Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Exposition — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Exposition
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To put others in a fortress, denotes your ability to rule in business
or over women.
_Fortune-telling_.
To dream of telling, or having your fortune told, it dicates that you
are deliberating over some vexed affair, and you should use much
caution in giving consent to its consummation. For a young woman,
this portends a choice between two rivals. She will be worried
to find out the standing of one in business and social circles.
To dream that she is engaged to a fortune-teller, denotes that she
has gone through the forest and picked the proverbial stick.
She should be self-reliant, or poverty will attend her marriage.
_Fountain_.
To dream that you see a clear fountain sparkling in the sunlight,
denotes vast possessions, ecstatic delights and many pleasant journeys.
A clouded fountain, denotes the insincerity of associates and unhappy
engagements and love affairs.
A dry and broken fountain, indicates death and cessation of pleasures.
For a young woman to see a sparkling fountain in the moonlight,
signifies ill-advised pleasure which may result in a desertion.
_Fowl_.[77]
To dream of seeing fowls, denotes temporary worry or illness.
For a woman to dream of fowls, indicates a short illness
or disagreement with her friends.
[77] See Chickens.
_Fox_.
To dream of chasing a fox, denotes that you are en gaging in doubtful
speculations and risky love affairs.
If you see a fox slyly coming into your yard, beware of envious friendships;
your reputation is being slyly assailed.
To kill a fox, denotes that you will win in every engagement.
_Fraud_.
To dream that you are defrauding a person, denotes that you will
deceive your employer for gain, indulge in degrading pleasures,
and fall into disrepute.
If you are defrauded, it signifies the useless attempt of enemies
to defame you and cause you loss.
To accuse some one of defrauding you, you will be offered a place
of high honor.
_Freckles_.
For a woman to dream that her face is freckled, denotes that many
displeasing incidents will insinuate themselves into her happiness.
If she sees them in a mirror, she will be in danger of losing her lover
to a rival.
_Friend_.
To dream of friends being well and happy, denotes pleasant tidings of them,
or you will soon see them or some of their relatives.
To see your friend troubled and haggard, sickness or distress
is upon them.
To see your friends dark-colored, denotes unusual sickness or trouble to you
or to them. To see them take the form of animals, signifies that enemies
will separate you from your closest relations.
To see your friend who dresses in somber colors in flaming red,
foretells that unpleasant things will transpire, causing you
anxiety if not loss, and that friends will be implicated.