Whale
A whale moving through your dream waters often marks the presence of something vast you can neither fully see nor control — perhaps a duty that feels overwhelming, or a choice between what you want and what you believe is right. The encounter itself matters less than how you held yourself within it: steadied, or swept under.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for whale, 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 seeing a whale approaching a ship, denotes that you will have a struggle between duties, and will be threatened with loss of property.
If the whale is demolished, you will happily decide between right and inclination, and will encounter pleasing successes.
If you see a whale overturn a ship, you will be thrown into a whirlpool of disasters.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of seeing one of these monsters alive in the ocean, is a sign that you will be in great peril of losing either your life or property: if you dream that you spear or harpoon a whale successfully, it foretells great and abundant fortune.