Salt
Salt often appears when something has lost its savor — when what once nourished now only irritates, or when small frictions accumulate into larger wounds. Perhaps the dream asks what has grown too sharp, or whether what feels corrosive might actually be what preserves something worth keeping.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for salt, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Salt is an omen of discordant surroundings when seen in dreams. You will usually find after dreaming of salt that everything goes awry, and quarrels and dissatisfaction show themselves in the family circle.
To salt meat, portends that debts and mortgages will harass you.
For a young woman to eat salt, she will be deserted by her lover for a more beautiful and attractive girl, thus causing her deep chagrin.