Clock
A clock in a dream often speaks to anxiety about time itself—how much remains, how much has passed, whether you're keeping pace with expectations that may not even be your own. Perhaps the dream asks not what hour it is, but whether you're measuring your life by a rhythm that feels true.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for clock, 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 that you see a clock, denotes danger from a foe. To hear one strike, you will receive unpleasant news. The death of some friend is implied.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream you hear the clock strike, denotes speedy marriage; if you dream the clock falls or breaks, it denotes danger. To dream of counting the hours of the forenoon, is lucky; the afternoon, unlucky.