Camp
To camp in the open air in a dream marks a coming change in one's affairs, and a long, wearisome journey to prepare for. The dream tends to touch the temporary shelter pitched between one place and the next, and to ask what transition we are in the middle of, and whether we are ready for the long road still ahead.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for camp, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of camping in the open air, you may expect a change in your affairs, also prepare to make a long and wearisome journey.
To see a camping settlement, many of your companions will remove to new estates and your own prospects will appear gloomy.
For a young woman to dream that she is in a camp, denotes that her lover will have trouble in getting her to name a day for their wedding, and that he will prove a kind husband. If in a military camp she will marry the first time she has a chance.
A married woman after dreaming of being in a soldier's camp is in danger of having her husband's name sullied, and divorce courts may be her destination.