creatures, instincts
Dreaming of snake
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of A serpent that does not strike signals wealth from an unexpected quarter, and especially the recovery of a sick person.
Drawn down, it warns of A serpent that bites foretells a hidden enemy, particularly one in the family.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of The serpent is a transformative symbol, Asclepius's healing rod, the kundalini, the shedding of skin. It often signals upcoming psychic change.
Drawn down, it warns of When the snake is feared and avoided in the dream, the dreamer is refusing transformation that is already underway.
When it appears with another
Snake in company
snake + water
The transformative symbol meeting the unconscious. A change is rising from the deepest layer of the psyche; refuse to be alarmed by the form it takes.
snake + tree
Eden's image. The serpent at the world-tree, the kundalini at the spine. A renewal of consciousness through encounter with what was forbidden.
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.