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Search across 2,348 dream symbols drawn from the older dream books and the public archive. Each entry carries an original interpretive note for the contemporary dreamer.

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Nearsighted

Nearsighted

Nearsightedness — unable to see clearly at a distance — often touches embarrassing failure, unwelcome visits, or a sweetheart who disappoints. The dream may ask where you're missing what lies further off because you're fixed on what's near, and whether unexpected rivalry or letdown is approaching from a distance you've failed to watch.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for nearsighted, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.

Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted

To dream that you are nearsighted, signifies embarrassing failure and unexpected visits from unwelcome persons. For a young woman, this dream foretells unexpected rivalry.

To dream that your sweetheart is nearsighted, denotes that she will disappoint you.