Goldfish
Goldfish often touch bright, contained good fortune — successful, pleasant adventures, a wealthy and pleasing union — unless the fish sicken. The dream may ask where small, shining luck is circling toward you, what delights are swimming within reach, and whether the vivid promise stays lively or dims toward heavy disappointment.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for goldfish, 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 goldfish, is a prognostic of many successful and pleasant adventures. For a young woman, this dream is indicative of a wealthy union with a pleasing man. If the fish are sick or dead, heavy disappointments will fall upon her.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of these beautiful fish is a sign of good fortune generally: if you dream of catching a large one, it foretells that you will soon get a large sum of money: any kind of a dream about these fish is lucky.