To dream of coals is a very unlucky omen; it denotes much affliction and trouble. To dream you see coals burning, if they are very clear and bright, is a good sign. To dream you see the coals extinguished and reduced to cinders, denotes death, either to yourself or some near relation or friend; it also indicates great losses, and forewarns you of beggary and prison.
[1]A dream of trouble, loss, hunger (Raphael); secret love is the interpretation attached to this dream by Freud. “With coal no fire so hotly glows as secret love, which no one knows.”—Freud, Interpretation of Dreams, p. 316.
[2]To see bright coals of fire, denotes pleasure and many pleasant changes.
To dream you handle them yourself, denotes unmitigated joy.
To see dead coals implies trouble and disappointments.
[3]1. Heat moving nearer;
2. Cleansing of sin (Isaiah said I am a sinful man put a coal of fire to my lips); Good or evil burning fire. (Is 47:14; Isaiah6:7.
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