Dreaming of Debt

debt, loan, owing · mostly negative, with a favourable outcome

Debt in a dream foretells worries, unless you have enough to pay it off.

What happens in the dream

  • You have plenty to meet your obligations: your affairs will take a favourable turn
  • You are in debt: worries in business and love, and a struggle to make ends meet
  • You pay a debt with money: you will soon receive some
  • You fret about finding money to pay a debt: a sign of illness

How you felt

  • A weight: the dream often reflects a sense of obligation, material or emotional
  • Guilt: you may feel you owe someone something

Ask yourself

  • What do I feel I owe, and to whom?
  • Are my finances worrying me?

See also Credit · Borrowing · Money · Bankrupt · Mortgage

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901); F. Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (1862). Also searched as: loan, owing.

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