Dreaming of Yearning

yearning, crave, long, pine · mostly positive, with one unhappy exception

Yearning for someone in a dream brings comforting news from absent friends.

What happens in the dream

  • Yearning for someone: you'll soon hear comforting news from absent friends
  • Sensing your sweetheart yearns for you: a long-hoped-for proposal is coming
  • Letting them know you yearn for them: you'll be left alone and your longing will grow

How you felt

  • Longing: the dream likely reflects missing someone who matters
  • Hope: you may be waiting for a sign

Ask yourself

  • Who am I missing right now?
  • Have I dared say what I feel?

See also Absence · Homesickness · Love · Lover · Letter

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

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