Millstone in a dream

Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

Also: Nether millstone, Upper millstone, Grinding stone, Ilitye lokugaya, Ilitye lokusila, Imbokodo

What it means

A trade, a skill, or the ability to earn a living.

Hard work that produces a livelihood. To take a man's millstone in pledge was to take his life in pledge, because it was the means by which he ate.

The silence of the millstones in Scripture marks desolation — the ceasing of ordinary life and provision.

✦ When it is positive

Earning a living
The ability to supply one's own needs
A trade or family trade in operation

⚠ When it is a warning

Something hard to break
Resistance
A hardened heart

How to tell the difference

If the millstone is in someone's home it represents that household's trade or livelihood. If it belongs to a particular person it represents that person's livelihood. The nether millstone is the fixed lower stone, and Job uses its hardness as a picture of a heart that will not yield.

Scripture

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:6 (WEB)

His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
Job 41:24 (WEB)

Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
Jeremiah 25:10 (WEB)