The Dictionary of Dreams (34 page)

To see a wounded horse, foretells the trouble of friends.

To dream of a dead horse, signifies disappointments of various kinds.

To dream of riding a horse that bucks, denotes that your desires

will be difficult of consummation. To dream that he throws you,

you will have a strong rival, and your business will suffer

slightly through competition.

To dream that a horse kicks you, you will be repulsed by one you love.

Your fortune will be embarrassed by ill health.

To dream of catching a horse to bridle and saddle, or harness it,

you will see a great improvement in business of all kinds,

and people of all callings will prosper. If you fail to catch it,

fortune will play you false.

To see spotted horses, foretells that various enterprises

will bring you profit.

To dream of having a horse shod, your success is assured.

For a woman, this dream omens a good and faithful husband.

To dream that you shoe a horse, denotes that you will endeavor

to and perhaps make doubtful property your own.

To dream of race horses, denotes that you will be surfeited with fast living, but to the farmer this dream denotes prosperity.

To dream that you ride a horse in a race, you will be prosperous

and enjoy life.

To dream of killing a horse, you will injure your friends through selfishness.

To mount a horse bareback, you will gain wealth and ease by hard struggles.

To ride bareback in company with men, you will have honest

people to aid you, and your success will be merited.

If in company with women, your desires will be loose, and your

prosperity will not be so abundant as might be if women did

not fill your heart.

To curry a horse, your business interests will not be neglected

for frivolous pleasures.

To dream of trimming a horse's mane, or tail, denotes that you will be a good financier or farmer. Literary people will be painstaking in their work and others will look after their interest with solicitude.

To dream of horses, you will amass wealth and enjoy life

to its fullest extent.

To see horses pulling vehicles, denotes wealth with some incumbrance, and love will find obstacles.

If you are riding up a hill and the horse fal s but you gain the top, you will win fortune, though you will have to struggle against enemies and jealousy. If both the horse and you get to the top,

your rise will be phenomenal, but substantial.

For a young girl to dream that she rides a black horse,

denotes that she should be dealt with by wise authority.

Some wishes will be gratified at an unexpected time.

Black in horses, signifies postponements in anticipations.

To see a horse with a tender foot, denotes that some unexpected unpleasantness will insinuate itself into your otherwise propitious state.

If you attempt to fit a broken shoe which is too small for the horse's foot, you will be charged with making fraudulent deals with unsuspecting parties.

To ride a horse down hill, your affairs will undoubtedly disappoint you.

For a young woman to dream that a friend rides behind her on a horse, denotes that she will be foremost in the favors of many prominent and successful men. If she was frightened, she is likely to stir up jealous sensations. If after she alights from the horse it turns into a pig, she will carelessly pass by honorable offers of marriage, preferring freedom until her chances of a desirable marriage are lost.

If afterward she sees the pig sliding gracefully along the telegraph wire, she will by intriguing advance her position, For a young woman to dream that she is riding a white horse up and

down hill, often looking back and seeing some one on a black horse,

pursuing her, denotes she will have a mixed season of success

and sorow,{sic} but through it all a relentless enemy is working

to overshadow her with gloom and disappointment.

To see a horse in human flesh, descending on a hammock through

the air, and as it nears your house is metamorphosed into a man,

and he approaches your door and throws something at you which seems

to be rubber but turns into great bees, denotes miscarriage

of hopes and useless endeavors to regain lost valuables.

To see animals in human flesh, signifies great advancement to the dreamer, and new friends will be made by modest wearing of well-earned honors.

If the human flesh appears diseased or freckled, the miscarriage

of well-laid plans is denoted.

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.

If you dream that you are the proprietor of a hotel, you will earn

all the fortune you will ever possess.

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
.[93]

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.

[93] See Dogs.

House
.[94]

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.

[94] 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
.[95]

To dream that you are overcome with humidity, foretells that you

will combat enemies fiercely, but their superior force will submerge you in overwhelming defeat.

[95] 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
.[96]

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.

[96] See Gain.

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 upbraids you for unfaithfulness, you will hold his regard and confidence, but other worries will ensue and you are warned to be more discreet in receiving attention from men.

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.

Hydrophobia
.

To dream that you are afflicted with hydrophobia, denotes enemies

and change of business.

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
.[97]

To dream of hearing hymns sung, denotes contentment in the home

and average prospects in business affairs.

[97] 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.

I.

``_And it shall come to pass in the last days, sayeth God, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams_.''--Acts ii, 17.

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.