Dreaming of Straw

straw, haystack · mixed

Straw foretells emptiness and failure, except when bundled or burning.

What happens in the dream

  • Straw stacks burning: prosperous times
  • A bundle of straw: abundance
  • You see straw: your life is threatened by emptiness and failure
  • You feed straw to livestock: you will provide poorly for those who depend on you
  • Scattered straw: poverty

How you felt

  • Emptiness: the dream may reflect a sense that something lacks substance
  • Responsibility: it can echo worry about not doing enough for your own

Ask yourself

  • What feels hollow lately?
  • Am I giving enough to those who rely on me?

See also Hay · Thatch · Sheaves · Barn

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: haystack.

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