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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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Bankrupt

Bankrupt

Bankruptcy in a dream marks collapse and depletion — affairs failing, faculties strained, a warning to leave risky ventures alone. The dream tends to touch the fear of losing what we have built, and to ask where we feel overextended, and whether it is time to pull back before the ground gives way.

Miller 1901Fontaine 1862
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for bankrupt, 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

Denotes partial collapse in business, and weakening of the brain faculties. A warning to leave speculations alone.

Fontaine, 1862

The Golden Wheel Dream-book

A bad dream, your business is in a dangerous position, and without great care you will be forced to stop.