A leaf in the dream denotes a time of growth or time itself. The leaf of tree in the dream symbolizes first of all feelings, thoughts and other mental processes in ourselves. It is very important to notice in the dream the appearance of a leaf – the sprout, fully formed, faded or fallen off. Other meanings of the leaf:

• Sprouting leaves in the dream indicate that you have an ability to reach your needs and aspirations, also that you have good chances of success.
• Green leaves are a sign of hope and new opportunities and confirm that you will reach the goal that you desire.
• The dream symbol of wilted leaves indicates a period of mourning and unproductive work or misfortunes.
• In the dream colorful but wilted or dried leaves stand for disappointments, failures and sorrows or buried hopes, feelings and thoughts for which we have to say goodbye.
• Whirling leaves as a dream symbol can be a warning that you may step aside untenable from your desires and you will loose you right way.
• A lot of leaves or a pile of leaves denotes the diversity of thoughts and ideas.

Psychological Meanings:

If you look at your life in retrospect then leaves as a dream symbol can give you an advice for a certain stage of life.

• The dream of leaves has a meaningful and a creative value. Most of them are like the directions or part of the tree of life.
• Fresh and green leaves mark a healthy life.
• The wilted leaves in the dream, the unconscious gives us a sign of a weak spot in our psychic, also indicate that you have complexes of which we have to get rid.
• Falling leaves are a sign that we must do something to recover our mental balance.

Spiritual Meanings:

Leaves symbolize fertility and growth. Because each leaf is unique, the dream can be interpreted as an indication of the beauty of creation.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Success if see green leaf – To dream of green leaf then this announces you success in business, fulfilling of desire and new ideas;
• News if pluck a leaf – In the dream you pluck one leaf from the tree then you may expect good news or pleasant surprise from your closest friends;
• Bad period if see falling leaves – The leaves are falling in your dream, then this is not so positive dream symbol which announces disappointment, sickness and suffering, misfortune in near future;
• Difficult time if colorful but withered leaves – Such a dream denotes that you will have disappointment in love, defeats, losses or even death of a friend.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Happy time if see green leaf – The green leaves in the dream is a positive sign which will bring you a satisfaction and fulfillment of your desires;
• Save prosperity if fading leaves – The fading leaves as a dream symbol marks that in later life you want to live without worry, so you have to save now your wealth in order to have great later age;
• Don’t be rude if falling leaves – This dream is a warning that you shouldn’t wish for others harm, because this will happen to you;
• No worries if leaves lying on the ground – There are lots of leaves that are lying on the ground then your late age will be without worries.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Joy if see green leaf – The green leaves on the tree in your dream marks that you will have health and happiness in your life;
• Illness if dried leaves – In the dream you see dried leaves then you will have a dangerous disease so you have to take care of your health;
• Worries if withered leaves – The dream announces you poverty and despair.

* Please, see meaning of branch, tree, foliage.

Natural process; life structure.

Question:

In what place in my life am I ready to grow?

General Meanings:

Connection of Heaven and Earth – Without trees there won’t be forests. The tree symbolizes the connection of heaven and earth. Their roots anchor deeply in the Earth, and according to the mythology, they carry a hidden treasure: the wisdom of life.

The Holiness of trees – In all his force he appears to us in the holy trees, which is particularly the most powerful -oak, also including the hard ash-tree and the yew. These are symbols of the primal forces of life. All these trees are probably the archetype of Germanic world – eternal green Ash tree, Yggdrasil. This evergreen tree spreads its branches as wings, protectively over Heaven and Earth, and on its top sits the Eagle, who observes the world, and a Hawk which makes the weather.

Personality and inner life of human – A tree is the symbol of the original structure of the human inner life. If a tree emerges in the dream, you will deal wisely with this image in details. Tree is closely related to personality and the way to master with life. In particular, it can often draw conclusions on energy, attitudes, beliefs, ideas and values ​​which influence behavior and act decisively. Sometimes a tree is understood as a power symbol. The following accompanying circumstances can facilitate the exact interpretation:

• The leaves  say about how the dreamer acts and effects on his environment.
• The branches give information and explanation about the completed stages of development of the dreamer.
• A tree with spreading branches stands for a warm heart and loving personality,
• A small close-leafy tree suggests a blocked personality.
• A well-formed(shaped) tree symbolizes a well-ordered personality.
• A large, tangled tree – a chaotic personality.
• Tree with blossoms indicates better health, new energy or power, sometimes stronger sexual needs that perhaps are now suppressed.
• Tree with fruits promises success through good work, especially when you harvest them yourself.
• Shaking the fruit-covered tree promises future happiness and success.
• Sit under a tree can mean safety or the need of it;
• Sit on the top of the tree, want to find out how to protect yourself from danger or misfortune.
• Climbing on a tree can announce a better view about the life situation;
  Partly this also indicates that you will arise, on your own force, in a higher protected position or use your hopes and abilities to reach something.
• You fall from a tree, frequently warns that you will soon suffer from damage and also you will reap ridicule; Maybe you wanted to get too high and now therefore you must fail.
• Bald, dead or charred trees announce that you will not harvest the fruits of your work, but have to work out with failures and concerns. Sometimes, this symbol can also be understood positively as a warning before wrong position, attitudes, convictions and ideals which you should pass or leave, because they simply do not help in your life any more.
• A tree or sapling, sprouts from the loins of a man, clearly stands for the sexual energy that can speed up your whole life.
• The roots of a tree, show the connection between the people and the earth. The statement would be more correct, they represent the capacity of people to fight for the practical side of life and enjoy its existence.
• Spreading out roots mean the willingness to show openness, while profound roots show restraint.
• The trunk of the tree is indication how you use your power and how it occurs because of environment.
• A rough trunk illustrates a rough personality, while a smooth trunk testifies more elegance.

Psychological Meanings:

Archetypal symbol of life, also implied family life or genealogical tree. Adam and Eve picked the apple from the tree of knowledge and learned the lesson for another life from it.

Who dreams of a tree, can hope for knowledge and insights which will help you in the real life. Different meaning of the tree in the dream:

• High trees indicate special honor;
• Flourishing – personal happiness:
• Fruit-bearing point to success in the near future;
• Dry trees point to bad times.

Who falls from the tree, it is hard rightly to assess your own situation. Who climbs on a high tree, dares something too much in the waking life and can therefore easily fall deeply. In mythology, as well as the religions of almost all nations, the tree is the symbol of life. The tree is also a feminine aspect, because all life emerges from the mother. The dream of the tree often means the personal development of the dreamer, but also can point to his family or their situation over several generations. To be able to interpret a tree in a dream, you must thoroughly consider the tree. Fruits, roots, stem and crown, as well as branches and their conditions will give you further information.

Spiritual Meanings:

Harmony and Way of life – On a spiritual level, it embodies the tree of life and represents the harmony between heaven, earth and water. The tree is like a man, an upright form pointing to the sky and embodies a life force (victory over death). He describes and reveals force and energy, ideas, attitudes and the behavior of the dreamer. If the dreamer learns to interpret his own tree properly, he is able successfully to form his life in all areas.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Honor if tall trees – In the dream you see tall trees, show power and high respect;
• Long life if be the owner of one or more – When you dream that you own a tree or several ones, means you will live a long and healthy life;
• Fulfillment of desires if see buds or young leaves – Shows that your long cherished ardent wishes will be fulfilled soon;
• Recovery for sick people if the tree healthy and blossoming - In the dream you see healthy and flourishing tree, denotes that you will recover from the illness;
• Fortune If see a flowering tree and sit under one – This dream announces you large personal fortune;
• Happy life if loaded with fruit – Signifies that you have good prospects, points to a successful life;
• Adventure if tear off tree with fruits – This dream brings you an unusual and exciting, experience or activity.
• Happiness if shake – When you in the dream shake the tree, this means that you will feel happy satisfaction and enjoyment in your life;
• Strong position or unpopularity if climb or sit on – In the dream you climb or sit on the tree shows advantage and honor or your too big ambition can make yourself unpopular by yourself (or enemies);
• Warning if fall from a tree – The dream is a warning about risk and danger, under certain circumstances even can be death or serious illness;
• News if sit under green trees – You sit under a green tree in your dream, you will get good news;
• Happy life if sit with a friend under green trees – This dream brings you unexpected good fortune and a happy marriage, wonderful life;
• Worries if dried up tree – The dream considers to bad deals, failure and grief;
• A signal to avoid worries if see cut, fall down, burn or hit by lightning – Such a dream indicates about misfortunes which you can avoid under favorable circumstances, you have to trust your family and ask for help;
• Careless way of life if tear out with roots – In the dream you tear out the tree with roots means that you waste your energy and wealth.

Hindu (Hinduism)

Different explanation of several kinds of tree:

• The Indian and the ordinary walnut mean a man of high nobility, because the nut has a solid, rock-hard shell;
• The Cypress, the Empress, or Noble – beautiful lady,
• The Pomegranate – a well-born, strong and very wealthy man. Strict because the fruit is prickly and solid;
• The Grapevine symbolizes a woman;
• The Olive – tree a happy, friendly and wealthy man;
• The Apple tree is a woman according to the sweet smell and the noble kind of fruit;
• The Shrub which grows Cotton denotes a low, not very wealthy man;
• The Citrus tree – a rich nobility because of its pleasant aroma and fragrance;
• The Pear tree – a brittle and little well-off people;
• The Date palm and Cypress – joy and happiness in person’s life.

Everything what you dream of these trees, it is for good or bad, fulfilled for the concerned person.

• You will get your earns if shake walnut tree – Somebody dreams, he shakes a walnut-tree and collect nuts, will get his money from a miserly man with troubles and hard effort, which he has itself recently worked for and acquired;
• Treasure if find nuts – Find nuts somewhere without knowing how much there are, you will discover an old gold treasure;
• Money if find nuts and can count them – You know how much there are, you will gain gold as much as you see and experience good emotions;
• Inheritance if find wood of walnut-tree – Somebody finds wood of a walnut-tree and enters it, he will inherit from an aged man something useful;
• Worries/Problem solving If stuck in the prickles – In the dream your clothes have got stuck in the prickles of the pomegranate tree and you torn, means that you with a wealthy person will get into troubles; If you break off the branch to which you got stuck, you will win the process and avoid problems;
• Bad behave against you If pick olives from tree – When you rise to an olive tree and pick olives in your dream means that you are the person who is usually cheerful and kind, but somebody treats badly with you, because the olive has an astringent effect;
• Bad days if eat olives – Also you eat olives from the tree, you will spend sour and bad days according to their amount;
• Reward if break leaves (olive tree) – Breaks off leaves of the olive tree, you will be rewarded and you will become a wealthy and commendable man.
• Money if collect wool – In a dream you collect wool from the cotton plant, according to the amount of wool you will get finances;
• Richness if see citrus tree – If you find a citrus tree, you will become the acquaintance, rich and well-reputed person, because of the odor welfare and fertility of the tree.
• Small fortune if pluck leaves (citrus tree) – You plucks leaves from the tree, you such an excellent person will gain only a small fortune and a good name because of your proud.
• Reputation If climb to citrus tree – You climb to a Citrus tree means that you will become a powerful, well-reputed person;
• Happiness if blossoming – The dream shows that the next few days will make you very happy;
• Warning if without leaves -In the dream you see trees without leaves means that you are followed by disaster, but you will overcome it because of your diligence;
• Respect toward parents if with fruit – This dream says that you have to honor your parents and be grateful to them;
• Luck if climb – You are lucky, you avoided the misfortune, it could have been worse;
• You are on the right way if fall – In the dream you fell down from the tree, this means that you don’t have to throw your way because of the path. You are on the right way and don’t fascinate temporary success;
• Good reputation if sit on it – When you are sitting in the tree in your dream, announces that your reputation is enhanced and it raises according to your work or efforts;
• New start if sit under – The dream brings you unexpected message will inspire and spur you to start new and better work or activity.

Arabian (Islamic)

The interpretation of the trees admit a multiple explanation, because there are diversely kinds of trees and fruits in the nature. All fruit-bearing trees are interpreted according to the type of fruit; Trees, whose fruits are sour and have an astringent effect show misfortune – those which bear sweet and savory fruits show happiness and salvation.

• The leaves of the trees represent the ethos of the people; green and fresh mean the sincerity; dry, falling and wither the inferiority of attitude. Similarly the fruits and most trees point to belief and wealth and the expression of thanks towards God;
• Goodness if water tree – You dream that you water and maintain trees carefully, mighty you will have a great power and be a benefactor of the people;
• Guest If see a tree in your house – In the dream in your house, you see a grown up tree where previously wasn’t a tree, means that you will get a guest which will stay at your house for awhile; if the tree bears fruits – it is a close relative, if it doesn’t bear any fruits – there will be a stranger.
• Family if grape tree – A bachelor dreams a noble or wild grape vine has sprouted in his house, he will meet a woman and generate so many children with her as much as he saw grapes on the tree; If he didn’t see any grapes, he may nevertheless hope for children;
• Worries if plant trees – You have planted trees in your dream, but didn’t know whether they have grown, you will be pushed to troubles and concerns according to their condition;
• Troubles if plant or dig – You plant or dig a hard cores of fruit, this dream says that you will be pressed by concerns and grief;
• No poverty if see Cypress – In the dream you see Cypress means that you will never be a poor man you will always be a powerful, because Cypress never loses its leaves and has a good smell;
• Joy If see Date palm – In the dream you see Date palm means that you can expect happiness in your life, because of the palm’s sweet fruits and narrowed leaves. The leaves will bring you never ending feelings of great pleasure and happiness.
• Happy life or Hard life if see Pomegranate tree – You dream a pomegranate tree, whose fruits are sweet, he will make the acquaintance of a rich man who will help you to create a beautiful and pleasant life; the fruits are acidic, you will encounter a bad man, who will treat you badly and make your life hard according to the amount of the fruit.
• Wealthy life if sit under an Oak – When you sit in the shadow of an oak tree, you will become a powerful person and you will create a livelihood  business or start new work. But you have to work with toil and efforts, because acorns are not eatable.
• Unhappy marriage if woman sees a walnut trees or an oak tree – She will marry if she is single and she will have a husband who only pretends to love, to pursue his shameless commercial;
• Family life for men if man sees apple tree with fruits – If you have an apple tree, you will win a noble woman, if the apples of noble kind. If they are sour you will have discords in your family. If they are round as a ball, sweetly and fragrantly you will live in harmony with her and have children;
• Wealthy life if pluck fruits – You dream that you came into a walled garden and pluck fruits from the trees, you will meet or dwell with very distinguished people and gain so much favor and wealth, as you picked fruit;
• Meeting good person to live in harmony if see myrtle tree – In the dream you see a myrtle tree, you will join to a noble, but poor person, because the tree smells good and you will live in harmony with him;
• Hope If green tree – When you see a green tree in your dream, this signifies that you have a hope to meet your soul mate and to improve your life;
• Gain if dense foliage – In the dream you see very dense foliage tree announces profits;
• Luck if blossoming - This dream brings you joy and a lot of unexpected fortune;
• Troubles if dried or bald – In the dream you see a dried or bald tree, this will bring you misfortune, failure in all things;
• Happiness if shake – When you are shaking the tree in the dream, means that you fulfillment your wishes, expectations, or needs;
• Luck if climb – Climb in the dream announces that great ideas and desires come true, you will have luck in everything;
• Mockery if fall from one –  You must endure scorn;
• Loss of respect If cut – You will lose your authority because of your mischief;
• Deflated hopes if see felled forest – Means that your hopes will melt away;
• Vexation if smashed by lightning -The dream  brings you anger, despair and anxiety;
• Good friendship if tree with fruit – You will find a good friend;
• Wealth if see fruits of it’s – In the dream you notice only the fruits, denotes that you will have plenty of valuable possessions or money;
• Inheritance if pick up – You are picking up the fruits from the tree, will bring you an amount of money or property left to you in a will;
• High respect if sitting in a tree - In the dream you sit and relax in a tree, means that you will have honor and power;
• News if sit in the shade under a tree – such a dream announces and brings you good and joyful news;
• Anger if trees are burning – quarreling and strife in the family, you will suffer from losses because of your stubbornness.

* Please, see meaning of branch, leaves, forest.

– Small but accurate growth.

Question:

– Where in my life am I ready and able to grow?

General Meanings:

The dream symbol of branch is interpreted as a part of life, this depends on the circumstances in your dream:

• Green and flowering branches in the dream this proclaims that you will have wonderful and high expectations and positive experiences in your life.
• The dream symbol of dry branches warns of failures and disappointments in near future.
• Branches which are lying on the ground in the dream denotes that hopes and plans failed because you did not have enough courage and strength to realize them.
• Burnt branches signifies that you put a futile effort to reach or to make something, this will not bring you any success.

Psychological Meanings:

The thin branch and it is green and flourishing in the dream, then this indicates wish-fulfillment, step by step every desire will fulfill. The thin branches with small leaves, then this dream will bring you a favorable changes in your life.

Spiritual Meanings:

The branch as a gift for a winner or a ruler, this indicates the desire for immortality.

Traditional Meanings:

Arabian (Islamic)

• Happiness and success if green branches – In the dream you see green branches, then such a dream announces happiness and blessing. In your life you will have success in the important projects, also it marks the fulfillment of long-cherished wishes and desires;
• Hurt if drought and dried branches – You dream a drought and all the branches are dried, then this dream signifies about a misfortune. Also denotes that you will have to suffer pain through your loved one;
• Warning if see a broken branch – This dream is a sign that you do not cling to unsteady ideas or plans, because you will not be successful and this will bring you only disappointment and distrust of yourself.

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Growth if see healthy branches of the tree – The dream symbol of branch stands as a part of the living tree which signifies strength and growth;
• Wealth if branches full of fruits – In the dream you see branches with green leaves and full of fruits then such a dream proclaims you wealth and many happy hours with family or friends;
• Fulfillment if see green branches – This dream is very positive, this means that your hopes will be fulfilled;
• Good days if tree with many branches with leaves – When in your dream appears a tree with green leaves then this is a very fortunate omen;
• Annoyance if see dried branches – In the dream you see dried branches, then this dream will bring you disappointment and annoyance in near future.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Take actions if green branches – This dream is a sign that only with the speeches you will achieve nothing, you have to take actions in order to create something in your life;
• Success if see Spruce branches – In the dream you see spruce branches then this dream marks that you can have success, but you have to do it on your own with joy;
• Disappointment if burnt branches – When you see burnt branches in your dream, then this marks that all your efforts are in vain;
• More efforts if withered branches – This dream denotes that without any efforts you will not have  success. You have to work harder if you want to reach something;
• No worries if branches of shrub – Now it is a moment when everything looks confused, but you will find a way out.

* Please, see meaning of branch.

The dream of bush stands for secrets because we can hide them from the environment. The bush may be like the tree. There are some interpretations:

• The green bush in the dream announces an upcoming happy event, which will give you an ability to start normal and wonderful life.
• The bush withered and bare, indicates that you are in conflict with your feelings which will bring you failure and boredom.

Psychological Meanings:

Shrub as a dream symbol stands for the questions: do you have something to hide behind it? Do you want to protect yourself or others? This dream represents the desire to hide or to protect something or yourself in order to avoid problems or serious damage.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Disputes if see shrub – In the dream you see shrub then this may be a sign of upcoming quarrels and disputes because of changes in your life;
• Fraud if lie behind the bush – In the dream you see that something lies behind the bush then this dream announces you deceit. And this may be your trustful friend or even a family member;
• Warning if lie behind a bush – You are lying behind a bush in your dream then your unconscious sends you a signal that you have to beware of some people and gossip because this may bring damage to your reputation;
• Good changes if shrub full of green leaves – The shrub is green with lots of leaves in your dream, then you may expect very happy and good news which may bring changes in your life;
• Sadness if see a dried bush – To dream of dried bush then the meaning of this dream is a sign that you will have no success and satisfaction of your life;
• Failure if see bush without leaves – The bush is bare without leaves then this dream marks that your plan is doomed to failure and will fail;
• Better life if pass through a shrub – When in the dream you pass through a shrub, then this dream announces changes for the better position;

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Reaching your aims if see shrub – In the dream to see a shrub then you will get rid of all inhibitions and will reach your goals.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Warning if see shrub – In the dream you see a shrub, then this dream is a sign that you have to beware of disputes because they will bring you damage and loss;
• No worries if go through shrubs – In the dream you go through the shrubs then this dream indicates that you will overcome obstacles without any consequences;
• Happy events if see green and blooming bush – In your dream the bush is green and blooming then your passion is reciprocated and soon you will have some wonderful news or events;
• Love if cut off and put away a shrub – This dream signifies that you will fight for your love;
• Passive time if dried shrub – The shrub is dried in your dream, then the meaning of this dream is that you will have stagnation and will not reach any better position in your life;

* Please, see meaning of trees, bushes.

The dream of birch with tall, straight trunk stands as a symbol of honesty, virtue and true love. Very often this symbol is associated with spring and awakening life. The birch may bring you romantic feelings, natural life or may embody new hope. Always the dream of birch is interpreted favorably, but you should consider other symbols in the dream and your real life situation.

• The dream of birch with green leaves announces you happy event.
• Climb up the trunk of a birch in the dream indicates that you have a protection from above, so you may expect higher positions in your life.
• The birch in the Middle Ages was a magic protection against witches and evil spirits.

Psychological Meanings:

The birch tree symbolizes first of all and the most important feminine qualities and gentleness and kindness, flexible youthfulness, as well as practical sense and life experience. Birch shrubs as a dream symbol goes for the mentally contradictory, unstable people, of whom you should be careful or avoid them.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Joy if see lots of birches – In the dream you see a forest of birches, then this dream announces feast of joy and is a good sign for unhappy and sad people;
• Happiness if see a birch – When the birch appears in your dream denotes you good luck and happiness in your family;
• Fortune if climb up a birch – The dream is a sign that you will have unexpected good fortune or important event in your life.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Don’t be rude if see a birch – In a dream you see a birch then this means that you shouldn’t not act too rashly, remember how do you act with others you will get the same for you;
• Don’t lose hope if green birch – Your dream is about green birches marks that you should not give up your hope, because at the last minute there will be always the chance;
• No worries if large birch – This dream indicates that you have a support from above if you have a difficult time soon everything will be good and wonderful.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Pleasure if look fresh green birch – This dream announces you unexpected pleasure in near future;
• Need of help if see withered or dried – When the birch appears withered in your dream signifies that you need help from others;
• Satisfaction if climb up a birch – In the dream you are climbing up the birch denotes that you are reaching higher position or improving your personality which will bring satisfaction;
• Troubles if cut off a birch – When you cut off a birch in your dream, then this dream will bring you suffer and worries because of your irresponsibility in your life.

* Please, see meaning of tree.

Energy; Sexuality; The serpentine power of Kundalini, an unconscious, instinctive and libidinal force.

Question:

What is the energy, that I am willing to express? Or to understand?

General Meanings:

The snake is the ancient symbol of dreams and should always be thoroughly analyzed by individual associations. The result of deep analysis will give you an important insight into your personality. For the start there is a lot of examples what a meaning of a snake dream can be.

Hidden worries or unmasked dangers – Dreaming of a snake indicates secret fears and hidden worries. These are threats for you. In this case, a snake in the dream might be an alert to wake up and see what is going around you, that is not already discovered. Alternative interpretation of the snake dream is the contradiction. Its meaning foretells the discovery of a threat. So, in this case a snake is an indication that a raunchy person or such situation is revealed in some way. Maybe it is a situation where you can not trust a person, or a person whom you know and can not keep it under control.

Taboo and temptation or fear of sex – Snake is often interpreted as a phallic symbol, that embodies sexual needs. Accordingly, snake can symbolize taboo – dangerous and forbidden sexual feelings. Or snake can represent temptation. Maybe even it shows that these sexual needs and desires are haunting you. But if you are afraid in the dream because of the snake, then it indicates your fears of sexual intercourse, close friendship or commitment.

Positive symbolism – In general, the interpretation of snake in positive way has symbolism of healing, freeing, protecting augury. Also as a positive symbol, snake symbolize knowledge and wisdom. Other meaning of snake as good omen foretells self-renewal, spiritual independence or rebirth, along with any other kind of positive transformations.

Psychological Meanings:

Importance – Snake is most important archetypical character of dreams. According psychiatrist C.G. Jung a snake demonstrates something significant in the subconscious. It can be dangerous or can bring salvation. Since the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the snake is most commonly met with fear.

Good or bad – Because of snake mysterious nature, it is seen as the carrier of deepest energetic forces of the soul, but snake also is seen often in a conflict, so snake dream has both meanings – positive and negative. Therefore snake can show splitting subconscious into one of two directions – good or bad. Two-headed snake – Especially the snake with two heads, one on each end, in the dream represents that the dreamer is being forcefully pulled in two different directions. Maybe there is too big load for you, too many things to carry. And that makes you not going anywhere. In this case your actions are having the opposite of the desired effect. Also two headed snake can be seen as a symbol of love affair or love triangle. The bicephalic snake (two heads on one side) in the dream represents parenthood or indicates your strong feeling of wanting to have children. Alternative interpretation of the two-headed snake indicates any kind of relationship and teamwork. Maybe you need to be more cooperative to achieve outstanding results.

Secret – A snake, that emerges from the darkness, signifies the fear of losing something special. As example, it represents closely guarded secret, that could be snatched from the dreamer.

Temptress – A snake in men’s dreams can appear as the symbol of a seductress and then often embodies a cold, calculating woman. Thus, it also has a warning function.

Sexuality and fear of it – Psychoanalytic Sigmund Freud saw in snake dreams a typical phallic symbolism. The snake may have this meaning very well, especially in dreams of young people. It symbolizes the instinctive impulse of human nature. Since snakes relate with sexuality, then maybe you have unresolved problems in this area or the fear of sexual activity. Snake in the bed – Especially, a snake on your bed in the dream represents that you are feeling intense sexual power from someone and that makes you uncomfortable or even sexually threatened. Maybe you are inexperienced, too much nervous or it is just too soon for you.

Snakes and Women

Snakes belong in the female dream’s world like stars in the sky. Snake dreams have younger girls than mature women because they still have a fear of male sexual power. In later years, the snake can refer to the fear of a rival.

Colors and their meanings – The yellow snake in the dream of a woman is the fear of encountering male sexuality and the red is often interpreted as direct symbol of the phallus, because the combination of the color and the form closely related to the penis. The golden snake symbolizes the abundance of wealth and the power of the Spirits. The white snake implies the depth of the soul. Dark, black snakes can alert the dreamer to change his life. Green snakes represent the body energy, which could still be used.

Kissing, touching or any other friendly contact with snakes in the dream, represents the possibility of betrayal and deception.

Healing, freeing and protecting – Together with other symbols this animal can be interpreted very positively and often represents some kind of healing: not for nothing a snake winds around the wand (rod) of Asclepius (Latin Aesculapius), the Greek God of medicine, healing, rejuvenation and physicians. At all times snakes’ deadly poisons was used in small quantities for the cure of certain diseases. Therefore, it is in the dream also as a symbol of change and healing. If snake sheds it’s skin in the dream, since old times such symbol is interpreted as the recuperation, recovery from an illness or a disease, or the liberation of condition, situation. The skin of a snake in the dream is as the safeguard for the dreamer and thus symbolizes protection from diseases or illnesses.

Spiritual Meanings:

Moral corruption or wrongful and criminal deception – On the spiritual level, the snake or the serpent in the dream symbolizes depravity, wickedness, acts of moral turpitude or fraud.

Perfection, energy, power, spiritual independence, rebirth, knowledge – The Ouroboros or Uroboros, a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, symbolizes the perfection, an infinite energy and the power. This ancient symbol appears in the dream when the dreamer is ready to engage with complete spiritual self-sufficiency. Dreaming of the snake eating its own tail has symbolic significance not only as the symbol of self-renewing life, but also as the symbol of the penetrating knowledge and the dragon.

Medicine Wheel Meanings:

Keywords

Mysterious; sexual; alive; transformative; cold-blooded; closed; balanced; sliding; live-giving; forked tongue; extraordinary sensitivity; old powers; messenger; Moon of the first frosts.

Description

The Snake in the Medicine Wheel is the animal totem of the Moon of the First Frosts (October 24 to November 21).

Snakes are limbless reptiles, which bodies consists of many Vertebral notches, at which costal arches are loosely attached, that allows to animals their distinctive spiral movements. Snakes have on their skins a large number of scales (Greek λέπιδ lepid, Latin squama), a small rigid plates, that overlap each other and that allow the movements of the reptiles too. Snakes with their tongues can taste and smell. Snakes are cold blood, but they are able to adapt very well to their surroundings. Snakes are very sensitive to contacts and vibrations. These reptiles are able to change color for camouflage, and they can give hissing noises. Worldwide there are almost 2500 different species of snakes.

Since the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs already became extinct, snakes have spread themselves on the planet. Since humans and snakes inhabit the earth together, the snake has been misunderstood and often feared.

General Meaning

According to indigenous North American culture the snake in the dream represents the exploration of your life and sexual energy;
In the Medicine Wheel the snake also shows that you fathoms the feminine aspects of your being;
In addition, the symbolism of the dream foretells the understanding of your connection with the earth;
The snake is the symbol of increasing balance too.

Association

A person who cheats or deceives others;
Serpent in paradise – Eve and the apple.

Transcendent Meaning

The revelation of the transformation;
Direct message from the Great Spirit.

Foster’s Teaching

Snake in the dream is responsible for sexuality, particularly feminine.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

In western culture a snake is purely sexual ancient symbol. In some old dreambooks serpent stands for susceptibility of disease and depression, but in others is interpreted as sign of good health and good mood. Despite that contradiction, the snake dream is followed by disappointments and frustrations. This reptile can be as a warning of treachery or as an indication that plans might fail. Sometimes dreaming of snake points to evil tongues, bad neighborhood and scheming of treacherous or deceitful persons;

• - To dream snake: warning against the cunning and the malice of a woman;
• - To dream several snakes: should be interpreted as the harbinger of evil;
• - To dream small or young snakes: warning against artificially friendly people, because they might want to make professionally an end to something (by killing – old dream books);
• - To dream bronze snake: announces envy and ruin or bankruptcy;
• - To dream shining (luminous, glowing) or brilliant snake: one will be surrounded by enemies, but one will be able to resist and defeat them;
• - To dream a white snake: it is a bringer of wisdom or secret messages;
• - To see a red serpent: announces strong sexual needs;
• - To see an orange snake: shows a combination of idealism, emotions and sexuality;
• - Blue serpent: stands for religiosity;
• - Purple snake: symbolizes a lot of mental energy;
• - Green serpent: promises a lot of mental energy and newly burgeoning hopes;
• - Skin (snake shedding skin or skinning of snake): the dreamer outgrows himself, because he leaves behind his old existence and personality;
• - The Serpent of Aesculapius: one will be cured soon from his inner conflicts or illness;
• - Standing erected snake or cobra: symbolizes the pursuit of high ideals and spiritual development;
• - Snake in the womb or on the lap: foreshadows humiliation;
• - Snake kills kittens or young cats: you have enemies, that will inflict damage on themselves in attempt to damage on you;
• - Snake kills dogs or puppies: your friend will help you, but without great chances of success;
• - To see writhing (twisting and squirming) snake that attacks another snake: there are financial difficulties and remorse might come into the house;
• - A snake winding around you and licks your face: you may face a disease; you could be in a position where your enemies makes you feel completely at the mercy;
• - To be attacked and bitten by a snake: you will be exposed to an attack on your honor, by deceitful
• and insidious machinations of a woman; you will have inconvenience; there is a danger
• that leans to the negative tendencies; the enemies may harm a business;
• - To see how someone else is bitten by snake: you might offend or hurt a friend;
• - To get over a serpent: one lives in constant fear of disease; selfish people want to make a dispute;
• - To hold a snake confidently in hand: one has tactical skills and will overcome all adversities;
• - Hairs turn into snakes (hair of medusa): minor incidents become larger problems;
• - Abnormal snake or serpent (unnatural form of reptile): announces difficulties, but you will be able to overcome them with peace and willpower;
• - Swimming with snakes or stepping on one in water: an apparent pleasure turns out to be annoying obstacle;
• - Dead snake: you will become master of your enemies;
• - To kill by yourself a snake: you will fully exploit the opportunities and enjoy the deserved triumph over enemies;
• - To dream how children play with snakes: one must separate friends from enemies;
• - Snake on road: it could show that a conspiracy will be discover, directed against you and your friend; or your friend has everything under control;
• - If a woman is attacked and bitten in the dream by a dead snake: she will have to suffer the quarrels of a false friend.
• - If a woman is dreaming that a child puts a snake on her head and she can hear the hissing animal: she will be persuaded to give up a something good that she should keep.
• - If a woman hypnotize a snake in the dream: someone tries to circumcise her rights, but she can count on the help of influential friends.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• - To see a large snake: you will become deceived;
• - Small snake: love happiness;
• - To kill a snake: you make an enemy harmless;
• - See many snakes: discomfort for a short time;
• - Step on a snake: you have false friends;
• - Be bitten by a snake: defamation;
• - Snake with multiple heads: you will be exposed to evil temptations;
• - To see squirming snake: loss of money;
• - Many snakes to see: short discomfort.
• - See more meanings in Hindu.

* Please, see also meaning of apple, reptiles, carnivores, animals.

Apple is an ambiguous symbol which is found in myths and religions (for example, eviction from the paradise in the Bible).

Symbol of temptation Generally, it is interpreted as a corruptibility of the dreamer by worldly material things and then can warn how easily he allows to lead into temptation. In the old testament the apple stands as a ” forbidden fruit ” which can reveal what is good and what is bad. In the original text of the Bible it is spoken only about “fruit”.

Fertility For the Mediterranean people the pomegranate, the fig and the quince are the forbidden fruits. The apple is an ancient fertility symbol. The vision of the apple can represent fertility, love and temptation.

Psychological Meanings:

Eating an apple, points to the wish to acquire knowledge.

Erotic and sexual meaning In the psychoanalysis the apple is considered as a typical sexual symbol, because its form is very similar to the feminine breast. In the dreams of younger people the apple often has an erotic meaning;

Intelligence The interpretation of an apple is important whether the apple is ripe or is unripe. The dreams of apples for older people can also stand as a sign of intellectual fruitfulness.

Spiritual Meanings:

Beauty and Fertility The apple blossom is a Chinese symbol of peace and beauty. On a spiritual level an apple indicates a new beginning. Since ancient times it is a symbol of fertility and therefore attribute for many gods.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Satisfaction if see a beautiful leafy – In the dream you see a beautiful leafy apple tree, this brings you fulfillment of your wishes, expectations;
• News if apple tree blooming in a dream – The dream denotes about impending good news that is relevant for all your life;
• Earnings if apple tree before the harvest – In the dream you see a lot of apple trees before harvest, brilliant progress in business or at work which announces good income;
• Friends if plenty apples – You see lots of apples on the tree in your dream means that you will have a lot of good friends;
• Realize plans if see ripe apples on the tree – This dream of ripe apples says that it is time for you to turn the plans into action;
• Warning if ripe apple – When you see ripe apples high in the treetops in the dream, this is a warning that your have too high aims, which you will not achieve;
• Prosperity if pick apples in a dream – You will start picking your work fruits, means that you will be prosperous person;
• Good sign if red apples with green leaves on a tree – This dream of red apples is a good omen, that you did everything perfectly and now you have a harvest of your hard work;
• Happy love if eat a nice red apple – When you are eating a red apple in a dream, announces a gratifying and happy love affair. For single ones, it means a new partner and marriage, new feelings of happiness in the love;
• Happiness if eat from the bowl – In the dream you take an apple from the bowl and eat is, this promises long life, luck and success, happy marriage in your life;
• Worries if bite a sour one – The apple was sour in your dream, signifies that you must deal nearer with an unpleasant things;
• Love pain if see or eat wormy apple – The wormy apple in a dream announces love problems, separation, grief and sorrow in your life;
• Gratitude if give to someone an apple – When you give an apple in a dream, notices that you will be gladdened by gratitude;
• New love if give to a woman – In the dream you give apples to the woman, means that you will meet your love;
• False friend if lying an apple on the floor in a dream – This vision points to false and bad friends in the neighborhood or in your surrounding;
• Worries if immature or rotten – The apple is rotten in your dream, this is a warning that bad news, anger, annoyance and danger is approaching against you;
• Self-knowledge if golden apple – In the dream you see a golden apple, signifies that will gain self-knowledge.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Success if pick from the tree – You are dreaming that you are picking announces success and joy of life, and you will succeed in everything what you do;
• Love if eat an apple - This dream says that you will receive love and it is sign for luck in love;
• Disappointment if peel an apple – When you peel an apple in a dream, this denotes that you are disappointed of your hope and expectation, but your courage will help you to handle with all the problems. You will reach what you desire;
• Reconciliation if get – In the dream you get an apple from somebody marks that you will try to make peace with your enemies;
• Wants to use you if give away – When you give away all your apples in a dream, this says that you are too compliant and someone wants to take advantage of you;
• Divorce if divide – In the dream you divide the apple into two parts announces that you will have to leave a loved person;
• More respect if rotten apple in a dream – Do not get angry about people who are not open to you.
• Vexations if rotten, wormy apples – This dream warns of false friends, separation from a loved one, or similar pain;
• Love if shining red – The apple is a shining red color, it is a sign of love;
• Good life if color between red and green in a dream – Brings you a strong and powerful life;
• Relation if eaten – The apple is eaten, points to intimate love relationships between man and woman.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Luck if pick from the tree – Picking apples in a dream, means joy and rich reward of your works;
• Prosperity if keep – In a dream you keep/have in your hand an apple, announces you prosperity;
• Business if collect – In the dream you collect apples, denotes that you will you make good business;
• Happiness if eat sweet apple – Eating sweet apple in a dream, this brings you glad experiences and enjoyment of love;
• Worries if sour apple – This dream announces about sadness, false friends, adversity and controversy;
• Bad news if rotten apple  – You will get bad news, which are only due to malice;
• Destruction if peel – When you are dreaming that you peel the apple means destruction of hopes and desires;
• Separation if cut an apple – You will have to separate from a dear friend or a girlfriend.

Artemidorus Meanings:

Sweet – pleasure of love The sight and eating of sweet, ripe summer apples is good. It meant rich love pleasure, particularly to those who try to attract a woman or lover, because the apple is consecrated and dedicated to Aphrodite (goddess of love).

Sour – anxiety, grief Sour apples on the contrary describe disorder and disputes, because they are associated with Eris (goddess of the discord). The winter apples, which you also name quinces, bring grief because of their astringent effect.

Contexts’ Meanings:

Eating a sweet apple in a dream –  Eating sweet, tasty or ripe apple in a dream, announces you pleasure, harmony in your life. Also this dream shows that you will get good earnings because of your hard work. You will experience happy love and happy family.

Eating a sour apple in a dream – Eating sour or unripe apple in a dream, this is a signal, that you have started to enjoy your luck and success too early, this can bring you worries. You will feel sadness and loneliness.

Eating wormy/rotten apple or seeing rotten/wormy apple in a dream – This dream signifies bad and unpleasant news. You will get anxiety and disappointment during reaching your aims. How hard you strive to reach them, you will only have frustration, they will not fulfillment.

Dreaming big red apples – This symbol goes for love and passion. For single -You will meet wonderful soul mate and your life and family life will be glad and joyful. You will be loved and honored by your lover. For married couples, this shows passion in their sexual life and respect to each other.

Picking apples from the tree or ground in the dream – You are picking or somebody else is picking apples in a dream, this announces that you can enjoy your harvest. You have work so hard with lots of efforts to make you life better. Now you will have rich and wealth life. 

* Please, see meaning of apple trees, fruit.