The Dictionary of Dreams (37 page)

To see your friends start cheerfully on a journey, signifies delightful change and more harmonious companions than you have heretofore known.

If you see them depart looking sad, it may be many moons before you see them again. Power and loss are implied.

To make a long-distance journey in a much shorter time than you expected, denotes you will accomplish some work in a surprisingly short time, which will be satisfactory in the way of reimbursement.

Journeyman
.

To dream of a journeyman, denotes you are soon to lose money

by useless travels. For a woman, this dream brings pleasant trips,

though unexpected ones.

Joy
.

To dream that you feel joy over any event, denotes harmony among friends.

Jubilee
.

To dream of a jubilee, denotes many pleasureable enterprises in which you will be a participant. For a young woman, this is a favorable dream, pointing to matrimony and increase of temporal blessings.

To dream of a religious jubilee, denotes close but comfortable environments.

Judge
.

To dream of coming before a judge, signifies that disputes will be

settled by legal proceedings. Business or divorce cases may assume

gigantic proportions. To have the case decided in your favor,

denotes a successful termination to the suit; if decided against you, then you are the aggressor and you should seek to right injustice.

Judgment Day
.

To dream of the judgment day, foretells that you will accomplish some well-planned work, if you appear resigned and hopeful of escaping punishment.

Otherwise, your work will prove a failure.

For a young woman to appear before the judgment bar and hear the verdict of ``Guilty,'' denotes that she will cause much distress among her friends by her selfish and unbecoming conduct. If she sees the dead rising, and all the earth solemnly and fearfully awaiting the end, there will be much struggling for her, and her friends will refuse her aid.

It is also a forerunner of unpleasant gossip, and scandal is threatened.

Business may assume hopeless aspects.

Jug
.

If you dream of jugs well filled with transparent liquids,

your welfare is being considered by more than yourself.

Many true friends will unite to please and profit you.

If the jugs are empty, your conduct will estrange you from

friends and station.

Broken jugs, indicate sickness and failures in employment.

If you drink wine from a jug, you will enjoy robust health and find

pleasure in all circles. Optimistic views will possess you.

To take an unpleasant drink from a jug, disappointment and disgust

will follow pleasant anticipations.

July
.

To dream of this month, denotes you will be depressed with

gloomy outlooks, but, as suddenly, your spirits will rebound

to unimagined pleasure and good fortune.

Jumping
.

If you dream of jumping over any object, you will succeed in every endeavor; but if you jump and fall back, disagreeable affairs will render life almost intolerable.

To jump down from a wall, denotes reckless speculations and

disappointment in love.

Jumping-jack
.

To dream of a jumping-jack, denotes that idleness and trivial

pastimes will occupy your thoughts to the exclusion of serious

and sustaining plans.

June
.

To dream of June, foretel s unusual gains in all undertakings.

For a woman to think that vegetation is decaying, or that a drouth

is devastating the land, she will have sorrow and loss which will

be lasting in its effects.

Juniper
.

To dream of seeing a juniper tree, portends happiness and wealth

out of sorrow and depressed conditions. For a young woman,

this dreams omens a bright future after disappointing love affairs.

To the sick, this is an augury of speedy recovery.

To eat, or gather, the berries of a juniper tree, foretells

trouble and sickness.

Jury
.

To dream that you are on the jury, denotes dissatisfaction

with your employments, and you will seek to materially

change your position.

If you are cleared from a charge by the jury, your business will be

successful and affairs will move your way, but if you should be condemned, enemies will overpower you and harass you beyond endurance.

Justice
.

To dream that you demand justice from a person, denotes that you

are threatened with embarrassments through the false statements

of people who are eager for your downfall.

If some one demands the same of you, you will find that your conduct and reputation are being assailed, and it will be extremely doubtful if you refute the charges satisfactorily.

K.

``_In thoughts from the vision of the night, when deep sleep

falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made

all my bones to shake_.''-Job iv, 13-14.

Kaleidoscope
.

Kaleidoscopes working before you in a dream, portend swift changes

with little of favorable promise in them.

Kangaroo
.

To see a kangaroo in your dreams, you will outwit a wily enemy who seeks to place you in an unfavorable position before the public and the person you are striving to win.

If a kangaroo attacks you, your reputation will be in jeopardy.

If you kill one, you will succeed in spite of enemies and obstacles.

To see a kangaroo's hide, denotes that you are in a fair way

to success.
Katydids
.

To dream of hearing katydids, is a prognostic of misfortune and unusual dependence on others. If any sick person ask you what they are, foretells there will be surprising events in your present and future.

For a woman to see them, signifies she will have a quarrelsome

husband or lover.

Keg
.

To dream of a keg, denotes you will have a struggle to throw off oppression.

Broken ones, indicate separation from family or friends.

Kettle
.

To see kettles in your dream, denotes great and laborious work before you.

To see a kettle of boiling water, your struggles will soon end and a change will come to you.

To see a broken kettle, denotes failure after a mighty effort

to work out a path to success.

For a young woman to dream of handling dark kettles, foretells disappointment in love and marriage; but a light-colored kettle brings to her absolute freedom from care, and her husband will be handsome and worthy.

Key
.

To dream of keys, denotes unexpected changes.

If the keys are lost, unpleasant adventures will affect you.

To find keys, brings domestic peace and brisk turns to business.

Broken keys, portends separation either through death or jealousy.

For a young woman to dream of losing the key to any personal ornament, denotes she will have quarrels with her lover, and will suffer much disquiet therefrom. If she dreams of unlocking a door with a key,

she will have a new lover and have over-confidence in him. If she locks a door with a key, she will be successful in selecting a husband.

If she gives the key away, she will fail to use judgment in conversation and darken her own reputation.

Keyhole
.

To dream that you spy upon others through a keyhole,

you will damage some person by disclosing confidence.

If you catch others peeping through a keyhole, you will have

false friends delving into your private matters to advance

themselves over you.

To dream that you cannot find the keyhole, you will unconsciously

injure a friend.

Kid
.

To dream of a kid, denotes you will not be over-scrupulous in your morals or pleasures. You will be likely to bring grief to some loving heart.

Kidneys
.

To dream about your kidneys, foretells you are threatened

with a serious illness, or there will be trouble in marriage

relations for you.

If they act too freely, you will be a party to some racy intrigue.

If they refuse to perform their work, there will be a sensation,

and to your detriment. If you eat kidney-stew, some officious person will cause you disgust in some secret lover affair.

Killing
.

To dream of killing a defenseless man, prognosticates sorrow

and failure in affairs.

If you kill one in defense, or kill a ferocious beast, it denotes

victory and a rise in position.

King
.

To dream of a king, you are struggling with your might,

and ambition is your master.

To dream that you are crowned king, you will rise above your

comrades and co-workers.

If you are censured by a king, you will be reproved for a neglected duty.

For a young woman to be in the presence of a king, she will

marry a man whom she will fear. To receive favors from a king,

she will rise to exalted positions and be congenially wedded.

Kiss
.

To dream that you see children kissing, denotes happy reunions

in families and satisfactory work.

To dream that you kiss your mother, you will be very successful

in your enterprises, and be honored and beloved by your friends.

To kiss a brother or sister, denotes much pleasure and good

in your association.

To kiss your sweetheart in the dark, denotes dangers and immoral engagements.

To kiss her in the light, signifies honorable intentions occupy

your mind always in connection with women.

To kiss a strange woman, denotes loose morals and perverted integrity.

To dream of kissing illicitly, denotes dangerous past-times. The indulgence of a low passion may bring a tragedy into well-thought-of homes.

To see your rival kiss your sweetheart, you are in danger

of losing her esteem.

For married people to kiss each other, denotes that harmony is prized in the home life.

To dream of kissing a person on the neck, denotes passionate inclinations and weak mastery of self.

If you dream of kissing an enemy, you will make advance towards

reconciliation with an angry friend.

For a young woman to dream that some person sees her kiss her lover, indicates that spiteful envy is entertained for her by a false friend.

For her to see her lover kiss another, she will be disappointed in her hopes of marriage.

Kitchen
.

To dream of a kitchen, denotes you will be forced to meet emergencies which will depress your spirits. For a woman to dream that her kitchen is clear.

and orderly, foretells she will become the mistress of interesting fortunes.

Kite
.

To dream of flying a kite, denotes a great show of wealth, or business, but with little true soundness to it all.

To see the kite thrown upon the ground, foretells disappointment and failure.

To dream of making a kite, you will speculate largely on small

means and seek to win the one you love by misrepresentations.

To see children flying kites, denotes pleasant and light occupation.

If the kite ascends beyond the vision high hopes and aspirations

will resolve themselves into disappointments and loss.

Kitten
.[106]

For a woman to dream of a beautiful fat, white kitten,

omens artful deception will be practised upon her, which will

almost ensnare her to destruction, but her good sense and

judgment will prevail in warding off unfortunate complications.

If the kittens are soiled, or colored and lean, she will be

victimized into glaring indiscretions.

To dream of kittens, denotes abominable small troubles and vexations will pursue and work you loss, unless you kill the kitten, and then you will overcome these worries.

To see snakes kill kittens, you have enemies who in seeking to injure you will work harm to themselves.

[106] See Cats.

Knapsack
.

To see a knapsack while dreaming, denotes you will find your

greatest pleasure away from the associations of friends.

For a woman to see an old dilapidated one, means poverty

and disagreeableness for her.

Knee
.

To dream that your knees are too large, denotes sudden ill luck for you.

If they are stiff and pain you, swift and fearful calamity awaits you.

For a woman to dream that she has well-formed and smooth knees,

predicts she will have many admirers, but none to woo her in wedlock.

If they are soiled, sickness from dissipation is portended.

If they are unshapely, unhappy changes in her fortune will

displace ardent hopes.

To dream of knees is an unfortunate omen.

Knife
.

To dream of a knife is bad for the dreamer, as it portends separation and quarrels, and losses in affairs of a business character.

To see rusty knives, means dissatisfaction, and complaints

of those in the home, and separation of lovers.

Sharp knives and highly polished, denotes worry.

Foes are ever surrounding you.

Broken knives, denotes defeat whatever the pursuit, whether in

love or business.

To dream that you are wounded with a knife, foretells domestic troubles, in which disobedient children will figure largely. To the unmarried, it denotes that disgrace may follow.

To dream that you stab another with a knife, denotes baseness of character, and you should strive to cultivate a higher sense of right.

Knife Grinder
.

To dream of a knife grinder, foretells unwarrantable liberties

will be taken with your possessions. For a woman, this omens