To see them ripe, denotes joyous occasions, which, however, will be of short duration.
To eat them, denotes that you will engage in flirtations and other evanescent pleasures.
To gather them, you will obtain your desires, but they will not prove so solid as you had imagined.
If you find yourself gathering them up from the ground, and find rotten ones among the good, you will be forced to admit that your expectations are unrealized, and that there is no life filled with pleasure alone. [1]
If you pick up the fruit after it has fallen to the ground, it is a sign of change of position, not entirely for your good. Dried Plums— such as Prunes—show difficulties. [2]
2. A measure of happiness and success (note the stage of ripeness or general condition of the plum).
3. A cure for possible emotional “constipation,” repression (to encounter or eat prunes). [3]
The exception is the dried plum which becomes a prune, indicating that the dreamer should wait a reasonable time before making a decision. [5]
(Raphael). [6]
eating: wil experience a disappointment that wil push you to a position of honor.
green: efforts wil fail at a never-ending friendship.
out of season: are forcing affection upon the opposite sex.
picking ripe, from a tree: change of position in employment.
pudding, making: your product is no longer made with the original essential ingredient. [8]