Dreaming of Waste

waste, squandering, wasteland · mostly negative

Waste signals doubt, failure and household worries, especially if you are the one causing it.

What happens in the dream

  • Wandering through wasteland: doubt and failure where success once looked certain
  • Squandering your fortune: household cares will weigh you down
  • Being the cause of waste: ruin
  • Trying to prevent it: losses, but not destitution

How you felt

  • Guilt: the dream may reflect a sense of letting resources or time slip away
  • Emptiness: you may wonder what your efforts are for

Ask yourself

  • What am I letting go to waste?
  • What would I like to put my energy into?

See also Desert · Losses · Ruin · Poverty · Rubbish

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: squandering, wasteland.

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