Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical Exposition
Part 29
To dream that you are trying to solve riddles, denotes you will engage in some enterprise which will try your patience and employ your money.
The import of riddles is confusion and dissatisfaction.
_Ride_.
To dream of riding is unlucky for business or pleasure. Sickness often follows this dream.
If you ride slowly, you will have unsatisfactory results in your undertakings.
Swift riding sometimes means prosperity under hazardous conditions.
_Riding School_.
To attend a riding school, foretells some friend will act falsely by you, but you will throw off the vexing influence occasioned by it.
_Ring_.
To dream of wearing rings, denotes new enterprises in which you will be successful.
A broken ring, foretells quarrels and unhappiness in the married state, and separation to lovers.
For a young woman to receive a ring, denotes that worries over her lover's conduct will cease, as he will devote himself to her pleasures and future interest.
To see others with rings, denotes increasing prosperity and many new friends.
_Ringworms_.
To dream of having ringworms appear on you, you will have a slight illness, and some exasperating difficulty in the near future.
To see them on others, beggars and appeals for charity will beset you.
_Riot_.
To dream of riots, foretells disappointing affairs.
To see a friend killed in a riot, you will have bad luck in all undertakings, and the death, or some serious illness, of some person will cause you distress.
_Rising_.
To dream of rising to high positions, denotes that study and advancement will bring you desired wealth.
If you find yourself rising high into the air, you will come into unexpected riches and pleasures, but you are warned to be careful of your engagements, or you may incur displeasing prominence.
_Rival_.
To dream you have a rival, is a sign that you will be slow in asserting your rights, and will lose favor with people of prominence.
For a young woman, this dream is a warning to cherish the love she already holds, as she might unfortunately make a mistake in seeking other bonds.
If you find that a rival has outwitted you, it signifies that you will be negligent in your business, and that you love personal ease to your detriment.
If you imagine that you are the successful rival, it is good for your advancement, and you will find congeniality in your choice of a companion.
_River_.
If you see a clear, smooth, flowing river in your dream, you will soon succeed to the enjoyment of delightful pleasures, and prosperity will bear flattering promises.
If the waters are muddy or tumultuous, there will be disagreeable and jealous contentions in your life.
If you are water-bound by the overflowing of a river, there will be temporary embarrassments in your business, or you will suffer uneasiness lest some private escapade will reach public notice and cause your reputation harsh criticisms.
If while sailing upon a clear river you see corpses in the bottom, you will find that trouble and gloom will follow swiftly upon present pleasures and fortune.
To see empty rivers, denotes sickness and unusual ill-luck.
_Road_.
Traveling over a rough, unknown road in a dream, signifies new undertakings, which will bring little else than grief and loss of time.
If the road is bordered with trees and flowers, there will be some pleasant and unexpected fortune for you. If friends accompany you, you will be successful in building an ideal home, with happy children and faithful wife, or husband.
To lose the road, foretells that you will make a mistake in deciding some question of trade, and suffer loss in consequence.
_Roast_.
To see or eat roast in a dream, is an omen of domestic infelicity and secret treachery.
_Rocket_.
To see a rocket ascending in your dream, foretells sudden and unexpected elevation, successful wooing, and faithful keeping of the marriage vows.
To see them falling, unhappy unions may be expected.
_Rocking-chair_.
Rocking-chairs seen in dreams, bring friendly intercourse and contentment with any environment.
To see a mother, wife, or sweetheart in a rocking chair, is ominous of the sweetest joys that earth affords.
To see vacant rocking-chairs, forebodes bereavement or estrangement. The dreamer will surely merit misfortune in some form.
_Rocks_.[192]
To dream of rocks, denotes that you will meet reverses, and that there will be discord and general unhappiness.
To climb a steep rock, foretells immediate struggles and disappointing surroundings.
[192] See Stones.
_Rogue_.
To see or think yourself a rogue, foretells you are about to commit some indiscretion which will give your friends uneasiness of mind. You are likely to suffer from a passing malady.
For a woman to think her husband or lover is a rogue, foretells she will be painfully distressed over neglect shown her by a friend.
_Rogue's Gallery_.
To dream that you are in a rogue's gallery, foretells you will be associated with people who will fail to appreciate you. To see your own picture, you will be overawed by a tormenting enemy.
_Roman Candle_.[193]
To see Roman candles while dreaming, is a sign of speedy attainment of coveted pleasures and positions.
To imagine that you have a loaded candle and find it empty, denotes that you will be disappointed with the possession of some object which you have long striven to obtain.
[193] See Rocket.
_Roof_.
To find yourself on a roof in a dream, denotes unbounded success. To become frightened and think you are falling, signifies that, while you may advance, you will have no firm hold on your position.
To see a roof falling in, you will be threatened with a sudden calamity.
To repair, or build a roof, you will rapidly increase your fortune.
To sleep on one, proclaims your security against enemies and false companions. Your health will be robust.
_Roof Corner_.
To see a person dressed in mourning sitting on a roof corner, foretells there will be unexpected and dismal failures in your business.
Affairs will appear unfavorable in love.
_Rooks_.
To dream of rooks, denotes that while your friends are true, they will not afford you the pleasure and contentment for which you long, as your thoughts and tastes will outstrip their humble conception of life.
A dead rook, denotes sickness or death in your immediate future.
_Rooster_.[194]
To dream of a rooster, foretells that you will be very successful and rise to prominence, but you will allow yourself to become conceited over your fortunate rise.
To see roosters fighting, foretells altercations and rivals.
[194] See Chickens.
_Roots_.
To dream of seeing roots of plants or trees, denotes misfortune, as both business and health will go into decline.
To use them as medicine, warns you of approaching illness or sorrow.
_Ropes_.
Ropes in dreams, signify perplexities and complications in affairs, and uncertain love making.
If you climb one, you will overcome enemies who are working to injure you.
To decend{sic} a rope, brings disappointment to your most sanguine moments.
If you are tied with them, you are likely to yield to love contrary to your judgment.
To break them, signifies your ability to overcome enmity and competition.
To tie ropes, or horses, denotes that you will have power to control others as you may wish.
To walk a rope, signifies that you will engage in some hazardous speculation, but will surprisingly succeed. To see others walking a rope, you will benefit by the fortunate ventures of others.
To jump a rope, foretells that you will startle your associates with a thrilling escapade bordering upon the sensational.
To jump rope with children, shows that you are selfish and overbearing; failing to see that children owe very little duty to inhuman parents. To catch a rope with the foot, denotes that under cheerful conditions you will be benevolent and tender in your administrations.
To dream that you let a rope down from an upper window to people below, thinking the proprietors would be adverse to receiving them into the hotel, denotes that you will engage in some affair which will not look exactly proper to your friends, but the same will afford you pleasure and interest. For a young woman, this dream is indicative of pleasures which do not bear the stamp of propriety.
_Rosebush_.
To see a rosebush in foliage but no blossoms, denotes prosperous circumstances are enclosing you. To see a dead rosebush, foretells misfortune and sickness for you or relatives.
_Rosemary_.
Rosemary, if seen in dreams, denotes that sadness and indifference will cause unhappiness in homes where there is every appearance of prosperity.
_Roses_.
To dream of seeing roses blooming and fragrant, denotes that some joyful occasion is nearing, and you will possess the faithful love of your sweetheart.
For a young woman to dream of gathering roses, shows she will soon have an offer of marriage, which will be much to her liking.
Withered roses, signify the absence of loved ones.
White roses, if seen without sunshine or dew, denotes serious if not fatal illness.
To inhale their fragrance, brings unalloyed pleasure.
For a young woman to dream of banks of roses, and that she is gathering and tying them into bouquets, signifies that she will be made very happy by the offering of some person whom she regards very highly.
_Rosette_.
To wear or see rosettes on others while in dreams, is significant of frivolous waste of time; though you will experience the thrills of pleasure, they will bring disappointments.
_Rouge_.
To dream of using rouge, denotes that you will practice deceit to obtain your wishes.
To see others with it on their faces, warns you that you are being artfully used to further the designs of some deceitful persons.
If you see it on your hands, or clothing, you will be detected in some scheme.
If it comes off of your face, you will be humiliated before some rival, and lose your lover by assuming unnatural manners.
_Roundabout_.
To dream of seeing a roundabout, denotes that you will struggle unsuccessfully to advance in fortune or love.
_Rowboat_.
To dream that you are in a rowboat with others, denotes that you will derive much pleasure from the companionship of gay and worldly persons. If the boat is capsized, you will suffer financial losses by engaging in seductive enterprises.
If you find yourself defeated in a rowing race, you will lose favors to your rivals with your sweetheart. If you are the victor, you will easily obtain supremacy with women. Your affairs will move agreeably.
_Rubber_.
To dream of being clothed in rubber garments, is a sign that you will have honors conferred upon you because of your steady and unchanging stand of purity and morality. If the garments are ragged or torn, you should be cautious in your conduct, as scandal is ready to attack your reputation.
To dream of using ``rubber'' as a slang term, foretells that you will be easy to please in your choice of pleasure and companions.
If you find that your limbs will stretch like rubber, it is a sign that illness is threatening you, and you are likely to use deceit in your wooing and business.
To dream of rubber goods, denotes that your affairs will be conducted on a secret basis, and your friends will fail to understand your conduct in many instances.
_Rubbish_.
To dream of rubbish, denotes that you will badly manage your affairs.
_Ruby_.
To dream of a ruby, foretells you will be lucky in speculations of business or love. For a woman to lose one, is a sign of approaching indifference of her lover.
_Rudder_.
To dream of a rudder, you will soom{sic} make a pleasant journey to foreign lands, and new friendships will be formed.
A broken rudder, augurs disappointment and sickness.
_Ruins_.
To dream of ruins, signifies broken engagements to lovers, distressing conditions in business, destruction to crops, and failing health.
To dream of ancient ruins, foretells that you will travel extensively, but there will be a note of sadness mixed with the pleasure in the realization of a long-cherished hope. You will feel the absence of some friend.
_Rum_.[195]
To dream of drinking rum, foretells that you will have wealth, but will lack moral refinement, as you will lean to gross pleasures.
[195] See other intoxicating drinks.
_Running_.
To dream of running in company with others, is a sign that you will participate in some festivity, and you will find that your affairs are growing towards fortune. If you stumble or fall, you will lose property and reputation.
Running alone, indicates that you will outstrip your friends in the race for wealth, and you will occupy a higher place in social life.
If you run from danger, you will be threatened with losses, and you will despair of adjusting matters agreeably. To see others thus running, you will be oppressed by the threatened downfall of friends.
To see stock running, warns you to be careful in making new trades or undertaking new tasks.
_Rupture_.
To dream that you are ruptured, denotes you will have physical disorders or disagreeable contentions. If it be others you see in this condition, you will be in danger of irreconcilable quarrels.
_Rust_.
To dream of rust on articles, old pieces of tin, or iron, is significant of depression of your surroundings. Sickness, decline in fortune and false friends are filling your sphere.
_Rye_.
To see rye, is a dream of good, as prosperity envelopes your future in brightest promises.
To see coffee made of rye, denotes that your pleasures will be tempered with sound judgment, and your affairs will be managed without disagreeable friction.
To see stock entering rye fields, denotes that you will be prosperous.
_Rye Bread_.
To see or eat rye bread in your dreams, foretells you will have a cheerful and well-appointed home.
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``_And it came to pass at the end of the two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed; and behold, he stood by the river_.''-- Gen. Xli., 1.
_Saddle_.
To dream of saddles, foretells news of a pleasant nature, also unannounced visitors. You are also, probably, to take a trip which will prove advantageous.
_Safe_.
To dream of seeing a safe, denotes security from discouraging affairs of business and love.
To be trying to unlock a safe, you will be worried over the failure of your plans not reaching quick maturity.
To find a safe empty, denotes trouble.
_Saffron_.
Saffron seen in a dream warns you that you are entertaining false hopes, as bitter enemies are interfering secretly with your plans for the future.
To drink a tea made from saffron, foretells that you will have quarrels and alienations in your family.
_Sage_.
To dream of sage, foretells thrift and economy will be practised by your servants or family. For a woman to think she has too much in her viands, omens she will regret useless extravagance in love as well as fortune.
_Sailing_.[196]
To dream of sailing on calm waters, foretells easy access to blissful joys, and immunity from poverty and whatever brings misery.
To sail on a small vessel, denotes that your desires will not excel your power of possessing them.
[196] See Ocean and Sea.
_Sailor_.
To dream of sailors, portends long and exciting journeys.
For a young woman to dream of sailors, is ominous of a separation from her lover through a frivolous flirtation. If she dreams that she is a sailor, she will indulge in some unmaidenly escapade, and be in danger of losing a faithful lover.
_Salad_.
To dream of eating salad, foretells sickness and disagreeable people around you.
For a young woman to dream of making it, is a sign that her lover will be changeable and quarrelsome.
_Salmon_.
Dreaming of salmon, denotes that much good luck and pleasant duties will employ your time.
For a young woman to eat it, foretells that she will marry a cheerful man, with means to keep her comfortable.
_Salt_.
Salt is an omen of discordant surroundings when seen in dreams. You will usually find after dreaming of salt that everything goes awry, and quarrels and dissatisfaction show themselves in the family circle.
To salt meat, portends that debts and mortgages will harass you.
For a young woman to eat salt, she will be deserted by her lover for a more beautiful and attractive girl, thus causing her deep chagrin.
_Saltpeter_.
To dream of saltpeter, denotes change in your living will add loss to some unconquerable grief.
_Salve_.
To dream of salve, denotes you will prosper under adverse circumstances and convert enemies into friends.
_Samples_.
To dream of receiving merchandise samples, denotes improvement in your business. For a traveling man to lose his samples, implies he will find himself embarrassed in business affairs, or in trouble through love engagements. For a woman to dream that she is examining samples sent her, denotes she will have chances to vary her amusements.
_Sand_.
To dream of sand, is indicative of famine and losses.
_Sanskrit_.
To dream of Sanskrit, denotes that you will estrange yourself from friends in order to investigate hidden subjects, taking up those occupying the minds of cultured and progressive thinkers.
_Sapphire_.
To dream of sapphire, is ominous of fortunate gain, and to woman, a wise selection in a lover.
_Sardines_.
To eat sardines in a dream, foretells that distressing events will come unexpectedly upon you.
For a young woman to dream of putting them on the table, denotes that she will be worried with the attentions of a person who is distasteful to her.
_Sardonyx_.
To dream of sardonyx, signifies gloomy surroundings will be cleared away by your energetic overthrow of poverty. For a woman, this dream denotes an increase in her possessions, unless she loses or throws them away, then it might imply a disregard of opportunities to improve her condition.
_Sash_.
To dream of wearing a sash, foretells that you will seek to retain the affections of a flirtatious person.
For a young woman to buy one, she will be faithful to her lover, and win esteem by her frank, womanly ways.
_Satan_.[197]
To dream of Satan, foretells that you will have some dangerous adventures, and you will be forced to use strategy to keep up honorable appearances.
To dream that you kill him, foretells that you will desert wicked or immoral companions to live upon a higher plane.
If he comes to you under the guise of literature, it should be heeded as a warning against promiscuous friendships, and especially flatterers.
If he comes in the shape of wealth or power, you will fail to use your influence for harmony, or the elevation of others.
If he takes the form of music, you are likely to go down before his wiles.
If in the form of a fair woman, you will probably crush every kindly feeling you may have for the caresses of this moral monstrosity.
To feel that you are trying to shield yourself from satan, denotes that you will endeavor to throw off the bondage of selfish pleasure, and seek to give others their best deserts.
[197] See Devil.
_Sausage_.
To dream of making sausage, denotes that you will be successful in many undertakings.
To eat them, you will have a humble, but pleasant home.
_Saw_.
To dream that you use a hand-saw, indicates an energetic and busy time, and cheerful home life.
To see big saws in machinery, foretells that you will superintend a big enterprise, and the same will yield fair returns. For a woman, this dream denotes that she will be esteemed, and her counsels will be heeded.
To dream of rusty or broken saws, denotes failure and accidents.
To lose a saw, you will engage in affairs which will culminate in disaster.
To hear the buzz of a saw, indicates thrift and prosperity.
To find a rusty saw, denotes that you will probably restore your fortune.
To carry a saw on your back, foretells that you will carry large, but profitable, responsibilities.
_Sawdust_.
To dream of sawdust, signifies that grievous mistakes will cause you distress and quarreling in your home.
_Scabbard_.
To dream of a scabbard, denotes some misunderstanding will be amicably settled. If you wonder where your scabbard can be, you will have overpowering difficulties to meet.
_Scaffold_.
To dream of a scaffold, denotes that you will undergo keen disappointment in failing to secure the object of your affection.
To ascend one, you will be misunderstood and censured by your friends for some action, which you never committed.
To decend one, you will be guilty of wrong doing, and you will suffer the penalty.
To fall from one, you will be unexpectedly surprised while engaged in deceiving and working injury to others.
_Scaldhead_.
To see any one with a scaldhead in your dreams, there will be uneasiness felt over the sickness or absence of some one near to you.
If you dream that your own head is thus afflicted, you are in danger of personal illness or accidents.
_Scalding_.
To dream of being scalded, portends that distressing incidents will blot out pleasurable anticipations.
_Scales_.
To dream of weighing on scales, portends that justice will temper your conduct, and you will see your prosperity widening.
For a young woman to weigh her lover, the indications are that she will find him of solid worth, and faithfulness will balance her love.
_Scandal_.
To dream that you are an object of scandal, denotes that you are not particular to select good and true companions, but rather enjoy having fast men and women contribute to your pleasure. Trade and business of any character will suffer dulness after this dream.
For a young woman to dream that she discussed a scandal, foretells that she will confer favors, which should be sacred, to some one who will deceive her into believing that he is honorably inclined. Marriage rarely follows swiftly after dreaming of scandal.
_Scarcity_.
To dream of scarcity, foretells sorrow in the household and failing affairs.
_Scarlet Fever_.
To dream of scarlet fever, foretells you are in danger of sickness, or in the power of an enemy. To dream a relative dies suddenly with it, foretells you will be overcome by villainous treachery.
_Sceptre_.
To imagine in your dreams that you wield a sceptre, foretells that you will be chosen by friends to positions of trust, and you will not disappoint their estimate of your ability.
To dream that others wield the sceptre over you, denotes that you will seek employment under the supervision of others, rather than exert your energies to act for yourself.
_School_.
To dream of attending school, indicates distinction in literary work. If you think you are young and at school as in your youth, you will find that sorrow and reverses will make you sincerely long for the simple trusts and pleasures of days of yore.
To dream of teaching a school, foretells that you will strive for literary attainments, but the bare necessities of life must first be forthcoming.
To visit the schoolhouse of your childhood days, portends that discontent and discouraging incidents overshadows the present.
_School Teacher_.
To dream of a school teacher, denotes you are likely to enjoy learning and amusements in a quiet way. If you are one, you are likely to reach desired success in literary and other works.
_Scissors_.
To dream of scissors is an unlucky omen; wives will be jealous and distrustful of their husbands, and sweethearts will quarrel and nag each other into crimination and recrimination. Dulness will overcast business horizons.
To dream that you have your scissors sharpened, denotes that you will work to do that which will be repulsive to your feelings.
To break them, there will be quarrels, and probable separations for you.
To lose them, you will seek to escape from unpleasant tasks.
_Scorpion_.
To dream of a scorpion, foretells that false friends will improve opportunities to undermine your prosperity. If you fail to kill it, you will suffer loss from an enemy's attack.
_Scrap-book_.
To dream of a scrap-book, denotes disagreeable acquaintances will shortly be made.