Eclipse
An eclipse often reflects moments when something vital—light, clarity, connection—feels temporarily obscured, leaving the dreamer suspended in unsettling dimness. Whether it signals disruption in work, family, or health, or simply mirrors an inner fear of loss, the shadow is never permanent—though its darkness can feel absolute while it lasts.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for eclipse, 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 the eclipse of the sun, denotes temporary failure in business and other secular affairs, also disturbances in families.
The eclipse of the moon, portends contagious disease or death.
Fontaine, 1862
For one to dream he sees the sun in eclipse, signifies the loss of his father; if he sees the moon eclipsed, it denotes the death of his mother; but if he has neither father nor mother, then it denotes the death of a relation.