Dream about taking care of a snake

May the grace of stillness find you, dear soul, as you find yourself taking care of a snake. This dream shows how the heart sustains a hidden enmity, perhaps by tending to a source of deceit that remains close. Such a dream points to how a person might be tending to a shadow that lacks the light of truth.

The presence of such a thing in your care is a sign that you are currently sustaining a danger that could otherwise be left behind. This intimacy with a hidden peril suggests a state where the soul is not yet ready to distinguish between what is nurturing and what is harmful. You hold this darkness close to your center. May you find the clarity to see what is truly being fed.

Petting, playing with, or kissing a snake invites a wound into your heart, as your kindness seeks to welcome a thing that is meant to deceive.

Feeding a snake or feeding snakes provides the very strength that a falsehood needs to grow and take hold of your life.

Saving a snake or saving snakes changes the weight of the dream by suggesting that what appeared to be a threat is being transformed into a source of wisdom through an act of peace.

Sleeping with a snake brings a hidden threat into the sanctuary of your rest, where the peril becomes a constant guest in your quietest hours.

Wilfred Hale

Wilfred HaleInterpreter interprets your dreams

Peace to your evening, dear soul. A dream is like a lamp left in a window. It shows the shape of the room more than the shape of the night outside. What frightened you in it holds no weight of its own and may be set down at the door. Whatever was good in it can be kept and given thanks for. The rest can be trusted to the morning.

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