Dreaming of Counting

counting, adding, tallying · good for yourself, bad for others

Counting in a dream is lucky when it's for yourself, unlucky when it's for others.

What happens in the dream

  • You count your children, merry and sweet: they will be easy to guide and will do well
  • You count your money: luck, and always enough to pay your debts
  • You count money out to someone else: some kind of loss
  • You count other things: good if for yourself, usually unlucky if for others

How you felt

  • A need for control: the dream may reflect a wish to measure everything
  • Worry: you may be taking stock, literally or figuratively

Ask yourself

  • What am I trying to measure or check?
  • Am I giving more than I receive?

See also Money · Numbers · Figures (Numbers) · Accounts · Children

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: adding, tallying.

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