Yoke
A yoke foretold conforming, unwillingly, to the customs and wishes of others—the neck bent to a shared load. To yoke oxen meant your judgment would be accepted by those who depend on you; to fail at it, anxiety over a wayward friend. Sometimes the dream asks what you've been harnessed to, and whether the burden is fairly shared.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for yoke, 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 yoke, denotes that you will unwillingly conform to the customs and wishes of others.
To yoke oxen in your dreams, signifies that your judgment and counsels will be accepted submissively by those dependent upon you. To fail to yoke them, you will be anxious over some prodigal friend.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of seeing sleek and healthy cattle yoked together and acting in harmony, is a sign of a happy marriage: if a girl dreams this, she will be apt to put her own neck in Hymen's yoke before a great while. To imagine you see yoked cattle wrangling, and trying to get their necks out of the yoke, foretells matrimonial troubles, though it still denotes wedlock to the unmarried.