Garter
A garter often speaks to vulnerability in intimacy — something private made visible, or the fear that what's hidden might slip free. Perhaps the dream asks whether you're holding too tightly to appearances, or whether trust itself has become tangled with suspicion and exposure.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for garter, 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 to find his lady's garter, foretells that he will lose caste with her. He will find rivals.
For a woman to dream that she loses her garter, signifies that her lover will be jealous and suspicious of a handsomer person.
For a married man to dream of a garter, foretells that his wife will hear of his clandestine attachments, and he will have a stormy scene.
For a woman to dream that she is admiring beautiful jeweled garters on her limbs, denotes that she will be betrayed in her private movements, and her reputation will hang in the balance of public opinion. If she dreams that her lover fastens them on her, she will hold his affections and faith through all adverse criticisms.
Fontaine, 1862
This is a good dream to the lover, as it signifies he will soon be united to his sweetheart. To the married this dream portends much domestic trouble from jealousy.