Kite
A kite in your dream often captures the tension between aspiration and precariousness—something beautiful aloft, yet tethered to earth and vulnerable to the wind's whim. Perhaps this symbol asks whether your ambitions feel buoyant or fragile, and what invisible thread still holds you to the ground.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for kite, 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 flying a kite, denotes a great show of wealth, or business, but with little true soundness to it all.
To see the kite thrown upon the ground, foretells disappointment and failure.
To dream of making a kite, you will speculate largely on small means and seek to win the one you love by misrepresentations.
To see children flying kites, denotes pleasant and light occupation. If the kite ascends beyond the vision high hopes and aspirations will resolve themselves into disappointments and loss.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of flying a kite is a sign that you will soon write a letter to some friend or acquaintance. For a girl to dream of seeing a kite in the air, predicts that she will receive a letter from a young man—whether a lover or not, is uncertain.