Dreaming of a Looking-Glass

looking-glass, hand mirror, vanity mirror · very negative

A looking-glass is a bad omen: it foretells deceit, false friends and health worries.

What happens in the dream

  • A looking-glass: false friends who will slowly rob you, or shocking deceit that may lead to a breakup
  • Seeing your face in it: illness
  • Breaking a looking-glass: an omen of death
  • Seeing your sweetheart in it: they may desert or deceive you

How you felt

  • Concern about self-image: the dream often reflects how you judge yourself
  • Doubt: it may express a suspicion of falseness in yourself or others

Ask yourself

  • How do I see myself right now?
  • Who reflects back a distorted image of me?

See also Mirror · Mirror (Looking in a) · Glass · Face · Image

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: hand mirror, vanity mirror.

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