Forest
A forest can hold both refuge and disorientation—the same trees that shelter also obscure the path forward. Whether it feels verdant or tangled often reflects the dreamer's sense of being supported or overwhelmed by life's complexity, abundance, or the unknown stretching ahead.
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See what’s rising tonight →What the old dream-books say
These are the entries the historical dream-books record for forest, 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 find yourself in a dense forest, denotes loss in trade, unhappy home influences and quarrels among families. If you are cold and feel hungry, you will be forced to make a long journey to settle some unpleasant affair.
To see a forest of stately trees in foliage, denotes prosperity and pleasures. To literary people, this dream foretells fame and much appreciation from the public. A young lady relates the following dream and its fulfilment: ``I was in a strange forest of what appeared to be cocoanut trees, with red and yellow berries growing on them. The
ground was covered with blasted leaves, and I could hear them crackle under my feet as I wandered about lost. The next afternoon I received a telegram announcing the death of a dear cousin.''