Beheading

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Capital punishment | Death | Decapitation) In a dream, beheading means freedom from slavery or dispelling sorrows and dismay, payment of one’s debts, or it could mean prospering. If one knows his assailant in the dream, it means receiving wealth at his hand. If one is sick, it means that he will recover from his illness, and if he is not sick, it means that he will attend a pilgrimage. If the assailant is a young boy, then it means comfort, joy and relief from his burdens through his own death. If a healthy person is beheaded in a dream, it means the end of his comfort or loss of his job or authority. If one sees the governor of the town beheading him in a dream, it means that God Almighty will save him from his sorrows and strengthen him in this life. If one sees a ruler beheading his subjects in a dream, it means that he will issue a decree of amnesty for all prisoners. If one is beheaded as a result of a judgment or by robbers in a dream, it means that either one of his parents or a child of his may die shortly. If a condemned person on death row sees himself beheaded in a dream, it means that he will be released from prison and his judgment will be rectified. If an investor or a money exchanger sees that, then it means loss of his capital investment. If a traveler is beheaded in a dream, it represents his safe return home. If rivals see that in a dream, it means loss of their fight. (Also see Cutting off)…

Bedmate

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Companion) To share one’s bed with a deceased person in a dream means paying a pecuniary penalty which will be exacted by the authorities. Sharing one’s bed with someone who is away on a trip in a dream means receiving news from him. Sharing one’s bed with evil companions, spirits, satans or jinn in a dream means fighting against a crime ring….

Blanket

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Bed cover | Cover | Lioncloth | Mexican blanket | Overlay | Overspread) In a dream, a blanket represents a woman. If one sees himself wearing a blanket over a wrapper, or a lioncloth in a dream, it means marriage. If he sees a blanket made of pearls in a dream, it means that his wife is a pious woman. Wrapping oneself with a blanket in a dream means marriage, comfort, peace, tranquility and strength. Wrapping oneself with a red blanket in a dream means a fight because of a woman. If a blanket is stolen or burned or taken away from someone in his dream, it means divorce or death of his wife….

Belt

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Cincture | Cummerbund | Fastening | Sash | Waist belt) In a dream, a belt depicts the carrier of burdens. It also implies travels, money, savings or stinginess. It also could mean serious endeavors and assiduity in seeking knowledge. A belt or a waistband in a dream could represent one’s wife or his property. If a woman sees herself wearing a waistband, then it represents her brother, brother in-law, or father in-law. If she is pregnant, it means that she will beget a daughter. If a man sees himself wearing a waistband in a dream, it represents a woman in his family to whom it is unlawful for him to marry. A brokenbelt in a dream means a fight with one’s wife. If one’s waistband becomes a snake in the dream, it means enmity with his brother in-law. If his waistband is drenched in blood in the dream, it means that he may get killed because of his wife, or that he may conspire to kill his wife. Wearing a belt in a dream also represents bundles of money one carries, or an unanticipated misfortune he may attract. Buying a new belt in a dream means protecting one’s property, money or knowledge. (Also see Cincture | Cummerbund | Waistband | Waist belt)…

Brass

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Money | Yellow) Brass in a dream means enmity. If one sees himself meltingbrass in a dream, it means that he will engages in a fight about mundane things and consequently becomes himself a subject of people’s talk. It is also said that if one sees yellow brass in his dream , it means that he will hear harsh words and false statements. Yellow brass in a dream also represents a person who is proud about his worldly possessions. If one is beaten with a stick of brass in a dream, it means that he is seeking some worldly gains. Brass or similar yellow metals in a dream represent an imposter who swindles money from people, cheats and threatens them. (Also see Coppersmith)…

Brass founder

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Foundry) In a dream, a brass founder represents someone who loves money and the possessions of this world. If one sees brass being shaped over an anvil in a dream, it means a fight. If one who is intending to be married sees brass in his dream, it means that his intended wife will be pertly, though insolent in speech….

Bowl

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Cup | Plate | Tray) In a dream, a bowl represents man’s money pouch or what his wife would like to receive from him. If one sees himself receiving a bowl filled with sweets in a dream, it means receiving abundance of love from one’s beloved. If the bowl is filled with sour food or some green raw vegetables in the dream, it means that animosity will develop on the part of his beloved, and it will provoke despise and fighting between husband and wife. Seeing a bowl in a dream also means increase in one’s earnings. A bowl also represents a servant, a child, a daughter, a nanny, or a handmaiden. Licking a bowl in a dream represents one’s earnings, and it could mean that he has consumed his lot in this life, or that he has reached the term of his life in this world. If one sees a large number of people gathering around a bowl to eat from it in a dream, it means a reunion of his clan, or it could represent the place of his dwelling. If they are people of true actions, it means that they will become friendly with him. If one urinates in a bowl or in ajar in a dream, it means that he will sexually abuse members of his own family. Abowl in a dream also represents one’s beloveds and its contents represent one’s love. Holding a bowl in a dream means a reunion with one’s beloved. (Also see Pot | Wooden bowl)…

Cow

Indian (Hindu), Hinduism Sivananda Saraswati

Milking cow is a sign of riches. To be pursued by a cow indicates an overtaking enemy….

Dog that Attacks

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If a dog is seen attacking and biting a person it means that the harm caused by his enemy ill not be confined to unpleasant words only but bodily harm as well….

Giant

Indian (Hindu), Hinduism Sivananda Saraswati

Great difficulty to be encountered. But meet it with boldness. Then it will vanish. This indicates that you will have an enemy of the most dreadful character….

Watch

American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller

Dreaming of a watch, denotes you will be prosperous in well-directed speculations. To look at the time of one, your efforts will be defeated by rivalry. To break one, there will be distress and loss menacing you. To drop the crystal of one, foretells carelessness, or unpleasant companionship. For a woman to lose one, signifies domestic disturbances will produce unhappiness. To imagine you steal one, you will have a violent enemy who will attack your reputation. To make a present of one, denotes you will suffer your interest to decline in the pursuance of undignified recreations….

Aaron

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(The Prophet Aaron, the older brother of God’s prophet Moses, upon both of them be peace.) Seeing the prophet Aaron (uwbp) in a dream means exaltedness, leadership, or that one may become an Imam, a vice-regent of a great person, and perhaps suffer from many adversities because of it. Finally, he will triumph and attain his goals, or he may destroy a tyrant and an unjust ruler. If a warrior sees God’s prophet Moses or his brother the prophet Aaron, upon both of them be peace and blessings, in a dream, it means that he will be victorious and triumph over his enemy….

Abel

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

Seeing Abel, the second son of Adam in a dream means suffering from people’s jealousy, grievance, chicanery, or that one may be killed by his enemy. It also means that an unjust person will envy him. Seeing Abel in a dream also means piety, devotion to God Almighty, feebleness toward a woman or making an offering to please God Almighty and entering the heavenly paradise as a reward. One who sees Abel in a dream should beware of his brethren and close friends, and he should fear for his life….

Rogue’s Gallery

American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller

Dreaming 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….

Advice

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

If one receives an advice from his enemy in a dream, it means deception, trickery, cheating, duplicity, stratagem, dishonesty and arrogance. (Also see Soliciting advice)…

Quaker

American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller

Dreaming of a Quaker, denotes that you will have faithful friends and fair business. If you are one, you will deport yourself honorably toward an enemy. For a young woman to attend a Quaker meeting, portends that she will by her modest manners win a faithful husband who will provide well for her household….

Poison

American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller

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 Dreaming 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. Dreaming 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….

Scarlet Fever

American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller

Dreaming of scarlet fever, foretells you are in danger of sickness, or in the power of an enemy. Dreaming a relative dies suddenly with it, foretells you will be overcome by villainous treachery….

Scorpion

American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller

Dreaming 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….

Beauty

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

To see one’s own appearance in a beautiful state in a dream, including one’s look, attitude, clothing or ride reflects the condition of one’s enemy….

Bear

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Mammal) In a dream, a bear represents someone with a physical infirmity, who is evil, deceitful, perfidious and betraying. A bear in a dream also repre- sents a dull and a heavy looking woman who takes pleasure in partying, uninhibitedness and enjoying all types of entertainment. Seeing a bear in a dream also means capture or imprisonment, or he could represent a stupid enemy, a thief, an effeminate person, or a trickster. If one sees himself riding over a bear in a dream, should he qualify, it means that he will manage a loathsome business. Otherwise, it means that he will be struck with fear and distress, then he will escape from his trials. A bear in a dream also means travels, returning from a journey or he could represent a prostitute. If one has access to such a woman, he must beware not to commit adultery….

Balcony

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

Sitting in a balcony during the summertime in a dream means comfort, dispelling aggravations, recovering from an illness, or exposing one’s secrets. A balcony in a dream also could mean honor, or if seen with the city walls, then it represents the governor of the town, or it could mean the battlement. The parapet on top of the walls represents his armies, his entourage or his ammunition and the stored provisions of the city. If the walls are interpreted to be wealth, then the balconies and the battlement represent its guards and servants. Balconies in a dream also represent the front rows of one’s enemy. (Also see Walls of the city)…

Blame

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Censure | Rebuke | Reprimand | Reproof) Blame in a dream signifies pursuing Satan in his evil actions and it means failing one’s promise. Blaming oneself in a dream means doubt, disturbance and confusion for which one will be rebuked. He will then be relieved to pursue his enemy, to overcome him and become free from people’s reproach. Blaming someone in a dream, means the same in wakefulness, and consequently, one will suffer from people blaming him. If one sees people showering him with money in a dream, it means that they are speaking ill of him or blaming him. If one sees people praising him in a dream, it also means that he is praiseworthy and does good. (Also see Censure)…

Blessings

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Benediction | Grace | Light) In a dream, blessings represent one’s life, hearing, sight, good health, wealth, good qualities, contentment, gratitude, faith, guidance, submission to God Almighty, obedience to one’s parents, having obedient children, having a husband or a wife, children, lineage, friends, love, compassion, happiness, comfort, endowments, attainments, success, provi- sions, knowledge, wisdom, balance, intelligence, clarity, truthfulness, work, strength, peace in the land, safety, protection, a just ruler, rain or they could mean a good crop, etcetera. (Also see Enemy | Introduction page xxvi.)…

Pickpocket

American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller

Dreaming 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….

Ax

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Hatchet) An ax in a dream means receiving help, increase in one’s earnings, recovering from a migraine headache, recovering from an illness, or it could mean begetting a son. Holding an ax in one’s hand in a dream means becoming a guardian, an executor of a will, a trustee, becoming steadfast in one’s religion, or it could mean overcoming one’s enemy. It is said that an ax in a dream means harm, disruption and scattering of one’s livelihood. An ax in a dream also represents a servant, a housekeeper, strength, victory or perhaps an insolent person or it could denote one’s job. (Also see Adz)…

Attack

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Charge against | Comeback) Charging against one’s enemy in a dream means victory in wakefulness, or it could mean disturbance, anxiety, concern, going through a mental conflict or having doubt, and it may mean regret, repentance and correcting the course of one’s actions and thoughts….

Antichrist

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(arb. Dajjal | Imposter) In a dream, the Antichrist represents a con- temptuous, deceitful and a tyrant ruler. He does not fulfill his promises and he has a following of wicked people. His appearance in a dream also indicates the supremacy of one’s enemy over him or over his land. This will involve massacres, evil, deception, trials and bloodshed. If a traveller sees the Antichrist in his dream, it means that a band of robbers may attack him. His appearance in a dream also denotes the conquest of a land which is saturated with evil. If one becomes the Antichrist or accompanies him in a dream, it means that he will suffer from black magic, sorcery, falsehood, decrepitude or it could denote that a global disease will appear on earth and cause mass physical defects, destruc- tion and death. The landmarks that the Antichrist passes by in a dream represent adversities, trials, injustice, ruins, inundations with floods, destruc- tion of crops and drought. (Also see One-eyed)…

Arafat

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

(Mecca | Mount ‘Arafa | Mount of mercy | Plain of ‘Arafat | Reunion of beloveds) If one sees himself standing in prayers in the Plain of ‘Arafat during the pilgrimage season on the 9th day of the Arabic month of Zul-Hijjah, it means the return of a long awaited traveller to his home, a happy reunion, a family reunion, reconciliation between friends or peace between two individuals. Seeing Mount ‘Arafa or the Plain of ‘Arafat in a dream also could represent the pilgrimage season, or performing a pilgrimage, visiting Mecca on ‘Umrah (See ‘Umrah), or it could mean the Friday congregational prayers, the sixth day of the week, a marketplace, or engaging in a profitable business. Seeing oneself standing at ‘Arafat in a dream also means rising in station, changing conditions, reversal of one’s state from good to bad or from bad to good, or perhaps it could mean death of a beloved such as one’s wife, or it could mean relocating to a blessed place or finding a sanctuary. Seeing oneself at ‘Arafat in a dream also could mean losing a battle to one’s adversary, though the results or consequences of such a battle will bring him honor and exalted station, or it could mean winning the battle against one’s enemy. If a sinner sees himself praying and repenting at Mount Arafa or near the Mount of Mercy in the Plain of ‘Arafat in a dream, it means that his repentance will be accepted, or that a secret will be exposed, or it could mean that a reunion of beloveds will take place shortly after one’s dream. If one sees himself standing in ‘Arafa during the night time in a dream, it means that his goals will be attained and that he will satisfy his quest. If one sees himself standing in ‘Arafa after the sunrise, it means that his question will find no answer. (Also see Circumambulation | Cradle of Ishmail | Ka’aba | Muzdalifa | Pelting stones | Responding | Station of Abraham | ‘Umrah)…

Archer

Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren

Seeing an archer in a dream signifies longevity, bravery and victory over one’s enemy. In a dream, an archer also represents someone who is reared by a stepfather. (Also see Arrows)…