Farming and Ploughing Dream - Omen of Growth?
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Farming and Ploughing Dream - Omen of Growth
In traditional Chinese dream interpretation culture, dreams often carry certain omens. Then, what omen does dreaming of farming and ploughing the fields hold in the dream analysis of Zhou Gong’s Interpretation of Dreams? Below are the findings from the comprehensive inquiry of Zhou Gong’s Interpretation of Dreams:
Dreaming of scenes of ploughing the fields: It foretells that your hard efforts will bring you gratifying rewards, or that you will be deeply trusted and gain unexpected harvests in group activities.

Farming and Ploughing Dream - Omen of Growth
Dreaming of tilling the farmland: It foretells that you will achieve your expected goals through your own efforts, such as making achievements in your career or reaping the fruits of love. Yet you still need to persevere in your efforts to attain greater success.
Dreaming of farmland being submerged by torrential rain or floodwater: It foretells that you will encounter setbacks or troubles that bring you losses; you need to stay alert and make thorough preparations.
Dreaming of teaching others to farm: It foretells an upcoming long journey.
Dreaming of ploughing the fields in heavy snow: It foretells a bumper harvest of crops with yields far exceeding the usual. Dreaming of this in spring ploughing bodes ill luck, while dreaming of it in the harvest season bodes a fruitful gain.
Dreaming of ploughing the fields by the sea: It is an ill omen for ordinary people, yet for scholars, it foretells joys to come in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Dreaming of someone else ploughing the fields: An auspicious omen. For literati, it foretells the arrival of official rank and emolument, a most propitious sign.
Dreaming of reclaiming farmland on flat ground: It foretells a smooth flow of fortune and a growing family property, bringing a boost to your financial luck.
Dreaming of farming with others together: It foretells a drought and poor harvest in the year.
Dreaming of floodwater in the farmland: Dreaming of this in spring or autumn foretells that all things you desire will come to you without seeking, with everything going auspiciously and smoothly. Dreaming of this in winter or summer bodes ill luck.
Dreaming of floodwater surging into the farmland: If this dream is had in spring or autumn, all things you wish for will arrive without you having to seek them.
Dreaming of ploughing the fields in the rain: An auspicious omen. This dream is a sign of great gains; heaven blesses the virtuous, and all good things come to them without seeking. It bodes great profits in wealth, promotion in official career with the support of noble people, and for the ill, a meeting with a famous doctor for a cure.
Dreaming of drinking wine by the field: It foretells rain on the You day, with great rejoicing and joy. For wealthy people, this dream foretells a blockage in ditches and water channels. For ordinary people, it foretells sad and tearful events on the You year or You day.
Dreaming of ploughing an expansive field: An extremely auspicious omen. It foretells a bumper harvest for the year and peace for the nation, joy for the people and tranquility for the family, promotion to a higher position with generous emoluments, and a prosperous and flourishing career with unimpeded good fortune.
Dreaming of ploughing the fields by yourself: An auspicious omen. For those who dream of this before a journey, it foretells wealth and profits in business; for all, it foretells feasts and wine with the coming and going of relatives and friends. For ordinary people, this dream foretells a pregnancy for the wife and a prosperous family property.
Dreaming of ploughing the fields by yourself: For ordinary people, it foretells an omen of an upcoming journey, as well as abundant feasts and wine, a pregnancy for the wife or concubines, and a plentiful family property. For merchants, it foretells attainable wealth and profits, and frequent interactions with relatives and friends.
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Paul Peng
Paul Peng is a Zhengyi Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi — the ancestral home of the Celestial Masters' tradition. Ordained at 25 after a dream from the Celestial Master, he has practiced for 25 years under Master Zeng Guangliang. He is the curator of this store, which is officially authorized by Tianshi Fu. All items are consecrated at the temple by the resident priest team.
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