Hack

To see one denotes a visit from a friend.

Hail

Sorrow and trouble, with tempest and thunder, afflictions; repose to the poor, however, for during storms they rest (Artemidorus).

Hair

To dream that you have white hair denotes high honor; black and short, misfortune; disheveled hair, annoyances, sorrows, etc.; falling out, loss of friends; hair in a tangle, lawsuits; long hair like a woman, effeminancy, weakness; longer and blacker than usual, increase of riches; thinner than usual, affliction, poverty; seeing it grow white, loss of fortune; a bald-headed woman, famine; a bald-headed man, abundance, riches, health (Gypsy).

Hammer

A dream of oppression (Artemidorus).

"Like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces," Jeremiah xxiii.

Handbills

To post them, dishonor; to read them, labor without reward.

Hanging

To dream of being hanged prognosticates success in proportion to the gibbet; if the dreamer be ill he will find joy and contentment; the dream of condemning another to be hanged signifies anger with the person, followed by a restoration of confidence which will be abused. The Persians and Egyptians interpret the dream of hanging as auguring riches, honor and respect. To dream of being delivered from being hanged forecasts downfall in estate and dignity (Artemidorus).

Hare

A dream of wealth resulting from fertility of resource and address. Symbol of nimbleness of wit and cleverness in Gypsy and African lore.

Harp

A cure for madness (Gypsy). Ancient symbolism.

Harpies

Tribulation and pain caused by envious persons, malice and treachery (Artemidorus); see Mythology.

Hart

To kill a hart in your dreams forecasts an inheritance from an old man, also the overcoming of fugitive and deceitful enemies. A running hart shows wealth through subtlety (At emidorus). A symbol of flectness and of hermit life.

Harvest

A dream of prosperity (Gypsy).

Harvesters

To dream of many of them denotes success in trade; to see them idle, scarcity (Gypsy).

Hatchet

A warning to expect peril or death (Gypsy).

Hawk

The dream of the commencement of a new enterprise; if the hawk dart downwards you will succeed, but if a little bird attack the hawk you will fail (Gypsy). Ancient symbol of the sun, of intelligence and good luck; also of enterprise; the bird of Horus.

Hawthorn

A dream of constancy (Gypsy). Symbol of constancy.

Hay or Hay-Cart

Success through diligence (Gypsy); agricultural symbol of prosperity.

Headache

A dream of trouble, sickness, loss of wealth (Gypsy). The physical stimuli account for this interpretation.

Health

A bad omen for the sick (Gypsy). Evidently due to physical stimuli.

Heart

To dream of the heart as sick or suffering augurs illness dangerous in proportion to the suffering; an injury to the heart portends danger; to dream of having no heart shows that death is near at hand (Gypsy). Obviously attributable to physical conditions.

Heat

To dream of eternal heat denotes fever (Gypsy). Obvious interpretation.

Heather or Heath

A dream of hope; if withered or dry, frustrated hopes (Gypsy).

Heaven

A beautiful and auspicious dream; to ascend thereto, grandeur and glory (Artemidorus).

Hedgehog

A dream forecasting the meeting with an old friend whom you have not seen for years (Gypsy). A Gypsy emblem of honesty and loyalty.

Hedges

When green, prosperity; when thorny and impenetrable, dangers and difficulties (Gypsy). Obvious symbolism.

Hell

A dream denoting mental agony or bodily pain (Gypsy),

Hen and Chickens

See Brood.

Herbs.- - To dream of hemlock, henbane and other poisonous herbs denotes that you are in danger, but to dream of useful herbs is good (Gypsy). Apparently a dream from physical stimuli induced by the odors of the herbs in question.

Herdsman

A dream of damage to the rich and profit to the poor (Raphael). Here the interpretation is obviously based on reason, for what would be gain to one is loss to the other.

Herd of Cattle

See Cattle.

Hermit

See Abbott.

Heron

See Crane.

Hickory-Nuts

Trouble from creditors.

Hill

To dream of climbing a steep hill and reaching the top, difficulties overcome; to fail to reach the top, disappointment; green hills in the distance, hope, promise (Artemidorus).

Hog

Avarice and greed are augured by this dream (Artemidorus); symbol of sensuality; Circe turned men to swine of old.

Holly

A good dream (Gypsy); the symbol of joy.

Honey

A dream of prosperity (Artemidorus). "A land flowing with milk and honey," was the promised land of the Hebrews.

Hops

A dream of peace and plenty (Gypsy); the soothing influence of hops is well known.

Hornet

A dream of vexations (Gypsy).

Horns

Dream of wearing horns denotes dominion and grandeur (Artemidorus). Horns have ever been worn by priests and rulers of barbarous tribes as symbols of state and power. Jung and Freud attach to them a phallic significance.

Horse

A dream of happiness, to dream of riding signifies success (Gypsy). Jung regards this as an erotic dream; courage and generosity are symbolized by the horse, while

Swedenborg regards it as the emblem of the "intellectual principle."

Horse-Chestnut

A dream denoting home quarrels and worries,

Horse-Shoe

A peculiar dream denoting good fortune in business and home affairs (Gypsy). A world symbol of good fortune.

Hospital

An unfortunate dream (Raphael). A dream of sensory origin.

Hounds

To dream of following them denotes unprofitable pursuits (Gypsy). Symbolism obvious.

House

To build one, profit; to be in a strange house denotes change (Gypsy). Schemer contends that the dream phantasm of a house has its representation in the entire organism. Under some conditions a single organ would be represented by a whole series of houses. Long rows of houses symbolize intestinal excitements. On other occasions particular parts of the house would represent particular parts of the body. In one headache dream, the ceiling of the room which the dreamer sees is covered with disgusting reptilelike spiders - the ceiling represents the head (Freud).

Howls

To hear howls in a dream is an omen of death (Gypsy); popular superstition concerning howls responsible for this interpretation.

Humming-Bird

Travel in a foreign land, success there is denoted by a dream of this little creature flittering from flower to flower (Artemidorus).

Hump-Back

A dream denoting prosperity (Artemidorus); derived from the superstition that these unfortunates bring luck to whosoever touches the hump.

Hyacinth

A dream denoting riches (Gypsy).

Hydra

To see a hydra or seven-headed serpent signifies temptation (Art). See symbolism of the serpent.

Hyena

A dream of cruel sorrow (Gypsy). The symbol of ferocity.

Hymns

To sing them in a dream signifies the dreamer's death (Gypsy). The symbolism connecting hymn-singing with the funeral service is obvious.

Hyssop

A dream signifying labor, trouble, sickness, weakness. To physicians, however, the dream is propitious (Arte-midorus).