Pen
A pen in dreams often speaks to the longing to be understood, to make something permanent, or to commit to a direction you've been avoiding. When the pen runs dry or refuses its task, perhaps the dream is asking whether you're ready for what comes after the words are written.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for pen, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of a pen, foretells you are unfortunately being led into serious complications by your love of adventure. If the pen refuses to write, you will be charged with a serious breach of morality.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of writing with a steel pen, is a sign you will get yourself into a bad scrape, by tattling about your friends and neighbors. If the pen be gold, it foreshadows good news, and success in business and love affairs. To dream you are making a quill pen, is a sign you have many enemies, but that you will triumph over them, and be successful in all you undertake.