Cattle
Cattle often speak to abundance or scarcity — not just of resources, but of care given and received. Whether the herd appears well-fed or gaunt may mirror how tended-to you feel in your own life, or perhaps how mindful you've been of what sustains you.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for cattle, 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 seeing good-looking and fat cattle contentedly grazing in green pastures, denotes prosperity and happiness through a congenial and pleasant companion.
To see cattle lean and shaggy, and poorly fed, you will be likely to toil all your life because of misspent energy and dislike of details of work. Correct your habits after this dream.
To see cattle stampeding, means that you will have to exert all the powers of command you have to keep your career in a profitable channel.
To see a herd of cows at milking time, you will be the successful owner of wealth that many have worked to obtain. To a young woman this means that her affections will not suffer from the one of her choice.
To dream of milking cows with udders well filled, great good fortune is in store for you. If the calf has stolen the milk, it signifies that you are about to lose your lover by slowness to show your reciprocity, or your property from neglect of business.
To see young calves in your dream, you will become a great favorite in society and win the heart of a loyal person. For business, this dream indicates profit from sales. For a lover, the entering into bonds that will be respected. If the calves are poor, look for about the same, except that the object sought will be much harder to obtain.
Long-horned and dark, vicious cattle, denote enemies.
[33] See Calves.
Fontaine, 1862
(See Pasture, Pound, and Yoke.) To dream you see cattle feeding, denotes great prosperity, and unexpected success; to a lover, it foretells a happy marriage, with many children; and to a married man, it shows that his wife will receive some unexpected legacy; to dream you are driving cattle, denotes that you will become rich by industry; if you see fat cattle, it denotes a plentiful year; if you see lean and hungry cattle in your dream, it denotes scarcity and famine.