Dream meanings · 5 old dream books

Dream about a house: what 5 old dream books say

The dream books disagree — China · Sweden read it as good · Russia · India read it as bad
Counted from 21 entries about this symbol · books that give no direction (such as Miller) don't count as a vote

🇨🇳 China · Zhougong Jiemeng

the house renewedgood — great good fortune (屋宅更新主大吉) · direction from 吉/凶 in the original
your household raising a high tower — Stability and peace. (家起高樓安穩事)
a house with no one in it — a death (屋宅無人主死亡)
the house sinking into a pit — a death (院宅坑下主死亡)
a house opening a small side door — A secret love affair. (屋開小門主私情)
water in another's house — the son will die (人家有水兒子亡)

Source: 周公解夢 · Public domain (Wikisource · {{Pd-old}})

🇮🇳 India · Svapnādhyāya (Purāṇas · Atharvaveda)

Houses collapsingbad — An inauspicious dream; not telling it is auspicious · direction as read by the translator
Houses collapsingbad — A bad dream · direction as read by the translator
a house or mountain falling, a dreadful comet, a broken tree branchbad — he meets with sorrow · direction as read by the translator
one's house destroyed by firegood — highly auspicious · direction as read by the translator
houses tumbled downbad — an unlucky sign · direction as read by the translator
houses being sweptbad — an unlucky sign · direction as read by the translator

Source: Svapnādhyāya — Atharvaveda Pariśiṣṭa 68 · Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa 77/82 (Sanskrit) · Ancient text, public domain · transcription from sa.wikisource (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 1 more in this book

🇺🇸 Western · Miller (1901)

Glass House — To see a glass house, foretells you are likely to be injured by listening to flattery. For a young woman to dream that she is living in a glass house, her coming trouble and threatened loss of reputation is emphasized.
Home — To dream of visiting your old home, you will have good news to rejoice over. To see your old home in a dilapidated state, warns you of the sickness or death of a relative. For a young woman this is a dream of sorrow. She will lose a dear friend. To go home and find everything cheery and comfortable, denotes harmony in the present home life and satisfactory results in business. See Abode.
House — To dream of building a house, you will make wise changes in your present affairs. To dream that you own an elegant house, denotes that you will soon leave your home for a better, and fortune will be kind to you. Old and dilapidated houses, denote failure in business or any effort, and declining health. See Building.

Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted — Gustavus Hindman Miller (1901) · Public domain (Gutenberg)

🇸🇪 Sweden · folk dream book

Parsonagegood — Charity and consolation. · direction as read by the translator

Source: Den tillförlitligaste Drömboken (svensk drömbok) · Public domain (Gutenberg)

🇷🇺 Russia · Sonnik (1787 · 1811)

one's own house burningbad — foretells the death of our wife, and that our own life will be in danger · direction as read by the translator
A burning house with many windowsbad — Foretells death to brothers and comrades; east-facing windows signify the elder, west-facing the younger (north counts as east, south as west) · direction as read by the translator
Ice housebad — Foretells misfortune. · direction as read by the translator
one's homelandmixed — signifies one's parents; its flourishing or ruined state foretells the happiness or unhappiness of those who gave us life · direction as read by the translator

Source: Сонник, или Истолкование снов (1787) · Public domain (printed 1787)

How to read this

Each dream book comes from a different culture and century, so the same symbol is often read in opposite ways. This page shows what each book says. It doesn't decide which one is right. Translations were made by AI from the originals, and the original text is kept on every line so you can check it.

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