Sable

To be in a room hung with sable is a dream prognosticating the death of a close friend (Artemidorus).

Saber

A dream of triumph over enemies (Gypsy). An erotic dream (Freud).

Sage

Honor and advancement are here foretold (Raphael).

Sailing

Over smooth water, prosperity; rough water, misfortune; in a small boat, gaining harbor, sudden wealth (Raphael).

Sailor

A dream warning you of a dangerous sea voyage (Raphael).

Salamander

A dream of assurance that neither man nor elements can harm you (Gypsy). See tradition concerning salamanders.

Salmon

A dream denoting division and strike in the family (Gypsy).

Salt

Wisdom is here foretold (Gypsy). Salt is the symbol of wisdom, and of wit. See Attic Salt, etc.

Satin

A dream of joy, profit, etc. (Gypsy).

Satyr

A dream of lechery and lewdness (Gypsy).

Scaffold

See Gallows.

Scarecrow

A dream denoting dishonest friends (Gypsy).

School

To dream of attending school and being unable to learn shows an undertaking that the dreamer does not understand (Artemidorus).

Scissors

A dream forecasting marriage to a young girl, but very evil for a married woman (Gypsy). An erotic dream (Jung).

Scorpions

Misfortunes through secret enemies (Gypsy). Ancient symbol of War (Churchward).

Scratched

A dream forecasting accident or hurt (Gypsy).

Scroll

This dream forecasts the revelation of secret things (Gypsy).

Scythe

The loss of a friend through death (Gypsy). Mediaeval emblem of death.

Sea

Placid and smooth denotes happiness; rough and turbulent, sorrow (Gypsy).

Seed

To sow seed in a dream augurs the foundation of future wealth, joy, and health (Gypsy).

Sentinel

A dream of personal security (Gypsy).

Seraglio

Feebleness of disposition and inactivity are here indicated (Gypsy).

Seraphim

A dream of spiritual exaltation, piety (Gypsy).

Serpent

A dream of temptation and of evil (Gypsy). Obviously the dream interpreters of modern times have accepted the Christian and Jewish symbolism, rather than that of more remote antiquity. Freud and Jung, however, revert to more primitive times and interpret this as an erotic dream. Raphael interprets the serpent dream as one of "a deadly enemy bent on your ruin; to kill one denotes success over your enemy." The serpent was the ancient Egyptian symbol of . wisdom and of the sun; curled in a circle it represented time without end; twisted around a staff, it denoted health. "More subtle thou art than any beast of the field" (Bible).

Servants

Secret enemies; to hear them talk, scandal, suspicion (Gypsy).

Shamrock

Good health, longevity, some say a journey by water (Gypsy).

Shark

This dream denotes an enemy; if the shark eats you, the enemy will ruin you (Gypsy).

Sheaves

A favorable dream (Gypsy).

Sheep

Prosperity and enjoyment, if scattered they signify persecution (Gypsy). Early Christian symbol for the church.

Shell-Fish

To find shells empty, loss of time and credit; to find them, full, hope of success. To gather them, merry making and sport (Gypsy).

Shelter

To dream of seeking shelder against rain denotes secret trouble; to fly from a storm, evil to come; to find shelter prognosticates misery and despair; to have it refused, triumph and joy (Gypsy). Here the interpretation is easily traceable to early Christian persecution, when shelter and food were refused to the elect.

Shepherd

To dream of being a shepherd is a dream denoting great piety and charity (Gypsy). Christ, it will be remembered, was called the "Good Shepherd."

Ship

A dream of hopes and plans, fulfilled according to the fate of the dream bark in question (Gypsy). Also the Christian symbol of hope, etc.

Shipwreck

Misfortunes, to see others shipwrecked in your dream denotes that you will rise above them (Gypsy).

Shirt

A torn shirt denotes slander; to tear it yourself, indiscretion; a whole and good shirt is a dream of succesa (Gypsy).

Shoemaker

To dream that you are a shoemaker or even that you see one augurs a life of toil and difficulty (Gypsy).

Shoes

To dream of wearing a new pair denotes many journeys; generally unsuccessful; to travel without shoes means comfort and honor as you pass through life (Raphael).

Shooting

To dream of shooting a bird augurs accomplishment of purpose; to shoot and miss is ominous; to shoot a bird of prey forecasts triumph over enemies (Raphael).

Shower

See Rain.

Shrimp

A dream of grief and distraction.

Shrubs

Love and happiness are augured by this dream (Gypsy).

Sibyl

To consult a sibyl denotes deception and ill-founded fears; to dream of being one forecasts the disclosure of future events (Gypsy).

Sickness

To dream of being sick, illness or imprisonment; to dream of attending the sick, joy and virtue.

Sieve

A. dream of waste and want (Gypsy).

Silk

To be clad in silk augurs honor; to trade in silk, profit (Artemidorus).

Silver

A dream auguring unsuspected revelation (Gypsy). Silver is the emblem of knowledge (Bayley).

Singing

A dream of contrary, a dream of lamentation; to sing yourself signifies your own trouble, to hear others sing denotes distress among friends (Raphael).

Siren

Domestic entanglements are denoted by this dream (Gypsy).

Skeleton

A dream of horror, fright (Gypsy).

Skull

A dream denoting penance (Gypsy). Symbolism obviously Christian.

Sky

To see it clear and blue denotes health and prosperity; cloudy, troubles in proportion to the clouds (Gypsy).

Slang

To use slang in a dream augurs pleasure followed by regret (Gypsy).

Slave

To dream of seeing one punished denotes arbitrary injustice of which you will be the victim (Gypsy).

Sliding

A dream of success; to fall, however, connotes misfortune; to be tripped denotes an enemy (Raphael). See typical dreams.

Smoke

A dream indicating fake glory (Gypsy).

Snail

To see a snail in your dream foretells honorable promotion; if it shows its horns it denotes infidelity, adultery, want of chastity, etc (Artemidorus). The symbol of sexual power (Bayley).

Snake

See Serpent.

Snow

A dream of prosperity; a snow-storm, however, foretells difficulties from which the dreamer will escape (Gypsy).

Soap

A dream of transient worries (Gypsy).

Soldiers

Abandonment of present employment is augured in this dream, losses through the change as well as fighting and serious contentions (Gypsy).

Sovereign

To dream that you are a sovereign indicates disgrace (Gypsy).

Spade

A dream of futile toil (Gypsy).

Sparrows

A good fortune will attend whatever you have in view after this dream (Raphael).

Spear

A dream of suffering at the hands of enemies (gypsy). A symbol of the Passion, the spear was also worshiped as the emblem of the god Mars. Freud attributes an erotic meaning to this dream.

Spectacles

To dream of wearing them, disgrace, low spirits (Gypsy).

Spice

A sad dream (Gypsy). A symbol of the passion and death of Christ.

Spiders

To dream of a spider foretells money; for a spider to spin its web before your face augurs a fortune (Raphael). The spider is the symbol of shrewdness, perseverance and foresight (Pavitt). Schemer holds that to dream of seeing the upper part of a room covered with spiders is a symptom of headache.

Spindle

A dream denoting gossip and plotting (Gypsy).

Spinning

Many worries.

Spools of Thread

A dream of many serious worries (Gypsy).

Spring

Good fortune and success (Gypsy).

Squirrel

See Animals.

Staff

A dream of pilgrimage and journeys (Gypsy).

Stag

A dream denoting gain, profit (Gypsy). Symbol of solitude (Christian).

Starling

A dream invariably bringing happiness and success (Gypsy).

Stars

See Planets.

Starving

A dream of contrary auguring success and plenty (Gypsy).

Steps

To walk up steps is a dream auguring success in love, a happy marriage and a rise in life (Raphael).

Sting

By a bee, wasp or hornet injury by a wicked person (Raphael).

Stockings

To lose a dream of distress and trouble; holes warn you to guard your conduct (Gypsy).

Stork

A dream of change, possibly loss (Gypsy). Evidently the interpretation antedates the German interpretation of the symbol.

Storm

Heavy misfortunes which will vanish (Gypsy).

Stranger

To see one a dream of honor and success.

Straw

Misfortune, lack of money (Gypsy).

Strawberries

Good luck, a happy marriage (Gypsy).

Stream

See Brook, River, etc.

Struggling

With a burglar or in a dangerous place, a dream denoting attainment of honor; the struggle to obtain mastery denotes recovery from illness, to dream of being overcome in a struggle forecasts death during the next illness, which is probably near at hand (Gypsy).

Success

A dream of contrary signifying failure (Gypsy).

Sugar

To dream of swallowing a quantity of sugar denotes that privation is about to beset you (Gypsy).

Suicide

A dream denoting misfortunes brought about by yourself (Gypsy).

Sulphur

A dream denoting purification (Gypsy). Mediaeval physicians accounted sulphur the greatest of disinfectants and purifiers.

Sun

To see the sun is a dream of success; the sun rising denotes good news; a setting sun is bad, while for the sun to be overcast augurs troubles and changes (Gypsy). The invariable symbol of light and wisdom.

Sundial

A dream denoting wasted time (Gypsy).

Swallow

News from afar is forecast by this dream: a swallow's nest, domestic happiness (Gypsy).

Swamp

To dream of getting into a swamp foretells vexations through lack of money.

Swan

A white swan denotes wealth and happiness; a black one, grief (Raphael). A sacred bird of the ancients, though a mediaeval symbol of hypocrisy as the swan has white feathers and black meat. In the Norse legends, however, they were held as sacred and are thus held in Eastern Europe of to-day.

Sweetheart

To dream that he or she is well and smiling denotes purity and constancy; pale or ailing, the reverse (Raphael).

Swimming

With the head above water, success; the head under water, denotes misfortune; to sink forecasts ruin (Raphael).

Sword

To wear one is a dream denoting authority; to be cut with one, humiliation (Gypsy).

Sycamore

This dream signifies marriage to the maid, but jealousy to the wedded (Gypsy). In eastern lands it symbolized the tree of life.