Animals

Dreaming of a friendly tiger could be surprising, as you might ordinarily expect a tiger to be aggressive or intimidating. Such a dream might suggest that there are sides to the people around you – or even yourself – that you have overlooked.

Seeing a black bear when you were not expecting it can be scary. You might be afraid of an unpredictable wild animal.

Dreaming of a giant spider pursuing you could be really scary! If you have the courage to analyze your giant spider dream, though, you can find its valuable insights.

Interpreting a dream of a black dog might be easier than you think – was it a nice dog, or was it a mean dog?

The commercials for Trix cereal often feature a cartoon white rabbit who is regularly called a “Silly rabbit.” However, rabbits are actually smarter than they often get credit for.

Dreaming about lions chasing you could be scary. You might have to admit, however, that you found the larger-than-life experience a little bit exhilarating as well.

This transformative, metamorphic quality of a butterfly is also the essential aspect of dream interpretation. Thus, dreaming of a butterfly is usually related to one’s personal transformation – positive or negative. Let’s look at the general meaning behind the butterfly dream image and then dive into some specific butterfly iterations – such as the meaning behind various butterfly colors in the dream world.

Puppies are often regarded as adorable, so seeing a puppy in your dream may be almost as heartwarming as the real thing. Puppies can be messy too, though, and the full range of puppy dream symbolism takes that into account.

Whales are big creatures. Seeing one in your dream can indicate that something at least seeming to have similar size or power is an important factor in your life at this time.

Though bats are much smaller than humans, seeing them can still be scary because of the possibility that they might bite you and give you a disease. Your dream of a bat can similarly suggest that you feel afraid of something in your environment that seems chaotic and out of control.

Being one of the animals most closely related to humans must be hard, because humans tend to see a lot of their own more difficult qualities in monkeys. Your dream of a monkey similarly probably says more about you than it does about any actual monkey.

Black horses, as well as the white ones, seem to get all of the publicity when we talk about symbol significance. But what does dreaming of a brown horse mean? Let’s find out.