Miller wrote: “To dream of a barber, denotes that success will come through struggling and close attention to business.” Compare 3 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
Barber · Heading 165; source lines 3172–3178 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a barber, denotes that success will come through struggling and close attention to business. For a young woman to dream of a barber, foretells that her fortune will increase, though meagerly.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Barber · Heading 49; source line 1179 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a barber, denotes losses.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Barber · Dream section, heading 38; source lines 3946–3948 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Being shaved by a barber, a long journey.
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