COINS

(see Bank / Banking, Circle, Gold, Silver)

In the Tarot, the emblem of earthly concerns—e.g., money, jobs, possessions.

An alternative circle symbol due to their shape.

Improved luck or finances. Found pennies, and coins with the date of your birth are tokens of good fortune. Similarly, in Old Europe turning a pocketed coin by the light of a crescent moon or burying a silver coin beneath your doorstep encourages fortuity and prosperity.

A positive change in the weather (literal or figurative). When sailing ships were a predominant mode of transportation, found coins would be tossed on deck or imbedded in the masthead to ensure fair weather and good winds.

Spiritual protection and well-being. Ancient Egyptians placed coins on a mummy’s eyes so that the deceased could pay the ferryman and move safely into the next life.

Each coin may have more than one connotation.

For example, pennies are luck)’, but in modern society they are also regarded as somewhat worthless. So, a dirty old penny bearing the year of your birth being passed by in your dream could expose poor self- images, for example.

Flipping coins: Choices to make, or the interaction of fate and “chance” in your life.

Coins symbolize that which we desire intimately, but repress so deeply that the mind dare not mention its name. Therefore, it is common for these dreams to reference illicit love. To dream that you won many coins indicates that the thing they represent has a higher value than you thought, but also that you are experiencing a very creative period. By contrast, to imagine that someone you know steals your money means that you have exaggerated your feelings toward this person. To lose coins, if the dream is accompanied by a distressing feeling, reveals the fear of misplacing something very important to you.

Gold coins promise great profits; silver ones, setbacks; copper, poverty; fake ones are an indication of dishonor and shame.

To dream of gold, denotes great prosperity and much pleasure derived from sight-seeing and ocean voyages. Silver coin is unlucky to dream about. Dissensions will arise in the most orderly families.

For a maiden to dream that her lover gives her a silver coin, signifies she will be jilted by him. Copper coins, denotes despair and physical burdens. Nickel coins, imply that work of the lowest nature will devolve upon you.

If silver coins are your ideal of money, and they are bright and clean, or seen distinctly in your possession, the dream will be a propitious one.