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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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Tambourine medallion
Tambourine

Tambourine

A tambourine — shaken bright and rhythmic — often touches enjoyment in some unusual event soon to take place. The dream may ask where a lively, out-of-the-ordinary occasion is approaching, and whether you can let yourself feel the festive anticipation of something a little different from the everyday arriving to gladden you.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for tambourine, 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 a tambourine, signifies you will have enjoyment in some unusual event which will soon take place.