Scarcity dream meaning is explained below using 3 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Nancy Wagaman
Lack or a perception of lack (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, financial, social, etc.).
One kind of scarcity or poverty in a dream might represent another kind in real life (for example, dreaming that you have no money could represent feeling spiritually empty).
See Depleted, Empty, Sparse, Famished, Debt, Wanting, Dry, Skinny
Source: The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary • Author: Nancy Wagaman
Interpretation 2 — Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream of scarcity, foretells sorrow in the household and failing affairs.
Source: Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation • Author: Gustavus Hindman Miller
Interpretation 3 — Ibn Seerin
(See Famine)
Source: Islamic Dream Interpretation • Author: Ibn Seerin