Miller wrote: “To dream of a birthday is a signal of poverty and falsehood to the young, to the old, long trouble and desolation.”
The historical account
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
Birthday · Heading 221; source lines 3659–3664 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a birthday is a signal of poverty and falsehood to the young, to the old, long trouble and desolation.
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Attributed historical writing. Historical claims are not established predictions or universal psychological meanings. Updated 2026-10-12. Read our approach and sources.