Cistern
A cistern holds water in reserve, and drawing from one often touches the question of what you draw on, and whether you reach past your fair share. The dream may ask where your reserves stand — brimming or run dry — and whether your own pleasures press quietly on what belongs to others.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for cistern, 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 a cistern, denotes you are in danger of trespassing upon the pleasures and rights of your friends. To draw from one, foretells that you will enlarge in your pastime and enjoyment in a manner which may be questioned by propriety.
To see an empty one, foretells despairing change from happiness to sorrow.