Dreaming of a Thumb
thumb, digit, finger, thumbs up · mixed
A thumb points to uncertain fortune: large means wealth, hurt or missing means hardship.
What happens in the dream
- An unusually small thumb: a passing pleasure
- An unusually large thumb: swift, brilliant success and wealth
- You see a thumb: cunning people will court you, and fortune will be uncertain
- A dirty thumb or one with a very long nail: dubious temptations
- Your partner pinches your thumb: you may end up carrying the household alone
- A sore or injured thumb: business losses, even poverty
- You have no thumb: hardship and loneliness
How you felt
- Control: the thumb stands for your grip on things
- Dependence: fear of being under someone's thumb
Ask yourself
- Do I feel I have a good grip on things?
- Am I under someone's thumb?
See also Hand · Fingers · Fingernails · Wrist
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: digit, finger, thumbs up.