Dreaming of a Pickaxe

pickaxe, mattock, pick · very negative

A pickaxe points to a relentless enemy; a broken one, disaster.

What happens in the dream

  • A broken pickaxe: disaster for all your interests
  • You see a pickaxe: a relentless enemy is working to undermine your social standing

How you felt

  • Threat: the dream may reflect a sense that your foundations are being undermined
  • Fatigue: hard work that seems never-ending

Ask yourself

  • Who or what seems to be undermining my efforts?
  • What am I digging at so relentlessly?

See also Spade · Shovel · Enemy · Digging · Hoe

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: mattock, pick.

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