Miller wrote: “To see a fan in your dreams, denotes pleasant news and surprises are awaiting you in the near future.” 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
Fan · Heading 757; source lines 8894–8903 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a fan in your dreams, denotes pleasant news and surprises are awaiting you in the near future. For a young woman to dream of fanning herself, or that some one is fanning her, gives promise of a new and pleasing acquaintances; if she loses an old fan, she will find that a warm friend is becoming interested in other women.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fan · Heading 241; source line 2001 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you see your sweetheart fanning herself, signifies that a stranger will step in some fine day and “cut you out.” If a maid dreams that her beau presents her with a fan, or offers to fan her, it is a sign he will attempt to take improper liberties with her.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Fan · Dream section, heading 170; source lines 743–746 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If a maiden dreams she has been fanned by a man, she will soon make a new conquest, or marry the present object of her affections. For a man to dream he is fanning a person, signifies that he will soon meet with many changes in his affairs.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Fan · Dream section, heading 162; source lines 4243–4245 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Is a sign of rivalry between women.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Fan · Dream section, heading 72; source lines 3692–3694 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Quarrels, a rival in love.
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