Lightning-rod
A lightning-rod — drawing destructive force from cherished work — often touches threatened ruin and warnings against new ventures. The dream may ask where something you value feels exposed to sudden destruction, whether beginning a fresh enterprise now invites disappointment, and how the rod that protects also marks where it strikes.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for lightning-rod, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see a lightning-rod, denotes that threatened destruction to some cherished work will confront you. To see one change into a serpent, foretells enemies will succeed in their schemes against you. If the lightning strikes one, there will be an accident or sudden news to give you sorrow.
If you are having one put up, it is a warning to beware how you begin a new enterprise, as you will likely be overtaken by disappointment.
To have them taken down, you will change your plans and thereby further your interests. To see many lightning rods, indicates a variety of misfortunes.