10,000 Dreams Interpreted Part 55

If you lose your pocketbook, you will unfortunately disagree with your best friend, and thereby lose much comfort and real gain.

Poinard.[163]

To dream of some one stabbing you with a poinard, denotes that secret enemies will cause you uneasiness of mind.

If you attack any person with one of these weapons, you will unfortunately suspect your friends of unfaithfulness.

Dreaming of poinards, omens evil.

[163] See Dagger.

Poison.

To fed that you are poisoned in a dream, denotes that some painful influence will immediately reach you.

If you seek to use poison on others, you will be guilty of base thoughts, or the world will go wrong for you.

For a young woman to dream that she endeavors to rid herself of a rival in this way, she will be likely to have a deal of trouble in securing a lover.

To throw the poison away, denotes that by sheer force you will overcome unsatisfactory conditions.

To handle poison, or see others with it, signifies that unpleasantness will surround you.

To dream that your relatives or children are poisoned, you will receive injury from unsuspected sources.

If an enemy or rival is poisoned, you will overcome obstacles.

To recover from the effects of poison, indicates that you will succeed after worry.

To take strychnine or other poisonous medicine under the advice of a physician, denotes that you will undertake some affair fraught with danger.

Poker.

To dream of seeing a red hot poker, or fighting with one, signifies that you will meet trouble with combative energy.

To play at poker, warns you against evil company; and young women, especially, will lose their moral distinctiveness if they find themselves engaged in this game.

Polar Bear.[164]

Polar bears in dreams, are prognostic of deceit, as misfortune will approach you in a seeming fair aspect. Your bitterest enemies will wear the garb of friends.h.i.+p. Rivals will try to supersede you.

To see the skin of one, denotes that you will successfully overcome any opposition.

[164] See Bear.

_Pole-cat_.

To dream of a pole-cat, signifies salacious scandals.

To inhale the odor of a pole-cat on your clothes, or otherwise smell one, you will find that your conduct will be considered rude, and your affairs will prove unsatisfactory.

To kill one, denotes that you will overcome formidable obstacles.

Police.

If the police are trying to arrest you for some crime of which you are innocent, it foretells that you will successfully outstrip rivalry.

If the arrest is just, you will have a season of unfortunate incidents.

To see police on parole, indicates alarming fluctuations in affairs.

Polis.h.i.+ng.

To dream of polis.h.i.+ng any article, high attainments will place you in enviable positions.

Politician.

To dream of a politician, denotes displeasing companions.h.i.+ps, and incidences where you will lose time and means.

If you engage in political wrangling, it portends that misunderstandings and ill feeling will be shown you by friends.

For a young woman to dream of taking interest in politics, warns her against designing duplicity, Polka.[165]

To dream of dancing the polka, denotes pleasant occupations.

[165] See Dancing.

Pomegranate.

Pomegranates, when dreamed of, denotes that you will wisely use your talents for the enrichment of the mind rather than seeking those pleasures which destroy morality and health.

If your sweetheart gives you one, you will be lured by artful wiles to the verge of distraction by woman's charms, but inner forces will hold you safe from thralldom.

To eat one, signifies that you will yield yourself a captive to the personal charms of another.

Pond.[166]

To see a pond in your dream, denotes that events will bring no emotion, and fortune will retain a placid outlook.

If the pond is muddy, you will have domestic quarrels.

[166] See Water Puddle and kindred words.

Pony.

To see ponies in your dreams, signifies moderate speculations will be rewarded with success.

Poor.[167]

To dream that you, or any of your friends, appear to be poor, is significant of worry and losses.

[167] See Pauper.

_Poor-house_.

To see a poor-house in your dream, denotes you have unfaithful friends, who will care for you only as they can use your money and belongings.

Pope.

Any dream in which you see the Pope, without speaking to him, warns you of servitude. You will bow to the will of some master, even to that of women.

To speak to the Pope, denotes that certain high honors are in store for you. To see the Pope looking sad or displeased, warns you against vice or sorrow of some kind.

Poplars.

To dream of seeing poplars, is an omen of good, if they are in leaf or bloom.

For a young woman to stand by her lover beneath the blossoms and leaves of a tulip poplar, she will realize her most extravagant hopes.

Her lover will be handsome and polished. Wealth and friends will be hers. If they are leafless and withered, she will meet with disappointments.

Poppies.

Poppies seen in dreams, represents a season of seductive pleasures and flattering business, but they all occupy unstable foundations.

If you inhale the odor of one, you will be the victim of artful persuasions and flattery.

(The mesmeric influence of the poppy inducts one into strange atmospheres, leaving materiality behind while the subjective self explores these realms as in natural sleep; yet these dreams do not bear truthful warnings to the material man. Being, in a manner, enforced.) Porcelain.

To dream of porcelain, signifies you will have favorable opportunities of progressing in your affairs. To see it broken or soiled, denotes mistakes will be made which will cause grave offense.

Porch.

To dream of a porch, denotes that you will engage a new undertakings, and the future will be full of uncertainties.

If a young woman dreams that she is with her lover on a porch, implies her doubts of some one's intentions.

To dream that you build a porch, you will a.s.sume new duties.

Porcupine.

To see a porcupine in your dreams, denotes that you will disapprove any new enterprise and repel new friends.h.i.+ps with coldness.

For a young woman to dream of a porcupine, portends that she will fear her lover.

To see a dead one, signifies your abolishment of ill feelings and possessions.

Pork.[168]

If you eat pork in your dreams, you will encounter real trouble, but if you only see pork, you will come out of a conflict victoriously.

[168] See Bacon.

Porpoise.

To see a porpoise in your dreams, denotes enemies are thrusting your interest aside, through your own inability to keep people interested in you.

Porter.

Seeing a porter in a dream, denotes decided bad luck and eventful happenings.

To imagine yourself a porter, denotes humble circ.u.mstances.

To hire one, you will be able to enjoy whatever success comes to you.

To discharge one, signifies that disagreeable charges will be preferred against you.

Portfolio.

To dream of a portfolio, denotes that your employment will not be to your liking, and you will seek a change in your location.

Portrait.[169]

To dream of gazing upon the portrait of some beautiful person, denotes that, while you enjoy pleasure, you can but feel the disquieting and treacherousness of such joys. Your general affairs will suffer loss after dreaming of portraits.

[169] See Pictures, Photographs, and Paintings.

Postage.

To dream of postage stamps, denotes system and remuneration in business.

If you try to use cancelled stamps, you will fall into disrepute.

To receive stamps, signifies a rapid rise to distinction.

To see torn stamps, denotes that there are obstacles in your way.

Postman.[170]

To dream of a postman, denotes that hasty news will more frequently be of a distressing nature than otherwise.

[170] See Letter Carrier.

_Post-office_.

To dream of a post-office, is a sign of unpleasant tidings. and ill luck generally.

Pot.