Pilot

A dream of safety and of protection (Gypsy).

Pincers

A dream of persecution and injustice (Gypsy). In Christian symbolism they represent martyrdom.

Pineapples

He who dreams of pineapples will soon receive an invitation to a feast or to a wedding; this dream also denotes prosperity and good health (Gypsy).

Pine-Cone

A happy dream auguring health (Gypsy). The pine-cone is the symbol of life, abundance and power (Barber).

Pine-Tree

To see a pine-tree in your dream signifies idleness and remissness (Artemidorus). This tree was especially dedicated to Dionysius, hence the interpretation after the passing of the Greek Gods.

Pins

This dream signifies contradiction and discussion of trivial matters (Gypsy). Sharp or pointed instruments usually receive an unpleasant interpretation.

Pipe

A dream of peace and tranquillity (Gypsy). The symbolism of the "Pipe of Peace" is probably derived from the American Indian.

Pirate

To a girl this dream indicates marriage to a foreigner; to a man travel in strange lands (Raphael).

Pistol

A dream prophesying attacks from secret enemies (Gypsy). Probably a suggestion from the subconsciousness, which recognizes much that is unperceived by the conscious.

Pit

A dream forecasting decline of business, possible descent to want and distress; to fall into a pit denotes misfortune and tragedy (Raphael).

Pitchfork

An evil dream save to farmers, to whom it augurs wealth through toil (Gypsy). A symbol of Satan in Christian art.

Pitcher

To carry one, a dream of failure; to drop or break it, disaster, death (Gypsy). See legends, etc.

Planets

A dream denoting joyful tidings (Gypsy). Probably derived from the Biblical description of the birth of Christ.

Plank

To walk a plank in your dream forewarns you of treachery (Gypsy).

Plants

See Flowers.

Plow

A dream denoting wealth through industry, also marital comfort (Raphael).

Plums

Green plums forecast sickness; ripe ones are fortunate; to dream of picking them from the ground and finding them rotten denotes false friends, poverty and disgrace. (Raphael).

Pole-Star

A dream of loyalty and devotion (Gypsy). The universal emblem of stability.

Police

To a respectable person this dream denotes honors (Raphael).

Pomegranate

To dream of gathering them ripe denotes fortune through an influential person; unripe pomegranates foretell sickness and scandal (Gypsy). It was the Christian symbol of the resurrection and of fertility. With the golden bells they form part of the symbolic robe of the Israelitish high priest.

Pond

See Lake.

Poniard

A dream denoting injustice and persecution (Gypsy). A Christian symbol of martyrdom.

Poplar

To dream of a green poplar denotes fulfilled hopes, if withered it denotes disappointment (Gypsy). It was once held sacred to Hercules. Afterwards it symbolized the Holy Rood of the Christians (Bayley).

Poppv

A dream denoting illness to the sleeper or tidings of illness to loved ones (Gypsy). An interpretation evidently derived from the use of the poppy in the manufacture of opium, rather than from the symbolism of the blossoms.

Porcupine

A dream auguring the handling of a delicate affair (Gypsy).

Porpoise

A dream of joy and happiness (Artemidorus).

Portfolio

A dream bespeaking mysteries, things hidden from sight (Gypsy).

Portrait

A dream forecasting long life to the person represented, especially if the portrait be painted on wood. To receive or to give one away, treason (Gypsy).

Potatoes

To dream of digging them, success, profit; if, however, they be few or small, failure (Gypsy).

Pot-Herbs

To dream of them, especially if they have a strong odor, is the prognostication of the discovery of hidden secrets and of domestic concerns.

Popcorn

To dream of watching popcorn or of eating it forecasts a pleasant surprise.

Poultice

To dream that one is applied to any part of the body implies trouble to that especial organ or limb (Gypsy).

Poverty

A dream of contrary to the poor, but ill for the rich or for those who use eloquent speech (Artemidorus).

Precipice

To fall over, personal injury (Artemidorus).

Primroses

A dream foretelling sickness, sorrow, death (Raphael).

Prison

A dream of contrary denoting happiness, hope, etc. (Raphael). Evidently many of these interpretations trace their derivation to the days of the early Christians when persecution and humiliation were borne with joy and hope.

Procession

To see one in a dream denotes happiness and joy to come (Gypsy).

Profanation

Misery and future misfortune are herein denoted (Gypsy).

Prunes

A dream denoting health and joy; dried foretell vexations (Gypsy).

Public House

To dream of keeping a public house denotes extremes financially; to drink in one, sickness, poverty, imprisonment for debt (Gypsy).

Puddles

A dream denoting undesirable acquaintances who will get the dreamer into trouble (Gypsy).

Pumpkin

To see one augurs that the dreamer will have admirers; to eat them, indisposition (Gypsy).

Purity of the Air

The dream of pure air is supposedly lucky; of bad air, the reverse may be said (Gypsy). Obviously this interpretation has a physical basis.

Purse

To find a full purse denotes happiness; to dream of losing one, sickness (Gypsy).

Pyramid

A dream of grandeur and wealth; to be on top of one augurs great achievement (Gypsy).