Dreaming of Land

land, ground, soil · mostly positive

Fertile land, or land you gain, foretells wealth, health and family happiness; barren land or land you sell brings loss and discouragement.

What happens in the dream

  • You sight land from the ocean: wide paths to prosperity and happiness open up
  • You buy or inherit land: health and wealth, and if you're single, a good marriage
  • You're given fine land with gardens, orchards and fountains: a happy marriage and a lovely family
  • Wide, open land: pleasure, joy and riches
  • Land sown with wheat: money and profit through hard work
  • Fertile land: a good omen; barren, rocky land: failure and low spirits
  • You sell land: illness and money trouble
  • Land sown with pulses: sorrow and trouble

How you felt

  • A need for grounding: the dream often reflects a wish for stability and security
  • Ambition: you may be dreaming of building something lasting

Ask yourself

  • Where do I feel rooted?
  • What am I cultivating in my life?

See also Field · Farm · Estate · Property · Inheritance

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: ground, soil.

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