Miller wrote: “To dream that you are in tears, denotes that some affliction will soon envelope you.” Compare 6 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
Tears · Heading 1992; source lines 21961–21969 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are in tears, denotes that some affliction will soon envelope you.
To see others shedding tears, foretells that your sorrows will affect the happiness of others,
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Tears · Heading 784; source line 4846 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of shedding tears of sympathy, is a sign that some one is in love with you; this applies to both sexes, but more particularly to girls who cry easy: if you imagine you cry from grief, some good fortune awaits you, and you will have riches in proportion to the tears shed: if you dream that you shed tears from vexation, it shows that you will experience a loss just in proportion to the tears, or that some one will injure your prospects by circulating a scandal.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Tears · Dream section, heading 512; source lines 1865–1867 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are shedding tears from some heavy trouble, denotes that you will be speedily removed to a situation in which you will enjoy much happiness.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Tears · Dream section, heading 421; source lines 4880–4882 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To shed tears foretells joy and sympathy.
Anonymous · Tear
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Tear · Dream section, heading 232; source lines 4123–4126 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of tearing paper while reading is a sign that business perplexities will be smoothed away.
Anonymous · Tears
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Tears · Dream section, heading 233; source lines 4126–4128 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A presage of great joy and merriment.
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
Tears · Printed p. 257; NLM OCR lines 12141–12142 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of contrary denoting joy (Gypsy).
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