Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation

by Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream that you gather white chrysanthemums, signifies loss and much perplexity; colored ones, betokens pleasant engagements.

To see them in bouquets, denotes that love will be offered you, but a foolish ambition will cause you to put it aside.

To pass down an avenue of white chrysanthemums, with here and there a yellow one showing among the white, foretells a strange sense of loss and sadness, from which the sensibilities will expand and take on new powers. While looking on these white flowers as you pass, and you suddenly feel your spirit leave your body and a voice shouts aloud ``Glory to God, my Creator,’’ foretells that a crisis is pending in your near future.

If some of your friends pass out, and others take up true ideas in connection with spiritual and earthly needs, you will enjoy life in its deepest meaning. Often death is near you in these dreams.

The Element Encyclopedia

by Theresa Cheung
The chrysanthemum is an autumnal flower and its petals evoke the rays of the sun.

If this flower appears in your dream, it may suggest longevity and mature wisdom. In traditional Chinese belief, the chrysanthemum also symbolizes the virtue of scholarly retirement, so your unconscious may have been urging you to study harder for an exam that you may be facing in the real world. On the other hand, because the chrysanthemum appears on Japan’s imperial crest, does Japan hold any significance for you?

The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams

by Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
To smell them predicts hopes fulfilled; to pick them forecasts increased social activity; and to give or receive them indicates an unexpected increase in status through influential friends.

See also Colors and Flowers.