Selenarium · Dreams
What it means to dream about apples
Apples in a dream are the fruit of something you have grown a long time: your work, a bond, yourself. Ripe and full, it is ready, so take it. Wormy, it is smooth outside and eaten away within, and you can feel it. No dream carries tomorrow written down, it hands back the day you just lived - so start here: what have you grown that is ready to be picked?
First layer · what tradition says
What the traditional dream book says
In the dream books, apples mean health, love and plenty. Ripe red ones mean joy and a feeling that's returned, rotten or wormy ones disappointment, and an apple picked in secret a temptation.
Second layer · the honest read
What the dream really reflects
Really, apples come when it's time to pick the fruit off something you've grown for a long time: your work, a relationship, yourself. Ripe and full, it's ready, so take it without hesitating. Wormy, it's smooth on the outside and eaten away within, and you can feel it. The temptation to pick an apple that isn't yours is about wanting something that doesn't belong to you yet.
FAQ
Is dreaming about apples lucky or unlucky, and where does that leave you if the fruit is wormy inside?
Hunting for a fixed sign will get you nowhere: a wormy one speaks of something smooth outside and eaten away within, and a ripe one speaks of fruit you can take without hesitating. Here is a mirror, not a verdict.
Why do the old dream books read dreaming about apples as health, love and plenty?
The old lists recorded this picture once and for everybody as health, love and plenty, and no living person fits inside an entry like that. I keep to the mirror: the same picture lands differently for each person because the subject here is your life, and what it asks you is this: what have you grown that is ready to be picked?
The dream reflected you for one night. The chart of the sky holds your whole reflection.
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