10,000 Dreams Interpreted Part 53

Pencil.

To dream of pencils, denotes favorable occupations. For a young woman to write with one, foretells she will be fortunate in marriage, if she does not rub out words; in that case, she will be disappointed in her lover.

Penitentiary.

To dream of a penitentiary, denotes you will have engagements which will, unfortunately, result in your loss. To be an inmate of one, foretells discontent in the home and failing business. To escape from one, you will overcome difficult obstacles.

Penny.

To dream of pennies, denotes unsatisfactory pursuits. Business will suffer, and lovers and friends will complain of the smallness of affection.

To lose them, signifies small deference and failures.

To find them, denotes that prospects will advance to your improvement.

To count pennies, foretells that you will be business-like and economical.

Pension.

To dream of drawing a pension, foretells that you will be aided in your labors by friends.

To fail in your application for a pension, denotes that you will lose in an undertaking and suffer the loss of friends.h.i.+ps.

People.[152]

[152] See Crowd.

Pepper.

To dream of pepper burning your tongue, foretells that you will suffer from your acquaintances through your love of gossip.

To see red pepper growing, foretells for you a thrifty and an independent partner in the marriage state.

To see piles of red pepper pods, signifies that you will aggressively maintain your rights.

To grind black pepper, denotes that you will be victimized by the wiles of ingenious men or women. To see it in stands on the table, omens sharp reproaches or quarrels.

For a young woman to put it on her food, foretells that she will be deceived by her friends.

Peppermint.

To dream of peppermint, denotes pleasant entertainments and interesting affairs.

To see it growing, denotes that you will partic.i.p.ate in some pleasure in which there will be a dash of romance.

To enjoy drinks in which there is an effusion of peppermint, denotes that you will enjoy a.s.signations with some attractive and fascinating person. To a young woman, this dream warns her against seductive pleasures.

Perfume.

To dream of inhaling perfume, is an augury of happy incidents.

For you to perfume your garments and person, denotes that you will seek and obtain adulation.

Being oppressed by it to intoxication, denotes that excesses in joy will impair your mental qualities.

To spill perfume, denotes that you will lose something which affords you pleasure.

To break a bottle of perfume, foretells that your most cherished wishes and desires will end disastrously, even while they promise a happy culmination.

To dream that you are distilling perfume, denotes that your employments and a.s.sociations will be of the pleasantest character.

For a young woman to dream of perfuming her bath, foretells ecstatic happenings. If she receives it as a gift from a man, she will experience fascinating, but dangerous pleasures.

Perspiration.

To dream that you are in a perspiration, foretells that you will come out of some difficulty, which has caused much gossip, with new honors.

Pest.

To dream of being worried over a pest of any nature, foretells that disturbing elements will prevail in your immediate future.

To see others thus worried, denotes that you will be annoyed by some displeasing development.

Petticoat.

To dream of seeing new petticoats, denotes that pride in your belongings will make you an object of raillery among your acquaintances.

To see them soiled or torn, portends that your reputation will be in great danger.

If a young woman dream that she wears silken, or clean, petticoats, it denotes that she will have a doting, but manly husband. If she suddenly perceives that she has left off her petticoat in dressing, it portends much ill luck and disappointment. To see her petticoat falling from its place while she is at some gathering, or while walking, she will have trouble in retaining her lover, and other disappointments may follow.

Pewter.[153]

To dream of pewter, foretells straitened circ.u.mstances.

[153] See Dishes.

Phantom.[154]

To dream that a phantom pursues you, foretells strange and disquieting experiences.

To see a phantom fleeing from you, foretells that trouble will a.s.sume smaller proportions.

[154] See Ghost.

Pheasant.

Dreaming of pheasants, omens good fellows.h.i.+p among your friends.

To eat one, signifies that the jealousy of your wife will cause you to forego friendly intercourse with your friends.

To shoot them, denotes that you will fail to sacrifice one selfish pleasure for the comfort of friends.

Phosphorus.

To dream of seeing phosphorus, is indicative of evanescent joys.

For a young woman, it foretells a brilliant but brief success with admirers.

Photography.

If you see photographs in your dreams, it is a sign of approaching deception.

If you receive the photograph of your lover, you are warned that he is not giving you his undivided loyalty, while he tries to so impress you.

For married people to dream of the possession of other persons' photographs, foretells unwelcome disclosures of one's conduct.

To dream that you are having your own photograph made, foretells that you will unwarily cause yourself and others' trouble.

Physician.

For a young woman to dream of a physician, denotes that she is sacrificing her beauty in engaging in frivolous pastimes. If she is sick and thus dreams, she will have sickness or worry, but will soon overcome them, unless the physician appears very anxious, and then her trials may increase, ending in loss and sorrow.

Piano.

To dream of seeing a piano, denotes some joyful occasion.

To hear sweet and voluptuous harmony from a piano, signals success and health. If discordant music is being played, you will have many exasperating matters to consider. Sad and plaintive music, foretells sorrowful tidings.

To find your piano broken and out of tune, portends dissatisfaction with your own accomplishments and disappointment in the failure of your friends or children to win honors.

To see an old-fas.h.i.+oned piano, denotes that you have, in trying moments, neglected the advices and opportunities of the past, and are warned not to do so again.

For a young woman to dream that she is executing difficult, but entrancing music, she will succeed in winning an indifferent friend to be a most devoted and loyal lover.

Pickaxe.

To dream of a pickaxe, denotes a relentless enemy is working to overthrow you socially. A broken one, implies disaster to all your interests.

Pickles.

To dream of pickles, denotes that you will follow worthless pursuits if you fail to call energy and judgment to your aid.

For a young woman to dream of eating pickles, foretells an unambitious career.

To dream of pickles, denotes vexation in love, but final triumph.

For a young woman to dream that she is eating them, or is hungry for them, foretells she will find many rivals, and will be overcome unless she is careful of her private affairs. Impure pickles, indicate disappointing engagements and love quarrels.

Pickpocket.

To dream of a pickpocket, foretells some enemy will succeed in hara.s.sing and causing you loss. For a young woman to have her pocket picked, denotes she will be the object of some person's envy and spite, and may lose the regard of a friend through these evil machinations, unless she keeps her own counsel. If she picks others' pockets, she will incur the displeasure of a companion by her coa.r.s.e behavior.

Picnic.[155]

To dream of attending a picnic, foreshadows success and real enjoyment.

Dreams of picnics, bring undivided happiness to the young.

Storms, or any interfering elements at a picnic, implies the temporary displacement of a.s.sured profit and pleasure in love or business.

[155] See Kindred Words.

Pictures.[156]

Pictures appearing before you in dreams, prognosticate deception and the ill will of contemporaries.

To make a picture, denotes that you will engage in some unremunerative enterprise.

To destroy pictures, means that you will be pardoned for using strenuous means to establish your rights.

To buy them, foretells worthless speculation.

To dream of seeing your likeness in a living tree, appearing and disappearing, denotes that you will be prosperous and seemingly contented, but there will be disappointments in reaching out for companions.h.i.+p and reciprocal understanding of ideas and plans.

To dream of being surrounded with the best efforts of the old and modern masters, denotes that you will have insatiable longings and desires for higher attainments, compared to which present success will seem poverty-stricken and miserable.

[156] See Painting and Photographs.

Pier.

To stand upon a pier in your dream, denotes that you will be brave in your battle for recognition in prosperity's realm, and that you will be admitted to the highest posts of honor.

If you strive to reach a pier and fail, you will lose the distinction you most coveted.

Pies.[157]

To dream of eating pies, you will do well to watch your enemies, as they are planning to injure you.

For a young woman to dream of making pies, denotes that she will flirt with men for pastime. She should accept this warning.

[157] See Pastry.

Pig.[158]

To dream of a fat, healthy pig, denotes reasonable success in affairs. If they are wallowing in mire, you will have hurtful a.s.sociates, and your engagements will be subject to reproach. This dream will bring to a young woman a jealous and greedy companion though the chances are that he will be wealthy.

[158] See Hog.