Stars
Stars often speak to hope held at a distance — dreams you can see but not yet touch, or a longing for clarity when the path feels uncertain. Whether they shine steady or flicker and fall, they ask whether you're gazing upward in wonder or watching something precious slip away.
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See what’s rising tonight →What the old dream-books say
These are the entries the historical dream-books record for stars, 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 looking upon clear, shining stars, foretells good health and prosperity. If they are dull or red, there is trouble and misfortune ahead.
To see a shooting or falling star, denotes sadness and grief.
To see stars appearing and vanishing mysteriously, there will be some strange changes and happenings in your near future.
If you dream that a star falls on you, there will be a bereavement in your family.
To see them rolling around on the earth, is a sign of formidable danger and trying times.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of seeing multitudes of bright stars in a clear sky, is a sign (to a lady) that she will have a great many children, and troops of good friends: to a man of business, such a dream denotes as many customers as he sees stars in a clear sky.