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Search across 2,348 dream symbols drawn from the older dream books and the public archive. Each entry carries an original interpretive note for the contemporary dreamer.

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Afternoon medallion
Afternoon

Afternoon

The afternoon is the day's gentler, settled half, and in dreams it often carries the warmth of friendships that last. A bright afternoon can promise lasting, entertaining bonds; a clouded, rainy one, the shadow of disappointment. The dream tends to ask about the company we keep and the weather of our connections.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for afternoon, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

For a woman to dream of an afternoon, denotes she will form friendships which will be lasting and entertaining. A cloudy, rainy afternoon, implies disappointment and displeasure.