Dreaming of a Needle
needle, pin, sewing needle · mostly negative, with one happy exception
A needle mostly signals sorrow and betrayal, with one happy exception if you find it.
What happens in the dream
- You find a needle: friends who will appreciate you, the one happy sign
- You use a needle: a trial in which you lack the sympathy you deserve; by another tradition, a journey
- You thread a needle: you will take on the care of people outside your household
- You prick yourself: someone will try to take liberties with you
- You look for a needle: useless worries
- You break a needle: loneliness and poverty
- Needles in general: harm from the deceit of supposed friends
How you felt
- A sharp little pain: the dream often reflects a small hurt that keeps stinging
- Painstaking care: it may show the patience a delicate situation demands
Ask yourself
- What is stinging me right now?
- Which task is demanding all my patience?
See also Pins · Sewing · Thread · Thimble · Seamstress
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901); A. H. Noe, The Witches' Dream Book (1885); F. Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (1862). Also searched as: pin, sewing needle.