Miller wrote: “To dream of fainting, signifies illness in your family and unpleasant news of the absent.” Compare 2 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
Fainting · Heading 746; source lines 8818–8826 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of fainting, signifies illness in your family and unpleasant news of the absent.
If a young woman dreams of fainting, it denotes that she will fall into ill health and experience disappointment from her careless way of living.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fainting · Heading 235; source line 1970 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you see a person fainting indicates that you will soon hear of the death of a dear friend.
Take a question into your day.
These journal questions are DreamFolia’s invitation to reflect on your experience.
Save it before it slips away. No account needed.
Attributed historical writing. Historical claims are not established predictions or universal psychological meanings. Updated 2026-10-12. Read our approach and sources.