Lamb

To dream of a lamb (baby sheep) represents an aspect of your personality that is vulnerable, impressionable, or easily controlled. A lamb may also reflect your view of another person that you think is easy to lead or control.

Alternatively, a lamb may be a sign that you are too concerned with conforming to others rules. You are going out of your way to make sure you are conforming.

To dream of eating lamb may reflect experiences in waking life that allow you to enjoy being independent and live as an individual. Not having to conform to others wishes at all.

Example: A woman dreamed of eating lamb. In waking life her husband was leaving the country for a few weeks and it was the first time in years that she would have to live completely on her own without her husband around at all. The experience allowed her to enjoy life as an independent woman.

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Lemmings

To dream of a lemming represents decisions based solely on what other people are doing. It may also reflect blind trust or poor assumptions. A lemming may be a sign that you should think for yourself. It may also indicate that you should spend more time considering a risk you are taking.

Leopard

To dream of a leopard represents patience and stealth. Feelings about yourself or other people who quietly observe every single thing happening in a situation before totally humiliating someone when they least expect it. Feeling very determined to achieve a goal. Potential for a dangerous last minute embarrassment.

Positively, a leopard may reflect overcoming obstacles through persistence. Carefully waiting for the perfect moment to strike your enemy. Noticing what your enemy is doing all the time so they can't escape you.

Negatively, a leopard may reflect your fear about enemies who are secretly observing all your weakness before they attack you with them. Feeling that people are so jealous of you that they will never stop looking for a perfect reason to hurt or humiliate you. Feeling that someone is always "ready to strike." Feeling that your enemy is watching you all the time so you can't escape them. A determined opponent. Feeling weary of danger or that someone will never show you pity. A prolonged need to avoid something observing you. Fearing serious government agencies such as the IRS.

Alternatively, a leopard may reflect your own attempts to steal something from someone in stealth. Waiting for the perfect opportunity to steal something.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a leopard. In waking life he was paranoid about a welfare office interviewer who he felt didn't believe a single thing he said about his finances. He felt the welfare office worker was waiting for a single incorrect piece of information in his application interview to totally humiliate him that he was a liar as though she was stealthily enjoying waiting for it.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a leopard sitting in the back seat of her car. In waking life she was someone who didn't like losing her temper, but felt that at the current moment she had to be very firm and determined to achieve a goal by showing that she could lose her temper at the last minute if she had to if someone didn't do something as perfect as she needed it done.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of a leopard that scared her. In waking life she was thinking about stealing a man away from his wife and was waiting for the right opportunity to start the affair.

Lioness

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Lions

To dream of lions represents feelings of total control or domination of others. Either your own need to control others, or your projection of other people who you feel want to control you.

Positively, a lion may represent leadership, courage, or using your temper for good purposes. Yelling at misbehaving children or dishonest people. Angry threats towards criminal-minded people. Terrifying enemies or bullies with your anger. Standing up to someone. Forcing other people to respect you with fear. Strong leadership.

Negatively, a lion may reflect a fear of people who you are allowing to control you. Control that is too serious. Angry intimidating people in your life. A fear of bullies. Fearing upsetting someone powerful. A persistent feeling of trying very hard not to upset someone. Fearing employers, doctors, dentists, police, or other people with professional authority that you don't want to embarrass yourself with. A fear of legal consequences. Fearing not complying with high standards that are expected of you. Alternatively, it may reflect your abuse or exploitation of power to control others. Losing your temper with people you care about. A really bad temper. An overreaction or embarrassing power trip. Feeling controlled by bills or creditors that will threaten you if you don't pay your bills.

To dream of a female lioness may represent controlling females or feelings of being dominated by women. A fear of angering a powerful women. Feelings about caring too much what passive people think and being controlled by it.

Example: A woman dreamed of having a pet lion. In waking life, she was cheating on her husband with a very aggressive man whom she felt she had to look after.

Example 2: A man dreamed of female lions running around a store he regularly shopped at. In waking life, when he shopped at the store he was very insecure about what the store owners thought about him. He felt socially controlled.

Example 3: A man dreamed of trying to avoid lions. In waking life, he was successfully treating a serious health problem with a natural vitamin supplement and he feared that when he spoke to his medical doctors that they would force him to stop taking it.

Example 4: A young man dreamed of fearing lions. In waking life, he was very insecure about attending a really strict school with high standards.

Example 5: A man dreamed of a lion he was trying to avoid. In waking life, he regretted yelling at his son and was having problems apologizing for it.

Example 6: A man dreamed of seeing a lion. In waking life, he was concerned about his boss making threats about the DEA showing up at his workplace to investigate drugs. In this case, the lion symbolism may have reflected his feelings about his boss being too controlling using threats about the dangerous controlling power of the DEA if he was caught with drugs.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of seeing lions. In waking life, she was concerned about being controlled by her creditors requiring payments for debts.

Example 8: A woman dreamed of a lioness. In waking life, she was having problems with a female boss that was too controlling.

Example 9: A young man dream of a lion being left at his house. In waking life, he felt that his family was yelling at him too much and was too serious about controlling him to force him to behave.

Lizards

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Llama

To dream of a llama represents behavior that thinks it's better than others in a manner that is both obvious and ridiculous. People in your life that openly express their belief of themselves to be better than others when you think that it looks silly. Stupid people who think they are attractive.

Example: A young man dreamed of seeing a llama that had to be hidden. In waking life a girl that liked him kept sending him text messages even though she knew he had a girlfriend already. The llama in this case may have reflect his feelings about how arrogantly vain and stupid he felt the girl sending him texts messages was because she wouldn't accept the reality that she wasn't perceived to be more attractive than his girlfriend to the point of being ridiculous.

Lobsters

To dream of a lobster represents a difficulty in freeing yourself from a problem. Feeling you that someone will never stop talking about problem if you even bring it up once. Difficulty getting other people to stop reminding you of your negativity if you allow them to have any control or power at all. Sensitive angry people who will not stop trying to control you with something they are angry at you about.

Lobsters may also reflect feelings of your self taking risks discussing topics that are sensitive to other people.

Positively, dreaming about a lobster may reflect your persistence with dishonest people. Never letting go of someone who has been dishonest until they are honest. Using any opportunity you can to persistently never let a dishonest person avoid a responsibility.

Negatively, dreaming of a lobster may reflect petty or nauseating attempts to remind people of something wrong they did. Persistently reminding people of their faults if they make a single mistake. Hyper-sensitive nagging or reminding. Never stopping reminding people of why they aren't perfect.

To dream of eating lobster may reflect feelings of never having to worry about being controlled again. Enjoying yourself not having to put up with someone else's annoying persistence, nagging, or reminders. Enjoying peace and quiet. Enjoying someone else's passivity or inability to bother you again. Enjoying the power control people by telling them to never bother you again. Negatively, dreams about eating lobster may reflect a dishonest use of power to control honest people from bothering you about your dishonesty. Threats of revealing secrets, using leverage, or calling in favors to keep honest people from bothering you.

Example: A man dreamed of trying to kill live lobsters and keep them for food. In waking life he was trying to intelligently avoid debt collectors and people who wanted to take large portions of money he had accrued. He felt that if he didn't perfectly avoid them that they would never stop coming for the rest of his money. The lobsters may have reflected his feelings about the consequences of cooperating with debt collectors whom he felt would never leave him alone again if he ever gave them any money at all.

Example 2: A man dreamed of being bitten by a lobster he couldn't shake off. In waking life he made a serious mistake in school and a teacher wouldn't stop reminding him of his mistake everyday until he was perfectly complaint for over a month.

Lynx

To dream of a lynx represents feelings about behavior that is dangerous, intuitive, and elusive about never having to say it's larger than someone else until you get too close to it. Behavior that is dangerous about listening to every single thing that is happening not being important before it ever has to act on it. Issues that don't scare you or feel threatening until they are close at hand. Feeling that a small issue is dangerous, but not serious unless you absolutely have you approach it.

Example: The artist Peter Birkhouser's last dream painting before he died was of a giant black lynx standing over top of him, too big to do anything about. In this case, the lynx may have been a reflection of the artist's fear of death feeling dangerous about listening to everything happening with his worsening health condition, intuitive about countering doctors attempts to prolong his life in the hospital, and elusive about never having to feel serious until the last minute.

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Mamba Snake

To dream of a mamba snake represents feelings about corruption, contamination, or total failure that likes a situation exactly the way it is. Fear of total failure from an issue that doesn't mind if you don't change it. Emotionally deadly or lethal passivity. A situation or person that feels good thinking nothing is wrong while being deadly. Feeling that dangerous situation is not laughing at you, but strikes with total failure if you don't do anything about it. Feelings about someone or something that doesn't look angry, but has the potential to cause total failure if left as it is. The worst problem ever that doesn't look like it wants to be.

Negatively, dreaming about a mamba snake represents feelings about someone too adorable, old, famous, rich, or busy to believe they are deadly. Failure from something you didn't believe minded you. A sense of something being emotionally lethal to accept someone else's problem. Potentially lethal behavior that feels good guilty and doesn't think it's polite to bother it. Potentially lethal failure that doesn't think it's better than you and never wants to talk to you at all. Feelings about the threat of total failure that doesn't want you to believe anything is wrong.

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Mammoths

To dream of a mammoth represents your feelings that something is dangerously bigger than you are. You may feel that a situation is too big for you to control. Parents or authority figures in your life that once they show up you are too insignificant to do anything except get out of their way.

Negatively, a mammoth may reflect feelings about behavior that is terrifyingly oversensitive about getting it's way. Behavior that is terrifyingly oversensitive about it's size or power being respected. Enormous power that is unprofessional. Terrifying over-sensitivity requiring respect for something you feel looks stupid, crazy, or irrational.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a mammoth. In waking life he felt compelled to respect someone he felt was childish, ignorant, with the ability to cost his business money.

Manatees

To dream of a Manatee represents behavior that's ignorant (or wilder than you like) about staying safe for the rest of its life without embarrassing other people. Behavior that's passive about prioritizing safety without causing embarrassment to others that other people may not like or that can't be controlled.

Example: A young woman dreamed of being a manatee. In waking life, she had agoraphobia (fearing and avoiding places or situations that might cause panic and feelings of being trapped, helpless or embarrassed.) In this case, being a manatee may have reflected her feelings about her behavior being entirely focused on staying safe and avoiding embarrassing other people with talking about her condition too much so that they wouldn't verbally attack her for it.

Manta Ray

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Moles-Rodent

To dream of a mole (animal rodent) represents feelings about behavior that is keeping secrets, hiding from the truth, or engaging in covert activities. Behavior that is hidden, unnoticed, or working behind the scenes. Things happening in your life that are not immediately apparent or that are happening below the surface. Unnoticed efforts or subtle influences that are shaping your decisions and actions. Behavior that is quiet about why it doesn't respect who you are while thinking differently than you for the rest of its life. Feelings about behavior that is overlooked or underestimated for the damage it can do. A distrust of others who are not who they seem to be. A fear of being betrayed by those you trust. A need to be more discerning about who you let into your life and be more aware of the hidden agendas of others.

Positively, dreaming about a mole may represent an intuitive sense that something hidden and undermining was happening. A keen intuition or ability to uncover hidden truths and navigate through difficult situations. The ability to work quietly towards goals without needing recognition or fanfare. Comfort with working in the background or skill in managing the subtler aspects of a situation. Your intuition and the ability to notice what others overlook, suggesting a deep understanding of the undercurrents in your life or relationships.

Negatively, dreaming about a mole could represent feelings of being undermined or that something is happening behind your back. Hidden agendas, secret activities, or feelings of paranoia. Perhaps you are dealing with trust issues, fearing that others are working against you in secretive ways. Feelings of insignificance or being overlooked, as the mole's underground lifestyle might reflect your sense of being out of sight and out of mind in your waking life. Being too secretive or deceitful in your actions, or that you are involved in activities that you are not proud of. A fear of being exposed or having your secrets revealed. A tendency to be overly suspicious or distrustful of others.

Example: An older man dreamed of seeing a mole in his house. In waking life, he was persistent in trying to resolve a lifelong mystery that had already been partly resolved by "digging deeper" into the issue. In this case, the mole may have reflected the man's own determination to dig deeper and uncover the truth, even if it is difficult, secretive, or considered deceitful to other people.

Example 2: A young woman dreamed of a person being a "mole" within a group of people that turns against the group. In waking life, she felt that she needed to make peace with the earth, stay at home, and get away from bad influences that she felt had infiltrated her life. In this case, describing a person as a "mole" may have reflected her feelings of being undermined by people who were pretending to be friends while secretly plotting against her.

Mongoose

To dream of a mongoose represents you or someone else that always ends up first. Surprising others that you can't lose or never have less them others. Always "one upping" someone else. A feeling that someone or something is so incredible it can't ever fail.