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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To dream of figures, indicates great mental distress and wrong.” Compare 2 historical dream books.

ATTRIBUTED HISTORICAL WRITING

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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.

SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Figure · Heading 784; source lines 9192–9198 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of figures, indicates great mental distress and wrong. You will be the loser in a big deal if not careful of your actions and conversation.

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Felix Fontaine

The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862

Figures · Heading 259; source line 2083 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Any number above one, and below seventy-eight, is deemed to portend good fortune to the dreamer, but forty-nine is the most lucky. All numbers above seventy-eight are uncertain, except three hundred and forty-three, and that is a very lucky number.

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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.