Every symbol in a dream has personal, cultural and archetypal meanings. Read some cultural and archetypal meanings below, and write your dream into the box for a personalised AI interpretation.
Birds are graceful creatures of flight, and powerful symbols of freedom, release, spirit, and higher perspectives. In ancient Greek and Roman traditions, birds and their flights were omens of future good or ill. What specifically do you notice about the
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Birds are graceful creatures of flight, and powerful symbols of freedom, release, spirit, and higher perspectives. In ancient Greek and Roman traditions, birds and their flights were omens of future good or ill. What specifically do you notice about the bird in your dream? Was it flying, or perched somewhere? Some people are scared of birds, and with good reason. In evolutionary terms, they are little dinosaurs. The classic movie of avian terror is Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1962), which has spawned many nightmares over the years.
Kelly Bulkeley
In most cultures, birds symbolize the higher self, although small birds who stay close to the earth represent more accessible instinctive wisdom. The dove frequently stands for peace and reconciliation.
Birds frequently symbolize aspects of relationships, and each bird usually embodies the emotion with which its behaviour is linked. Territorial birds such as blackbirds can represent jealousy, while thieving birds such as magpies may suggest a threat to a relationship from an outside party, or aspects of the self stolen by a friend or partner.
David Fontana
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