Although there is a good deal of difference of opinion concerning the meaning of onions in a dream, a consensus of authoritative sources leads to the conclusion that to see onions forecasts a season of ups and downs; to eat them augurs an unexpected increase in material wealth, possibly through a legacy or a lucky gamble; to peel them prophesies family trouble (especially if your eyes watered); to cook them portends the estrangement of an important friend, and to serve them warns against too much emphasis on trivial pleasures.
[1]Different Gypsies have different things to say about onions. Generally they tie in with luck, be it good or bad.
If you dream of eating onions, some say you will be a receiver of stolen property while others say you will discover some hidden treasure. However, many Gypsies say that eating onions means you will get into a very disagreeable argument, perhaps with your own family.
To throw away onions means you will break up with your spouse or lover.
If you buy onions, you will receive an unexpected bonus.
[2]To dream of these useful vegetables denotes a mixture of good and ill luck.
If you are eating them, you. will receive some money, recover some lost or stolen thing, or discover some hidden treasure; your sweetheart will be faithful, but of a cross temper. It also denotes attacks from thieves and a failure of crops.
If you are gathering onions, it betokens the receipt of some unexpected news of a joyful kind, the recovery of some sick person of your family» or a speedy removal from your present situation.
[3]Seeing quantities of onions in your dreams, represents the amount of spite and envy that you will meet, by being successful.
If you eat them, you will overcome all opposition.
If you see them growing, there will be just enough of rivalry in your affairs, to make things interesting. Cooked onions, denote placidity and small gains in business.
To dream that you are cutting onions and feel the escaping juice in your eyes, denotes that you will be defeated by your rivals.
[4]The onion is known for two things:
its ability to induce tears and the many layers that make up its structure.
Dreaming of them may indicate one or both of these inherent meanings. You may be expressing a level of emotional expression that is not quite authentic. On the other hand, onions may symbolize the process one must go through to get to the heart of any matter that can only be done layer by layer in a slow, methodical fashion.
[5]To dream of an onion indicates that you will be the focus of envy, malice, and resentment as a result of your accomplishments. It also suggests a series of layers you have to get through and ascertain regarding current concerns. Eating an onion indicates conquering all adversaries, while seeing cooked onions implies slight expansion in business.
A dream that you are slicing onions suggests being won over by your enemies.
[6]Luck both good and ill; to eat onions augurs receiving money, discovery of lost or stolen articles; a faithful but hasty sweetheart. Also attacks from thieves and failure of crops.
To gather onions, joyful news, recovery from illness and a speedy removal (Artemidorus).
[7]Onions can symbolize many-layered issues, like the many aspects of life to be discovered and revealed. Also, onions, like garlic, are sometimes used as talismans against evil forces.
[8]To see onions growing in a field indicates opposition to present plans.
To be cutting or peeling onions, a need to work harder to avoid defeat or frustration.
[9]This and other vegetables of a similar nature, such as garlic, are prophetic that your vigorous attention to business will result in satisfactory rewards.
[10]1. Addressing problems with many layers, all of which require examination.
2. Facing problems that may make one cry.
[11]A very mixed dream. You will encounter some unexpected good fortune, but it will prove disappointing to you in the end.
[12]To dream of eating onions, means
Much strife in thy domestic scenes; Secrets found out or else betrayed,
And many falsehoods made and said.
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buying: your feelings wil be hurt, but push on to victory over obstacles.
cooking: wil be visited by a friend, who wil become envious and spiteful.
eating, cooked: a negative lesson to an evil fan wil be made palatable.
fried, rings: your over-joyousness wil attract an annoying foe.
raw: solutions come through bitter lessons.
peeling: great happiness wil soon be yours.
planting: your forceful decisive personality wil meet with agreement.
pulling, out of the ground: revelation of a multilayered secret.
seeing, growing: rivals wil press you to express your unpleasant thoughts about them.
slicing an: your present il humor wil be short-lived.
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