The Dictionary of Dreams (64 page)

Vaccinate
.

To dream of being vaccinated, foretells that your susceptibility

to female charms will be played upon to your sorrow.

To dream that others are vaccinated, shows you will fail to find contentment where it is sought, and your affairs will suffer decline in consequence.

For a young woman to be vaccinated on her leg, foreshadows her

undoing through treachery.

Vagrant
.

To dream that you are a vagrant, portends poverty and misery.

To see vagrants is a sign of contagion invading your community.

To give to a vagrant, denotes that your generosity will be applauded.

Valentine
.

To dream that you are sending valentines, foretel s that you

will lose opportunities of enriching yourself.

For a young woman to receive one, denotes that she will marry a weak, but ardent lover against the counsels of her guardians.

Valley
.

To find yourself walking through green and pleasant valleys,

foretells great improvements in business, and lovers will be happy

and congenial. If the valley is barren, the reverse is predicted.

If marshy, illness or vexations may follow.

Vapor Bath
.

To dream of a vapor bath, you will have fretful people for companions, unless you dream of emerging from one, and then you will find that your cares will be temporary.

Varnishing
.

To dream of varnishing anything, denotes that you will seek to win

distinction by fraudulent means.

To see others varnishing, foretells that you are threatened with danger from the endeavor of friends to add to their own possessions.

Vase
.

To dream of a vase, denotes that you will enjoy sweetest pleasure

and contentment in the home life.

To drink from a vase, you will soon thrill with the delights

of stolen love.

To see a broken vase, foretells early sorrow. For a young woman

to receive one, signifies that she will soon obtain her dearest wish.

Vat
.

To see a vat in your dreams, foretells anguish and suffering from the hands of cruel persons, into which you have unwittingly fallen.

Vatican
.

To dream of the vatican, signifies unexpected favors will fall within your grasp. You will form the acquaintance of distinguished people, if you see royal personages speaking to the Pope.

Vault
.

To dream of a vault, denotes bereavement and other misfortune.

To see a vault for valuables, signifies your fortune will

surprise many, as your circumstances will appear to be meagre.

To see the doors of a vault open, implies loss and treachery

of people whom you trust.

Vegetables
.

To dream of eating vegetables, is an omen of strange luck.

You will think for a time that you are tremendously successful,

but will find to your sorrow that you have been grossly imposed upon.

Withered, or decayed vegetables, bring unmitigated woe and sadness.

For a young woman to dream that she is preparing vegetables for dinner, foretells that she will lose the man she desired through pique, but she will win a well-meaning and faithful husband.

Her engagements will be somewhat disappointing.

Vehicle
.

To ride in a vehicle while dreaming, foretells threatened loss, or illness.

To be thrown from one, foretells hasty and unpleasant news.

To see a broken one, signals failure in important affairs.

To buy one, you will reinstate yourself in your former position.

To sell one, denotes unfavorable change in affairs.

Veil
.

To dream that you wear a veil, denotes that you will not be perfectly sincere with your lover, and you will be forced to use stratagem to retain him.

To see others wearing veils, you will be maligned and defamed

by apparent friends.

An old, or torn veil, warns you that deceit is being thrown around

you with sinister design.

For a young woman to dream that she loses her veil, denotes that her lover sees through her deceitful ways and is likely to retaliate with the same.

To dream of seeing a bridal veil, foretells that you will make a successful change in the immediate future, and much happiness in your position.

For a young woman to dream that she wears a bridal veil, denotes that she will engage in some affair which will afford her lasting profit and enjoyment.

If it gets loose, or any accident befal s it, she will be burdened with sadness and pain.

To throw a veil aside, indicates separation or disgrace.

To see mourning veils in your dreams, signifies distress and trouble, and embarrassment in business.

Vein
.

To see your veins in a dream, insures you against slander,

if they are normal.

To see them bleeding, denotes that you will have a great sorrow

from which there will be no escape.

To see them swollen, you will rise hastily to distinction

and places of trust.

Velvet
.

To dream of velvet, portends very successful enterprises.

If you wear it, some distinction will be conferred upon you.

To see old velvet, means your prosperity will suffer from your extreme pride.

If a young woman dreams that she is clothed in velvet garments,

it denotes that she will have honors bestowed upon her,

and the choice between several wealthy lovers.

Veneer
.

To dream that you are veneering, denotes that you will systematically deceive your friends, your speculations will be of a misleading nature.

Ventriloquist
.

To dream of a ventriloquist, denotes that some treasonable affair

is going to prove detrimental to your interest.

If you think yourself one, you will not conduct yourself honorably

towards people who trust you.

For a young woman to dream she is mystified by the voice of a ventriloquist, foretel s that she will be deceived into illicit adventures.

Veranda
.

To dream of being on a veranda, denotes that you are to be successful in some affair which is giving you anxiety.

For a young woman to be with her lover on a veranda, denotes her early and happy marriage.

To see an old veranda, denotes the decline of hopes, and disappointment in business and love.

Vermin
.[235]

Vermin crawling in your dreams, signifies sickness and much trouble.

If you succeed in ridding yourself of them, you will be fairly successful, but otherwise death may come to you, or your relatives.

[235] See Locust.

Vertigo
.

To dream that you have vertigo, foretells you will have loss in

domestic happiness, and your affairs will be under gloomy outlooks.

Vessels
.[236]

To dream of vessels, denotes labor and activity.

[236] See Ships and similar words.

Vexed
.

If you are vexed in your dreams, you will find many worries scattered through your early awakening.

If you think some person is vexed with you, it is a sign that you

will not shortly reconcile some slight misunderstanding.

Vicar
.

To dream of a vicar, foretells that you will do foolish things

while furious with jealousy and envy.

For a young woman to dream she marries a vicar, foretel s that she

will fail to awake reciprocal affection in the man she desires,

and will live a spinster, or marry to keep from being one.

Vice
.

To dream that you are favoring any vice, signifies you are about to endanger your reputation, by letting evil persuasions entice you.

If you see others indulging in vice, some ill fortune will engulf

the interest of some relative or associate.

Victim
.

To dream that you are the victim of any scheme, foretells that

you will be oppressed and overpowered by your enemies.

Your family relations will also be strained.

To victimize others, denotes that you will amass wealth dishonorably and prefer illicit relations, to the sorrow of your companions.

Victory
.

To dream that you win a victory, foretells that you will successfully resist the attacks of enemies, and will have the love of women for the asking.

Village
.

To dream that you are in a village, denotes that you will enjoy

good health and find yourself fortunately provided for.

To revisit the village home of your youth, denotes that you will have pleasant surprises in store and favorable news from absent friends.

If the village looks dilapidated, or the dream indistinct,

it foretells that trouble and sadness will soon come to you.

Vine
.

To dream of vines, is propitious of success and happiness.

Good health is in store for those who see flowering vines.

If they are dead, you will fail in some momentous enterprise.

To see poisonous vines, foretells that you will be the victim

of a plausible scheme and you will impair your health.

Vinegar
.

To dream of drinking vinegar, denotes that you will be exasperated

and worried into assenting to some engagement which will fill you

with evil foreboding.

To use vinegar on vegetables, foretells a deepening of

already distressing affairs.

To dream of vinegar at all times, denotes inharmonious

and unfavorable aspects.

Vineyard
.

To dream of a vineyard, denotes favorable speculations

and auspicious love-making.

To visit a vineyard which is not wel -kept and filled with bad odors, denotes disappointment will overshadow your most sanguine anticipations.

Violence
.

To dream that any person does you violence, denotes that you

will be overcome by enemies.

If you do some other persons violence, you will lose fortune and favor by your reprehensible way of conducting your affairs.

Violets
.

To see violets in your dreams, or gather them, brings joyous occasions in which you will find favor with some superior person.

For a young woman to gather them, denotes that she will soon meet

her future husband.

To see them dry, or withered, denotes that her love will be scorned

and thrown aside.

Violin
.

To see, or hear a violin in dreams, foretells harmony and peace in the family, and financial affairs will cause no apprehension.

For a young woman to play on one in her dreams, denotes that she

will be honored and receive lavish gifts.

If her attempt to play is unsuccessful, she will lose favor,

and aspire to things she never can possess.

A broken one, indicates sad bereavement and separation.

Viper
.

To dream of a viper, foretells that calamities are threatening you.

To dream that a many-hued viper, and capable of throwing itself into many pieces, or unjointing itself, attacks you, denotes that your enemies are bent on your ruin and will work unitedly, yet apart,

to displace you.

Virgin
.

To dream of a virgin, denotes that you will have comparative luck

in your speculations. For a married woman to dream that she is

a virgin, foretells that she will suffer remorse over her past,

and the future will hold no promise of better things.

For a young woman to dream that she is no longer a virgin,

foretells that she will run great risk of losing her reputation

by being indiscreet with her male friends.

For a man to dream of illicit association with a virgin,

denotes that he will fail to accomplish an enterprise,

and much worry will be caused him by the appeals of people.

His aspirations will be foiled through unwarranted associations.

Visit
.

If you visit in your dreams, you will shortly have some pleasant occasion in your life.

If your visit is unpleasant, your enjoyment will be marred by the action of malicious persons.

For a friend to visit you, denotes that news of a favorable

nature will soon reach you. If the friend appears sad

and travel-worn, there will be a note of displeasure growing

out of the visit, or other slight disappointments may follow.

If she is dressed in black or white and looks pale or ghastly,

serious illness or accidents are predicted.

Visions
.

To dream that you have a strange vision, denotes that you will be unfortunate in your dealings and sickness will unfit you for pleasant duties.

If persons appear to you in visions, it foretells uprising and strife of families or state.

If your friend is near dissolution and you are warned in a vision,

he will appear suddenly before you, usually in white garments.

Visions of death and trouble have such close resemblance,

that they are sometimes mistaken one for the other.

To see visions of any order in your dreams, you may look for unusual developments in your business, and a different atmosphere and surroundings in private life. Things will be reversed for a while with you.

You will have changes in your business and private life seemingly bad, but eventually good for all concerned.

The Supreme Will is always directed toward the ultimate good of the race.

Vitriol
.

If you see vitriol in your dreams, it is a token of some innocent

person being censured by you.

To throw it on people, shows you will bear malice towards parties

who seek to favor you.

For a young woman to have a jealous rival throw it in her face,

foretel s that she will be the innocent object of some person's hatred.