Rose(s)

In a dream, a rose represents a noble person, a woman, a newborn son, or it could represent the homecoming of a long awaited traveler. Plucking roses from a rosebush in a dream means harvesting honor, love, prosperity and blessings. Kissing a white rose in a dream means kissing a God­ fearing woman. Plucking a red rose in a dream means kissing a fun loving woman. Smelling the fragrance of a yellow rose in a dream means kissing a sick woman. A bouquet of roses in a dream means kisses, one after the other. A rosebud in a dream means a miscarriage. A rose in a dream also represents an estranged wife, or it could mean a dying woman, a losing business, a short lived happiness, or a promise that does not last. Receiving a rose from a young man in a dream means receiving a promise that will not hold too. Seeing a crown of roses over one's head in a dream means getting married. Roses on a tray in a dream signify the pleasure of youth that does not last, or they could denote the temporary joy of this world. Roses in a dream also signify praiseworthiness, or enjoying a good reputation. Rose oil or attar which is made from the petals of damask roses in a dream means intelligence, clarity of mind, a friendly and a gentle person. If a sick person sees himself laying on a bed of flowers in a dream, it means that he might die within forty days, because forty days represent the life span of a rose blossom. Cutting off a rosebush in a dream means distress. Harvesting roses in a dream means joy.

Roses are indicative of his wealth or child, and may indicate that onewho is absent will come or he will receive a letter. And it was said thatit is in dicative of a woman who will leave him or a child who will die ortrade that will not be profitable or joy that will not last. Hence it is said:Be like myrtle and do not be like a rose, because roses change with theslightest breeze, unlike myrtle. And they said in Verse:I see your love is like roses and does not last; there is no good in onewhose covenant does not last.My love for you is like myrtle in beauty and delight; it will last whenthe rose has faded. If the dreamer sees a young man giving him a rose, his enemy willgive him a covenant that does not last. If he dreams that there is a crownof roses on his head, he will marry a woman but they will separate soon. If a woman dreams that, she will marry a husband who will not staywith her. Pressed roses are indicative of the pleasures of this world, butthere is no strength in it and it does not last. If a woman dreams that shepicked a rose before it opened, she will miscarry a child.