Miller wrote: “To dream of seeing an arm amputated, means separation or divorce.” Compare 5 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Arm · Heading 106; source lines 2687–2693 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of seeing an arm amputated, means separation or divorce. Mutual dissatisfaction will occur between husband and wife. It is a dream of sinister import. Beware of deceitfulness and fraud.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Arms · Heading 31; source line 1111 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream your arms are withered or lean, denotes affliction, sickness and poverty; and if a woman, she is in danger of being a widow. If any person dream his arms are hairy it denotes increase of riches.
The source heading “Arms” is shown on the Arm page: singular/plural; the override puts arms in Body & self already
View source editionA. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Arms · Dream section, heading 20; source lines 173–181 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream your arms are withered is a certain sign that you will decay in health and fortune. To dream they are growing strong signifies that some unexpected success will attend you. To dream that your right arm is cut off, denotes you will lose some male relation. To dream your left arm is cut off, denotes you will lose some near female relative. For a married woman to dream her arms have grown lusty and strong, denotes that she will have many male children, that her husband will arrive at public honors and will grow rich and make many friends.
The source heading “Arms” is shown on the Arm page: singular/plural; the override puts arms in Body & self already
View source editionAstra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Arm · Dream section, heading 22; source lines 3907–3910 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of breaking or injuring an arm signifies sudden fortune to a friend.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Arms · Printed p. 197; NLM OCR lines 9018–9027 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of losing the right arm signifies the death of father, son or brother; of the left arm, of the mother, daughter or sister. To dream that the arms are withered predicts suffering in health and fortune; that they have grown strong indicates success. The latter part of this interpretation is obviously based upon physical stimuli, and the conditions of the body may be deduced therefrom.
The source heading “Arms” is shown on the Arm page: singular/plural; the override puts arms in Body & self already
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