Miller wrote: “To dream of your wife, denotes unsettled affairs and discord in the home.” Compare 4 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
Wife · Heading 2215; source lines 24348–24358 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of your wife, denotes unsettled affairs and discord in the home.
To dream that your wife is unusually affable, denotes that you will receive profit from some important venture in trade.
For a wife to dream her husband whips her, foretells unlucky influences will cause harsh criticism in the home and a general turmoil will ensue.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Wife · Dream section, heading 558; source lines 1998–2001 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If a man dreams he sees his wife married to another, it denotes change of affairs or condition. If a woman dreams she is married to another man, it is the same.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Wife · Dream section, heading 468; source lines 4999–5002 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If a man dreams that his wife is married to another it is a sign of a quarrel that may be serious.
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
Wife · Printed p. 264; NLM OCR lines 12545–12548 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To a woman this dream augurs that she will never be one; to a man this predicts his wife's illness and recovery (Gypsy).
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