Beggar
Beggar, vagrant, homeless — the figure with nothing — often surfaces what you fear losing or withholding: not only money, but dignity, security, a place to belong. Whether you gave, looked away, or were the one adrift and asking, the dream may ask what scarcity feels most real to you now, and what 'home' means once it is gone.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for beggar, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see an old, decrepit beggar, is a sign of bad management, and unless you are economical, you will lose much property. Scandalous reports will prove detrimental to your fame.
To give to a beggar, denotes dissatisfaction with present surroundings.
To dream that you refuse to give to a beggar is altogether bad.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream that a beggar annoys you, is a sign of misfortune, or some piece of bad luck. To a young girl who has a suitor, it predicts that if she marries him she will be poor.