Fall
Falling — the body dropping with a lurch of fear — often touches loss of control and the dread of sudden descent, yet the frightened fall can precede a rise to honour. The dream may ask where your footing feels like it's giving way, what struggle you're bracing against, and whether the plunge you fear is the prelude to climbing higher.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for fall, 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 sustain a fall, and are much frightened, denotes that you will undergo some great struggle, but will eventually rise to honor and wealth; but if you are injured in the fall, you will encounter hardships and loss of friends.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream you are falling from an eminence, shows you will have some dignity conferred upon you, or else will marry above your sphere. If a young girl dreams this, it is a sign she will marry a rich husband.
Anonymous, 1894
Fall.—To dream you fall from any very high place, or from a tree, denotes loss of place and goods; if you are in love, it surely indicates that you will never marry the present object of your affections; to the tradesman, it denotes a decline of business, and to the sailor, storms and shipwreck.