Nuns
A nun — vowed and withdrawn from the world — often touches the pull between material joys and spirituality, or, for a woman, separation and discontent with present circumstances. The dream may ask where a call to renounce worldly things is sounding in you, and whether the cloistered figure mirrors a longing for retreat or a fear of loss.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for nuns, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
For a religiously inclined man to dream of nuns, foretells that material joys will interfere with his spirituality. He should be wise in the control of self.
For a woman to dream of nuns, foretells her widowhood, or her separation from her lover. If she dreams that she is a nun, it portends her discontentment with present environments.
To see a dead nun, signifies despair over the unfaithfulness of loved ones, and impoverished fortune.
For one to dream that she discards the robes of her order, foretells that longing for worldly pleasures will unfit her for her chosen duties.
Fontaine, 1862
For a young girl to dream of seeing a sober-looking nun, is a sign of celibacy; if she imagines she speaks to the nun she may safely calculate on being an old maid; if a young man dreams this, it foretells that he will suspect his sweetheart of being untrue to him, and probably discard her altogether.