Gloves
Gloves often speak to how carefully we handle connection — whether we're protecting ourselves or reaching out with care. New gloves may suggest measured trust, while worn or lost ones can mirror feelings of exposure, a relationship slipping away, or the quiet fear that we've been careless with something tender.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for gloves, 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 wearing new gloves, denotes that you will be cautious and economical in your dealings with others, but not mercenary. You will have law suits, or business troubles, but will settle them satisfactorily to yourself.
If you wear old or ragged gloves, you will be betrayed and suffer loss.
If you dream that you lose your gloves, you will be deserted and earn your own means of livelihood.
To find a pair of gloves, denotes a marriage or new love affair.
For a man to fasten a lady's glove, he has, or will have, a woman on his hands who threatens him with exposure.
If you pull your glove off, you will meet with poor success in business or love.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of wearing good gloves, brings happiness; if the gloves are torn, many disappointments. To the lover this dream is a sign he will get the mitten from his sweetheart.