Banquet
To give a banquet in a dream signifies gathering together upon goodness; to see that one’s banquet has been attended and that everyone has eaten their fill signifies becoming the head of that assembly; a banquet sometimes signifies the arrival of a person who was missing.
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To give a banquet in a dream signifies an assembly upon goodness. These dreams are always interpreted as auspicious. To give a banquet in a dream means to perform a good deed.
To see a banquet table in a dream means not to suffer want of money until the end of one’s life. To sit at a banquet table signifies rising to the rank one desires. It is an indication of great abundance and tranquillity. It indicates that the person will suffer no hardship throughout his life.
To see many dishes being placed upon one’s table, while one oneself is sitting upon a divan, is interpreted as honour, renown, relief, a circumcision, a wedding, glad tidings, goodness, and benefit.
To see that a banquet table has been laid and every kind of food placed upon it, yet no one sits at the table, is not auspicious. Whoever sees that a table has been laid for him and that many guests are eating from it will attain a high office, or his goodness and service will benefit the people.
According to another narration: To give a banquet in a dream signifies gathering together upon goodness. Whoever sees that he has invited a company to a banquet and that they eat of the foods according to their desire will become the leader of that company. Some interpreters also said that a person’s giving a banquet in a dream signifies the arrival of someone who was missing. Whoever sees a banquet table will not suffer financial want throughout his life. Whoever sits at a banquet table will attain the same rank as those whom he envies. Preparing a banquet table signifies great abundance.
Ibn Sirin: To see a banquet in a dream signifies joy, relief, and glad tidings; and sometimes it signifies sorrow and the gathering of people.
Positive Meaning
It can be read as a sign of easing, receiving support, gaining morale, or a fruitful development.
Shadow Meaning
Underestimating opportunities, succumbing to comfort, or being late may reduce the positive effect.
Advice
In the interpretation, the themes of work and responsibility, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.