Dreaming of a Mirror

mirror, looking glass, reflection, vanity mirror · mostly negative

A mirror is mostly a warning dream: discouragement, health worries and people who don't play fair.

What happens in the dream

  • Your partner looks pale and worn in the mirror: a broken engagement; if they look happy, only a brief falling-out
  • You see other people in the mirror: some will treat you unfairly to serve their own ends
  • You break a mirror: unhappy friendships and a difficult marriage
  • You see yourself in a mirror: discouraging setbacks, and an illness that strains your finances
  • A broken mirror: fear of a sudden loss among your relatives
  • Animals in a mirror: disappointment and money lost

How you felt

  • Anxiety about yourself: the dream often reflects a critical eye on your appearance or health
  • Doubts about others: it can express a fear that people close to you aren't what they seem

Ask yourself

  • How am I seeing myself these days?
  • Is there someone whose image seems misleading to me?

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

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: looking glass, reflection, vanity mirror.

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