creatures, instincts
Dreaming of bird
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of Birds in flight bring word from afar; a bird in the hand foretells a small good fortune already arrived.
Drawn down, it warns of A black bird settling on the roof was considered ill-fated, death in the household or grave news.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Birds are spirit, the soul taking flight, intuition, messages from the higher mind. A clear bird-image often heralds insight.
Drawn down, it warns of A caged bird is the spirit constrained, the psyche calling for more freedom of expression.
When it appears with another
Bird in company
bird + sea
Spirit over the depths. The intuition is reading something the conscious mind hasn't named yet; trust the gut before the argument.
Did you dream this?
Keep it before it fades
Write the dream down in your journal and the cards will name its symbols for you, or have the whole dream read in full.