There is an archetypal quality to a lot of images that show up in our dreams. Animals, for example, can represent our instincts. They can also carry archetypal qualities.
This was my year of the Black Jaguar. I write about it in this post, which also has resources for interpreting meanings.
A jaguar sounds pretty good but if an animal like a rat or a snake shows up in our dreams, it can feel as if we are walking towards a repulsive, unwanted aspect of ourself.
A lot of these feelings are often projections. It's what we, as human beings, think about rats and snakes.
In The Empath's Journey, I talk about my own animal dreams of crocodiles, snakes and other creatures that live in the shadows. If you have a specific fear of snakes, a fascinating book to read is Dawn Brunke's Awakening the Ancient Power of Snake.
It's good to think of ALL associations (good and bad) when we think of possible meanings.
So, if you have been spooked by what you find in your shadow and your dreams, what might be broken is not that thing, but your understanding of it.
As we go inside this winter, I hope we all find that our shadows also contain the very gold in our psyches.
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I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. It's a gift for me to have you connected with me, and I hope you got something from this little newsletter gift I made for you.
With love,
Ritu |