Padlock

Mysteries to be solved (Gypsy). The Christian symbol of silence.

Painting

A dream of painting a house denotes sickness in the family, but thrift and luck in business; to paint beautiful landscapes, poverty and false hopes (Gypsy). Practical symbolism.

Palace

A good dream foretelling wealth and dignity (Gypsy).

Pall

To dream of a body being borne to the grave foretells that the dreamer will attend a wedding.

Palm

A dream foretelling success and prosperity, to a woman children, to a maid marriage (Artemidorus). The Christian emblem of victory.

Palm-Tree

A dream foreshadowing great joy (Gypsy). The sacred tree of lower Egypt, also the Tree of Life (Egyptian). The Scriptural symbol for the righteous and godly.

Pansy

This dream foretells a constant sweetheart, but great poverty; the emblem of remembrance and kind thought.

Panther

A dream prognosticating the approach of evil, a lawsuit (Gypsy); the panther is the symbol of watchfulness and alertness.

Pantomime

A dream denoting living among deceitful persons (Gypsy).

Paper

To dream of white paper, innocence; written on, chicanery; printed, good fortune; decorated, deception (Gypsy).

Paradise

A good dream to each according to his desire and calling (Raphael).

Paralysis

A dream denoting the approach of illness (Gypsy).

Parasol

To hold one open, a false covering; closed, a marriage (Gypsy).

Parents

A dream of warning, especially if the parents be dead; if you have been guilty of folly their visit is to rebuke and to warn you of danger (Raphael). Obviously a dream inspired by a guilty conscience, expressed through the symbolism of the subconsciousness.

Park

To walk through a park, health and happiness (Raphael). The difference in the symbolism of the park and that of groves and forests is due to the difference in the ages to which they belonged respectively, the park being a mediaeval institution, while the grove dates to remote antiquity.

Parrot

This bird denotes the revelation of secrets, also eavesdropping (Gypsy).

Partridges

To a man this dream connotes dealings with malicious and conscienceless women (Artemidorus). This bird has ever been held as the symbol of foolishness.

Passing-Bell

To dream of hearing it denotes the illness of the dreamer or of a near relative (Raphael).

Patches

For a woman to dream of patching her husband's or her children's garments is an excellent augury of well-being and riches (Raphael). Frugality and thrift are invariably recorded as happy omens.

Path

To dream of a straight path denotes success and virtue, a crooked and thorny path forecasts disappointment and treachery (Gypsy).

Pawnbroker

A dream of poverty, losses and disappointments (Gypsy).

Peaches

To dream of them in season denotes contentment, wealth and pleasure (Artemidorus). A Chinese symbol of longevity and good fortune; the peach-tree was also the symbol of the Paradise of Osiris.

Peacock

To see one spreading its tail denotes wealth and a handsome wife; for a woman this is a dream forecasting the promotion of her husband to popular favor. To a young woman it symbolizes vanity and the attempted seduction by a coxcomb (Gypsy). The early Christians held it as the symbol of immortality. It was also the bird of Juno, who cursed whosoever should pluck its feathers; their children should never be well, nor should men come for their daughters; hence the superstition attached to these feathers. The modern symbol of pomp and vanity.

Pearls

A dream of tears (Gypsy). The jewel is also symbolical of weeping, especially to brides.

Pears

A dream denoting sickness (Raphael). It was held as an emblem of the human heart (Bayley).

Peas

A dream denoting success in business (Artemidorus).

Pen

Adversity, loss to a business man (Gypsy). Probably derived from the idea that knowledge interfered with the accomplishment of business.

Pepper

A dream denoting truthfulness to the verge of irritation (Gypsy).

Perfume

To compound them and to distribute them among friends is a dream connoting agreeable news; to receive them as gifts denotes news in accordance with whether the scent be agreeable or otherwise (Gypsy).

Pest or Pestilence

A dream threatening sickness and misfortune (Gypsy).

Pet

To dream of having one denotes protection by friends (Gypsy).

Petticoat

A dream of trouble and sorrow (Raphael).

Pheasants

A dream of inexhaustible happiness; to carry one in the hand, health, profit, glory; to eat one, surfeit, indigestion (Raphael).

Phoenix

A dream of renewed health and vigor (Gypsy). The symbol of immortality, resurrection, the soul.

Photograph

A dream warning you to make a final settlement of your affairs (Gypsy). Evidently derived from the ancient superstition concerning photographs.

Pick-Ax

A warning of coming evil, destruction by fire (Gypsy).

Pictures

A dream of falsehood and deceit (Raphael).

Pies

To dream of making pies augurs joy and profit (Gypsy).

Pig

A dream both good and bad, false friends, but a faithful lover (Gypsy). Chinese lucky symbol, but regarded as an emblem of greediness.

Pigeons

A good dream. Wild pigeons signify dissolute women; tame pigeons, honest women and matrons (Artemido-rus). For symbolism of pigeon see Dove.

Pillow

A dream prognosticating death (Gypsy). The Christian symbol of eternal rest. According to Budge it was used as a symbol of power and placed with the dead in order to enable them to lift their heads.

Pills

A dream forecasting sickness (Gypsy); an interpretation obviously attributable to sensory stimuli, and to subconscious knowledge of a physical condition.