Dreams A-Z (32 page)

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.

Pit 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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

See Dishes.

Play 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.

See Theater.

Pleasure To dream of pleasure, denotes gain and personal enjoyment.

See Joy.

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.

Pocketbook 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 To dream of some one stabbing you with a poinard, denotes that secret enemies will cause you uneasiness of mind.

Dreaming of poinards, omens evil.

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 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.

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 To dream of dancing the polka, denotes pleasant occupations.

See Dancing.

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 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.

See Water, Puddle and kindred words.

Pony To see ponies in your dreams, signifies moderate speculations will be rewarded with success.

Poor To dream that you, or any of your friends, appear to be poor, is significant of worry and losses.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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