Daffodils

A dream of good health and good news (Gypsy); symbolism obvious.

Dagger

Foretells death and suffering, unless you dream of grasping it firmly, when it augurs success. Jung interprets the dagger as a phallic symbol.

Daisy

A good dream in spring or summer, auguring a true lover; bad in winter or autumn (Raphael); symbol the eye of day, the sun, also see the charm of daisy petals.

Dandelion

This dream denotes secret enemies at work against you (Gypsy); interpretation probably derived from the fact that the farmers regard the flower as a nuisance.

Darkness

A dream of warning against treachery, false friends, willful blindness to reason and good sense (Artemi-dorus).

Dates

Either strong and powerful enemies or admirers of the opposite sex (Artemidorus); an erotic dream (Freud).

Day

A dream of a clear day is a good omen (Artemidorus).

Deer

Dissensions, disputes and quarrels with one's sweetheart (Gypsy); an erotic dream (Jung).

Deluge

Overwhelming business loss (Artemidorus); symbolism obvious, financial affairs are usually indicated by storms, rain, etc.

Desert

Loss of friends and wealth are shown by this dream (Artemidorus); loneliness and isolation are plainly symbolized.

Devil

The worst possible dream (Gypsy).

Dice

A dream of enmity, quarrels and business vicissitudes (Gypsy); symbolic interpretation moral and obvious.

Digging

To dig in clean ground denotes thrift and good luck; in dirty or wet ground, trouble; to dig for gold and find large lumps, good fortune; to fail to find it, disappointment (Raphael). Most dreams of honest toil are of favorable augury.

Distaff

A favorable dream (Gypsy). The symbol of woman's work (Jennings).

Dog

A fortunate dream on the whole, denoting faithful friends (Gypsy). Modern symbol of fidelity, anciently held sacred to the Lares, i. e., the home.

Dolphin

Out of water, a dream of the loss of sweetheart or friend; swimming it augurs unexpected adventure. In mediaeval art it symbolizes social love. Anciently held as the special friend of man and the savior of the shipwrecked. The interpretation of this dream is therefore vague and inapplicable.

Dove

A fortunate dream denoting happiness and fidelity at home (Artemidorus). Originally an erotic symbol as the bird of Aphrodite, it became at a later date the bird of holiness, symbolizing the sacrificial offerings of the Hebrews. In the great Upanishads the human spirit is represented as a dove.

Dragon

A dream of sudden changes in the worldly condition, riches and treasure (Raphael). In Christian art the dragon symbolizes Satan, or sin. With the Chinese a dragon, or winged serpent, is regarded as the symbol of the Infinite Intelligence, keeping ward over the Tree of Knowledge; a dragon was also the standard of the Welsh, of the West Saxons, of the Phoenicians and of the Chinese Manchu dynasty. The Celts use the word dragon to signify a chief, a dictator in time of danger, and probably the dream interpretation is derived from this symbol.

Dream

To dream of relating a dream indicates that something unusual is about to happen (Raphael). Evidently a struggle on the part of the subconscious to bring the matter before the consciousness.

Dregs

A dream of poverty, failure and loss (Gypsy).

Drown

An unfortunate dream auguring illness (Gypsy). A dream evidently due to some physical cause affecting the breathing apparatus.

Drugs or Drugstore

A dream of illness (Gypsy). Obviously a dream inspired by the subconscious knowledge of need.

Drum

A dream of strife and war (Gypsy).

Duck

-A dream of profit and pleasure (Gypsy). A symbol of good fortune (Chinese).

Dust

A dream of temporary calamity (Gypsy). Dust is the Christian symbol of humility and woe, but its effects are obviously temporary and easily thrown aside.

Dwarf

An ominous dream of hatred against which you are warned to protect yourself (Artemidorus). The malevolence and ill-temper of the dwarfs by whom great personages were attended is proverbial.