ORANGES

(see Eating, Fruit, Juice, Trees)

Because of its high vitamin content, this symbolizes good health or things that are good for you.

An emblem of the triune nature of humankind (body-mind-soul), because the tree bears flowers, leaves, and fruit simultaneously.

Buying oranges portends prosperity. In the Middle Ages, oranges were a highly valued and expensive commodity.

In the East, dreaming of oranges represents extending good wishes for joy and abundance to those you care about.

Controlling an unruly nature. Orange slices were originally put in drinks, believing they would prevent drunkenness. In this case, stopping the “inebriation” becomes a metaphor for self-regulation.

Russia: Faithfulness. Orange flowers were sometimes part of a brides bouquet for this reason.

Seeing a number of orange trees in a healthy condition, bearing ripe fruit, is a sign of health and prosperous surroundings.

To eat oranges is signally bad. Sickness of friends or relatives will be a source of worry to you. Dissatisfaction will pervade the atmosphere in business circles.

If they are fine and well-flavored, there will be a slight abatement of ill luck.

A young woman is likely to lose her lover, if she dreams of eating oranges.

If she dreams of seeing a fine one pitched up high, she will be discreet in choosing a husband from many lovers.

To slip on an orange peel, foretells the death of a relative.

To buy oranges at your wife’s solicitation, and she eats them, denotes that unpleasant complications will resolve themselves into profit.

A fruit is essentially a seed and carries with it the potential for something new to be created along with the sustenance needed to feed that new thing. Oranges are this but are also a symbol of sweetness and abundance, as they were once considered a royal fruit available only to those who possessed great wealth. There is a modern association with the orange that connects to its capacity to bring health and vitality with its abundance of vitamin C. Any of these meanings may be present with a dream that features oranges.