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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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Rake

Rake

A rake — gathering up what's scattered — often touches work left to others that won't get done unless you oversee it, with failure if it's broken. The dream may ask where a task you've delegated is languishing, and whether you'll need to take the tool in hand and superintend the gathering yourself to pull your plans together.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for rake, 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 of using a rake, portends that some work which you have left to others will never be accomplished unless you superintend it yourself.

To see a broken rake, denotes that sickness, or some accident will bring failure to your plans.

To see others raking, foretells that you will rejoice in the fortunate condition of others.