The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary

by Nancy Wagaman
Lack or a perception of lack (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, financial, social, etc.).

One kind of scarcity or poverty in a dream might represent another kind in real life (for example, dreaming that you have no money could represent feeling spiritually empty).

See Depleted, Empty, Sparse, Famished, Debt, Wanting, Dry, Skinny

Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation

by Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream of scarcity, foretells sorrow in the household and failing affairs.

Islamic Dream Interpretation

by Ibn Seerin
(See Famine)