Sting

To dream of being stung represents your feelings about a hurtful action or remark. Feeling hurt by a disappointment. Feeling stupid for having gotten too close to someone rude or insensitive.

To dream of being stung by a bee represents feelings of being stuck with hard work or obligations that you feel are unbearable. Feeling stupid for having gotten involved in something.

Alternatively, being stung could reflect feelings about having to endure something unpleasant. Respecting the seriousness of a matter. Something very annoying in your life. Brutal honesty.

Example: A woman dreamed of being stung by a fish on her foot. In waking life she was avoiding a pregnancy treatment by a specialist as she couldn't get pregnant by natural means. The sting on the foot in the dream may have reflected her feelings about how unpleasant it felt to think about getting pregnant by unnatural means. It may have also reflected her unpleasant feelings about having a person who wasn't her husband help her to get pregnant and see her genitals in order to get the pregnancy treatment. She may have felt that people would laugh at her or think of her being immoral if she didn't get pregnant through natural means.

Stingrays

To dream of a stingray represents an aspect of yourself that passively accepts itself as dangerous. Feeling that something could be dangerous at any time, but isn't right now. Feeling that a passive situation or person has the potential to be lethal.

Alternatively, a stingray could reflect feeling about "sting" operation. Passivity that could strike at any time.

Example: A young woman once dreamed about a stingray. In real life she felt intense regret for having cheated on her ex-boyfriend that she believed hated her. The stingray in this case may have reflected her feelings about talking to her ex being an emotionally dangerous because he might remind her of her cheating at any time.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a stingray. In waking life she was concerned that her boyfriend writing letters to his ex-girlfriend over a child could potentially lead to cheating possibly ending her relationship. The stingray in this case may have reflected her feelings about the potential cheating being passively dangerous to her relationship.

Bass Fish

To dream of a bass fish represents feelings about insights or problems you want to understand that put up a fight. A stubborn problem you don't understand or that puts up a fight until you do understand it. Enjoying fighting with a difficult problem that puts up a challenge. A struggle against something you don't understand while hoping nothing is wrong with you.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing a bass fish that went away and then catching a big fish she couldn't identify. In waking life she was finding getting pregnant with her husband difficult. The dream may have been intuitive about first confronting the challenge of getting pregnant and then once she did having to endure the annoyance of not knowing if it was boy or girl. The bass fish representing her first feelings about the process of conception being a struggle
against nature while hoping nothing was wrong with her.

Fish

To dream of fish represents unconscious thoughts or unconscious truths. Things you may notice about yourself or your life, but don't fully understand. Being aware of something you can't fully grasp. A subtle awareness.

Positively, fish may reflect valuable insights. Learning new things about yourself or that were previously difficult to grasp.

Negatively, fish reflects emotional problems or negative emotions that you notice yourself having, but are refusing to take serious. You may be aware that you have a problem, but don't understand the underlying issues that created it. Insights that elude you. It may also reflect problems that are out in the open, but nobody wants to talk about.

People undergoing therapy or powerful personal growth often dream of fish swimming below the surface of the water to symbolize new insights about themselves that they are trying to discover.

The size of a dream fish reflects how significant or important an issue is. A big fish represents something you know is important, but don't understand. A small fish may reflect a small problem that you have difficulty understanding.

Blue fish are positive thoughts, red fish are dangerous, ill-intentioned, or arrogant thoughts. Dark green fish are selfish thoughts. Orange fish are issues that hold a heavy influence over your current choices.

Yellow fish reflect subtle awareness with issues that you notice keep manifesting in your waking life. Something you can't help but notice.

To dream of catching a fish symbolizes gaining insight or new understanding. Learning something about yourself or how a difficult problem works.

To dream dead fish represents things you were subtly noticing that are no longer being paid attention to. Problems you were subtly noticing that are no longer important or stopped.

To dream of eating fish represents total confidence that an issue has been put to rest. You know that something will never be a problem again. It may also reflect a problem you recently discovered being solved permanently.

To dream of a flying fish represents issues you don't understand completely, but want to be involved with. Positively, it may reflect inexperience combined with eagerness. Negatively, it may be a sign that you moving too fast with something or need to spend more time learning before making a serious commitment.

To dream of a school of fish represents complicated or multi-faceted issues that you are aware off , but don't want to openly discuss. It may also reflect a higher than normal degree of awareness of your problems that you lack clarity about. A multi-faceted problem that you are having issues getting insight into. Alternatively, a school of fish may reflect conformist behavior or group thinking that you are trying to learn about.

To dream of fish attacking you represents feelings of being harmed or threatened by something you don't fully understand. Feeling threatened by a "known unknown." Feeling seriously threatened by something unproven, uncertain, or mysterious. Feeling that something is dangerous when you have never witnessed it yourself personally.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a big dark green fish swimming though the air and bumping into him. In waking life he was noticing himself repeatedly considering suicide even though he had no idea about how to do it successfully.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of having a fish thrown at her. In waking life a man she was dating accidentally told her that he loved her while he was drunk, but then was too embarrassed to openly discuss the situation. The fish being thrown at her reflected the uncomfortable manner in which the man's true feelings were revealed left undiscussed, but fully noticed.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing a fish die and then seeing it alive again. In waking life she couldn't be 100% sure if she was pregnant or not. She didn't bother with a test, but kept believing that certain bodily changes that she couldn't be sure about might be signaling that she was pregnant. The fish in this case may have reflected her feelings about seeing subtle signs that she was pregnant that she couldn't be sure about.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing a fish in a boiling pot of water. In waking life she was having subtle feelings that a fight she had with her boyfriend was going to make him stop talking to her.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of a fish inside her belly that ate her developing baby. In waking life she was having worries about a second miscarriage.

*Please See Goldfish

Fish And Chips

To dream of fish and chips represents feelings about an experience or choice where there's nothing strange about liking having a solution to a problem completely figured out for you that lets your life stay the way it is without having to talk about it being important. Wanting someone to fix your problem for you quickly and easily so your life stays the way it is while feeling you'll look stupid for asking them all the time.

Any breaded food symbolism may reflect an experience or choice that wants you to like something more than usual.

Example: A woman dreamed of her deceased husband asking for fish and chips. In this case, the fish and chips may have reflected her feelings about liking getting someone else's help to figure out a problem for her quickly and easily without it being important to talk about too much because she didn't want to seem desperate or inadequate asking for too much help without her husband being alive.

Fish Bones

To dream of fish bones represents insight that has been thoroughly examined or thought about. Facts or knowledge that can't be disputed anymore. You have fully processed or explored a new idea. Full acceptance and acknowledgement of problems you've discovered you have. Full confidence that you never need care about a problem ever again.

Fish Hooks

To dream of fish hooks represents an idea or concept that is being used to lure someone else. Seeing what happens if you try something. Attempting to drum up interest. Alternatively, it may reflect someone else that is trying to get you hooked in an idea.

Negatively, a fishhook may reflect manipulative testing or experimenting. Seeing how far you can take something. Seeing how lucky you can get with some bad intention you have. Selfishly exploiting something to discover what people really think of you.

To dream of a fish caught on a fishhook may reflect feelings about being having discovered new ideas or new insights. Feelings about a test or experiment going well. Learning new things about yourself.

Example: A woman had recurring dreams of a fish caught on a fishhook. In waking life she had been discussing her nightmares about her dead husband to a psychologist and didn't like the insights she was getting about her dreams. The fish caught on a fishhook in this case may have reflected her use of her previous dreams to get other people interested in discovering what her problems might be and not liking the final results of it.

Fish Market

To dream of a fish market represents abundant opportunities for positive change or progress. Always having the ability to do something different or deal with a new problem. Feeling surrounded by numerous possible solutions. Feeling overwhelmed with solved problems or new information. Feeling overwhelmed with solved problems, solved mysteries, or expert advice.

A fish market may also reflect an abundance of new ideas, insight, or new discoveries. Speaking to an expert that has unlimited ideas or different solutions to problems if you wish to invest your time considering them.

Negatively, a fish market may reflect too many new ideas, too much progress, or too much expert advice at one time. Too many new discoveries to handle on your own.

Fish Sticks

To dream of fish sticks represents feelings about an experience that likes there is nothing difficult about learning an insight into a problem you never understood before that isn't cold to you about finally letting you do something about it.

Fish Tank

*Please See Aquarium

*Please See Fish

Jelly-Jam

To dream of jelly or jam on bread represents feelings about an experience that isn't complicated about enjoying yourself safely without being a snob while enduring a difficult situation with nothing to complain about to anyone else.

Example: A woman dreamed of eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. In waking life, she was coping with the trauma of being sexually abused by her ex-boyfriend and being unable to afford therapy. She was only able to access free online therapy which wasn't the best option. In this case, the jelly on the sandwich may have reflected her feelings about enjoying the simplicity of the free online therapy while temporarily enduring not being able to afford regular therapy and not choosing to complain about the situation to anyone.

*Please See Peanut Butter

Pleco Cleaner Fish

To dream of a pleco cleaner fish represents feelings about diligence, responsibility, and the importance of maintenance and cleanliness. Pleco cleaner fish are known for their role in aquariums as diligent scavengers, helping to keep the environment clean by consuming algae, leftover food, and even dead fish. This dream might symbolize your role or efforts in maintaining cleanliness, order, or health in your own environment or life. Uncertainty about having to keep being aware of yourself in a perpetual state of cleaning like it was the point of your life without knowing if it's appreciated or understood.

Positively, dreaming about a Pleco cleaner fish could symbolize the satisfaction or rewards of performing essential, often overlooked tasks. It might represent the quiet pride in providing a crucial service or taking care of details that others may not notice or appreciate. This dream may reflect a conscious choice to embrace responsibility, the importance of diligence, and the value of hard work in maintaining balance or health.

Negatively, dreaming about a Pleco cleaner fish could represent feelings of being undervalued or taken for granted. It might symbolize a sense of being overburdened with tasks, or feeling that your contributions are unseen or unappreciated. Perhaps you're struggling with feeling like you're constantly cleaning up after others, or that your efforts to maintain balance or harmony are not recognized.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing an aquarium with an unusual brown pleco cleaner fish. In waking life, he was an author trying to rewrite internet based dictionary and clean up sections users may have found difficult to understand without knowing if it was appreciated or understood. In this case, the pleco cleaning fish may have reflected his perception of his ongoing responsibility to refine and clarify complex information in his dictionary for his readers, akin to the diligent cleaning role of the pleco fish in an aquarium.

Aquarium

To dream of an aquarium represents feelings about observing life or behavior contained and isolated from direct interaction. Controlled and isolated awareness of a situation that you are observing from a safe distance. Being detached from an situation and feeling content without actively involving yourself in it. A fascination with people, events, or aspects of yourself that you have no intention of deeply engaging with. It highlights your ability to notice and understand the impact of certain issues on your life, while staying emotionally uninvolved. Curiosity, reflection, or the study of feelings, thoughts, or aspects of oneself, all viewed from a detached or objective perspective. Safely having no involvement with something you are observing happening in your life. Observation of a situation that can't hurt you.

Positively, dreaming about an aquarium may reflect your fascination or interest in observing problems you are safely distanced from. Fascination with people, situations, things about yourself that you have no interest in seriously involving yourself with. Intelligently keeping yourself separated from something dangerous you are observing. Feelings about the full weight of a controlled situation you are aware of not embarrassing you. It implies an intelligent decision to keep yourself separated from potentially dangerous circumstances that you are merely observing. Your perception of a controlled situation that does not embarrass or threaten you.

Negatively, dreaming about an aquarium could represent feelings of being detached, isolated, or restricted in uncertain situations you prefer to never do anything other than observe. Feelings of being observed and scrutinized without the ability to affect the outcome. Feeling of alienation or the fear of being directly interaction with certain aspects of your life, emotions, or people. Feelings about a situation that limits you with only getting to observe it. Indifference, lack of fear, or lack of enthusiasm for something you are aware of happening. Indifference towards harmful or negative events happening around you. A lack of emotional involvement with problems you are noticing yourself or someone else experiencing. It may also represent being aware of how issues are effecting you, but being unwilling to confront them. You may be watching something negative unfold without feeling compelled to take any action or responsibility. Watching people too much from a safe distance and thinking there nothing wrong with it.

To dream of fish in an aquarium represents feelings of insight, perception, and careful observation of one's behavior or other's behavior from a controlled or limited perspective.

To dream of a spider in an aquarium represents feelings of insight, perception, and careful contained observation of a situation that makes you feel anxious, trapped, or threatened. You might be observing a difficult or anxiety-inducing situation from a safe distance or studying behavior that scares you without directly engaging with it.

To dream of a snake in an aquarium represents feelings of insight, perception, or careful observation of a situation or behavior that you find corrupt, threatening, sinister, or deceptive but is contained and can't directly harm you.

Consider the colors of the animals in the aquarium for additional meaning.

Example: A young woman dreamed of seeing an aquarium filled with white fish that were having babies. In waking life, she was noticing herself desiring a boy she liked while carefully doing everything to be closer to him without talking to him at all. In this case, the aquarium scene may have reflected her awareness of herself creating too many safe situations to be close to her crush while keeping herself carefully isolated from ever taking action to talk to him. She may have preferred to never talk to her crush, choosing instead to live with the uncertainty of ever dating him while watching him from a safe emotional distance.

Example 2: A young woman dreamed of seeing a python get placed into an aquarium that was attacking or eating others animals. In waking life, she felt indifferent to her friends beginning to not like her as she tried to do well in school while having a part time job. In this case, the aquarium with the python snake attacking other animals may have reflected her indifference to observing her job and stronger academic focus "strangling" her social life.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing a developing baby in an aquarium that was close in term development to a previous baby she had aborted. In waking life, she was very sensitive about experiencing or observing herself surpass her previous failed pregnancy term record. In this case, the aquarium may have reflected her thoughts about safely observing her new pregnancy through testing while feeling indifferent to the possibility of needing get another abortion if something was wrong.

Example 4: A man dreamed of looking into an aquarium and seeing a big fish eat a smaller fish. In waking life, he was observing his wife move from her initial stage of pregnancy to a much more sensitive serious stage. He felt he couldn't do anything except be an observer and not a participant in the pregnancy as he watched his wife manage most issues related to the pregnancy on her own. The aquarium in this case may have reflected the man's feelings about observing his wife move into a more serious stage of pregnancy and how she managed it. The big fish eating the smaller fish might symbolize his perception of the increasing demands and responsibilities of the pregnancy 'consuming' the less complicated early stages.

Example 5: A man dreamed of standing in his grade 8 classroom while seeing an aquarium scene change from a weird brown pleco cleaner fish change into an aquarium scene with smaller white fish scared into single file order. In waking life, he was experiencing a criminal situation that was difficult to fix eventually sorting itself out. In this case, the aquarium may have reflected his perception of observing the criminal situation as it unfolded, with no ability to intervene directly.

*Please See Fish

Bees

To dream of bees represents hard work and industrious behavior. Hard work that you are involved with or that you feel will be required of you. Busy thoughts or feeling frantic. Feeling stuck with big job or large amount of work. Fearing getting a lot of work or being stuck with a scary job. Feeling stuck helping others. Annoyance at a person that likes working before your feelings.

Positively, bees may reflect a wish to catch up on work or work harder.

Bee dreams are common around moments with large social expectations like weddings, funerals, college selection, and childbirth. It may also reflect feelings about being overloaded having to help others with their health problems.

To dream of being stung by bees represents conflicting feelings about hard work that is excessive or that you really don't want to do. Feeling that someone or something has left you with big job that you don't want to do. Feeling annoyed work that is required of you may be unfulfilling, boring, or will take too long to finish.

To be stung on your hands may symbolize feelings about being stick with a large load of hard work that ties you down, hampers success, or prevents you doing what you really want to do.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a bee riding on the back of a lizard. In waking life he was annoyed with having to work overtime with a very scary job.

Example 2: A young girl dreamed about her mother being stung in the chest by bees and dying. In waking life she discovered her mother having serious chest pains and needed to be taken to the hospital. The bees stinging and killing her mother may have reflected how annoyed she felt with having to deal with the stress of taking her mother to the hospital while also fearing her mother dying.

Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing bees. In waking life he felt he was being lazy and needing to increase his work load to catch up.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of an angry bee. In waking life she felt she was under attack by a family member.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of a bee on her foot. In waking life she was annoyed that she might have to get a job that so that she could avoid dropping out of college.

Catfish

To dream of catfish represents a situation that isn't really what you wanted or hoped it would be. Feeling good settling for less or having to accept an alternative.

Example: A woman dreamed of catfish swimming towards her. In waking life her old boss was trying to rehire her for a job she was let go from due to fraud inside the company. The catfish swimming towards her reflected her positive feelings about her old boss wanting to rehire her while also feeling that she wanted to work somewhere else.