Gold
Gold stands for value that does not change, and for honor and results. Obtaining gold, or seeing it shine brightly, is a good omen that the worth of your effort is recognized, and receiving a gold ring or ornament points to a promise or contract coming together. Hiding or burying gold means it is not yet time to show your hand. Losing gold, though, warns of damage to trust rather than to money.
Gold neither shrinks when melted nor rots when buried, so in a dream it points to whatever outlasts time. Among dreams of wealth, gold has been read as closer to recognition and trust than to cash in hand. Whether you gained it or lost it, showed it or hid it, decides the reading.
Readings by Situation
Gaining gold, or gold shining brightly
A favourable dream of your work being recognised for what it is worth. It reads as long labour showing as a result, or a deferred assessment finding its proper place. The brighter the shine, the better it is taken.
Receiving a gold ring or a gold ornament
Read as a promise or a contract coming together. A ring in particular means a bond and a knot tied, which suits matters where a promise passes between two parties — a marriage proposal, a partnership. If you remember who gave it, read that relationship alongside.
Hiding or burying gold
It means the time to show it has not come. Announcing what you have prepared too early was held to make the matter come apart instead. Read it as a sign to finish your preparations quietly.
Losing gold
Read as a caution about trust being damaged rather than money. Look for a promise you have been putting off, or a place where words are being carried about. The crack between people comes before any actual loss.
A favourable gold dream does not mean money is about to arrive. Read it as a season when recognition and trust accumulate, and finish what you have underway so that it turns into a result — that is what suits the dream.