``_Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shalt not have
a vision, and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine;
and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall
be dark over them_.''--Mich. iii., 6.
_Wading_.[237]
If you wade in clear water while dreaming, you will partake of evanescent,
but exquisite joys. If the water is muddy, you are in danger of illness,
or some sorrowful experiences.
To see children wading in clear water is a happy prognostication,
as you will be favored in your enterprises.
For a young woman to dream of wading in clear foaming water,
she will soon gain the desire nearest her heart.
[237] See Bathing.
_Wadding_.
Wadding, if seen in a dream, brings consolation to the sorrowing,
and indifference to unfriendly criticism.
_Wafer_.
Wafer, if seen in a dream, purports an encounter with enemies.
To eat one, suggests impoverished fortune.
For a young woman to bake them, denotes that she will be tormented
and distressed by fears of remaining in the unmarried state.
_Wager_.
To dream of making a wager, signifies that you will resort to dishonest
means to forward your schemes.
If you lose a wager, you will sustain injury from base connections
with those out of your social sphere.
To win one, reinstates you in favor with fortune.
If you are not able to put up a wager, you will be discouraged
and prostrated by the adverseness of circumstances.
_Wages_.
Wages, if received in dreams, brings unlooked for good to persons
engaging in new enterprises.
To pay out wages, denotes that you will be confounded by dissatisfaction.
To have your wages reduced, warns you of unfriendly interest
that is being taken against you.
An increase of wages, suggests unusual profit in any undertaking.
_Wagon_.
To dream of a wagon, denotes that you will be unhappily mated,
and many troubles will prematurely age you.
To drive one down a hill, is ominous of proceedings which will fill
you with disquiet, and will cause you loss.
To drive one up hill, improves your worldly affairs.
To drive a heavily loaded wagon, denotes that duty will hold you
in a moral position, despite your efforts to throw her off.
To drive into muddy water, is a gruesome prognostication,
bringing you into a vortex of unhappiness and fearful foreboding.
To see a covered wagon, foretells that you will be encompassed
by mysterious treachery, which will retard your advancement.
For a young woman to dream that she drives a wagon near
a dangerous embankment, portends that she will be driven
into an illicit entanglement, which will fill her with terror,
lest she be openly discovered and ostracised. If she drives
across a clear stream of water, she will enjoy adventure without
bringing opprobrium upon herself.
A broken wagon represents distress and failure.
_Wagtail_.
To see a wagtail in a dream, foretells that you will be the victim
of unpleasant gossip, and your affairs will develop unmistakable loss.
_Waif_.
To dream of a waif, denotes personal difficulties, and especial
ill-luck in business.
_Wail_.[238]
A wail falling upon your ear while in the midst of a dream,
brings fearful news of disaster and woe.
For a young woman to hear a wail, foretells that she will be deserted
and left alone in distress, and perchance disgrace.
[238] See Weeping.
_Waist and Shirt-Waist_.
To dream of a round full waist, denotes that you will be favored
by an agreeable dispensation of fortune.
A small, unnatural waist, foretells displeasing success
and recriminating disputes.
For a young woman to dream of a nice, ready-made shirt-waist, denotes
that she will win admiration through her ingenuity and pleasing manners.
To dream that her shirt-waist is torn, she will be censured for her
illicit engagements. If she is trying on a shirt-waist, she will encounter
rivalry in love, but if she succeeds in adjusting the waist to her person,
she will successfully combat the rivalry and win the object of her love.
_Waiter_.
To dream of a waiter, signifies you will be pleasantly entertained
by a friend. To see one cross or disorderly, means offensive people
will thrust themselves upon your hospitality.
_Wake_.
To dream that you attend a wake, denotes that you will sacrifice
some important engagement to enjoy some ill-favored assignation.
For a young woman to see her lover at a wake, foretells that she
will listen to the entreaties of passion, and will be persuaded
to hazard honor for love.
_Walking_.[239]
To dream of walking through rough brier, entangled paths, denotes that you
will be much distressed over your business complications, and disagreeable
misunderstandings will produce coldness and indifference.
To walk in pleasant places, you will be the possessor of fortune and favor.
To walk in the night brings misadventure, and unavailing
struggle for contentment.
For a young woman to find herself walking rapidly in her dreams,
denotes that she will inherit some property, and will possess
a much desired object.
[239] See Wading.
_Walking Stick_.
To see a walking stick in a dream, foretells you will enter into contracts
without proper deliberation, and will consequently suffer reverses.
If you use one in walking, you will be dependent upon the advice of others.
To admire handsome ones, you will entrust your interest to others,
but they will be faithful.
_Wallet_.
To see wallets in a dream, foretells burdens of a pleasant
nature will await your discretion as to assuming them.
An old or soiled one, implies unfavorable results from your labors.
_Walls_.
To dream that you find a wall obstructing your progress,
you will surely succumb to ill-favored influences and lose
important victories in your affairs.
To jump over it, you will overcome obstacles and win your desires.
To force a breach in a wall, you will succeed in the attainment
of your wishes by sheer tenacity of purpose.
To demolish one, you will overthrow your enemies.
To build one, foretells that you will carefully lay plans
and will solidify your fortune to the exclusion of failure,
or designing enemies.
For a young woman to walk on top of a wall, shows that her future
happiness will soon be made secure. For her to hide behind
a wall, denotes that she will form connections that she will
be ashamed to acknowledge. If she walks beside a base wall.
she will soon have run the gamut of her attractions, and will
likely be deserted at a precarious time.
_Walnut_.
To dream of walnuts, is an omen significant of prolific joys and favors.
To dream that you crack a decayed walnut, denotes that your expectations
will end in bitterness and regretable collapse.
For a young woman to dream that she has walnut stain on her hands,
foretells that she will see her lover turn his attention to another,
and she will entertain only regrets for her past indiscreet conduct.
_Waltz_.
To see the waltz danced, foretells that you will have pleasant
relations with a cheerful and adventuresome person.
For a young woman to waltz with her lover, denotes that she will be
the object of much admiration, but none will seek her for a wife.
If she sees her lover waltzing with a rival, she will overcome
obstacles to her desires with strategy. If she waltzes with
a woman, she will be loved for her virtues and winning ways.
If she sees persons whirling in the waltz as if intoxicated,
she will be engulfed so deeply in desire and pleasure that it
will be a miracle if she resists the impassioned advances of her
lover and male acquaintances.
_Want_.
To dream that you are in want, denotes that you have unfortunately
ignored the realities of life, and chased folly to her stronghold
of sorrow and adversity.
If you find yourself contented in a state of want, you will bear
the misfortune which threatens you with heroism, and will see
the clouds of misery disperse.
To relieve want, signifies that you will be esteemed for your
disinterested kindness, but you will feel no pleasure in well doing.
_War_.
To dream of war, foretells unfortunate conditions in business,
and much disorder and strife in domestic affairs.
For a young woman to dream that her lover goes to war, denotes that she
will hear of something detrimental to her lover's character.
To dream that your country is defeated in war, is a sign that it
will suffer revolution of a business and political nature.
Personal interest will sustain a blow either way.
If of victory you dream, there will be brisk activity along business lines,
and domesticity will be harmonious.
_Wardrobe_.
To dream of your wardrobe, denotes that your fortune will be endangered
by your attempts to appear richer than you are.
If you imagine you have a scant wardrobe, you will seek
association with strangers.
_Warehouse_.
To dream of a warehouse, denotes for you a successful enterprise.
To see an empty one, is a sign that you will be cheated and foiled
in some plan which you have given much thought and maneuvering.
_Warrant_.
To dream that a warrant is being served on you, denotes that you will
engage in some important work which will give you great uneasiness
as to its standing and profits.
To see a warrant served on some one else, there will be danger of
your actions bringing you into fatal quarrels or misunderstandings.
You are likely to be justly indignant with the wantonness of some friend.
_Warts_.
If you are troubled with warts on your person, in dreams,
you will be unable to successfully parry the thrusts made
at your honor.
To see them leaving your hands, foretells that you will overcome
disagreeable obstructions to fortune.
To see them on others, shows that you have bitter enemies near you.
If you doctor them, you will struggle with energy to ward off threatened
danger to you and yours.
_Washboard_.
To see a washboard in your dreams, is indicative of embarrassment.
If you see a woman using one, it predicts that you will let women
rob you of energy and fortune.
A broken one, portends that you will come to grief and disgraceful
deeds through fast living.
_Wash-bowl_.
To dream of a wash-bowl, signifies that new cares will interest you,
and afford much enjoyment to others.
To bathe your face and hands in a bowl of clear water,
denotes that you will soon consummate passionate wishes
which will bind you closely to some one who interested you,
but before passion enveloped you.
If the bowl is soiled, or broken, you will rue an illicit engagement,
which will give others pain, and afford you small pleasure.
_Washer Woman_.
A washer woman seen in dreams, represents infidelity and a strange adventure.
For the business man, or farmer, this dream indicates expanding trade
and fine crops. For a woman to dream that she is a washer woman,
denotes that she will throw decorum aside in her persistent effort to hold
the illegal favor of men.
_Washing_.[240]
To dream that you are washing yourself, signifies that you pride yourself
on the numberless liaisons you maintain.
[240] See Wash Bowl or Bathing.
_Wasp_.
Wasps, if seen in dreams, denotes that enemies will scourge
and spitefully villify you.
If one stings you, you will feel the effect of envy and hatred.
To kill them, you will be able to throttle your enemies,
and fearlessly maintain your rights.
_Waste_.
To dream of wandering through waste places, foreshadows doubt and failure,
where promise of success was bright before you.
To dream of wasting your fortune, denotes you will be unpleasantly
encumbered with domestic cares.
_Watch_.
To dream 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.
_Water_.
To dream of clear water, foretells that you will joyfully realize
prosperity and pleasure.
If the water is muddy, you will be in danger and gloom will
occupy Pleasure's seat.
If you see it rise up in your house, denotes that you will struggle
to resist evil, but unless you see it subside, you will succumb
to dangerous influences.
If you find yourself baling it out, but with feet growing wet,
foreshadows trouble, sickness, and misery will work you
a hard task, but you will forestall them by your watchfulness.
The same may be applied to muddy water rising in vessels.
To fall into muddy water, is a sign that you will make many bitter mistakes,
and will suffer poignant grief therefrom.
To drink muddy water, portends sickness, but drinking it clear
and refreshing brings favorable consummation of fair hopes.
To sport with water, denotes a sudden awakening to love and passion.
To have it sprayed on your head, denotes that your passionate
awakening to love will meet reciprocal consummation.
The following dream and its allegorical occurrence in actual life
is related by a young woman student of dreams:
``Without knowing how, I was (in my dream) on a boat,
I waded through clear blue water to a wharfboat, which I found
to be snow white, but rough and splintry. The next evening I
had a delightful male caller, but he remained beyond the time
prescribed by mothers and I was severely censured for it.''
The blue water and fairy white boat were the disappointing
prospects in the symbol.
_Water-carrier_.
To see water-carriers passing in your dreams, denotes that your
prospects will be favorable in fortune, and love will prove
no laggard in your chase for pleasure.
If you think you are a water-carrier, you will rise above
your present position.
_Waterfall_.
To dream of a waterfall, foretells that you will secure your wildest desire,
and fortune will be exceedingly favorable to your progress.
_Water Lily_.
To dream of a water lily, or to see them growing, foretells there
will be a close commingling of prosperity and sorrow or bereavement.
_Waves_.[241]
To dream of waves, is a sign that you hold some vital step in contemplation,
which will evolve much knowledge if the waves are clear; but you will make
a fatal error if you see them muddy or lashed by a storm.
[241] See Ocean and Sea.
_Wax Taper_.
To dream of lighting wax tapers, denotes that some pleasing occurrence
will bring you into association with friends long absent.
To blow them out, signals disappointing times, and sickness will forestall
expected opportunities of meeting distinguished friends.
_Way_.[242]
To dream you lose your way, warns you to disabuse your mind
of lucky speculations, as your enterprises threaten failure
unless you are painstaking in your management of affairs.
[242] See Road and Path.
_Wealth_.
To dream that you are possessed of much wealth, foretells that you
will energetically nerve yourself to meet the problems of life
with that force which compells success.
To see others wealthy, foretells that you will have friends who will come
to your rescue in perilous times.
For a young woman to dream that she is associated with wealthy people,
denotes that she will have high aspirations and will manage to enlist
some one who is able to further them.
_Weasel_.
To see a weasel bent on a marauding expedition in your dreams,
warns you to beware of the friendships of former enemies,
as they will devour you at an unseemly time.
If you destroy them, you will succeed in foiling deep schemes
laid for your defeat.
_Weather_.
To dream of the weather, foretells fluctuating tendencies in fortune.
Now you are progressing immensely, to be suddenly confronted with doubts
and rumblings of failure.
To think you are reading the reports of a weather bureau,
you will change your place of abode, after much weary deliberation,
but you will be benefited by the change.
To see a weather witch, denotes disagreeable conditions
in your family affairs.
To see them conjuring the weather, foretells quarrels in the home
and disappointment in business.
_Weaving_.
To dream that you are weaving, denotes that you will baffle
any attempt to defeat you in the struggle for the up-building
of an honorable fortune.
To see others weaving shows that you will be surrounded by healthy
and energetic conditions.
_Web_.
To dream of webs, foretells deceitful friends will work you loss
and displeasure. If the web is non-elastic, you will remain firm
in withstanding the attacks of the envious persons who are seeking
to obtain favors from you.
_Wedding_.[243]
To attend a wedding in your dream, you will speedily find
that there is approaching you an occasion which will cause you
bitterness and delayed success.
For a young woman to dream that her wedding is a secret is decidedly
unfavorable to character. It imports her probable downfall.
If she contracts a worldly, or approved marriage, signifies she
will rise in the estimation of those about her, and anticipated
promises and joys will not be withheld.
If she thinks in her dream that there are parental objections,
she will find that her engagement will create dissatisfaction
among her relatives. For her to dream her lover weds another,
foretells that she will be distressed with needless fears,
as her lover will faithfully carry out his promises.
For a person to dream of being wedded, is a sad augury, as death will
only be eluded by a miracle. If the wedding is a gay one and there
are no ashen, pale-faced or black-robed ministers enjoining solemn vows,
the reverses may be expected.
For a young woman to dream that she sees some one at her wedding dressed
in mourning, denotes she will only have unhappiness in her married life.
If at another's wedding, she will be grieved over the unfavorable fortune
of some relative or friend. She may experience displeasure or illness
where she expected happiness and health. The pleasure trips of others
or her own, after this dream, may be greatly disturbed by unpleasant
intrusions or surprises.
[243] See Marriage and Bride.
_Wedding Clothes_.
To see wedding clothes, signifies you will participate in pleasing
works and will meet new friends. To see them soiled or in disorder,
foretells you will lose close relations with some much-admired person.
_Wedding Ring_.
For a woman to dream her wedding ring is bright and shining,
foretells that she will be shielded from cares and infidelity.
If it should be lost or broken, much sadness will come into her life
through death and uncongeniality.
To see a wedding ring on the hand of a friend, or some other person,
denotes that you will hold your vows lightly and will court illicit pleasure.
_Wedge_.
To dream of a wedge, denotes you will have trouble in some business
arrangements which will be the cause of your separation from relatives.
Separation of lovers or friends may also be implied.
_Wedlock_.
To dream that you are in the bonds of an unwelcome wedlock, denotes you
will be unfortunately implicated in a disagreeable affair.
For a young woman to dream that she is dissatisfied with wedlock,
foretells her inclinations will persuade her into scandalous escapades.
For a married woman to dream of her wedding day, warns her to fortify
her strength and feelings against disappointment and grief.
She will also be involved in secret quarrels and jealousies.
For a woman to imagine she is pleased and securely cared for in wedlock,
is a propitious dream.
_Weeding_.
To dream that you are weeding, foretells that you will have difficulty
in proceeding with some work which will bring you distinction.
To see others weeding, you will be fearful that enemies will
upset your plans.
_Weeping_.
Weeping in your dreams, foretells ill tidings and disturbances
in your family.
To see others weeping, signals pleasant reunion after
periods of saddened estrangements. This dream for a young
woman is ominous of lovers' quarrels, which can only reach
reconciliation by self-abnegation.
For the tradesman, it foretells temporary discouragement and reverses.
_Weevil_.
To dream of weevils, portends loss in trade and falseness in love.
_Weighing_.
To dream of weighing, denotes that you are approaching a prosperous period,
and if you set yourself determinedly toward success you will victoriously
reap the full fruition of your labors.
To weigh others, you will be able to subordinate them to your interest.
For a young woman to weigh with her lover, foretells that he will be ready
at all times to comply with her demands.
_Well_.
To dream that you are employed in a well, foretells that you
will succumb to adversity through your misapplied energies.
You will let strange elements direct your course.
To fall into a well, signifies that overwhelming despair will possess you.
For one to cave in, promises that enemies' schemes will overthrow your own.
To see an empty well, denotes you will be robbed of fortune if you
allow strangers to share your confidence.
To see one with a pump in it, shows you will have opportunities
to advance your prospects.
To dream of an artesian well, foretells that your splendid resources
will gain you admittance into the realms of knowledge and pleasure.
To draw water from a well, denotes the fulfilment of ardent desires.
If the water is impure, there will be unpleasantness.
_Welcome_.
To dream that you receive a warm welcome into any society,
foretells that you will become distinguished among your
acquaintances and will have deference shown you by strangers.
Your fortune will approximate anticipation.
To accord others welcome, denotes your congeniality and warm nature
will be your passport into pleasures, or any other desired place.
_Welsh Rarebits_.
To dream of preparing or eating Welsh rarebits, denotes that your affairs
will assume a complicated state, owing to your attention being absorbed
by artful women and enjoyment of neutral fancies.
_Wet_.
To dream that you are wet, denotes that a possible pleasure
may involve you in loss and disease. You are warned to avoid
the blandishments of seemingly well-meaning people.
For a young woman to dream that she is soaking wet, portends that she
will be disgracefully implicated in some affair with a married man.
_Wet Nurse_.
To dream that you are a wet nurse, denotes that you will be widowed
or have the care of the aged, or little children.
For a woman to dream that she is a wet nurse, signifies that she
will depend on her own labors for sustenance.
_Whale_.
To dream of seeing a whale approaching a ship, denotes that you
will have a struggle between duties, and will be threatened
with loss of property.
If the whale is demolished, you will happily decide between right
and inclination, and will encounter pleasing successes.
If you see a whale overturn a ship, you will be thrown into
a whirlpool of disasters.
_Whalebone_.
To see or work with whalebone in your dreams, you still form
an alliance which will afford you solid benefit.
_Wheat_.
To see large fields of growing wheat in your dreams, denotes that your
interest will take on encouraging prospects.
If the wheat is ripe, your fortune will be assured and love
will be your joyous companion.
To see large clear grains of wheat running through the thresher,
foretells that prosperity has opened her portals to the fullest for you.
To see it in sacks or barrels, your determination to reach the apex
of success is soon to be crowned with victory and your love matters
will be firmly grounded.
If your granary is not well covered and you see its contents
getting wet, foretells that while you have amassed a fortune,
you have not secured your rights and you will see your interests
diminishing by the hand of enemies.
If you rub wheat from the head into your hand and eat it,
you will labor hard for success and will obtain and make sure
of your rights.
To dream that you climb a steep hill covered with wheat and think
you are pulling yourself up by the stalks of wheat, denotes you
will enjoy great prosperity and thus be able to distinguish yourself
in any chosen pursuit.
_Wheels_.
To see swiftly rotating wheels in your dreams, foretells that you
will be thrifty and energetic in your business and be successful
in pursuits of domestic bliss.
To see idle or broken wheels, proclaims death or absence of some
one in your household.
_Whetstone_.
To dream of a whetstone, is significant of sharp worries and close attention
is needed in your own affairs, if you avoid difficulties.
You are likely to be forced into an uncomfortable journey.
_Whip_.
To dream of a whip, signifies unhappy dissensions and unfortunate
and formidable friendships.
_Whirlpool_.
To dream of a whirlpool, denotes that great danger is imminent in
your business, and, unless you are extremely careful, your reputation
will be seriously blackened by some disgraceful intrigue.
_Whirlwind_.
To dream that you are in the path of a whirlwind, foretells that you are
confronting a change which threatens to overwhelm you with loss and calamity.
For a young woman to dream that she is caught in a whirlwind and has
trouble to keep her skirts from blowing up and entangling her waist,
denotes that she will carry on a secret flirtation and will be horrified
to find that scandal has gotten possession of her name and she will run
a close risk of disgrace and ostracism.
_Whisky_.
To dream of whisky in bottles, denotes that you will be careful
of your interests, protecting them with energy and watchfulness,
thereby adding to their proportion.
To drink it alone, foretells that you will sacrifice your friends
to your selfishness.
To destroy whisky, you will lose your friends by your ungenerous conduct.
Whisky is not fraught with much good. Disappointment in some form
will likely appear.
To see or drink it, is to strive and reach a desired object after
many disappointments. If you only see it, you will never obtain
the result hoped and worked for.
_Whispering_.
To dream of whispering, denotes that you will be disturbed by the evil
gossiping of people near you.
To hear a whisper coming to you as advice or warning, foretells that you
stand in need of aid and counsel.
_Whistle_.
To hear a whistle in your dream, denotes that you will be shocked by some
sad intelligence, which will change your plans laid for innocent pleasure.
To dream that you are whistling, foretells a merry occasion in which you
expect to figure largely. This dream for a young woman indicates indiscreet
conduct and failure to obtain wishes is foretold.
_White Lead_.
To dream of white lead, denotes relatives or children are in danger
because of your carelessness. Prosperity will be chary of favor.
_White Moth_.
To dream of a white moth, foretells unavoidable sickness,
though you will be tempted to accuse yourself or some other
with wrong-doing, which you think causes the complaint.
For a woman to see one flying around in the room at night,
forebodes unrequited wishes and disposition which will
effect the enjoyment of other people. To see a moth flying
and finally settling upon something, or disappearing totally,
foreshadows death of friends or relatives.
_Whitewash_.
To dream that you are whitewashing, foretells that you will seek
to reinstate yourself with friends by ridding yourself of offensive
habits and companions.
For a young woman, this dream is significant of well-laid plans
to deceive others and gain back her lover who has been estranged
by her insinuating bearing toward him.
_Widow_.
To dream that you are a widow, foretells that you will have many troubles
through malicious persons.
For a man to dream that he marries a widow, denotes he will see
some cherished undertaking crumble down in disappointment.
_Wife_.
To dream of your wife, denotes unsettled affairs and discord in the home.
To dream that your wife is unusually affable, denotes that you will receive
profit from some important venture in trade.
For a wife to dream her husband whips her, foretells unlucky influences
will cause harsh criticism in the home and a general turmoil will ensue.
_Wig_.
To dream you wear a wig, indicates that you will soon make
an unpropitious change.
To lose a wig, you will incur the derision and contempt of enemies.
To see others wearing wigs, is a sign of treachery entangling you.
_Wild_.
To dream that you are running about wild, foretells that you will sustain
a serious fall or accident.
To see others doing so, denotes unfavorable prospects will cause
you worry and excitement.
_Wild Man_.
To see a wild man in your dream, denotes that enemies will openly
oppose you in your enterprises. To think you are one foretells
you will be unlucky in following out your designs.
_Will_.
To dream you are making your will, is significant of momentous
trials and speculations.
For a wife or any one to think a will is against them, portends that they
will have disputes and disorderly proceedings to combat in some event
soon to transpire.
If you fail to prove a will, you are in danger of libelous slander.
To lose one is unfortunate for your business.
To destroy one, warns you that you are about to be a party
to treachery and deceit.
_Willow_.
To dream of willows, foretells that you will soon make a sad journey,
but you will be consoled in your grief by faithful friends.
_Wind_.
To dream of the wind blowing softly and sadly upon you, signifies that great
fortune will come to you through bereavement.
If you hear the wind soughing, denotes that you will wander in estrangement
from one whose life is empty without you.
To walk briskly against a brisk wind, foretells that you will courageously
resist temptation and pursue fortune with a determination not easily
put aside. For the wind to blow you along against your wishes,
portends failure in business undertakings and disappointments in love.
If the wind blows you in the direction you wish to go you will find
unexpected and helpful allies, or that you have natural advantages
over a rival or competitor.
_Windmill_.
To see a windmill in operation in your dreams, foretells abundant
accumulation of fortune and marked contentment
To see one broken or idle, signifies adversity coming unawares.
_Window_.
To see windows in your dreams, is an augury of fateful culmination
to bright hopes. You will see your fairest wish go down in despair.
Fruitless endeavors will be your portion.
To see closed windows is a representation of desertion.
If they are broken, you will be hounded by miserable suspicions
of disloyalty from those you love.
To sit in a window, denotes that you will be the victim of folly.
To enter a house through a window, denotes that you will be found out
while using dishonorable means to consummate a seemingly honorable purpose.
To escape by one, indicates that you will fall into a trouble
whose toils will hold you unmercifully close.
To look through a window when passing and strange objects appear,
foretells that you will fail in your chosen avocation and lose
the respect for which you risked health and contentment.
_Wine_.
To dream of drinking wine, forebodes joy and consequent friendships.
To dream of breaking bottles of wine, foretells that your love
and passion will border on excess.
To see barrels of wine, prognosticates great luxury. To pour
it from one vessel into another, signifies that your enjoyments
will be varied and you will journey to many notable places.
To dream of dealing in wine denotes that your occupation will be remunerative.
For a young woman to dream of drinking wine, indicates she will marry
a wealthy gentleman, but withal honorable.
_Wine-cellar_.
To dream of a wine-cellar, foretells superior amusements or pleasure
will come in your way, to be disposed of at your bidding.
_Wine-glass_.
To dream of a wine-glass, foretells that a disappointment will affect
you seriously, as you will fail to see anything pleasing until shocked
into the realization of trouble.
_Wings_.
To dream that you have wings, foretells that you will experience grave
fears for the safety of some one gone on a long journey away from you.
To see the wings of fowls or birds, denotes that you will finally
overcome adversity and rise to wealthy degrees and honor.
_Winter_.
To dream of winter, is a prognostication of ill-health
and dreary prospects for the favorable progress of fortune.
After this dream your efforts will not yield satisfactory results.
_Wire_.
To dream of wire, denotes that you will make frequent but short
journeys which will be to your disparagement.
Old or rusty wire, signifies that you will be possessed of a bad temper,
which will give troubles to your kindred.
To see a wire fence in your dreams, foretells that you will be cheated
in some trade you have in view.
_Wisdom_.
To dream you are possessed of wisdom, signifies your spirit
will be brave under trying circumstances, and you will be able
to overcome these trials and rise to prosperous living.
If you think you lack wisdom, it implies you are wasting
your native talents.
_Witch_.
To dream of witches, denotes that you, with others,
will seek adventures which will afford hilarious enjoyment,
but it will eventually rebound to your mortification.
Business will suffer prostration if witches advance upon you,
home affairs may be disappointing.
_Witness_.
To dream that you bear witness against others, signifies you
will have great oppression through slight causes.
If others bear witness against you, you will be compelled to
refuse favors to friends in order to protect your own interest.
If you are a witness for a guilty person, you will be implicated
in a shameful affair.
_Wizard_.
To dream of a wizard, denotes you are going to have a big family,
which will cause you much inconvenience as well as displeasure.
For young people, this dream implies loss and broken engagements.
_Wolf_.
To dream of a wolf, shows that you have a thieving person in your employ,
who will also betray secrets.
To kill one, denotes that you will defeat sly enemies who seek to overshadow
you with disgrace. To hear the howl of a wolf, discovers to you a secret
alliance to defeat you in honest competition.
_Women_.
To dream of women, foreshadows intrigue.
To argue with one, foretells that you will be outwitted and foiled.
To see a dark-haired woman with blue eyes and a pug nose,
definitely determines your withdrawal from a race in which you stood
a showing for victory. If she has brown eyes and a Roman nose,
you will be cajoled into a dangerous speculation. If she has auburn
hair with this combination, it adds to your perplexity and anxiety.
If she is a blonde, you will find that all your engagements will
be pleasant and favorable to your inclinations.
_Wooden Shoe_.
To dream of a wooden shoe, is significant of lonely wanderings and
penniless circumstances. Those in love will suffer from unfaithfulness.
_Woods_.
To dream of woods, brings a natural change in your affairs.
If the woods appear green, the change will be lucky.
If stripped of verdure, it will prove calamitous.
To see woods on fire, denotes that your plans will reach
satisfactory maturity. Prosperity will beam with favor upon you.
To dream that you deal in firewood, denotes that you will win
fortune by determined struggle.
_Wood-pile_.
To dream of a wood-pile, denotes unsatisfactory business
and misunderstandings in love.
_Wool_.
To dream of wool, is a pleasing sign of prosperous opportunities
to expand your interests.
To see soiled, or dirty wool, foretells that you will seek employment
with those who detest your principles.
_Work_.
To dream that you are hard at work, denotes that you will win
merited success by concentration of energy.
To see others at work, denotes that hopeful conditions will surround you.
To look for work, means that you will be benefited by
some unaccountable occurrence.
_Work house_.[244]
To dream that you are in a workhouse denotes that some event
will work you harm and loss.
[244] See Prison.
_Workshop_.
To see workshops in your dreams, foretells that you will use
extraordinary schemes to undermine your enemies.
_Worms_.
To dream of worms, denotes that you will be oppressed by the low intriguing
of disreputable persons.
For a young woman to dream they crawl on her, foretells that her
aspirations will always tend to the material. If she kills or throws
them off, she will shake loose from the material lethargy and seek
to live in morality and spirituality.
To use them in your dreams as fish bait, foretells that by your ingenuity
you will use your enemies to good advantage.
_Wound_.
To dream that you are wounded, signals distress and an unfavorable
turn in business.
To see others wounded, denotes that injustice will be accorded
you by your friends.
To relieve or dress a wound, signifies that you will have occasion
to congratulate yourself on your good fortune.
_Wreath_.
To dream that you see a wreath of fresh flowers, denotes that
great opportunities for enriching yourself will soon present
themselves before you.
A withered wreath bears sickness and wounded love.
To see a bridal wreath, foretells a happy ending to uncertain engagements.
_Wrecks_.[245]
To see a wreck in your dream, foretells that you will be harassed
with fears of destitution or sudden failure in business.
[245] See other like words.
_Writing_.[246]
To dream that you are writing, foretells that you will make a mistake
which will almost prove your undoing.
To see writing, denotes that you will be upbraided for your careless
conduct and a lawsuit may cause you embarrassment.
To try to read strange writing, signifies that you will escape
enemies only by making no new speculation after this dream.
[246] See Letters.