Animals & Plants

Dreams of animals and plants — what each has meant, and the numbers.

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Cow Dreams — Wealth That Has to Be Fed Cattle in a dream, a herd, a cow in a field. In most of the world a cow has meant stored wealth that eats every day. Plus the numbers, from a stated rule.
Monkey Dreams — Clever Is Not the Same as Trustworthy A monkey that mimics you, one that steals something. The animal carries intelligence and mischief at once. Plus the numbers, from a stated rule.
Mouse Dreams — Small Things You Keep Not Dealing With A mouse running across a floor, an infestation. A mouse is never one problem — it is a problem left alone. Plus the numbers, from a stated rule.
Pig Dreams — Why English Reads Them the Opposite Way From Korea In English a pig means excess and uncleanness. In Korea the same dream is the luckiest thing you can see. Both readings are old. Plus the numbers.
Rabbit Dreams — Speed, Fertility, and a Foot Cut Off for Luck A rabbit in a dream, one that bolts, a burrow. The animal has meant increase and escape for a very long time, and the American version has a darker footnote.
Rooster Dreams — The Animal That Announces Things A rooster crowing, a fight, a hen and chicks. The bird that marks the boundary between night and morning. Plus the numbers, from a stated rule.
Sheep Dreams — The Flock, the Shepherd, and the One That Wanders Sheep in a dream, a flock, counting them. The animal carries two Western meanings at once — provision and obedience. Plus the numbers, from a stated rule.
Tiger Dreams — Power That Was Never Yours to Command A tiger that watches, one that attacks. The animal stands for force you do not control, and the reading turns on how close it got. Plus the numbers.
Turtle Dreams — Slow Is the Whole English Reading A turtle crossing your path, withdrawing into its shell, upside down. In English it means patience; in Korea, a long life. Plus the numbers.
Dragon Dreams — The Monster in the West, the Emperor in the East Western dragons are hoarders to be slain. East Asian dragons are water gods and emperors. The same dream carries opposite meanings. Plus the numbers.
Lion Dreams — Authority You Are Expected to Recognize A lion watching you, chasing you, kept in an enclosure. In English the lion is a symbol of rule, not a local animal. Plus the numbers.
Bear Dreams — Force That Is Usually Not Hunting You Being chased by a bear, a bear that ignores you, a bear with cubs. What the largest animal in North American dreaming tends to mean.
Bird Dreams — Messengers, and Which Direction They Flew Birds move between ground and sky, which is why traditions read them as carriers of news. What arriving, leaving and caged birds each signal.
Butterfly Dreams — The Only Symbol That Means Change By Definition A butterfly is a creature that was something else. What landing, chasing and a dying butterfly each signal, plus our letter-rule numbers.
Bee Dreams — The Colony, Not the Insect A single bee is small. What it belongs to is not. What being stung, watching a hive and swarms each signal.
Cat Dreams — Independence, Not Obedience Cats in dreams stand for relationships you cannot direct. What affection, scratching and black cats each signal, plus the numbers our letter rule produces.
Dog Dreams — Loyalty, Warning, and the Bite A friendly dog and a biting dog point in opposite directions. What each version signals about the people around you, plus the numbers our letter rule produces.
Elephant Dreams — Large, Slow, and Certain Elephants stand for gains that take time and then hold. Why the white elephant means opposite things in English and in Buddhist tradition.
Fish Dreams — Catching, Losing, and What Comes Up From Below Fish live in the water, and water is feeling. What you pull out of it is the reading. Plus the numbers our letter rule produces for this symbol.
Horse Dreams — Power You Have to Handle Riding, being thrown, a horse that bolts. Horses stand for force that is not automatically yours to direct. Plus the numbers our letter rule produces.
Insect Dreams — Small Things That Do Not Go Away One bug is nothing. The problem is that there is always another. What crawling, swarming and insects leaving the body each signal.
Snake Dreams — What They Mean and the Numbers Behind Them What a snake has meant to Freud, to Jung, and to the old American dream books — plus our letter-rule numbers and how often they have been drawn.
Spider Dreams — The Web Is the Point Spiders read as patience and construction more often than as fear. What the web, the bite and the size each signal, plus our letter-rule numbers.

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