Umbrella
An umbrella often appears when the dreamer seeks protection—not from weather, but from emotional exposure or the scrutiny of others. Sometimes the dream asks whether shelter has become isolation, or whether what you carry to keep yourself safe has grown too heavy to hold.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for umbrella, 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 carrying an umbrella, denotes that trouble and annoyances will beset you.
To see others carrying them, foretells that you will be appealed to for aid by charity.
To borrow one, you will have a misunderstanding, perhaps, with a warm friend.
To lend one, portends injury from false friends. To lose one, denotes trouble with some one who holds your confidence.
To see one torn to pieces, or broken, foretells that you will be misrepresented and maligned.
To carry a leaky one, denotes that pain and displeasure will be felt by you towards your sweetheart or companions.
To carry a new umbrella over you in a clear shower, or sunshine, omens exquisite pleasure and prosperity.
Fontaine, 1862
If a young girl dreams that she has got a new umbrella, it foretells a new lover: if a married woman dreams this, it is a sign that some other gentleman besides her husband is enamored of her. A man who dreams of buying an umbrella will have a narrow escape from threatened danger.