Dreaming of a Pickpocket

pickpocket, pickpocketing, robber · mostly negative

A pickpocket points to an enemy who will harass you and losses caused by envy.

What happens in the dream

  • You see a pickpocket: an enemy will manage to harass you and cost you money
  • Your pocket is picked: you'll be the target of envy and spite and may lose a friend; keep your own counsel
  • You pick other people's pockets: your crude behavior will annoy a companion

How you felt

  • Intrusion: the dream may reflect a sense that something is being taken from you
  • Vigilance: a need to protect what's yours

Ask yourself

  • What is being taken from me without my noticing?
  • Whom do I tell too much?

See also Thief · Robbery · Enemy · Envy · Pocket

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

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