Dreaming of Children
children, babies, kids, youngsters · mostly positive, depending on how the children are
Beautiful children signal prosperity and blessings; sick, sad or neglected children, worries and betrayal.
What happens in the dream
- Many beautiful children: great prosperity and blessings, and success in your undertakings
- Children working or studying: peaceful, prosperous times
- Playing with children: success in business and love
- Seeing a child born: an early marriage and a happy family
- Your child mildly ill: they'll be healthy, but other small troubles will nag at you
- Your child gravely ill or dead: real cause for worry, disappointment and heavy misfortune
- Disappointed children: trouble from enemies and seemingly friendly people
- Dirty, ragged children: a friend will try to talk you into something that endangers your reputation, with a risk of poverty
How you felt
- Tenderness or worry: the dream often mirrors your feelings toward those you look after
- A return to childhood: it may reflect a need to play and wonder
Ask yourself
- Which part of my inner child needs attention?
- Are my worries for loved ones in proportion to the real danger?
See also Child · Baby · Boy · School · Birth
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901); A. H. Noe, The Witches' Dream Book (1885). Also searched as: babies, kids, youngsters.