Bow and Arrow
The bow and arrow is aim, tension, and the loosing of intent toward a mark. In dreams it can mark gain that comes when others fail to carry out their plans, while a bad shot marks the reverse. The dream tends to ask where we are taking aim, and whether our hand is steady enough to hit what we are reaching for.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for bow and arrow, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Bow and arrow in a dream, denotes great gain reaped from the inability of others to carry out plans.
To make a bad shot means disappointed hopes in carrying forward successfully business affairs.