Needle
A needle often speaks to precision under pressure — the delicate work of mending what's torn, or the anxiety of a task requiring steadiness when your hands feel unsteady. Perhaps the dream asks: what needs careful attention, and do you trust yourself to provide it without losing what little thread you have left?
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for needle, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To use a needle in your dream, is a warning of approaching affliction, in which you will suffer keenly the loss of sympathy, which is rightfully yours.
To dream of threading a needle, denotes that you will be burdened with the care of others than your own household.
To look for a needle, foretells useless worries.
To find a needle, foretells that you will have friends who will appreciate you.
To break one, signifies loneliness and poverty.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of needles, signifies that you will be grievously injured by the deceit of supposed friends. For a girl to dream that she pricks herself with a needle, is a sign that her beau will attempt improper liberties.