Ashes
Ashes are what remains when the fire has burned through — and in dreams they often carry loss, the residue of something ended, bitter changes settling in. The older books read them as an omen of woe or jealousy. The dream tends to ask what has burned down in us, and what we are left to sift through.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for ashes, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Dreaming of ashes omens woe, and many bitter changes are sure to come to the dreamer. Blasted crops to the farmer. Unsuccessful deals for the trader. Parents will reap the sorrows of wayward children.
Fontaine, 1862
Great misfortune is at hand; to a lover or sweetheart, such a dream forebodes that he or she will be jealous because of seeing some one in company with their intended.