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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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Tray medallion
Tray

Tray

A tray — what carries small valuables or food — often touches wealth foolishly wasted and unpleasant surprises, though one full of valuables brings good fortune. The dream may ask what you're carrying and offering up, and whether the contents of your tray are being squandered or are laden with the kind of surprise you'd actually welcome.

Miller 1901
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What the old dream-books say

These are the entries the historical dream-books record for tray, 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 see trays in your dream, denotes your wealth will be foolishly wasted, and surprises of unpleasant nature will shock you. If the trays seem to be filled with valuables, surprises will come in the shape of good fortune.