What are tiger dreams about?
Tigers are large, beautiful, and striped cats. They are hunters. This symbol is identified by words like tiger.
Tigers in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.4% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 250 dreams.
What are the major highlights of tiger dreams?
Tigers is a normal dream symbol. Having tigers in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.
Tiger dreams are very social
Dreams of tigers contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of tigers are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include cows, general family, teenagers, hosts, movement, bears, grandfathers, spirits, kings, and parents.
What symbols more present in dreams of tigers?
Tiger dreams are notable because they have substantially more elephants, verbs, hyenas, zoos, general animals, lions, attacking, jungles, wolves, panthers, cats, baboons, Serbia, foxes, jumping, bears, circuses, pets, deer, dogs, bobcats, glowing eyes, hunting, biting, chasing, sharks, antelopes, cages, forests, backwards, monkeys, white, zebras, gorillas, yards, kings, Frodo, rescuing, natural places, climbing, kittens, Australia, dinosaurs, eating, lotus flowers, guiding, teeth, bulls, South Africa, places, cows, tanks, green eyes, creatures, bigness, indigo, disguises, capturing, alligators, and mountains than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols less present in dreams of tigers?
Tiger dreams are notable because they have substantially less boyfriends, seeing a dead relative, epidemics, universities, nightmares, mirror, long times, body changes, best friends, sadness, suicide, shaking, crying, depression, lucid dreams, relationship events, silence, toys, hair, churches, guilty, schools, teacher, devils, romantic partners, former partners, and flirting than 95% of other dream symbols.
How does the dream symbol of tigers affect the different aspects of a dream?
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Who is in tigers dreams?
Overall, dreams with tigers are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of tigers are much more related to animals than dreams in general. They are less related to insects, much less related to different roles, and less related to fantastic beings.
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What are the emotions in tigers dreams?
Overall, dreams with tigers are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of tigers are more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, much less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.
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Who is in tigers dreams?
Overall, dreams with tigers are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of tigers are much less related to work, less related to human places, and less related to transportation.
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What happens in tigers dreams?
Overall, dreams with tigers are much less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of tigers are less related to aggressive interactions, less related to friendly interactions, and less related to sex.
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How do tigers in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?
Overall, dreams with tigers are much less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of tigers are much more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to sleep paralysis.
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How can you make sense of tigers in dreams?
Tiger dreams are very uncommon. Among other things tiger dreams are normally interconnect and very social.
Do you think this is true for your dream of tigers? How might your dream of tigers 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 tigers 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 tigers in dreams. See how you feel about tigers now, in your waking life.
What are possible meanings for dreams of tigers?
Tigers are closely associated with temper, because they’re known for being ferocious. Tiger dreams can follow after situations where you lose your temper or get into a ferocious argument. Perhaps you need to be ferocious in order to get your point across or to motivate, including motivating yourself. Or perhaps someone is ferocious toward you.
Along this line, a tiger can symbolize someone harsh or severe. You might be too harsh and severe with yourself.
Tigers are fierce and powerful. As a dream symbol they can represent an aspect of yourself—your inner strength and potency, especially. “Tiger” is used to describe people who are highly competitive and dominate opponents. They have the “eye of the tiger.” Tigers pounce when the time is right and opportunity presents itself. They stalk and camouflage and have keen instincts. See: Games, Sports
Tigers are territorial. They take no guff. They are proud and noble, virile and seductive. Do these qualities and characteristics apply to yourself or someone you know? Is it a characterization of your ego? See: Egos
A caged tiger in a dream might indicate you’re being held back. You can’t show your true strength, or don’t have freedom to roam. You need to be free of your constraints, whether physical or personal. You need challenge and adventure. See: Cages
Containing your temper is another possibility for the symbolism of a caged tiger. It’s a part of yourself you deliberately hold back. A tamed tiger has similar associations with taming part of yourself.
A tiger can symbolize a dangerous or potentially life-threatening situation, because if you encounter a tiger in the wild you are probably in deep trouble.
Tigers are known for tearing prey to shreds. In the figurative sense, you can be torn to shreds when you make a mistake, get caught doing something wrong, or take on something you can’t handle, for example. See: Attacking
A white tiger is a powerful symbol, often for the protective side of yourself.
A tiger cub can symbolize a young child—your “little tiger.” See: Children
Be sure to read: Leopard, Lion.
See also: Ambushing, Animals, Attacking, Cages, Cats, Children, Eating, Egos, Leopards, Lions, Zoos
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 tigers
Read some real dream reports of tiger 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.
Death of a tiger
I had a dream that me and my cousin were at a boarding school. We took a flight in the elevator to an empty floor. I was reading a book but something seemed scary. Like maybe the book's content was scary.
I notice from the side of my eye a tiger, and I ask my cousin why is there a tiger here and she laughs it off and tells me not to worry about it. I continued reading but I couldn't for very long and asked her why is it still looking at us?
We then decide to scare the tiger away by making noise and throwing books at it. I remember that my cousins mom saw us but we were too focused on the tiger. We kept going until we reached the elevators and then one of them opened up and a group of women came out and not very pleased with out behavior.
We managed to let the tiger go inside one of the elevators but somehow there was no floor beneath it, as the cabin was in a higher floor and the tiger was holding on. We walked away but then came back when we noticed there was no floor. The cabin came and we saw my cousin's younger brother go inside it and click the 'ground' button to crush the tiger.
We kept screaming at him not to through the glass doors and he looked confused, but it was too late and the cabin was going down. We "flew" outside to see a massive crowd gathered at the elevators around the tiger, and the security was trying to help the tiger but the cabin came down and crushed it.
Everyone showed their disappointment and misery and I flew back over them choking with tears.
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Sorry for my bad english, it's not my native language. I am F 23, and in the dream me and my cousins were way younger than we are irl. Any ideas on it's interpretation?
I had a dream that me and my cousin were at a boarding school. We took a flight in the elevator to an empty floor. I was reading a book but something seemed...
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I just had an unpleasant dream about being at this huge modernist looking mansion that was used for parties. Was wondering if anyone had any input on interpreting this short dream?
I was at this mansion looking at the aftermath of what could be assumed to be a recent “party”. I was upstairs walking towards a couch where someone, assuming a friend of mine, was. I look around and I see a badly injured dog, dead vultures and dead tigers lying around. The I wake up and it was over.
I was at this mansion looking at the aftermath of what could be assumed to be a recent “party”. I was upstairs walking towards a couch where someone, assuming...
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Tiger
Hello guys. I had a dream overnight, that i lived in the 3rd floor of my house.I was in the kitchen area. And all of a sudden i hear a kid yelling, so i look out the window. As soon as i open the window i look down and there is a tiger facing away from me & my house looking at my dad. My dad was in the backyard basically trying to avoid the tiger & get pass by him. The tiger wasn’t chasing him or being aggressive, just walking back and forth. So when i saw the tiger outside i was basically tapping, yelling, making noises at the tiger to grab his attention. But he wast paying attention to me or never looked back my way. But then i woke up instantly. (Btw there was no kid in my dream when i looked out the window)
My reaction when i saw the tiger is that i was scared because my dad was outside. And i didn’t want anything bad to happen to him. Tiger was not orange. Weird, he almost looked like my cat. Grey & white with black stripes. Please help what does this dream mean?
Hello guys. I had a dream overnight, that i lived in the 3rd floor of my house.I was in the kitchen area. And all of a sudden i hear a kid yelling, so i look...
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I dreamt that I was a serial killer
I dreamt that I was me (f27) and that I was a serial killer that murdered people of a similar age for me.
It was usually in a very bloody fashion; spurts of blood would fly out and cover the walls but the method was different each time.
For example, during one murder in a Chinese restaurant, I turned into a tiger and attacked three victims subsequently killing them. This was the only murder I could remember clearly.
The weirdest part was when the police were closing in on me. They seemed to be so close to capturing me but my biggest (and only) worry was not being able to turn in my art project as a fine art student. This was because I had been painting my crime scenes (before the murders) in a large sketchbook. They were extremely detailed and beautiful paintings and I was so annoyed that handing in this amazing portfolio of urban landscapes might get me arrested. I wasn’t worried, I was annoyed! Me in the dream was so nonchalant and casual about my crimes. I was so irritated by everyone and the fact I may have to redo my art, particularly the painting of the Chinese restaurant. I had painted the paintings on the walls so it kind of felt like painting inception.
I decided to hand the portfolio in anyway as I thought to myself, I would rather not waste my time creating another one. Jail would be better. That was when I woke up and was me again.
I dreamt that I was me (f27) and that I was a serial killer that murdered people of a similar age for me.
It was usually in a very bloody fashion; spurts of...
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A bear, horse, tiger and a lesbian.
I dreamt that I had all four of them in a SMALL studio house. I was trying to get the bear and the tiger away from the horse, while also keeping the bear away from the tiger. During this whole time a lesbian woman is trying to literally sleep with me-a straight woman.
It’s like the other animals don’t see her and she doesn’t see them but she’s very real to me. She’s caressing me and kissing me but I’m literally trying to keep all these animals from eating each other.
What the hell does this mean?
I dreamt that I had all four of them in a SMALL studio house. I was trying to get the bear and the tiger away from the horse, while also keeping the bear away...
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