Dreaming of Iron

iron, metal · negative, with a glimmer of hope

Iron is a harsh omen of distress, loss and hardness, with just one glimmer of hope.

What happens in the dream

  • Making iron: you'll use unfair means to get rich
  • The price of iron falls: fortune is a shaky thing; if it rises: a glimmer of hope in dark times
  • Iron: a harsh omen of distress
  • Striking with iron: selfishness and harshness towards those who depend on you
  • Selling iron or trading it with a stranger: doubtful success, losses and friends of poor character
  • An iron weight bearing you down: worries and material losses
  • Being hurt with iron: you'll suffer some damage
  • Old, rusty iron: poverty and disappointment

How you felt

  • A sense of heaviness: the dream often reflects pressure weighing on your shoulders
  • Hardness: towards yourself or others

Ask yourself

  • What weighs on me like an iron weight?
  • Am I too hard on the people who depend on me?

See also Metals · Steel · Rust · Blacksmith · Forge

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); A. H. Noe, The Witches' Dream Book (1885). Also searched as: metal.

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