What are bird dreams about?
Birds are incredible creatures. They exist on land, in the air, and near the sea. They have a 'bird's eye view' of the situation. This symbol is identified by words like penguin, raven, swan, etc.
Birds in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.9% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 50 dreams.
What are the major highlights of bird dreams?
Birds is a normal dream symbol. Having birds in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.
Bird dreams are very social
Dreams of birds contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of birds are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include lions, tigers, zombies, senses, wives, police, general movement, hosts, snakes, and general animals.
What symbols more present in dreams of birds?
Bird dreams are notable because they have substantially more ravens, hummingbirds, flying, general animals, cages, crows, bird cages, owls, natural things, trees, hawks, eggs, elephants, blue, sparrows, chicken, eagles, pets, Madagascar, colors, rabbits, turkeys, forests, gardens, verbs, vultures, butterflies, squirrels, lions, the sky, barns, natural places, pinecones, bones, geese, creatures, black, frogs, wind, countrysides, losing an eye, pheasants, Ecuador, pooping, weather, other fantastic beings, capturing, seeds, white, rodents, jungles, kings, tininess, raccoons, attacking, ducks, weasels, soil, dragons, and yellow than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols less present in dreams of birds?
Bird dreams are notable because they have substantially less boyfriends, social media, infidelity, former partners, time travel, romantic partners, recurring dreams, crushes, spouses, finding money, girlfriends, being shot, authors, calendars, casinos, menstruation, laundry rooms, jealousy, recurring nightmares, relationship events, break ups, raping, sleeping, seeing a dead friend, wives, epidemics, Donald Trump, nightmares, cancer, seeing a dead relative, schools, concerts, teeth falling out, sex, paralysis, afterlife, bathrooms, kissing, toilets, psychologists, long times, addicts, dating, nurses, and pastors than 95% of other dream symbols.
How does the dream symbol of birds affect the different aspects of a dream?
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Who is in birds dreams?
Overall, dreams with birds are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of birds are much more related to animals and more related to insects than dreams in general. They are less related to different roles, much less related to distant people, and less related to close people.
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What are the emotions in birds dreams?
Overall, dreams with birds are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of birds are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.
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Who is in birds dreams?
Overall, dreams with birds are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of birds are more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human places.
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What happens in birds dreams?
Overall, dreams with birds are much less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of birds are less related to aggressive interactions, less related to friendly interactions, and less related to sex.
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How do birds in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?
Overall, dreams with birds are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of birds are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to recurring dreams.
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How can you make sense of birds in dreams?
Bird dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things bird dreams are normally interconnect and very social.
Do you think this is true for your dream of birds? How might your dream of birds be different?
All dreams have meaning
You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience birds in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Return to the feelings
Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about birds in dreams. See how you feel about birds now, in your waking life.
What are possible meanings for dreams of birds?
Because birds fly, they can symbolize freedom. They can pick up and leave whenever you want to—“free as a bird.” See: Flying
Think of a bird in flight as representing ability to achieve your aspirations or hopes. Ambitions, goals, hopes—all can be described as “flying high.” See: Planes
Thoughts and feelings can soar, can take flight and group together like birds. Birds far away, high in the sky, can symbolize too-high aspiration or something else out of reach.
Birds falling from the sky can symbolize goals that aren’t reached or hopes that are dashed. It can have the same meaning as when Icarus flies too close to the sun. Exuberance overtakes you. Hubris leads to nemesis.
A flock of birds can symbolize harmony, or a group mind, people who, in the figurative sense, move in unison, especially in their thoughts and opinions. A “herd mentality,” though moving in unison can also mean coordination and organization.
A group of birds attacking can symbolize a group of people who attack verbally, psychologically, or physically. This use of the symbolism is especially likely if the dream features birds clawing and biting.
Birds attacking can symbolize feeling compromised, embarrassed, or dirty. Or emotional or psychological attacks that swoop in from nowhere. The symbolism covers anything that attacks the mind or through it. Angry black birds are frequently used as symbols for compromising situations and ways a person can attack themselves in their mind.
A bird shitting on you sums up in one image the feeling of being disrespected, or bad luck, or something that comes out of nowhere.
A pairing of birds can symbolize love and mutual responsibilities, especially in relation to caring for loved ones or making a home together. Mating pairs in the bird world show a high degree of cooperation to build a nest and raise their young.
Birds can symbolize messages delivered from deep inside yourself, from the unconscious mind. They deliver information during times of need, or tell you what you need to know about yourself. Crows and ravens often serve the role of messenger. The symbolism is derived from birds’ being used as messengers and having the ability to fly and talk. In this sense, a black bird can symbolize ominous warnings from within yourself, and a white bird can symbolize good tidings and agreement between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind.
Chattering birds can symbolize gossip.
Birds sing, and have associations with anything related to self-expression and cheerfulness. See: Artists, Music
Birds can symbolize watching out for something coming, or keeping an eye out for danger.
A bird that acts stupidly, such as a dove walking into a busy road, can symbolize acting thoughtlessly or carelessly—a “bird brain.”
Particular types of birds can have specific symbolism, such as hawks’ association with keen vision and falcons’ association with trainability. Refer to the list of entries below.
See also: Planes, Artists, Ascending, Bird cages, Chicken, Crowds, Eagles, Excrement, Floating, Flying, Hummingbirds, Music, Owls, Pets, Vultures
This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet.
Examples of dreams of birds
Read some real dream reports of bird dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.
Another Weird Dream
Now I had a different dream last night. It has terrified me.
It starts with me in a field full of beautiful flowers and I’m staring at the starlit night sky. I hear someone walking towards me and I look in the direction they’re coming from. It’s another beautiful man and he’s smiling at me. He was tall like 6’3 or so with raven black hair and bright blue eyes. His features were so...I don’t know I guess I’d go with the word enchanting. Standing in front of me he smiles and says, “You look ravishing today milady.” I looked down at my outfit and im wearing this beautiful floor length black and gold glitter dress. As he stood in front of me, He held out his hand, He also said, “Come with me. Come with me to a world so beautiful you’ll never want to leave. Escape with me.” I smiled at him and nodded even though I didn’t know who it was. I gave him my hand and we started running. Running in the fields, through the forest, all the way to the beach. We are walking on the beach and it’s suddenly day time. It was maybe 1-2 in the afternoon but it was only minutes of running to me. As I look down to take my shoes off so they don’t get dirty, I look over at him and realize he has no shadow. I get extremely confused and ask him about it. He shakes his head and then says, “Can you give me your name?” I was confused because everyone I knew always said, “Can you tell me your name?” Never “give”. I give him a confused look and I say, “No. I will not give you my name. I can tell you it but not give it to you...” and I tell him my nickname. He smiles and leans down to kiss me when I wake up.
I don’t know what’s going on anymore. But one thing I know for sure...is that he was not something or someone normal...
Now I had a different dream last night. It has terrified me.
It starts with me in a field full of beautiful flowers and I’m staring at the starlit night sky. I...
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Death dream… help
i’m extremely freaked out so if anyone can help me, id appreciate it! (please do sarcastic comments as i’m very scared)
in the morning around like 5am, i woke up from a nightmare & the only thing i remember from it is that it was my boyfriend, yelling in my face, eyes wide open, freaked out saying i was going to die tomorrow. it woke me up but i went to sleep after. ever since this, i cannot get it off my mind. it’s genuinely making me go insane & i’m having so much anxiety over it. on the way home from work, i also saw a crow in an area where i never even see crow to begin with. i don’t know :(. I’m just very nervous now cause it’s really scary for me. Can anyone tell me what may be going on? Your help is greatly appreciated.
i’m extremely freaked out so if anyone can help me, id appreciate it! (please do sarcastic comments as i’m very scared)
in the morning around like 5am, i woke...
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Is there meaning to seeing Baphomet in a dream?
I had a very strange dream last night, but one particular part stayed with me. In my dream a man with long black hair pulled back in a low ponytail was portraying a cousin of mine. It didn’t look or sound like him at & he was angry about something. Baphomet flew down from the sky & landed on top of the cousin’s head & everything started to get dark & feel dark. Evil like. Baphomet didn’t have goat legs & hooves though. He had the legs/feet/talons of a large bird.
Is this just an odd dream or may there be a message here?
Also, I grew up in a Baptist family so my knowledge of Baphomet is slim outside of what a Christian church tells people.
I had a very strange dream last night, but one particular part stayed with me. In my dream a man with long black hair pulled back in a low ponytail was...
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Talking to a crow.
Had a dream last night that I saw a crow flying and then it turned and flew directly to me. It sat on the ground and I got down on my hands and knees really close to it. It started talking to me in plain English, but the only thing I remember was that it said “what are you gonna do about it?!” in a sort of angry, yelling tone.
I’m completely lost as to the meaning because I’ve never dreamed of a crow let alone an animal that I can talk to.
M. INFJ. Capricorn.
Had a dream last night that I saw a crow flying and then it turned and flew directly to me. It sat on the ground and I got down on my hands and knees really...
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I dreamt about a sister that i didn’t know about
Today I dreamt about a sister that I didn’t know about (she told me her name was Nora and that she was 13 years old I’m 14). I remember that I was just hanging out with her I was asking her questions. I made her soup then we went to a bird convention where there where many bird on display. We walked around and had a great day. She was the best person that I have ever met she was like my best friend. Then I saw my mom I asked why can’t Nora come home she told me we can’t afford another person in our home (this isn’t true irl because we are expanding our house) then my mom told me that we had to go home and I hugged Nora and went home. I woke up crying
This is some context about my life: I have two siblings a 6 year old brother and a 11 year old sister me and my sister fight and argue a lot and she doesn’t like hugging me or when I try to kiss her cheek. My brother is annoying and cries when I do something he doesn’t like. But I still love them.
Please tell me what my dream means
Today I dreamt about a sister that I didn’t know about (she told me her name was Nora and that she was 13 years old I’m 14). I remember that I was just hanging...
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