Depth Psychology: Dates in mens dreams are always a symbol of female sex organs, sexual desires, and the longing for love. [1]
If you pluck one of these juicy morsels and feed it to your love denotes that you will soon marry or find the perfect mate for you. Should you eat a dull looking date that has been packed for shipping this will auger poverty and need for the dreamer. [2]
In ancient Greece, wives ate dates at the wedding feast because its symbol of sexuality and fertility makes it an omen of wealth and luck. An Arab belief promises the birth of a child to whoever dreams of dates. [3]
To dream that you are eating dates, signifies distress. You are rarely happy with what you have. You are too concerned with your desires for material things. [4]
Making “dates” with friends is an augury of a disappointment in a business deaL. [5]
To see dates growing or harvested is a forecast of business success. [7]
To harvest dates in a dream in season means that one may get married to a noble and a wealthy woman. It also means acquiring knowledge. Harvesting dates out of season in a dream means that one will learn something good but fail to act upon it. Ifone see that he is fanning himself with a tender and a wet branch of a palm tree in a dream it means learning something beneficial from a hypocrite, or it may mean relief from distress.
If a woman sees herself eating ripened dates that are dripping with juices in the dream, it means that she will receive an inheritance from her husband and that her name will be included in his will, even if she is divorced. Ifone sees himself taking a date, splitting it in half and extracting the date pit from it in a dream, it means that he will beget a son. Eating fresh dates in a dream means hearing good words beside other benefits.
(See also: Bunch ofdates, Date spread) [12]
buying: wil be admired by a member of the opposite sex.
eating: wil experience want of several lovers when you meet an old flame.
giving a gift of: wil have to take a disagreeable journey.
receiving: troubles on a long journey caused by false companions.
growing on a palm tree: fertility, prosperity and a significant marriage.
making a: feel unattractive and unwanted to the point of distress.
unable to make a: lover wil forsake you for another. [13]