Dictionary of Dreams

DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 63 children, or worship. Butcher block: In a dream, butcher's chopping block represents a hypocrite who interferes in people's business and takes sides in their arguments. B utcher's knife : (See Cleaver) Butcher: A butcher in a dream represents the angel ofdeath. Taking a knife from a butcher in a dream means falling sick, then recovering from one's illness to become strong and healthy again. I n a dream, a butcher also represents a man who causes destruction or evil, and particularly ifhe is seen holdinghis cutting knife, or ifhe is wearing a white uniform stained with blood. If one sees himself as a butcher wearing clean cloths, it represents longevity. A good looking butcher in a dream represents a prosperous culmination of one's life, or changing one's trade. Ifsomeone looks at him with despise or in the wrongway in the dream, itmeans that somethingis unlawful in what he sells. If the butcher is a man in the dream, he then represents the angel of death. Whatever place he appears in will bear the consequences. A butcher in a dream also represents an unjust person. I n a dream, if one sees a butcher who specializes in selling animal heads, he represents a guardian of people's estates, or a treasurer of a company, he also could represent adversities or death. If the animals' heads cannot be identified in thedream, and if they still have their skin, hair, and are dripping blood in the dream, then it means the disappearance of the people of knowledge and that knowledge will become selectively disseminatedbypolitical leaders. Catties' heads here represent people in danger. Buying an animal's head from a butcher in a dream means asking one's superior for a teacher for a special training, a coach, a continuing education program, or a betterjob. I f a butcher slaughters an animal for fun in a dream, it means suspicion about one's spiritual standing. Walking in a butchers market in a dream means adversities, sufferings, a quick death for sick people, loss of wealth for rich people, or the fear of people who are under oppression, or the scare of a person in debt concerning his family or property, or the fears of a person awaiting a courtjudgment. It is also said that a butcher in a dream represents tyranny and bloodshed. If a prisoner sees a butcher in his dream, it means that he will soon be released fromjail. Seeinga butcher in a dream also signifies safety, dispelling fears, protection, silence, vanquishing one's enemy, or it could mean meeting with a persuasive travel agent. (Also see Meat) Butler: (See Skewer; Wick) Butter: Eating butter in a dream means enjoying one's earnings and using them for worthwhile projects, or it could mean profits from one's business. It is said that eating butter in a dream means visiting the holy land. Eating butter in a dream also represents good harvest, plenitude, prosperity, good deeds, or the ease with which one handles his daily work. (Also see Cream; Ghee) Butterfly: (Moth; Silkworm) In a dream, a butterfly signifies ignorance, lack of experience with people, or inexperience with the proper protocol . A butterfly in a dream also could signify love and sacrificing one's life for o thers. A butterfly in a dream also represents fire worshipers, fear, or a weak enemy who speaks bigwords. Ifa farmer sees butterflies in his dream, it means hardships and lack ofwork, or consenting to evil by associating with evil companions, or befriending vile women. A silkworm in a dream represents the best of people who spend in charity from their best and who curtail their evil, or it could represent children who live a short life in this world, or people who leave a sizeable estate for their posterity. A silkworm, or a butterfly in a dream also could signify a short life, thenearendofone's life, amiller,or it could represent a painter. (AlsoseeMagician) Butterskln: (See Churn) Butting: (See Bullfight)