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A stranger
People
- the unknown
- new tie
- other within
- boundary
In the traditional reading
A stranger was read as a new tie or a change not yet known. Greeting them warmly meant good news; being followed meant something to be careful about.
From dream research
Faces in dreams are generally thought to be recombinations of faces already seen rather than wholly new inventions. Feeling unfamiliar and being genuinely new are not the same thing.
Scene by scene, as it was handed down
- A stranger shows you the way — Taken as unexpected help arriving.
- A stranger follows you — Read as pointing to an anxiety you cannot name.
- You are invited into an unfamiliar house — Seen as entering a new position.
Dream reading is cultural symbol interpretation and does not foretell anything.