the dreamer's condition
Dreaming of hunger
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of For the striving, hunger in a dream foretold appetite rewarded, a keenness that would find its table. A hunger followed by eating was fortune arriving after effort.
Drawn down, it warns of To hunger amid plenty, food you cannot reach or cannot taste, warned of gains withheld, an inheritance disputed, a favor promised and unpaid.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Hunger in a dream is honest appetite, the psyche naming a lack before the mind will admit it. Notice what food appears, the dream is precise about what is missing.
Drawn down, it warns of A hunger nothing fills is a need being fed the wrong thing, attention where love was wanted, work where rest was. The stomach in the dream is standing in for the soul.
Did you dream this?
Keep it before it fades
Write the dream down in your journal and the cards will name its symbols for you, or have the whole dream read in full.