The interpretation of dreaming about milk can also be looked at from a very different viewpoint. Milk can be a safe representation of semen and you may have unconscious (or conscious) desires for sexual relations. However, in my opinion is is unlikely that milk in dreams represents sexuality. Finally, milk is a lunar symbol and as such it is feminine. It suggests a renewal in spirit and thought, just like springtime is the renewal in nature. [1]
To see milk in large quantities, signifies riches and health.
To dream of dealing in milk commercially, denotes great increase in fortune.
To give milk away, shows that you will be too benevolent for the good of your own fortune.
To spill milk, denotes that you will experience a slight loss and suffer temporary unhappiness at the hands of friends.
To dream of impure milk, denotes that you will be tormented with petty troubles.
To dream of sour milk, denotes that you will be disturbed over the distress of friends.
To dream of trying unsuccessfully to drink milk, signifies that you will be in danger of losing something of value or the friendship of a highly esteemed person.
To dream of hot milk, foretells a struggle, but the final winning of riches and desires.
To dream of bathing in milk, denotes pleasures and companionships of congenial friends.
See also: Buttermilk. [2]
If the milk is sour, then it indicates that a problem suffered by a close peer will cause you great stress.
If it is impure, then it implies that you will be facing minor issues and obstacles.
To see milk in large quantities represents future status and prosperity To dream of dealing in milk commercially also denotes a gain in wealth.
To give milk away reflects your compassionate and charitable nature.
To spill milk implies that a close peer will be the cause of a brief period of distress.
To dream of trying unsuccessfully to drink milk represents the chance of falling out of favor with someone you emulate. It may also mean that you will no longer have possession of some important item.
To dream of hot milk implies that you will achieve prosperity and status after minor hardships.
To dream of bathing in milk suggests that you have many close and supportive peers [3]
If you are drinking the milk, this may represent the fulfillment of your inner child.
If poured on the skin, a dream that confronts self-images or prejudicial feelings.
For hundreds of years in Europe, milky-white skin was considered the height of beauty and comeliness (See also: Color).
Spilled milk represents worrying over things which you cannot change (e.g., “crying over spilt milk”).
In Hindu, Egyptian, Japanese, and Greek civilizations, this substance also represented the primordial cosmic matter of creation itself. In a personal setting, this may mean the development of a more intuitive, inventive spirit that can “tune in” and transmit the frequency of universal truths through a specific medium.
Sour milk symbolizes negativity toward your mother, or toward becoming a mother. Warm milk is a positive omen, reflective of renewed peace and a sense of well-being. [4]
Sour milk portends setbacks or difficulties created by your own foolish actions, and spilled milk indicates that your grasp is greater than your reach.
A dream of milking a cow or a goat promises prosperity through hard work.
To skim the cream off the milk forecasts social popularity, but spilled cream is a caution against new ventures—stick to known paths for the next few months.
See also: Buttermilk, Cow, Goat. [5]
Vision: If you’re looking at or drinking milk: congratulations, you have a clear conscience. You are at peace with yourself and the world, and are willing to help anybody who is in trouble at any time. Looking at a pitcher fidl of milk: expect a visit from a dear friend.
See also: Butter, Cream, Cottage Cheese.
Depth Psychology: Dreaming about milk is a message: nurture the new aspects of your personality that you have just discovered. Milk is also a symbol for motherliness, empathy, and generosity. Milk provides life-giving energy and vitality. [6]
(2) It may symbolize nourishment for your psyche, enabling personal expansion.
(3) Drinking milk may symbolize sharing in divine life or consciousness; or awareness of the one source of all life, one life-force. Religious traditions speak of a fluid or drink that came from God - as sap in trees, blood, etc. - and was variously named: milk, ambrosia, honey / mead, nectar, etc. Psychologically, ‘God’Aiivine life’ may be experienced / understood as your true self, living in tune with your ‘destiny’ or fundamental psychic structure.
MILI. [7]
To dream that you are choking on milk, indicates that you are being overprotected.
If you dreamed of sour milk, you will be tormented by small problems and annoyances.
To dream of warm or hot milk means you will have to struggle for quite a while before accomplishing your rise to fame and/or fortune.
To dream that you are bathing in milk is a positive omen, symbolizing a stable circle of loyal and caring friends. [8]
If you dream that you give your milk away, this denotes that you are too generous and could harm your own finances.
If you spill milk, your friends will disappoint you, and if the milk is not pure, you will suffer many small aggravations.
If you try to drink milk, and cannot swallow it, this denotes that you are in danger of losing the friendship of a person you have know for a long time. [9]
If you dream that you give milk to others it represents the spiritual values or inspiration that you give to others around you.
If you drink milk, especially mother’s milk, this dream is an omen of good health. [11]
If the dreamer is receiving the milk, it can indicate that a deep inner nourishment is being received. Should the dreamer be giving the milk to one’s self or to another, much love and caring is being expressed in the dreamer’s life. Also, perhaps a caretaking profession is being sought. [14]
2. Nature.
3. Need for emotional nourishment.
4. If one gives milk away, it indicates kindness.
5. If one gives milk away, it may mean one is foolishly giving his/her own resources to others.
6. If one spills milk, a mistake has been made.
7. If someone else spills milk, that person has made a mistake. [16]
To give Milk to some other person is a good omen for those in love.
It is also a very good sign to dream that you are Milking a cow, provided the animal is docile and quiet. [17]
It is a fortunate sign for a pregnant mother.
To spill milk, foretells unhappiness for the dreamer. Sour milk, domestic problems. Hot milk, the dreamer must exert great effort to accumulate money. [21]
Motherly support or encouragement.
The sweetness of life.
Childhood, childlike qualities, or innocence.
Selling milk is an omen of a comfortable income.
Bathing in milk is a forecast of pleasure in life. [24]
If a man or a woman discover that they are carrying milk in their breast in a dream, it means building of one’s savings.
If a man sees milk flowing from his breast in a dream, it means wealth, prosperity and that new opportunities will rise from every direction. Woman’s milk in a dream means recovering from an illness.
If a woman sees herselfcarrying milk in her breast in a dream, when in reality she does not have it, it means that she will breast feed a new born.
If a woman sees herself breast-feeding a baby, a man, or another woman in her dream, it means that the source of earnings will be hampered or restricted to both the suckling person and to the one who is breast-feeding him. Hiring a wetnurse to breast-feed one’s child in a dream means raising a child to be like his father, or to have the character of one’s father. Sucking milk from a woman’s breast in a dream also means prosperity and profits. Drinking the milk ofa horse in a dream means receiving love and affection from someone in authority and earning benefits from such a relationship. Drinking the milk of a mare in a dream means a meeting with a ruler. In general, cow’s milk, goat’s milk, or sheep’s milk in a dream represent lawful earnings. Milking in a dream means craftiness and cunning, or it could mean prosperity. Milking an Arabian shecamel in a dream means working in an Arab country. Milking an Asian Bactrian camel in a dream means working in another country. Ifblood comes out of the glands of a she-camel instead of milk in a dream, it means deviation from God’s path, or it could represent a tyranny. Ifa venom flows from one’s glands instead of milk in the dream, it means earning unlawful money.
If a merchant, or a business man milks any milk producing animal in a dream, it means profits. Sucking the gland of a pregnant she-camel, one, two, or three times in a dream means steadfastness in one’s religion, performing one’s obligatory prayers, distributing charity, acquiring knowledge and wisdom. Milking a camel and drinking its milk in a dream also means marriage to a pious and a chaste woman.
If one is already married, then it means that his wife will beget a blessed son. I[ a poor person sees himself milking a cow and drinking its milk in a dream, it means that he will earn enough money to satisfy his basic needs. Drinking sheep’s milk, or goat’s milk in a dream means profits, happiness, comfort and joy. Lioness milk in a dream also means money or conquering one’s enemy, or justly opposing the ruler of the country.
The milk of an eagle in a dream means power and victory. Tiger’s milk in a dream means avowing one’s enmity toward someone. Drinking the milk ofajackal or a wolf in a dream means paying a fine, extreme fear, suffering losses, or lack of determination, or it could mean presiding over people and skillfully defrauding them of their wealth. Drinking swine’s milk in a dream means changes in one’s state, altering one’s mind and focus. However, drinking a little of it in a dream may mean acquiring lawful earnings, though drinking a lot of it in the dream could mean receiving unlawful money. Drinking bitch’s milk in a dream means feebleness of mind, or senility, or it could represent money earned from an unjust person, or it could mean presiding over one’s local community, or becoming the governor of the town. Drinking the milk of any beasts in a dream represents doubt about one’s religion. Drinking zebra’s milk in a dream also means an illness. Drinking the milk of a deer or a gazelle in a dream represents small earnings.
The milk of non-milk producing animals or birds in a dream means that one’s wish will come true.
The milk of predatory animals and stingers in a dream means making peace with one’s enemy. Drinking snake’s milk in a dream means performing a deed that is pleasing to God Almighty, rejoicing, or escaping from a calamity.
The milk of a fox in a dream denotes a passing illness which will be followed by borrowing a small amount of money, or it could mean recovering from an illness. Drinking donkey’s milk in a dream also represents an illness, while drinking the milk of a she-ass in a dream means profits. eat’s milk in a dream represents an illness, experiencing life’s adversities, or it could denote generosity. Seeing.milk spilled on the ground in a dream means corruption, tyranny and blood-shed on earth that will equal the amount of the spilled milk. Sheep’s milk in a dream means honest earnings. Cow’s milk also means wealth.
A mule’s milk in a dream means financial straits, adversities and horror.
The milk of a sable in a dream means an illness or fear. Pouring milk into the drain or wasting it in a dream means losing money, or it could mean longevity, pregnancy, knowledge, or a scandal that will expose one’s private life. Curdled milk in a dream means distress. Rabbit’s milk and horse’s milk in a dream means having a righteous name, or giving a righteous name to one’s newborn. Human milk in a dream represents a trust one should not waste or give to other than its rightful owner.
The milk of an unknown animal in a dream means energy and strength for a sick person, release from prison, illegal seizure of property, or extortion and blackmailing.
(See also: Breast-feeding, Colostrum, Dairyman, Milking) [37]
cow, milking a: peace and plenty and pleasant journeys are coming.
getting lots of, from: enjoy the simplicities of life; prosperity in love affairs.
donkey, of a: deep inner nourishment has been reserved for your use only.
drinking: nurture the flowering of your personality.
empty udder, an: your energy is insufficient for successful completion of the project.
goat’s: your naïve immaturity leads to childish behavior, embarrassing but fun.
large container full of: unexpected fortune from a dear friend.
large quantities of, having: possessions and loving support wil be withheld from you.
malted, making a: your success is assured.
married woman having plenty of: wil be pregnant again.
old woman having: big wealth wil provide a safe journey for the traveler.
others, giving, to: wil lead a charitable life in a caretaking profession.
pail, carrying full: good news concerning a birth.
empty: wil be tormented with trivial inequities, forgetting the whole picture.
selling: wil win by remaining independent of others’ persuasion.
large amounts of: abundant harvest and prosperity for the farmer.
souring: have left your vigorous mind to wal ow in minor disputes.
spilling: a slight tiff at home over your continual faultfinding.
woman selling: large profits for highly esteemed businesspeople.
young girl milking a cow: possessions are being withheld by greedy, jealous brother. [38]