Miller wrote: “To dream of a map, or studying one, denotes a change will be contemplated in your business.” 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
Map · Heading 1260; source lines 14617–14629 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a map, or studying one, denotes a change will be contemplated in your business. Some disappointing things will occur, but much profit also will follow the change.
To dream of looking for one, denotes that a sudden discontent with your surroundings will inspire you with new energy, and thus you will rise into better conditions. For a young woman, this dream denotes that she will rise into higher spheres by sheer ambition.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Map · Heading 451; source line 3085 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of looking over a map, is a sign of an agreeable surprise by the arrival of some dear friend from a distance. If a girl dreams this when her lover is away, he will return unexpectedly.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Map · Dream section, heading 263; source lines 4493–4495 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see or consult a map indicates a journey.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Map · Dream section, heading 162; source lines 3931–3933 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
News or visit from a friend abroad.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Map · Printed p. 232; NLM OCR lines 10796–10798 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of examining a map denotes that you will leave your native land (Gypsy).
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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.