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Search across 2,348 dream symbols drawn from the older dream books and the public archive. Each entry carries an original interpretive note for the contemporary dreamer.

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Cross

Cross

A cross in dreams often carries the weight of burden or responsibility — something heavy you're asked to carry, whether chosen or inherited. Yet it can also mark a threshold between suffering and meaning, inviting you to ask: what am I bearing, and does it serve the life I'm trying to build?

Miller 1901Fontaine 1862
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for cross, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

To dream of seeing a cross, indicates trouble ahead for you. Shape your affairs accordingly.

To dream of seeing a person bearing a cross, you will be called on by missionaries to aid in charities.

Fontaine, 1862

The Golden Wheel Dream-book

To dream you see a cross, signifies sadness.