What are cage dreams about?
A cage is something made to contain something else. It is frequently made of hard material that is difficult to break. Cages can be small, intended for use with rodents or small animals. Cages can be large, intended for use with humans or larger animals. Cages, by definition, limit the autonomy of the individual in the cage. It prevents them from free access to movement. The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about cage dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with cage dreams. These are the words that make cage dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of cage dreams can be illuminating about show cages affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example cage dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how cages in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that cage is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that cage is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, cage dreams have more animals than 91.3% of dream symbols, more peers than 89.2% of dream symbols, and more eating and drinking than 87.1% of dream symbols. On the other hand, cage dreams have less good dreams than 81.2% of dream symbols, less strangers than 80.1% of dream symbols, and less fun than 79.9% of dream symbols. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of cages is different than dreams of cages in general.
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How common are cage dreams?
0.7% of dreams have the cages symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 150 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.
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How common are cage dreams?
0.7% of dreams have the cages symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 150 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.
How are cage dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like cage. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of things.
How are cage dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like cage. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of things.
What is most related to dreams of cages?
Cages dreams are notable because they have substantially more bird cages, hamsters, ribs, El Salvador, Bilbo Baggins, rodents, zoos, Bahamas, Haiti, weasels, reptiles than 95% of other dream symbols.
What is most related to dreams of cages?
Cages dreams are notable because they have substantially more bird cages, hamsters, ribs, El Salvador, Bilbo Baggins, rodents, zoos, Bahamas, Haiti, weasels, reptiles than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of cages?
Cages do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of cages?
Cages do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.
Deep dive into cage dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in cage dreams.
Who is in dreams of cages?
Dreams of cages are much more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to peers than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to strangers, and less related to family.
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Who is in dreams of cages?
Dreams of cages are much more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to peers than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to strangers, and less related to family.
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What are the emotions in dreams of cages?
Cage dreams are more related to pain and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness and less related to fun.
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What are the emotions in dreams of cages?
Cage dreams are more related to pain and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness and less related to fun.
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Where do dreams of cages take place?
Dreams of cages are less related to transportation and less related to schools.
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Where do dreams of cages take place?
Dreams of cages are less related to transportation and less related to schools.
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What happens in dreams of cages?
Dreams of cages are more related to eating and drinking and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to sex.
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What happens in dreams of cages?
Dreams of cages are more related to eating and drinking and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to sex.
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How do dreams of cages related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of cages are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to good dreams, and less related to sad dreams.
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How do dreams of cages related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of cages are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to good dreams, and less related to sad dreams.
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How can you make sense of cages in dreams?
Cage dreams are uncommon. Among other things cage dreams are Do you think this is true for your dream of cages? How might your dream of cages 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.
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 cages in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience cages 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 cages in dreams. See how you feel about cages now, in your waking life.
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 cages in dreams. See how you feel about cages now, in your waking life.
An interpretation of cage dreams
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. A cage is the picture of restraint, restriction, and confinement. It’s a representation of being unable to live the way you want or make your own decisions, or being forced to behave or act in ways that feel unnatural. A relationship, job, living situation, or way of thinking can be confining. See: Jails A cage can symbolize ways you restrict, control, or limit yourself. Rules restrict and control. Morals limit. A promise means you will or won’t do something. A cage can symbolize keeping yourself under wraps, hiding the full extent of your abilities or your true feelings. Or the past is a hindrance, a barrier to fulfilling potential. When a dream shows you in a cage, the symbolism is likely to be about you and is not an observation about someone you know. But when a dream puts you into a scene where you observe someone or something in a cage, it’s likely that either you’re seeing a projection of something about yourself, or an observation about someone you know. Or it’s a way of describing a situation. For example, you dream about a tiger in a cage and feel sorry because it’s wasting away. So you analyze yourself for related feelings and perceptions and nothing rings a bell. You ask yourself whether a tiger in a cage is a metaphor to describe someone you know, and again, doesn’t ring a bell. You ask whether it’s a way of describing something you’ve observed, and you search your recent memory. And ding ding, you remember a documentary you watched about refugee children who spend years in camps and have little education or opportunity. What a waste! Their lives are like cages and they waste away, like the tiger in the cage. An animal in a cage can symbolize restraint of instincts or drives, particularly the wilder ones. A powerful animal like a lion or bear can symbolize freedom to roam, to make your own decisions, but a powerful animal in a cage carries the opposite idea. A small animal like a gerbil or mouse can symbolize the instinct to make yourself unnoticeable, to avoid scrutiny or danger, but at the expense of personal freedom. A biting animal such as a snake in a cage can symbolize restraining the instinct to strike. Feeling safe inside a cage can symbolize necessary restriction or feeling protected from whatever is outside of the cage. For example, the schoolkid who stays indoors rather than venturing out and taking the risk of running into neighborhood bullies puts himself into a sort of cage. See also: Animals, Bird cages, Creatures, Dungeons, Escaping, Fugitives, Hostages, Jails, Monsters, Prisoners
An interpretation of cage dreams
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. A cage is the picture of restraint, restriction, and confinement. It’s a representation of being unable to live the way you want or make your own decisions, or being forced to behave or act in ways that feel unnatural. A relationship, job, living situation, or way of thinking can be confining. See: Jails A cage can symbolize ways you restrict, control, or limit yourself. Rules restrict and control. Morals limit. A promise means you will or won’t do something. A cage can symbolize keeping yourself under wraps, hiding the full extent of your abilities or your true feelings. Or the past is a hindrance, a barrier to fulfilling potential. When a dream shows you in a cage, the symbolism is likely to be about you and is not an observation about someone you know. But when a dream puts you into a scene where you observe someone or something in a cage, it’s likely that either you’re seeing a projection of something about yourself, or an observation about someone you know. Or it’s a way of describing a situation. For example, you dream about a tiger in a cage and feel sorry because it’s wasting away. So you analyze yourself for related feelings and perceptions and nothing rings a bell. You ask yourself whether a tiger in a cage is a metaphor to describe someone you know, and again, doesn’t ring a bell. You ask whether it’s a way of describing something you’ve observed, and you search your recent memory. And ding ding, you remember a documentary you watched about refugee children who spend years in camps and have little education or opportunity. What a waste! Their lives are like cages and they waste away, like the tiger in the cage. An animal in a cage can symbolize restraint of instincts or drives, particularly the wilder ones. A powerful animal like a lion or bear can symbolize freedom to roam, to make your own decisions, but a powerful animal in a cage carries the opposite idea. A small animal like a gerbil or mouse can symbolize the instinct to make yourself unnoticeable, to avoid scrutiny or danger, but at the expense of personal freedom. A biting animal such as a snake in a cage can symbolize restraining the instinct to strike. Feeling safe inside a cage can symbolize necessary restriction or feeling protected from whatever is outside of the cage. For example, the schoolkid who stays indoors rather than venturing out and taking the risk of running into neighborhood bullies puts himself into a sort of cage. See also: Animals, Bird cages, Creatures, Dungeons, Escaping, Fugitives, Hostages, Jails, Monsters, Prisoners
Examples of dreams of cages
Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of cage dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for cage dreams. Read at your own risk.
