To see yourself in this state, if not real, announcing an upcoming change of situation that will benefit your emotional life and your financial interests.

To dream of a widow, signifies a reward; to dream you are a widow, portends death or disappointment. To dream of a widower, denotes strife and quarrels.

…If you dream of a widow it foretells good news, or widower — you’ll wed the best wife you can choose….

To dream you are playing at dice, denotes a portion of your time will meet with various fortune — sometimes rich, sometimes poor. To play at cards, and you prove the winner, fortune will favour you during the year. If you play at any game with the opposite sex, and the winnings are returned, rest confident the party loves you, or will in time. If the cards are left scattered, it will be a long courtship. If left packed it is a double sign of a happy union. If your sweetheart is dressed in black, male or female, you may expect a widow or widower.

To dream of a hen and chickens, shows you will be married to a widow or widower with many children.