Candles
Candles often speak to the quality of attention we give and receive — steady flame suggesting constancy, flickering light hinting at vulnerability or uncertain devotion. When you dream of lighting or molding one, consider what you're trying to make visible, and whether solitude or witness feels safer right now.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for candles, 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 them burning with a clear and steady flame, denotes the constancy of those about you and a well-grounded fortune.
For a maiden to dream that she is molding candles, denotes that she will have an unexpected offer of marriage and a pleasant visit to distant relatives. If she is lighting a candle, she will meet her lover clandestinely because of parental objections.
To see a candle wasting in a draught, enemies are circulating detrimental reports about you.
To snuff a candle, portends sorowful{sic} news. Friends are dead or in distressful straits.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of lighted candles, is a sign that you will become religious, or will be soon visited by a minister who will tell you good news. To see a candle extinguished, is a sign of a funeral. To light a candle, success in what you undertake.