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Nose

Nose

The nose — jutting at the centre of the face — often touches force of character and confidence in your power to accomplish what you set out to do, with failure read in a shrunken one. The dream may ask where your strength of will is asserting itself, and whether you're carrying yourself with the boldness your undertakings require.

Miller 1901Fontaine 1862
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for nose, 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 see your own nose, indicates force of character, and consciousness of your ability to accomplish whatever enterprise you may choose to undertake.

If your nose looks smaller than natural, there will be failure in your affairs. Hair growing on your nose, indicates extraordinary undertakings, and that they will be carried through by sheer force of character, or will.

A bleeding nose, is prophetic of disaster, whatever the calling of the dreamer may be.

Fontaine, 1862

The Golden Wheel Dream-book

To dream of big-nosed people is generally a good omen, as such persons are usually smart and energetic. To dream of snub noses is a sign of a quarrel, or that you will be abused by somebody.