Failure
Failure dreamed of often touches the fear of falling short — though for the lover it can mean only that more daring is needed, the esteem already won. The dream may ask where you dread coming up short, whether the fear reflects real mismanagement or merely contrary anxiety, and where you've stopped applying your chances well.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for failure, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
For a lover, this is sometimes of contrary significance. To dream that he fails in his suit, signifies that he only needs more masterfulness and energy in his daring, as he has already the love and esteem of his sweetheart.
(Contrary dreams are those in which the dreamer suffers fear, and not injury.)
For a young woman to dream that her life is going to be a failure, denotes that she is not applying her opportunities to good advantage.
For a business man to dream that he has made a failure, forebodes loss and bad management, which should be corrected, or failure threatens to materialize in earnest.