls plainly plastered, denotes that success will
come,
but it will not be stable.
To have plaster fall upon you, denotes unmitigated disasters and disclosure.
To see plasterers at work, denotes that you will have a sufficient
competency to live above penury.
_Plate_.[160]
For a woman to dream of plates, denotes that she will practise economy
and win
a worthy husband. If already married, she will retain her husband's
love
and respect by the wise ordering of his household.
[160] See Dishes.
_Play_.[161]
For a young woman to dream that she attends a play,
foretells that she will be courted by a genial friend,
and will marry to further her prospects and pleasure seeking.
If there is trouble in getting to and from the play,
or discordant and hideous scenes, she will be confronted
with many displeasing surprises.
[161] See Theater.
_Pleasure_.[162]
To dream of pleasure, denotes gain and personal enjoyment.
[162] See Joy.
_Plow_.
To dream of a plow, signifies unusual success, and affairs will reach
a pleasing culmination.
To see persons plowing, denotes activity and advancement
in knowledge and fortune.
For a young woman to see her lover plowing, indicates that she will
have
a noble and wealthy husband. Her joys will be deep and lasting.
To plow yourself, denotes rapid increase in property and joys.
_Plums_.
Plums, if they are green, unless seen on trees, are signs of personal
and relative discomfort.
To see them ripe, denotes joyous occasions, which, however, will be
of short duration.
To eat them, denotes that you will engage in flirtations
and other evanescent pleasures.
To gather them, you will obtain your desires, but they will not prove
so solid as you had imagined.
If you find yourself gathering them up from the ground, and find rotten
ones among the good, you will be forced to admit that your expectations
are unrealized, and that there is no life filled with pleasure alone.
_Pocket_.
To dream of your pocket, is a sign of evil demonstrations against you.
To find a pocketbook filled with bills and money in your dreams,
you will be quite lucky, gaining in nearly every instance your desire.
If empty, you will be disappointed in some big hope.
If you lose your pocketbook, you will unfortunately disagree with your
best friend, and thereby lose much comfort and real gain.
_Poinard_.[163]
To dream of some one stabbing you with a poinard, denotes that secret
enemies will cause you uneasiness of mind.
If you attack any person with one of these weapons, you will unfortunately
suspect your friends of unfaithfulness.
Dreaming of poinards, omens evil.
[163] See Dagger.
_Poison_.
To fed that you are poisoned in a dream, denotes that some painful
influence will immediately reach you.
If you seek to use poison on others, you will be guilty of base thoughts,
or the world will go wrong for you.
For a young woman to dream that she endeavors to rid herself
of a rival in this way, she will be likely to have a deal
of trouble in securing a lover.
To throw the poison away, denotes that by sheer force you
will overcome unsatisfactory conditions.
To handle poison, or see others with it, signifies that unpleasantness
will surround you.
To dream that your relatives or children are poisoned, you will receive
injury from unsuspected sources.
If an enemy or rival is poisoned, you will overcome obstacles.
To recover from the effects of poison, indicates that you
will succeed after worry.
To take strychnine or other poisonous medicine under the advice
of a physician, denotes that you will undertake some affair
fraught with danger.
_Poker_.
To dream of seeing a red hot poker, or fighting with one,
signifies that you will meet trouble with combative energy.
To play at poker, warns you against evil company; and young women,
especially, will lose their moral distinctiveness if they find
themselves engaged in this game.
_Polar Bear_.[164]
Polar bears in dreams, are prognostic of deceit,
as misfortune will approach you in a seeming fair aspect.
Your bitterest enemies will wear the garb of friendship.
Rivals will try to supersede you.
To see the skin of one, denotes that you will successfully
overcome any opposition.
[164] See Bear.
_Pole-cat_.
To dream of a pole-cat, signifies salacious scandals.
To inhale the odor of a pole-cat on your clothes, or otherwise smell
one,
you will find that your conduct will be considered rude, and your affairs
will prove unsatisfactory.
To kill one, denotes that you will overcome formidable obstacles.
_Police_.
If the police are trying to arrest you for some crime of which you
are innocent, it foretells that you will successfully outstrip rivalry.
If the arrest is just, you will have a season of unfortunate incidents.
To see police on parole, indicates alarming fluctuations in affairs.
_Polishing_.
To dream of polishing any article, high attainments will place
you in enviable positions.
_Politician_.
To dream of a politician, denotes displeasing companionships,
and incidences where you will lose time and means.
If you engage in political wrangling, it portends that misunderstandings
and ill feeling will be shown you by friends.
For a young woman to dream of taking interest in politics,
warns her against designing duplicity,
_Polka_.[165]
To dream of dancing the polka, denotes pleasant occupations.
[165] See Dancing.
_Pomegranate_.
Pomegranates, when dreamed of, denotes that you will wisely use
your talents for the enrichment of the mind rather than seeking
those pleasures which destroy morality and health.
If your sweetheart gives you one, you will be lured by artful
wiles to the verge of distraction by woman's charms, but inner
forces will hold you safe from thralldom.
To eat one, signifies that you will yield yourself a captive
to the personal charms of another.
_Pond_.[166]
To see a pond in your dream, denotes that events will bring no emotion,
and fortune will retain a placid outlook.
If the pond is muddy, you will have domestic quarrels.
[166] See Water, Puddle
and kindred words.
_Pony_.
To see ponies in your dreams, signifies moderate speculations
will be rewarded with success.
_Poor_.[167]
To dream that you, or any of your friends, appear to be poor,
is significant of worry and losses.
[167] See Pauper.
_Poor-house_.
To see a poor-house in your dream, denotes you have unfaithful friends,
who will care for you only as they can use your money and belongings.
_Pope_.
Any dream in which you see the Pope, without speaking to him,
warns you of servitude. You will bow to the will of some master,
even to that of women.
To speak to the Pope, denotes that certain high honors are in store
for you.
To see the Pope looking sad or displeased, warns you against vice or
sorrow
of some kind.
_Poplars_.
To dream of seeing poplars, is an omen of good, if they are in leaf or bloom.
For a young woman to stand by her lover beneath the blossoms and leaves
of a tulip poplar, she will realize her most extravagant hopes.
Her lover will be handsome and polished. Wealth and friends will be
hers.
If they are leafless and withered, she will meet with disappointments.
_Poppies_.
Poppies seen in dreams, represents a season of seductive pleasures
and flattering business, but they all occupy unstable foundations.
If you inhale the odor of one, you will be the victim of artful
persuasions and flattery.
(The mesmeric influence of the poppy inducts one into strange atmospheres,
leaving materiality behind while the subjective self explores these
realms
as in natural sleep; yet these dreams do not bear truthful warnings
to the material man. Being, in a manner, enforced.)
_Porcelain_.
To dream of porcelain, signifies you will have favorable opportunities
of progressing in your affairs. To see it broken or soiled,
denotes mistakes will be made which will cause grave offense.
_Porch_.
To dream of a porch, denotes that you will engage a new undertakings,
and the future will be full of uncertainties.
If a young woman dreams that she is with her lover on a porch,
implies her doubts of some one's intentions.
To dream that you build a porch, you will assume new duties.
_Porcupine_.
To see a porcupine in your dreams, denotes that you will disapprove
any new enterprise and repel new friendships with coldness.
For a young woman to dream of a porcupine, portends that she
will fear her lover.
To see a dead one, signifies your abolishment of ill feelings and possessions.
_Pork_.[168]
If you eat pork in your dreams, you will encounter real trouble,
but if you only see pork, you will come out of a conflict victoriously.
[168] See Bacon.
_Porpoise_.
To see a porpoise in your dreams, denotes enemies are thrusting
your interest aside, through your own inability to keep people
interested in you.
_Porter_.
Seeing a porter in a dream, denotes decided bad luck and eventful happenings.
To imagine yourself a porter, denotes humble circumstances.
To hire one, you will be able to enjoy whatever success comes to you.
To discharge one, signifies that disagreeable charges will be
preferred against you.
_Portfolio_.
To dream of a portfolio, denotes that your employment will not be
to your liking, and you will seek a change in your location.
_Portrait_.[169]
To dream of gazing upon the portrait of some beautiful person,
denotes that, while you enjoy pleasure, you can but feel
the disquieting and treacherousness of such joys. Your general
affairs will suffer loss after dreaming of portraits.
[169] See Pictures, Photographs,
and Paintings.
_Postage_.
To dream of postage stamps, denotes system and remuneration in business.
If you try to use cancelled stamps, you will fall into disrepute.
To receive stamps, signifies a rapid rise to distinction.
To see torn stamps, denotes that there are obstacles in your way.
_Postman_.[170]
To dream of a postman, denotes that hasty news will more frequently
be of a distressing nature than otherwise.
[170] See Letter Carrier.
_Post-office_.
To dream of a post-office, is a sign of unpleasant tidings.
and ill luck generally.
_Pot_.
To dream of a pot, foretells that unimportant events will work you
vexation.
For a young woman to see a boiling pot, omens busy employment of pleasant
and
social duties. To see a broken or rusty one, implies that keen disappointment
will be experienced by you.
_Potatoes_.
Dreaming of potatoes, brings incidents often of good.
To dream of digging them, denotes success.
To dream of eating them, you will enjoy substantial gain.
To cook them, congenial employment.
Planting them, brings realization of desires.
To see them rotting, denotes vanished pleasure and a darkening future.
_Potter_.
To dream of a potter, denotes constant employment,
with satisfactory results. For a young woman to see a potter,
foretells she will enjoy pleasant engagements.
_Potter's Field_.
To see a potter's field in your dreams, denotes you will have poverty
and misery to distress you. For a young woman to walk through a potter's
field with her lover, she will give up the one she loves in the hope
of mercenary gain.
_Poultry_.
To see dressed poultry in a dream, foretells extravagant
habits will reduce your security in money matters.
For a young woman to dream that she is chasing live poultry,
foretells she will devote valuable time to frivolous pleasure.
_Powder_.
To see powder in your dreams, denotes unscrupulous people are dealing
with you. You may detect them through watchfulness.
To dream of a prairie, denotes that you will enjoy ease,
and even luxury and unobstructed progress.
An undulating prairie, covered with growing grasses and flowers,
signifies joyous happenings.
A barren prairie, represents loss and sadness through the absence of friends.
To be lost on one, is a sign of sadness and ill luck.
_Prayer_.
To dream of saying prayers, or seeing others doing so,
foretells you will be threatened with failure, which will take
strenuous efforts to avert.
To dream of a preacher, denotes that your ways are not above reproach,
and your affairs will not move evenly.
To dream that you are a preacher, foretells for you losses in business,
and distasteful amusements will jar upon you.
To hear preaching, implies that you will undergo misfortune.
To argue with a preacher, you will lose in some contest.
To see one walk away from you, denotes that your affairs will move
with new energy. If he looks sorrowful, reproaches will fall
heavily upon you.
To see a long-haired preacher, denotes that you are shortly to have
disputes
with overbearing and egotistical people.
_Precipice_.[171]
To dream of standing over a yawning precipice, portends the threatenings
of misfortunes and calamities.
To fall over a precipice, denotes that you will be engulfed in disaster.
_Pregnancy_.
For a woman to dream that she is pregnant, denotes she will be unhappy
with her husband, and her children will be unattractive.
For a virgin, this dream omens scandal and adversity.
If a woman is really pregnant and has this dream, it prognosticates
a safe delivery and swift recovery of strength.
_Present_.[172]
To receive presents in your dreams, denotes that you will
be unusually fortunate.
[172] See Gifts.
_Priest_.[173]
A priest is an augury of ill, if seen in dreams.
If he is in the pulpit, it denotes sickness and trouble for the dreamer.
If a woman dreams that she is in love with a priest,
it warns her of deceptions and an unscrupulous lover.
If the priest makes love to her, she will be reproached for her
love of gaiety and practical joking.
To confess to a priest, denotes that you will be subjected
to humiliation and sorrow.
These dreams imply that you have done, or will do,
something which will bring discomfort to yourself or relatives.
The priest or preacher is your spiritual adviser, and any dream of his
professional presence is a warning against your own imperfections.
Seen in social circles, unless they rise before you as spectres,
the same rules will apply as to other friends.
[173] See Preacher.
_Primrose_.
To dream of this little flower starring the grass at your feet,
is an omen of joys laden with comfort and peace.
_Printer_.
To see a printer in your dreams, is a warning of poverty,
if you neglect to practice economy and cultivate energy.
For a woman to dream that her lover or associate is a printer,
foretells she will fail to please her parents in the selection
of a close friend.
_Printing Office_.
To be in a printing office in dreams, denotes that slander and contumely
will threaten you
To run a printing office is indicative of hard luck.
For a young woman to dream that her sweetheart is connected
with a printing office, denotes that she will have a lover
who is unable to lavish money or time upon her, and she will
not be sensible enough to see why he is so stingy.
_Prison_.[174]
To dream of a prison, is the forerunner of misfortune in every instance,
if it encircles your friends, or yourself.
To see any one dismissed from prison, denotes that you will
finally overcome misfortune.
[174] See Jail.
_Privacy_.
To dream that your privacy suffers intrusion, foretells you
will have overbearing people to worry you. For a woman,
this dream warns her to look carefully after private affairs.
If she intrudes on the privacy of her husband or lover,
she will disabuse some one's confidence, if not careful
of her conversation.
_Prize Fight_.
To see a prize fight in your dreams, denotes your affairs will give
you trouble in controlling them.
_Prize Fighter_.
For a young woman to see a prize fighter, foretells she will have pleasure
in fast society, and will give her friends much concern about her reputation.
_Procession_.
To dream of a procession, denotes that alarming fears will
possess you relative to the fulfilment of expectations.
If it be a funeral procession, sorrow is fast approaching,
and will throw a shadow around pleasures.
To see or participate in a torch-light procession, denotes that you
will engage in gaieties which will detract from your real merit.
_Profanity_.
To dream of profanity, denotes that you will cultivate those traits
which render you coarse and unfeeling toward your fellow man.
To dream that others use profanity, is a sign that you will be injured
in some way, and probably insulted also.
_Profits_.[175]
To dream of profits, brings success in your immediate future.
[175] See Gain.
_Promenade_.
To dream of promenading, foretells that you will engage in energetic
and profitable pursuits.
To see others promenading, signifies that you will have rivals
in your pursuits.
_Property_.[176]
To dream that you own vast property, denotes that you will be successful
in affairs, and gain friendships.
[176] See Wealth.
_Prostitute_.[177]
To dream that you are in the company of a prostitute, denotes that
you
will incur the righteous scorn of friends for some ill-mannered conduct.
For a young woman to dream of a prostitute, foretells that
she will deceive her lover as to her purity or candor.
This dream to a married woman brings suspicion of her husband
and consequent quarrels.
[177] See Harlot.
_Publican_.
To dream of a publican, denotes that you will have your sympathies
aroused
by some one in a desperate condition, and you will diminish your own
gain
for his advancement. To a young woman, this dream brings a worthy lover;
but because of his homeliness she will trample on his feelings unnecessarily.
_Publisher_.
To dream of a publisher, foretells long journeys and aspirations
to the literary craft.
If a woman dreams that her husband is a publisher, she will be jealous
of more than one woman of his acquaintance, and spicy scenes will ensue.
For a publisher to reject your manuscript, denotes that you will
suffer disappointment at the miscarriage of cherished designs.
If he accepts it, you will rejoice in the full fruition of your hopes.
If he loses it, you will suffer evil at the hands of strangers.
_Puddings_.
To dream of puddings, denotes small returns from large investments,
if you only see it.
To eat it, is proof that your affairs will be disappointing.
For a young woman to cook, or otherwise prepare a pudding,
denotes that her lover will be sensual and worldly minded,
and if she marries him, she will see her love and fortune vanish.
To find yourself stepping into puddles of clear water in a dream,
denotes a vexation, but some redeeming good in the future.
If the water be muddy, unpleasantness will go a few rounds with you.
To wet your feet by stepping into puddles, foretells that your pleasure
will work you harm afterwards.
_Pulpit_.
To dream of a pulpit, denotes sorrow and vexation.
To dream that you are in a pulpit, foretells sickness, and unsatisfactory
results in business or trades of any character.
_Pulse_.
To dream of your pulse, is warning to look after your affairs and health
with close care, as both are taking on debilitating conditions.
To dream of feeling the pulse of another, signifies that you are committing
depredations in Pleasure's domain.
_Pump_.
To see a pump in a dream, denotes that energy and faithfulness
to business will produce desired riches, good health also is
usually betokened by this dream.
To see a broken pump, signifies that the means of advancing in life
will be absorbed by family cares. To the married and the unmarried,
it intimates blasted energies.
If you work a pump, your life will be filled with pleasure
and profitable undertakings.
_Punch_.
To dream of drinking the concoction called punch, denotes that you
will prefer selfish pleasures to honorable distinction and morality.
To dream that you are punching any person with a club or fist,
denotes quarrels and recriminations.
_Pup_.[178]
To dream of pups, denotes that you will entertain the innocent and
hapless,
and thereby enjoy pleasure. The dream also shows that friendships
will grow stronger, and fortune will increase if the pups are healthful
and well formed, and _vice versa_ if they are lean and filthy.
[178] See Dogs and Hound
Pups.
_Purchases_.
To dream of purchases usually augurs profit and advancement with pleasure.
_Purse_.[179]
To dream of your purse being filled with diamonds and new bills,
denotes for you associations where ``Good Cheer'' is the watchword,
and harmony and tender loves will make earth a beautiful place.
[179] See Pocket-book.
_Putty_.
To dream of working in putty, denotes that hazardous chances
will be taken with fortune.
If you put in a window-pane with putty, you will seek fortune
with poor results.
_Pyramid_.
To dream of pyramids, denotes that many changes will come to you.
If you scale them, you will journey along before you find the gratification
of desires. For the young woman, it prognosticates a husband who is
in
no sense congenial.
To dream that you are studying the mystery of the ancient pyramids,
denotes that you will develop a love for the mysteries of nature,
and you will become learned and polished.
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