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Tadpole

Tadpole

A tadpole — half-formed, swimming toward what it will become — often touches uncertain speculation breeding unease, with a wealthy but immoral attachment for a young woman. The dream may ask where something still developing is making you anxious, and whether the immature venture you're watching will grow into something sound or troubling.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for tadpole, 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 tadpoles, foretells uncertain speculation will bring cause for uneasiness in business. For a young woman to see them in clear water, foretells she will form a relation with a wealthy but immoral man.