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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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Sailor medallion
Sailor

Sailor

A sailor — bound for far waters — often touches long journeys, with separation through frivolous flirtation for a young woman. The dream may ask where adventure and distant travel are calling you, and whether the roving life the figure represents draws you toward real exploration or an escapade that costs you something faithful.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for sailor, 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 sailors, portends long and exciting journeys.

For a young woman to dream of sailors, is ominous of a separation from her lover through a frivolous flirtation. If she dreams that she is a sailor, she will indulge in some unmaidenly escapade, and be in danger of losing a faithful lover.