Dream dictionary – symbols, part 14

It is easy to look up the meaning of a dream in a dream dictionary, but can you rely on it completely? Each of us is different and each of us dreams differently, so traditional interpretations are best treated as a pointer rather than an oracle. Your fate lies largely in your own hands – try to stay in charge of it.

Below you will find the dream symbols from the Polish letter M of our dictionary, together with their traditional meanings.

Dream symbols from the letter M

Almonds – Greed will bring you trouble; according to another tradition, recognition from those around you or benefits thanks to friends.
Altar servers – You will have no reason for any great joy.
Ant – Profitable work; an anthill – industriousness and a similar meaning.
Aphids – Destruction; a house full of aphids – an uncertain future.
Apricot – A late but happy marriage.
Bellows – Seeing them – quarrels and disputes; blowing on a fire with them – slander.
Bier – A bier heralds something new – even a sad event can bring something, such as an inheritance. Seeing a bier – mourning and an inheritance; lying on one yourself – a good forecast.
Blinking – Great profit.
Bowl – The hope of an interesting invitation or an intriguing visit will not come true.
Brain – An inheritance; calf’s brain – contentment; pig’s brain – happiness.
Brass – Appearances are deceptive; according to another tradition, orderly domestic affairs; a brass vessel – loyal, good servants; bending brass wire – you will meet artists.
Brave – Being brave – trust your own strength and do not let yourself be shaken in your convictions.
Bricklayer – Seeing one – a certain plan needs more patience; working as a bricklayer – you are building lasting happiness for yourself.
Bridge – A standstill in business; according to another tradition, a whole bridge is a favourable sign for the future. Seeing one – you will manage to reconcile conflicting interests and gain from it; seeing many bridges – worries.
Broom – A symbol of sensuality and hidden desires.
Burbot – Seeing or eating this fish – you will catch a cold.
Burial mound – Peace after sorrows.
Butter – Eating it – squabbles with friends; churning it – inner unrest.
Butterfly – Infidelity and fickleness; according to another tradition, a change like a butterfly’s metamorphosis awaits you in life. Seeing one – you cannot count on a friend or on a flighty partner; catching one – you will uncover betrayal in friendship or love.
Buttermilk – Beware of friends who only seem good.
Camp follower – Release from great hardship.
City – Seeing a big city – your business or fortune will grow, a pleasant change; travelling around big cities – unrest and trouble; a small town – modest circumstances but a happy life.
Club (cudgel) – Brandishing one – you will triumph over the envious and over your enemies.
Coins – Seeing them – adversity; minting coins – you are trying in vain to become rich; having gold or silver ones – misfortune; copper ones – great happiness.
Communal lodgings – Your misery will come to an end.
Coppers – Your work brings in only small earnings.
Crybaby – Unworthy people are seeking your favour.
Cuffs – Intact – importance and respect; frayed – loss of your post and of respect; dirty – separation; lace – dignities.
Dairy – A successful business deal.
Drill (military) – Seeing it – a quarrel; taking part in it – an unpleasant surprise.
Fabric – Fabric for clothes – wealth; cutting off a piece – the person you love will be unfaithful to you.
Fizzy drinks – Drinking them – unrest in your life.
Flat – Beautiful and spacious – good sense will ensure your prosperity; poor and cramped – despite your best efforts you will not manage to get on in life; viewing one – changes await you; renting one – hardships and worse living conditions.
Flickering light – Your principles are shaky.
Flour – Seeing it or having a lot of it – prosperity; spilling it – you are brazen; seeing it being milled – happiness and wealth; milling it – you are a good father (or mother) to your family; burning it – guests will arrive.
Fly – Unpleasant moods. Seeing one – someone will insult you and disturb your peace; one flying into your mouth – you will have to deal with an insolent person; flies on flypaper – many successes without much effort; killing them – you will get rid of an opponent.
Fog – Rising – unfavourable prospects; lifting and settling – good prospects and hopes; very thick – a very tangled matter awaits you; clearing – you will be cleared of false suspicions.
Fortune (wealth) – Owning a fortune or being wealthy – a minor family misunderstanding.
Freezing – Freezing yourself – a cold is on its way; seeing someone freeze while you are warm – you will nurse a sick person; rescuing someone frozen – you will win back a friend who once left you.
Frost – Reconciliation with friends you have fallen out with.
Furniture – Prosperity; being carried in – a home of your own; being carried out – a change in your life.
Goldcrest – You are too proud for your position.
Grinding – Grain – your wealth will grow; coffee – you will have a visitor; pepper – sad news.
Groping – Groping for something in the dark – uncertainty.
Grump – Being a grump – the news you have long been waiting for will not come.
Guinea pig – You will enjoy pleasant moments.
Hammer – Working with one – you will make your fortune by your own labour; seeing one – you are being treated harshly; a small hammer – an attempt to take by force something you could long ago have gained through wisdom.
Honey – You will be a godparent; drinking it – a new friendship; collecting it – happiness and profitable business.
Hunter – You will act recklessly.
Jam – You will receive a kiss from the person you love.
Knickers – Improper thoughts.
Larch – A faithful and sincere friend.
Linnet – You will receive pleasant news.
Lip-smacking – Hearing it – you will disgrace yourself by behaving improperly.
Locket – Faithful love.
Love – Love or flirtations – long sorrows; watching a lovers’ conversation – pleasant moments await you; taking part in one – happiness; hearing a love song – flatterers are doing you harm.
Machine – A regular life. A typewriter: seeing one – your views are old-fashioned; typing on one – success on a new path in life. A sewing machine: seeing one – success of a plan or intention; operating one – a lot of unprofitable work; having trouble with it, for instance breaking the thread – great efforts will come to nothing.
Madonna – Your suffering will pass.
Magician – A hard living and an uncertain life; according to another tradition, deception.
Magnet – You will find friends; finding a magnet – you will fall in love.
Major – You will run up debts; according to another tradition, you will lose friends and miss them for a long time.
Majordomo – Worries.
Man – Health and strength; with a beard – anger; old – a long life; fat – pleasant moments await you; young – worries.
Mandarin (official) – A Chinese dignitary – broaden your knowledge.
Mangle – Tidying up at home.
Manna – Profit or an inheritance.
Manoeuvres – A pleasant change.
Mantilla – Your vanity is doing you harm.
Manuscript – A handwritten manuscript foretells troubles and worries.
Map – A journey or a sensual enjoyment of life.
Marble – Seeing it – you will have dealings with heartless people; a marble column – beware of foolish pride; a marble table – you will set up a home of your own.
Marching – You will reach your goal slowly but surely.
Margarine – Someone wants to beguile you.
Marriage – Getting married – profit and happiness; breaking a marriage – danger of fire; getting divorced – you will bear the consequences of other people’s mistakes; seeing a married couple – false hopes.
Marzipan – You are surrounded by flatterers.
Mask – An abduction or a seduction; wearing one – false neighbours; seeing one on someone else – do not reveal your convictions to everyone; a masked ball – you are not being honest with your friends.
Masquerade – Temptation.
Mass (church) – Hearing Mass – luck in business and undertakings.
Massage – Minor troubles; massaging someone – unpleasant events, or you will put something right; being massaged – health.
Masseur – A warning to take better care of yourself; seeing someone being massaged – a call to return to the path you have strayed from.
Mast – A ship’s mast – you will go through life proudly and along a straight path.
Master – A master builder – you will reach a satisfying position; a master of ceremonies – dealing with one or being one yourself – more children and more toil; becoming a master – for lovers it foretells union, for others unpleasantness.
Mat – A straw mat – a comfortable home; green mats – happiness.
Mathematics – Studying it – you will attain great wealth.
Matron – You will live to a ripe old age.
Mattress – You will set up a home of your own.
Matzah – Someone in your family will meet with good fortune.
May – Faithful love; a May picnic – faithful love as well.
Mayonnaise – Dreaming of it – a quarrel at a family gathering; eating it – sadness over the illness of loved ones; buying it – you will meet with the envy of those around you.
Measuring – Measuring something – you are surrounded by spies.
Measuring tape – A judicial inquiry.
Meat – Eating it – illness or loss; buying it raw – you will find help from friends; cooking it – recovery after an illness.
Medal – A high honour.
Melancholy – You are fretting for nothing.
Melon – Seeing one hanging – you have good friends; eating one – futile effort or illness; picking one – great illusions; lots of melons in a garden – moderate prosperity; buying one – you are offering friendship to an unworthy person.
Menagerie – You will meet unpleasant people.
Mercy – Showing mercy – happiness.
Meteor – Fleeting happiness.
Metronome – Using one while making music – you will be given a monotonous job.
Miaowing – Hearing it – someone wants to outwit you by cunning; flirtations.
Mickey Mouse – You will indulge in pleasant, childlike pleasures.
Microphone – You can now speak calmly about a matter you have had to keep to yourself until now.
Microscope – Do not be greedy; trifles will annoy you.
Milestone – You will reach the goal you have set yourself.
Milk – Health; buying it – joy; carrying it – you will receive a lot of money; drinking it – you are thrifty and success awaits you; boiling it – you are living recklessly; spilling it – loss through too much haste; boiling over – you have enemies; giving it away – a blessed, peaceful home; milking – happiness and success in an undertaking.
Milk pudding – A change of circumstances.
Milkmaid – Resistance.
Milkman – You are putting up with unwanted affection.
Milky liquid – Clear – a good sign; cloudy or dirty – a bad sign.
Mill – Happiness and wealth; a longing for security combined with a hidden fear that it is hardly attainable. Seeing one – a pleasant or profitable experience; a mill at a standstill – happiness in love; hearing it clatter – work crowned with a reward; a small hand mill – a similar meaning.
Mill wheel – Turning – a lucrative occupation; at a standstill – an idyll ahead; damaged – an idyll with disruptions; being drawn into the whirl of the wheel – a romantic relationship whose consequences will shape your whole life.
Miller – Seeing one or spending time with one – you will find a wealthy friend; a miller’s lad at work – beware of deception.
Miller’s wife – Success with the opposite sex.
Mine – You will be a godparent; according to another tradition, you can now speak openly about a matter you have had to keep to yourself until now.
Minerals – Your knowledge is limited.
Minister – Short-lived happiness; many people envy you.
Ministry – A dream come true.
Missionary – Having dealings with one – you will receive a gift.
Mitre – A bishop’s mitre foretells great honours.
Mixing bowl (makutra) – A wedding or a party.
Mobilisation – You are anxious because of someone or because of an important moment in your life; it also foretells unrest and danger.
Model (fashion) – A false judgement – someone is judging you unfairly.
Model (miniature) – A warning against making a mistake or straying from the right path.
Monk – Your conscience is not clear about some matter.
Monkey – Climbing – enemies are trying hard to get in your way; chattering – the flattery of fools; teasing one – you will upset a friend; seeing one dance – much joy; killing one – you will have a stubborn opponent; aping someone – enemies are working against you.
Monocle – Do not get involved in a matter you have not first examined carefully.
Monogram – Seeing, embroidering or drawing your own – you are needlessly preoccupied with yourself alone; someone else’s – you will strike up a new romance or friendship.
Monstrance – Life will put you to the test.
Mortar (bowl) – After many hardships you will reach your goal; pounding something in it – a visit.
Mosaic – An exceptionally complicated matter awaits you; laying a mosaic – complications of your own making.
Mosquitoes – Beware of pushy people.
Moss – You will earn a great deal of money; lying on it – health; gathering it – an abundant harvest.
Moth – You have enemies.
Mother – Talking to your mother – your plans will succeed; a godmother – family sorrows; a picture of the Virgin Mary – comfort in distress.
Mother-of-pearl – Seeing it – hard times lie ahead of you.
Motor – You will achieve good results and your business will prosper; a motor car – a big win or profit.
Motorboat – Seeing one – a pleasure trip; riding in one – a pleasant acquaintance while travelling.
Motto – Writing or reading one – you will have to give something up.
Mouse – Running – conflicts and worries, so be thrifty; scratching – a warning of danger; catching one – a blessing in disguise; in a trap – you will be deceived, or you will finally settle an irritating matter; white mice – a good marriage, and you are worrying needlessly.
Muff – Comfortable living conditions.
Mulberry – Great profit; a mulberry tree – blessing and good prospects.
Mule – Seeing one – beware of spiteful enemies; riding one – you will make an arduous journey; a laden mule – you will receive many presents on your wedding day.
Mummy – A story you thought everyone had long forgotten will come to light.
Murder – A long life; witnessing a murder – unexpected happiness.
Murderer – A sudden end to a chapter of your life; committing murder – another person’s misfortune may bring you some benefit.
Muses – Seeing the goddesses of the fine arts – you will devote yourself to learning.
Museum – Visiting one – you will reach people or circles that will bring you considerable benefits.
Music – A striving for inner harmony and to overcome restlessness of the soul. Hearing beautiful music – pleasant company and pleasures; ugly music – an unpleasant acquaintance or friction among friends; playing beautifully – happiness in the comfort of your home; playing badly – conflicts and quarrels in the family.
Musician – Unnecessary expenses; listening to recorded music – unnecessary expenses as well; an orchestra – good health.
Must (grape juice) – An expression of inner drives; a warning to keep your passions in check.
Mustard – A great unpleasantness will befall you; eating it – danger threatens.
Myrtle – A marriage proposal; a myrtle bush – you will win people’s hearts; seeing a myrtle wreath – happiness in love; wearing one – you will soon be a best man or bridesmaid.
Nutmeg – A feast and merry entertainment.
Painter – At work – you will live to a ripe old age; being a painter – you love beauty.
Painting (art) – You enjoy good food.
Painting (someone or something) – Seeing yourself painted – you are well liked; painting someone else – a new acquaintance; painting a landscape or an object – your possessions will grow; having your portrait painted – an addition to the family; a freshly painted room – your efforts will be rewarded.
Pasta – Eating it – a lengthy lawsuit.
Phantom – You are tormenting yourself for nothing; an apparition signals a disturbance of your inner order and an attempt by your inner voice to intervene. Seeing a phantom – you will learn unpleasant things; talking to one – you will make a good impression.
Pier – A chance to travel.
Pirates – A loss of money.
Place – Seeing an unknown place – pleasant travels.
Poppy seeds – Eating poppy seeds – vain hopes; sowing them – passionate love; poppy heads – happiness.
Poppy-seed cake – Eating it – a favourable omen.
Postage stamps – You will receive news.
Potion – A slight indisposition.
Prayer – Praying – solace in distress; prayers – a pleasant life; according to another tradition, praying in a dream symbolises inner disharmony; a prayer book – comfort in suffering.
Pug – Various troubles await you.
Rabble – Trouble.
Raspberries – Joy and enjoying the pleasures of life.
Razor – A regular life.
Sailor – An interesting journey.
School-leaving exams – An improvement in your fortunes.
Sea – Calm – a peaceful life; stormy – a stormy life; falling into the sea – you will suffer losses; sailing on it – you are to blame for your own misfortune.
Sea foam – Deception.
Sea monster – A sea serpent or another giant monster – you will suffer losses in love and trust.
Sea voyage – You will get to know unfamiliar places.
Seashell – A matter long since shelved will be cleared up; finding or opening one – a carefully guarded secret of yours will come out; shells – bad news from far away; a tiny shell – you are too extravagant.
Seasickness – Physical ailments.
Skein – Winding a skein – a quiet home life.
Small – Something small or tiny – happiness; being small yourself – promotion at work.
Smearing – Temptation.
Soap – Worry; you feel under attack – watch out for a trap. Seeing it – take more care of your reputation; using it – you will be suspected of something without reason; lathering – you will be deceived.
Soap bubbles – Beware of illusions if you do not want to be disappointed; blowing them – illusions will bring you disappointment.
Soft heart – Having a soft heart – you lack an opinion of your own.
Speaking – Loudly – you are modest; with others – you are well liked; without knowing what you are saying – bad times; with animals – worries and trouble; hearing people speak – you will be in company, and honour and fame await you.
Speech – Giving one – an unfulfilled need for appreciation; listening to one – do not let people gossip about you.
Spouse – Seeing a husband or wife – disappointment threatens; according to another tradition, seeing a wife – a good income and a happy way out of an unpleasant situation.
Squandering – Your willpower is too weak.
Squinting – An awkward situation.
Straying off the path – Wandering off the beaten track – bad news.
Surveying instrument – You have good friends.
Sword – Honour and fame; being given one – you will gain power; a broken one – disgrace.
Thoughts – Do not trust the people you dreamt of.
Threshing – You will have dealings with unpleasant people; threshing yourself – hard work, but also big business run successfully; threshing empty ears or straw – much effort, little profit; seeing empty straw being threshed – you will get caught between people who are quarrelling.
Torment – Unhappy love; seeing torment – rescue from great danger; enduring it – your heart will feel lighter; animals being tormented – suffering.
Tormenting – Tormenting people – failure in everything; tormenting animals – you will suffer.
Turf – A renewed friendship; digging it – health.
Uniform – Someone will try to deceive you; according to another tradition, a call for self-denial and discipline. Seeing one – success with the opposite sex; wearing one – you will fail to make a good impression.
Urine – An improvement in your situation.
Villager – Having dealings with one – merry times.
Wall – A symbol of an obstacle or of protection. Seeing one in front of you – difficulties on the way to your goal; an insurmountable wall – little chance of achieving your goal; getting through or over it – lasting joy after great hardships; standing on it – your goal will be reached and your perseverance will win you the person you love; jumping down from it – a risky undertaking; falling from it – something will fail; high walls – elevation; low ones – obstacles; building a wall – obstacles on the way to your goal; ruined walls – danger for someone close to you.
Warehouse – An empty one – news; a full one – you will make a long journey; reading a magazine – a pleasant new acquaintance.
Washbasin – With dirty water – sadness and domestic worries; a copper one – faithfulness; a porcelain one – loyal servants; washing in one – you will settle a debt.
Washing yourself – In clean water – a good omen; in dirty water – illness; being washed – your sadness will turn to joy.
Wet – Something will damage your authority; seeing someone soaked through – be careful how you express opinions about others so as not to hurt them; a marsh – a similar meaning.
Wet nurse – Seeing one – you will be asked to be a godparent; being one – a change in your relationships and circumstances.
Wise – Thinking yourself a sage in a dream – you are very conceited.
Wrestling – An unpleasant struggle awaits you; a feud will end in reconciliation, and a fight in the parting of both sides.
Young – Being young – unpleasantness because of vanity; seeing young people – health.
Young man – A sign of work and toil; if he is familiar with you – a stranger will fall in love with you; if he is courting you – you will have wonderful days.
Youth – A passing indisposition.

Dream dictionary – symbols, part 14

Dream symbols from the letter M

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