Dreams A-Z (19 page)

Horseshoe To dream of a horseshoe, indicates advance in business and lucky engagements for women.

To see them broken, ill fortune and sickness is portrayed.

To find a horseshoe hanging on the fence, denotes that your interests will advance beyond your most sanguine expectations.

To pick one up in the road, you will receive profit from a source you know not of.

Horseradish To dream of horseradish, foretells pleasant associations with intellectual and congenial people. Fortune is also expressed in this dream. For a woman, it indicates a rise above her present station.

To eat horseradish, you will be the object of pleasant raillery.

Horse-trader To dream of a horse-trader, signifies great profit from perilous ventures.

To dream that you are trading horses, and the trader cheats you, you will lose in trade or love. If you get a better horse than the one you traded, you will better yourself in fortune.

Hospital If you dream that you are a patient in a hospital. you will have a contagious disease in your community, and will narrowly escape affliction. If you visit patients there, you will hear distressing news of the absent.

Hotel To dream of living in a hotel, denotes ease and profit.

To visit women in a hotel, your life will be rather on a dissolute order.

To dream of seeing a fine hotel, indicates wealth and travel.

To work in a hotel, you could find a more remunerative employment than what you have.

To dream of hunting a hotel, you will be baffled in your search for wealth and happiness.

Hounds To dream of hounds on a hunt, denotes coming delights and pleasant changes. For a woman to dream of hounds, she will love a man below her in station. To dream that hounds are following her, she will have many admirers, but there will be no real love felt for her.

See Dogs.

House To dream of building a house, you will make wise changes in your present affairs.

To dream that you own an elegant house, denotes that you will soon leave your home for a better, and fortune will be kind to you.

Old and dilapidated houses, denote failure in business or any effort, and declining health.

See Building.

Housekeeper To dream that you are a housekeeper, denotes you will have labors which will occupy your time, and make pleasure an ennobling thing. To employ one, signifies comparative comfort will be possible for your obtaining.

Hugging If you dream of hugging, you will be disappointed in love affairs and in business.

For a woman to dream of hugging a man, she will accept advances of a doubtful character from men.

For a married woman to hug others than her husband, she will endanger her honor in accepting attentions from others in her husband's absence.

Humidity To dream that you are overcome with humidity, foretells that you will combat enemies

See Air.

Hunchback To dream of a hunchback, denotes unexpected reverses in your prospects.

Hunger To dream that you are hungry, is an unfortunate omen. You will not find comfort and satisfaction in your home, and to lovers it means an unhappy marriage.

Hunting If you dream of hunting, you will struggle for the unattainable.

If you dream that you hunt game and find it, you will overcome obstacles and gain your desires.

Hurt If you hurt a person in your dreams, you will do ugly work, revenging and injuring.

If you are hurt, you will have enemies who will overcome you.

Hurricane To hear the roar and see a hurricane heading towards you with its frightful force, you will undergo torture and suspense, striving to avert failure and ruin in your affairs.

If you are in a house which is being blown to pieces by a hurricane, and you struggle in the awful gloom to extricate some one from the falling timbers, your life will suffer a change. You will move and remove to distant places, and still find no improvement in domestic or business affairs.

If you dream of looking on de'bris and havoc wrought by a hurricane, you will come close to trouble, which will be averted by the turn in the affairs of others.

To see dead and wounded caused by a hurricane, you will be much distressed over the troubles of others.

Husband To dream that your husband is leaving you, and you do not understand why, there will be bitterness between you, but an unexpected reconciliation will ensue. If he mistreats and

If you see him dead, disappointment and sorrow will envelop you.

To see him pale and careworn, sickness will tax you heavily, as some of the family will linger in bed for a time.

To see him gay and handsome, your home will be filled with happiness and bright prospects will be yours. If he is sick, you will be mistreated by him and he will be unfaithful.

To dream that he is in love with another woman, he will soon tire of his present surroundings and seek pleasure elsewhere.

To be in love with another woman's husband in your dreams, denotes that you are not happily married, or that you are not happy unmarried, but the chances for happiness are doubtful.

For an unmarried woman to dream that she has a husband, denotes that she is wanting in the graces which men most admire.

To see your husband depart from you, and as he recedes from you he grows larger, inharmonious surroundings will prevent immediate congeniality. If disagreeable conclusions are avoided, harmony will be reinstated.

For a woman to dream she sees her husband in a compromising position with an unsuspected party, denotes she will have trouble through the indiscretion of friends. If she dreams that he is killed while with another woman, and a scandal ensues, she will be in danger of separating from her husband or losing property. Unfavorable conditions follow this dream, though the evil is often exaggerated.

Hut To dream of a hut, denotes indifferent success.

To dream that you are sleeping in a hut, denotes ill health and dissatisfaction.

To see a hut in a green pasture, denotes prosperity, but fluctuating happiness.

Hyacinth To dream that you see, or gather, hyacinths, you are about to undergo a painful separation from a friend, which will ultimately result in good for you.

To see others thus afflicted, your work will be interrupted by death or ungrateful dependence.

To dream that an animal with the rabies bites you, you will be betrayed by your dearest friend, and much scandal will be brought to light.

Hyena If you see a hyena in your dreams, you will meet much disappointment and much ill luck in your undertakings, and your companions will be very uncongenial. If lovers have this dream, they will often be involved in quarrels.

If one attacks you, your reputation will be set upon by busybodies.

Hymns To dream of hearing hymns sung, denotes contentment in the home and average prospects in business affairs.

See Singing.

Hypocrite To dream that anyone has acted the hypocrite with you, you will be turned over to your enemies by false friends.

To dream that you are a hypocrite, denotes that you will prove yourself a deceiver and be false to friends.

Hyssop To dream of hyssop, denotes you will have grave charges preferred against you; and, if a woman, your reputation will be endangered.

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Ice To dream of ice, betokens much distress, and evil-minded persons will seek to injure you in your best work.

To see ice floating in a stream of clear water, denotes that your happiness will be interrupted by ill-tempered and jealous friends.

To dream that you walk on ice, you risk much solid comfort and respect for evanescent joys.

For a young woman to walk on ice, is a warning that only a thin veil hides her from shame.

To see icicles on the eaves of houses, denotes misery and want of comfort. Ill health is foreboded.

To see icicles on the fence, denotes suffering bodily and mentally.

To see them on trees, despondent hopes will grow gloomier.

To see them on evergreens, a bright future will be overcast with the shadow of doubtful honors.

To dream that you make ice, you will make a failure of your life through egotism and selfishness.

Eating ice, foretells sickness. If you drink ice-water, you will bring ill health from dissipation.

Bathing in ice-water, anticipated pleasures will be interrupted with an unforeseen event.

For a young woman to upset her ice cream in the presence of her lover or friend, denotes she will be flirted with because of her unkindness to others.

To see sour ice cream, denotes some unexpected trouble will interfere with your pleasures. If it is melted, your anticipated pleasure will reach stagnation before it is realized.

Icicles To see icicles falling from trees, denotes that some distinctive misfortune, or trouble, will soon vanish.

See Ice.

Ideal For a young woman to dream of meeting her ideal, foretells a season of uninterrupted pleasure and contentment.

For a bachelor to dream of meeting his ideal, denotes he will soon experience a favorable change in his affairs.

Idiot Idiots in a dream, foretells disagreements and losses.

To dream that you are an idiot, you will feel humiliated and downcast over the miscarriage of plans.

To see idiotic children, denotes affliction and unhappy changes in life.

Idle If you dream of being idle, you will fail to accomplish your designs.

To see your friends in idleness, you will hear of some trouble affecting them.

For a young woman to dream that she is leading an idle existence, she will fall into bad habits, and is likely to marry a shiftless man.

To break idols, signifies a strong mastery over self, and no work will deter you in your upward rise to positions of honor.

To see others worshiping idols, great differences will rise up between you and warm friends.

To dream that you are denouncing idolatry, great distinction is in store for you through your understanding of the natural inclinations of the human mind.

Illness For a woman to dream of her own illness, foretells that some unforeseen event will throw her into a frenzy of despair by causing her to miss some anticipated visit or entertainment.

See Sickness.

Illumination If you see strange and weird illuminations in your dreams, you will meet with disappointments and failures on every hand.

Illuminated faces, indicate unsettled business, both private and official.

To see the heavens illuminated, with the moon in all her weirdness, unnatural stars and a red sun, or a golden one, you may look for distress in its worst form. Death, family troubles, and national upheavals will occur.

To see children in the lighted heavens, warns you to control your feelings, as irrevocable wrong may be done in a frenzy of feeling arising over seeming neglect by your dear ones.

To see illuminated human figures or animals in the heavens, denotes failure and trouble; dark clouds overshadow fortune. To see them fall to the earth and men shoot them with guns, many troubles and obstacles will go to nought before your energy and determination to rise.

To see illuminated snakes, or any other creeping thing, enemies will surround you, and use hellish means to overthrow you.

To set up an image in your home, portends that you will be weak minded and easily led astray. Women should be careful of their reputation after a dream of this kind. If the images are ugly, you will have trouble in your home.

Imitation To dream of imitations, means that persons are working to deceive you.

For a young woman to dream some one is imitating her lover or herself, foretells she will be imposed upon, and will suffer for the faults of others.

Implements To dream of implements, denotes unsatisfactory means of accomplishing some work. If the implements are broken, you will be threatened with death or serious illness of relatives or friends, or failure n business.

Imps To see imps in your dream, signifies trouble from what seems a passing pleasure.

To dream that you are an imp, denotes that folly and vice will bring you to poverty.

Inauguration To dream of inauguration, denotes you will rise to higher position than you have yet enjoyed.

For a young woman to be disappointed in attending an inauguration, predicts she will fail to obtain her wishes.

Incantation To dream you are using incantations, signifies unpleasantness between husband and wife, or sweethearts. To hear others repeating them, implies dissembling among your friends.

Incest To dream of incestuous practices, denotes you will fall from honorable places, and will also suffer loss in business.

Income To dream of coming into the possession of your income, denotes that you may deceive some one and cause trouble to your family and friends.

To dream that some of your family inherits an income, predicts success for you.

For a woman to dream of losing her income, signifies disappointments in life.

To dream that your income is insufficient to support you, denotes trouble to relatives or friends.

To dream of a portion of your income remaining, signifies that you will be very successful for a short time, but you may expect more than you receive.

Increase To dream of an increase in your family, may denote failure in some of your plans, and success to another.

To dream of an increase in your business, signifies that you will overcome existing troubles.

Independent To dream that you are very independent, denotes that you have a rival who may do you an injustice.

To dream that you gain an independence of wealth, you may not be so successful at that time as you expect, but good results are promised.

India Rubber To dream of India rubber, denotes unfavorable changes in your affairs. If you stretch it, you will try to establish a greater business than you can support.

Indifference To dream of indifference, signifies pleasant companions for a very short time.