10,000 Dreams Interpreted Part 43

Lottery.

To dream of a lottery, and that you are taking great interest in the drawing, you will engage in some worthless enterprise, which will cause you to make an unpropitious journey. If you hold the lucky number, you will gain in a speculation which will perplex and give you much anxiety.

To see others winning in a lottery, denotes convivialities and amus.e.m.e.nts, bringing many friends together.

If you lose in a lottery, you will be the victim of designing persons. Gloomy depressions in your affairs will result.

For a young woman to dream of a lottery in any way, denotes that her careless way of doing things will bring her disappointment, and a husband who will not be altogether reliable or constant.

To dream of a lottery, denotes you will have unfavorable friends.h.i.+ps in business. Your love affairs will produce temporary pleasure.

Louse.[116]

To dream of a louse, foretells that you will have uneasy feelings regarding your health, and an enemy will give you exasperating vexation.

[116] See Lice.

Love.

To dream of loving any object, denotes satisfaction with your present environments.

To dream that the love of others fills you with happy forebodings, successful affairs will give you contentment and freedom from the anxious cares of life. If you find that your love fails, or is not reciprocated, you will become despondent over some conflicting question arising in your mind as to whether it is best to change your mode of living or to marry and trust fortune for the future advancement of your state.

For a husband or wife to dream that their companion is loving, foretells great happiness around the hearthstone, and bright children will contribute to the suns.h.i.+ne of the home.

To dream of the love of parents, foretells uprightness in character and a continual progress toward fortune and elevation.

The love of animals, indicates contentment with what you possess, though you may not think so. For a time, fortune will crown you.

Lovely.

Dreaming of lovely things, brings favor to all persons connected with you.

For a lover to dream that his sweetheart is lovely of person and character, foretells for him a speedy and favorable marriage.

If through the vista of dreams you see your own fair loveliness, fate bids you, with a gleaming light, awake to happiness.

Lozenges.

To dream of lozenges, foretells success in small matters. For a woman to eat or throw them away, foretells her life will be hara.s.sed by little spites from the envious.

Lucky.

To dream of being lucky, is highly favorable to the dreamer. Fulfilment of wishes may be expected and pleasant duties will devolve upon you.

To the despondent, this dream forebodes an uplifting and a renewal of prosperity.

Luggage.

To dream of luggage, denotes unpleasant cares. You will be enc.u.mbered with people who will prove distasteful to you.

If you are carrying your own luggage, you will be so full of your own distresses that you will be blinded to the sorrows of others.

To lose your luggage, denotes some unfortunate speculation or family dissensions To the unmarried, it foretells broken engagements.

Lumber.

To dream of lumber, denotes many difficult tasks and but little remuneration or pleasure.

To see piles of lumber burning, indicates profit from an unexpected source.

To dream of sawing lumber, denotes unwise transactions and unhappiness.

Lute.

To dream of playing on one, is auspicious of joyful news from absent friends.

Pleasant occupations follow the dreaming of hearing the music of a lute.

Luxury.

To dream that you are surrounded by luxury, indicates much wealth, but dissipation and love of self will reduce your income.

For a poor woman to dream that she enjoys much luxury, denotes an early change in her circ.u.mstances.

Lying.

To dream that you are lying to escape punishment, denotes that you will act dishonorably towards some innocent person.

Lying to protect a friend from undeserved chastis.e.m.e.nt, denotes that you will have many unjust criticisms pa.s.sed upon your conduct, but you will rise above them and enjoy prominence.

To hear others lying, denotes that they are seeking to entrap you. Lynx.

To dream of seeing a lynx, enemies are undermining your business and disrupting your home affairs. For a woman, this dream indicates that she has a wary woman rivaling her in the affections of her lover. If she kills the lynx, she will overcome her rival.

Lyre.

To dream of listening to the music of a lyre, foretells chaste pleasures and congenial companions.h.i.+p. Business will run smoothly.

For a young woman to dream of playing on one, denotes that she will enjoy the undivided affection of a worthy man.

M.

"_And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to his interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, which were bound in the prison_."-- Gen. xl., 5.

Macadamize.

To dream that you see or travel on a macadamized road, is significant of pleasant journeys, from which you will derive much benefit. For young people, this dream foretells n.o.ble aspirations.

Macaroni.

To dream of eating macaroni, denotes small losses. To see it in large quant.i.ties, denotes that you will save money by the strictest economy. For a young woman, this dream means that a stranger will enter her life.

Machinery.

To dream of machinery, denotes you will undertake some project which will give great anxiety, but which will finally result in good for you.

To see old machinery, foretells enemies will overcome in your strivings to build up your fortune. To become entangled in machinery, foretells loss in your business, and much unhappiness will follow.

Loss from bad deals generally follows this dream.

Mad Dog.[117]

To dream of seeing a mad dog, denotes that enemies will make scurrilous attacks upon you and your friends, but if you succeed in killing the dog, you will overcome adverse opinions and prosper greatly in a financial way.

[117] See Dog.

Madness.

To dream of being mad, shows trouble ahead for the dreamer. Sickness, by which you will lose property, is threatened.

To see others suffering under this malady, denotes inconstancy of friends and gloomy ending of bright expectations.

For a young woman to dream of madness, foretells disappointment in marriage and wealth.

Madstone.

To see a madstone applied to a wound from the fangs of some mad animal, denotes that you will endeavor, to the limits of your energy, to s.h.i.+eld self from the machinations of enemies, which will soon envelop you with the pall of dishonorable defeat.

Magic.

To dream of accomplis.h.i.+ng any design by magic, indicates pleasant surprises.

To see others practising this art, denotes profitable changes to all who have this dream.

To dream of seeing a magician, denotes much interesting travel to those concerned in the advancement of higher education, and profitable returns to the mercenary.

Magic here should not be confounded with sorcery or spiritism. If the reader so interprets, he may expect the opposite to what is here forecast to follow. True magic is the study of the higher truths of Nature.

Magistrate.[118]

To dream of a magistrate, foretells that you will be hara.s.sed with threats of law suits and losses in your business.

[118] See Judge and Jury.

Magnet.

To dream of a magnet, denotes that evil influences will draw you from the path of honor. A woman is probably luring you to ruin. To a woman, this dream foretells that protection and wealth will be showered upon her.

_Magnifying-gla.s.s_.

To look through a magnifying-gla.s.s in your dreams, means failure to accomplish your work in a satisfactory manner. For a woman to think she owns one, foretells she will encourage the attention of persons who will ignore her later.

Magpie.

To dream of a magpie, denotes much dissatisfaction and quarrels. The dreamer should guard well his conduct and speech after this dream.

Malice.

To dream of entertaining malice for any person, denotes that you will stand low in the opinion of friends because of a disagreeable temper. Seek to control your pa.s.sion.

If you dream of persons maliciously using you, an enemy in friendly garb is working you harm.

Mallet.

To dream of a mallet, denotes you will meet unkind treatment from friends on account of your ill health. Disorder in the home is indicated.

Malt.

To dream of malt, betokens a pleasant existence and riches that will advance your station.

To dream of taking malted drinks, denotes that you will interest yourself in some dangerous affair, but will reap much benefit therefrom.

Man.

To dream of a man, if handsome, well formed and supple, denotes that you will enjoy life vastly and come into rich possessions. If he is misshapen and sour-visaged, you will meet disappointments and many perplexities will involve you.

For a woman to dream of a handsome man, she is likely to have distinction offered her. If he is ugly, she will experience trouble through some one whom she considers a friend.

Manners.

To dream of seeing ugly-mannered persons, denotes failure to carry out undertakings through the disagreeableness of a person connected with the affair.

If you meet people with affable manners, you will be pleasantly surprised by affairs of moment with you taking a favorable turn.

_Man-of-war_.

To dream of a man-of-war, denotes long journeys and separation from country and friends, dissension in political affairs is portended.

If she is crippled, foreign elements will work damage to home interests.

If she is sailing upon rough seas, trouble with foreign powers may endanger private affairs.

Personal affairs may also go awry.

Mansion.

To dream that you are in a mansion where there is a haunted chamber, denotes sudden misfortune in the midst of contentment.