Dreaming of Pins

pins, hatpin, needles, safety pin · mostly negative, with one exception

Pins point to little quarrels and small troubles, but rarely great disasters.

What happens in the dream

  • You prick yourself: someone will irritate you; take care in love
  • You find a pin: success in business
  • A bent or rusty pin: carelessness will cost you others' esteem
  • You see pins: disagreements and family quarrels; small troubles throughout life, but no great disasters
  • You swallow a pin: an accident will put you in a risky spot
  • You lose a pin: a petty loss or disagreement

How you felt

  • Irritation: the dream may reflect small jabs piling up
  • Attention to detail: a sense that everything hangs by a thread

Ask yourself

  • Which little jabs hurt more than I admit?
  • What am I neglecting through carelessness?

See also Needle · Prick · Sewing · Quarrel · Tacks

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: hatpin, needles, safety pin.

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