

Both crows and vultures are symbolic of a “death” or the ending of something.Ī big or huge bird: The power of the collective mind or unconscious. This expansion of our viewpoint, the uplift of our emotions or mind, can be a link between the world we experience with our physical senses, and the deep world of our often unconscious passions, intuitions and insights.īut in some dreams birds are messengers – For instance a swallow is a symbol of spring, a rooster can be symbolic of a new day (or a new beginning), doves can be symbolic of love, a relationship or peace, and so forth.

The enlargement of what you experience is a form of growth and brings new possibilities, all of which can strip away old ways of life and relationship. Meeting this enlarged awareness may be painful or frightening as we approach it. This is because wider – or spiritual – awareness is like a higher, overall view of things. This type of dream usually appears as a large bird that can fly high. So in some dreams, especially if the bird is flying high, or you identify and become the bird, it can show an expanded awareness or a greater insight into your life and the meaning of your life. The meaning depends on the context in which the bird appears in the dream. Because the word is sometimes used to indicate a woman, it can have that meaning – i.e. In general the bird in your dream can depict imagination, intuition, the mind, freedom from restraints, thoughts or hidden wishes or hopes, or your longings to move beyond limitations or boundaries, or even love or a lover. The life cycle of a bird has so many similarities with important human stages of growth we frequently use birds to represent parts of our own deeply felt experience. The second Bird Situations – and the third Different Birds. This a big entry and is in three parts, the general information first part.
