To receive guests or see ghosts, portends speedy death, or if a guest yourself, famine will stop your breath.

Your friends will be involved in fights and disagreements.

…An invitation to lunch or dinner in a dream means taking a long journey. If in the mid-afternoon, it signifies a rest or taking a break from a troubling job. If it is an invitation to dinner in the dream, it means betraying someone under the cover of darkness. If one sees himself planning to invite people to a lunch or to dinner in a dream, it means that he wants to do business with them, or perhaps enter their circles. Consequently, he will be blamed for interfering or entering such a venture. If one sees himself hosting a dinner at his house, and the guests have finished eating in the dream, it means that he will preside over them. If a sick person sees such an invitation at his house in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness. Serving food to guests in a…

…anything so very out of the way in my choice of costume.Indeed, I stammered, “I think it most ordinary.” “Altogether too ordinary! Too infernally ordinary!” thundered my host. “Look at yourself in that glass!” and he pointed to a huge mirror as he spoke. Then my blood turned to ice. I had — yes, I had come as Adam — Adam before the fall! “Chase him!” shrieked my host, “Chase the insolent wretch, and when you catch him, skin him alive! Hardly were the words,” out of his mouth before the guests and musicians, armed with chairs, fans, and violins, rushed, shrieking and yelling, at me; but, happily for me, I was still some few feet ahead of my pursuers, when I awoke.On another occasion, I dreamed I was handing round the bag in some fashionable church, when all the men suddenly turned round and scowled at me, and the…

…Dreaming of eating at a table without a tablecloth indicates that the dreamer craves complete independence in how his or her life is being managed, which will soon be achieved by the dreamer, no matter if this will end up of affecting other people (partners or family members, for example). Dreaming about preparing the dining table because guests and visitors are being expected, indicates that the dreamer has good friendships and because of this, there is prosperity in the dreamer’s affairs or business. Dreaming of someone standing or sitting at a dining table indicates that he or she wishes to obtain favors in return of indiscretions. Dreaming of being at a table and cleaning dishes and leftovers indicates that the dreamer’s prosperity and tranquility will soon turn into failures and sorrows. Dreaming of standing before an old table, with no dishes, indicates a risk of loss, poverty and various…

…It is good Dreaming of a banquet. Friends will wait to do you favors. Dreaming of yourself, together with many gaily-attired guests, eating from costly plate and drinking wine of fabulous price and age, foretells enormous gain in enterprises of every nature, and happiness among friends. To see inharmonious influences, strange and grotesque faces or empty tables, is ominous of grave misunderstandings or disappointments….

…To dream that you’re eating ham suggests a desire for pleasant walks, parties and a comfortable life. When a woman dreams that she’s cooking ham, it symbolizes a happy, calm, problem free and pleasant home, and that she’ll have good social relationships. To dream about abundance of hams, and worse if they are in their rotting process, it suggests that someone is trying to scam you. To dream that you’re cutting slices of ham suggests that you’ll finally have control over all resistance and obstacles that you’re facing. To dream that you’re preparing a ham to start serving it to your guests suggests that you’ll receive attention from others. To dream that you’re trading or selling hams suggests upcoming prosperity and good health for you and your family. To dream about a ham’s roasting aroma suggests that soon you’ll be rewarded due to the intervention of others….

…For young people, gray hair in a dream means dignity and it could mean longevity, weakness or poverty. If gray hair grows in one’s beard and head in the dream, it means poverty. Seeing half gray hair mixed with one’s beard in a dream means strength, dignity and honor. If one’s wife is pregnant, and if he sees his hair turned gray in the dream, it means that she will beget a son. If one sees himself plucking out gray hair from his beard in a dream, it means that he respects the elderly people and honor religious scholars. If a woman sees her hair turned gray in a dream, it means the arrival of guests, or it could mean that her husband is having a mistress. If a rich person sees his body covered with gray hair in a dream, it means major business losses, while for a…

…Dreaming that you eat your dinner alone, denotes that you will often have cause to think seriously of the necessaries of life. For a young woman Dreaming of taking dinner with her lover, is indicative of a lovers’ quarrel or a rupture, unless the affair is one of harmonious pleasure, when the reverse may be expected. To be one of many invited guests at a dinner, denotes that you will enjoy the hospitalities of those who are able to extend to you many pleasant courtesies….

…When a woman dreams that she is managing a guesthouse, it suggests that she enjoys gossip and that will cause her problems. When you dream that a guest flees without paying, it is a warning that you’ll have problems, mainly with men. If, however, your guests pay for the services, then this dream suggests that your business or emotional problems will improve. To dream that you’re in a guesthouse suggests that you’re experiencing disgusts on your current environment or in your business, and therefore you long for a change….

…will stand humbly before him. If they prostrate themselves before him in a dream, it means that they truly praise him. If a king sees himself following the opinion of a woman in a dream, it means that he will lose his kingdom or fall victim to depression, or that he will be thrown into jail. If he opposes her in the dream, it means that he will escape from a great danger. If a king sees himself walking in a dream when a common subject comes near him and whispers something in his ear, the commoner here represents the angel of death ‘Izrail, and it means that the king may die a sudden death. Eating from the hand of one’s servant in a dream represents the growing of one’s authority, increase of his business, knowledge, or wisdom. If a king sees himself preparing a banquet for guests in a…

Quails are like troublesome guests whose company is hateful.

When you are dreaming of saying happy adieus to someone, then it symbolizes happy time, fun parties, unexpected guests you are going to have very soon. When you see saying sad goodbye to someone, this is a sign of tough life ahead of you. It could also be the meaning of losing someone you love, and how painful and unhappy you will be.

…Dreaming of a large, handsomely dressed crowd of people at some entertainment, denotes pleasant association with friends | but anything occurring to mar the pleasure of the guests, denotes distress and loss of friendship, and unhappiness will be found where profit and congenial intercourse was expected. It also denotes dissatisfaction in government and family dissensions. To see a crowd in a church, denotes that a death will be likely to affect you, or some slight unpleasantness may develop. To see a crowd in the street, indicates unusual briskness in trade and a general air of prosperity will surround you. To try to be heard in a crowd, foretells that you will push your interests ahead of all others. To see a crowd is usually good, if too many are not wearing black or dull costumes. Dreaming of seeing a hypnotist trying to hypnotize others, and then turn his attention…

…For a woman Dreaming that she marries an old, decrepit man, wrinkled face and gray headed, denotes she will have a vast amount of trouble and sickness to encounter. If, while the ceremony is in progress, her lover passes, wearing black and looking at her in a reproachful way, she will be driven to desperation by the coldness and lack of sympathy of a friend. Dreaming of seeing a marriage, denotes high enjoyment, if the wedding guests attend in pleasing colors and are happy | if they are dressed in black or other somber hues, there will be mourning and sorrow in store for the dreamer. If you dream of contracting a marriage, you will have unpleasant news from the absent. If you are an attendant at a wedding, you will experience much pleasure from the thoughtfulness of loved ones, and business affairs will be unusually promising. Dreaming of…

Dreaming of a banquet is a good symbol, especially when it’s developed in a healthy and joyful time, this dream implies that important people will encourage you, and help you selflessly without having bad intentions. Dreaming of eating expensive delicacies and drinking fine wine in a banquet, is a sign of success in the near future, therefore, it is an appropriate time to start doing business. This dream indicates that long-cherished wish will finally come true. If that wish is about of pleasure or entertainment, it will be ephemeral and won’t leave pleasant traces pleasant. Dreaming of being in a messy feast, with several empty seats and guests with gruesome faces, indicates that it’s not the right time to start new complicated business or any other activities, since there is a risk of failure for lack of support.

…ceremony, it indicates that soon someone in the family will suffer a disease or perhaps may die. When a young unwed woman dreams of herself as a bride, but doesn´t look happy with it, it symbolizes very close frustrations in love relationships (if any), disease or adversaries and hypocrites who try to harm her as revenge (This dream suggests that the dreamer proceeded wrong in something or hurt someone, and her subconscious is making her realize about it.) To dream that you’re in someone else’s wedding suggests that much parties and joys will come, especially if the dream is very colorful, and you see many ornaments, but if you can´t devise bright colors and guests are wearing dark or black clothes, it indicates that in the immediate future the dreamer will suffer sorrows and hardships. To dream about being a legal witness in a marriage implies that you’re truly estimated…

…Dreaming that you are brewing tea, foretells that you will be guilty of indiscreet actions, and will feel deeply remorseful. To see your friends drinking tea, and you with them, denotes that social pleasures will pall on you, and you will seek to change your feelings by serving others in their sorrows. To see dregs in your tea, warns you of trouble in love, and affairs of a social nature. To spill tea, is a sign of domestic confusion and grief. To find your tea chest empty, unfolds much disagreeable gossip and news. Dreaming that you are thirsty for tea, denotes that you will be surprised with uninvited guests….

(Ceremonial dinner) Attending a banquet or giving a banquet in a dream means dispelling distress and overcoming adversities. A banquet in a dreatai also means celebrating a new appointment or receiving honorary guests. However, a banquet in a dream also denotes distress, sorrow or grief. (Also see Colors | Food fare | Food)