Dreams A-Z (33 page)

Powder To see powder in your dreams, denotes unscrupulous people are dealing with you. You may detect them through watchfulness.

Prairie To dream of a prairie, denotes that you will enjoy ease, and even luxury and unobstructed progress.

An undulating prairie, covered with growing grasses and flowers, signifies joyous happenings.

A barren prairie, represents loss and sadness through the absence of friends.

To be lost on one, is a sign of sadness and ill luck.

Prayer To dream of saying prayers, or seeing others doing so, foretells you will be threatened with failure, which will take strenuous efforts to avert.

Preacher To dream of a preacher, denotes that your ways are not above reproach, and your affairs will not move evenly.

To dream that you are a preacher, foretells for you losses in business, and distasteful amusements will jar upon you.

To hear preaching, implies that you will undergo misfortune.

To argue with a preacher, you will lose in some contest.

To see one walk away from you, denotes that your affairs will move with new energy. If he looks sorrowful, reproaches will fall heavily upon you.

To see a long-haired preacher, denotes that you are shortly to have disputes with overbearing and egotistical people.

Precipice To dream of standing over a yawning precipice, portends the threatenings of misfortunes

To fall over a precipice, denotes that you will be engulfed in disaster.

See Abyss and Pit.

Pregnancy For a woman to dream that she is pregnant, denotes she will be unhappy with her husband, and her children will be unattractive.

For a virgin, this dream omens scandal and adversity. If a woman is really pregnant and has this dream, it prognosticates a safe delivery and swift recovery of strength.

Present To receive presents in your dreams, denotes that you will be unusually fortunate.

See Gifts.

Priest A priest is an augury of ill, if seen in dreams.

If he is in the pulpit, it denotes sickness and trouble for the dreamer.

If a woman dreams that she is in love with a priest, it warns her of deceptions and an unscrupulous lover. If the priest makes love to her, she will be reproached for her love of gaiety and practical joking.

To confess to a priest, denotes that you will be subjected to humiliation and sorrow.

These dreams imply that you have done, or will do, something which will bring discomfort to yourself or relatives. The priest or preacher is your spiritual adviser, and any dream of his professional presence is a warning against your own imperfections. Seen in social circles, unless they rise before you as spectres, the same rules will apply as to other friends.

See Preacher.

Primrose To dream of this little flower starring the grass at your feet, is an omen of joys laden with comfort and peace.

Printing Office To be in a printing office in dreams, denotes that slander and contumely will threaten you.

To run a printing office is indicative of hard luck.

For a young woman to dream that her sweetheart is connected with a printing office, denotes that she will have a lover who is unable to lavish money or time upon her, and she will not be sensible enough to see why he is so stingy.

Prison To dream of a prison, is the forerunner of misfortune in every instance, if it encircles your friends, or yourself.

To see any one dismissed from prison, denotes that you will finally overcome misfortune.

See Jail.

Privacy To dream that your privacy suffers intrusion, foretells you will have overbearing people to worry you. For a woman, this dream warns her to look carefully after private affairs. If she intrudes on the privacy of her husband or lover, she will disabuse some one's confidence, if not careful of her conversation.

Prize Fight To see a prize fight in your dreams, denotes your affairs will give you trouble in controlling them.

Prize Fighter For a young woman to see a prize fighter, foretells she will have pleasure in fast society, and will give her friends much concern about her reputation.

To see or participate in a torch-light procession, denotes that you will engage in gaieties which will detract from your real merit.

Profanity To dream of profanity, denotes that you will cultivate those traits which render you coarse and unfeeling toward your fellow man.

To dream that others use profanity, is a sign that you will be injured in some way, and probably insulted also.

Profits To dream of profits, brings success in your immediate future.

Promenade To dream of promenading, foretells that you will engage in energetic and profitable pursuits.

To see others promenading, signifies that you will have rivals in your pursuits.

Property To dream that you own vast property, denotes that you will be successful in affairs, and gain friendships.

See Wealth.

Prostitute To dream that you are in the company of a prostitute, denotes that you will incur the righteous scorn of friends for some ill-mannered conduct.

For a young woman to dream of a prostitute, foretells that she will deceive her lover as to her purity or candor. This dream to a married woman brings suspicion of her husband and consequent quarrels.

See Harlot.

Publisher To dream of a publisher, foretells long journeys and aspirations to the literary craft.

If a woman dreams that her husband is a publisher, she will be jealous of more than one woman of his acquaintance, and spicy scenes will ensue.

For a publisher to reject your manuscript, denotes that you will suffer disappointment at the miscarriage of cherished designs. If he accepts it, you will rejoice in the full fruition of your hopes. If he loses it, you will suffer evil at the hands of strangers.

Puddings To dream of puddings, denotes small returns from large investments, if you only see it.

To eat it, is proof that your affairs will be disappointing.

For a young woman to cook, or otherwise prepare a pudding, denotes that her lover will be sensual and worldly minded, and if she marries him, she will see her love and fortune vanish.

Puddle To find yourself stepping into puddles of clear water in a dream, denotes a vexation, but some redeeming good in the future. If the water be muddy, unpleasantness will go a few rounds with you.

To wet your feet by stepping into puddles, foretells that your pleasure will work you harm afterwards.

Pulpit To dream of a pulpit, denotes sorrow and vexation.

To dream that you are in a pulpit, foretells sickness, and unsatisfactory results in business or trades of any character.

To dream of feeling the pulse of another, signifies that you are committing depredations in Pleasure's domain.

Pump To see a pump in a dream, denotes that energy and faithfulness to business will produce desired riches, good health also is usually betokened by this dream.

To see a broken pump, signifies that the means of advancing in life will be absorbed by family cares. To the married and the unmarried, it intimates blasted energies.

If you work a pump, your life will be filled with pleasure and profitable undertakings.

Punch To dream of drinking the concoction called punch, denotes that you will prefer selfish pleasures to honorable distinction and morality.

To dream that you are punching any person with a club or fist, denotes quarrels and recriminations.

Pup To dream of pups, denotes that you will entertain the innocent and hapless, and thereby enjoy pleasure. The dream also shows that friendships will grow stronger, and fortune will increase if the pups are healthful and well formed, and vice versa if they are lean and filthy.

See Dogsand Hound Pups.

Purchases To dream of purchases usually augurs profit and advancement with pleasure.

Purse To dream of your purse being filled with diamonds and new bills, denotes for you associations where ``Good Cheer'' is the watchword, and harmony and tender loves will make earth a beautiful place.

See Pocketbook.

If you put in a window-pane with putty, you will seek fortune with poor results.

Pyramid To dream of pyramids, denotes that many changes will come to you.

If you scale them, you will journey along before you find the gratification of desires. For the young woman, it prognosticates a husband who is in no sense congenial.

To dream that you are studying the mystery of the ancient pyramids, denotes that you will develop a love for the mysteries of nature, and you will become learned and polished.

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Quack Doctor To see a quack doctor in your dreams denotes you will be alarmed over some illness and its improper treatment.

Quack Medicine To dream you take quack medicine shows that you are growing morbid under some trouble and should overcome it by industrious application to duty. To read the advertisement of it foretells unhappy companions will wrong and distress you.

Quadrille To dream of dancing a quadrille foretells that some pleasant engagement will occupy your time.

See Dancing.

Quail To see quails in your dream is a very favorable omen, if they are alive; if dead, you will undergo serious ill luck.

To shoot quail foretells that ill feelings will be shown by you to your best friends.

To eat them signifies extravagance in your personal living.

Quaker To dream 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.

Quarantine To dream of being in quarantine denotes that you will be placed in a disagreeable position by the malicious intriguing of enemies.

Quarrel Quarrels in dreams portend unhappiness and fierce altercations. To a young woman, it is the signal of fatal unpleasantries, and to a married woman, it brings separation or continuous disagreements.

To hear others quarreling denotes unsatisfactory business and disappointing trade.

Quarry To dream of being in a quarry and seeing the workmen busy denotes that you will advance by hard labor.

An idle quarry signifies failure, disappointment, and often death.

To see or hear a quartette foretells that you will aspire to something beyond you.

Quay To dream of a quay denotes that you will contemplate making a long tour in the near future.

To see vessels while standing on the quay denotes the fruition of wishes and designs.

Queen To dream of a queen foretells successful ventures. If she looks old or haggard, there will be disappointments connected with your pleasures.

See Empress.

Question To question the merits of a thing in your dreams denotes that you will suspect someone whom you love of unfaithfulness, and you will fear for your speculations.

To ask a question foretells that you will earnestly strive for truth and be successful.

If you are questioned, you will be unfairly dealt with.

Quicksand To find yourself in quicksand while dreaming, you will meet with loss and deceit.

If you are unable to overcome it, you will be involved in overwhelming misfortunes.

For a young woman to be rescued by her lover from quicksand, she will possess a worthy and faithful husband, who will still remain her lover.

Quills To dream of quills denotes to the literary inclined a season of success.

To dream of them as ornaments signifies a rushing trade and some remuneration.

Quilts To dream of quilts foretells pleasant and comfortable circumstances. For a young woman, this dream foretells that her practical and wise business-like ways will advance her into the favorable esteem of a man who will seek her for a wife.

If the quilts are clean but have holes in them, she will win a husband who appreciates her worth, but he will not be the one most desired by her for a companion. If the quilts are soiled, she will bear evidence of carelessness in her dress and manners and thus fail to secure a very upright husband.

Quinine To dream of quinine denotes you will soon be possessed of great happiness, though your prospects for much wealth may be meager. To take some foretells improvement in health and energy. You will also make new friends, who will lend you commercial aid.

Quinsy To dream of being afflicted with this disease denotes discouraging employments.

To see others with it, sickness will cause you much anxiety.

Quoits To play at quoits in dreams foretells low engagements and loss of good employment. To lose portends of distressing conditions.

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Rabbit To dream of rabbits foretells favorable turns in conditions, and you will be more pleased with your gains than formerly.

To see white rabbits denotes faithfulness in love to the married or single.