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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Snake Skin

To dream of snake skin represents you or someone else that projects the feeling of corruption, contamination, or threats of total failure. Feelings projected about the possibility of corruption, ruination, or failure. Suspicious feelings about others trying to corrupt or ruin you.

To dream of wearing snake skin clothing represents an aspect of your personality that feels as though it's corrupting anything not listening to it. The personality that chooses to get back at people with corruption or total failure for not listening.

To dream of shedded snake skin represents feelings about behavior not longer needing to think of a previous way of corruption, insidiousness, or being subjected to the fear of total failure. Feelings of corruption that are not important or serious anymore. Immorality or corruption experienced as a past issue.

Example: A woman dreamed of eating shed snake skin. In waking life she had interest in a man, but her strong religious father and personal faith made her feel that considering it even in passing may be immoral.

Snakes

To dream of a poisonous snake represents feelings about corruption or contamination. Snakes in dreams also tend to reflect a person's fear of total failure or serious losses. Feelings about a person or problem totally permanently ruining you. A dangerous or tricky problem you want to avoid.

Areas of your life that spoil everything associated with them. People that can't be trusted or that you feel are dangerous to not avoid. A snake could also reflect your own lack of integrity or deceptive behavior. Noticing yourself being an "evil asshole." A snake may also represent a bad influence or a person that you don't like. A person with no family values.

Often snakes point to situations that are difficult to resist, morally troublesome, or have traps that you wish to avoid. Snakes may also reflect bad habits, people, or situations that sour your mood, spirit, or good intentions. An addiction that is difficult to resist.

To dream of being bitten by a snake represents feelings about having succumb to negative influence or feelings of total failure. Feelings of corruption that have overwhelmed you. Giving in to addictions to bad influences. Suffering a loss of some kind.

To dream of fearing being bitten by a snake represents your fear of losing something important or a fear of total failure. You may fear losing power, control, safety, or your integrity.

To dream of a dead snake represents overcoming a corrupting or negative influence in your life. It may also reflect a threat of total loss that is dissipating.

Black snakes usually represent a fear of total failure. It may also reflect your feelings about the potential for corruption or excessive losses. A fear of enemies getting to control you or ruin you. Alternatively, a black snake may represent your full awareness of yourself being a liar or bad influence. Organized planning to steal or destroy other people's integrity.

A copper colored snake represents a fear of losing an opportunity to get something you are desperate to have. Fearing total loss of something you are hopelessly striving for. Allowing your desire to scare you. A fear based on a delusional belief that if you lose something special that you will lose everything you have. Alternatively, copper colored snake could represent your own hopeless or desperate attempts to scare others with total failure. Risking everything you have to corrupt others that only embarrasses you. It can also point to hurting people, lying, cheating, stealing, or disrespecting others because you can't have what you want. A light brown snake is often mistaken for a copper colored snake so consider both colors for your dream.

A light brown snake represents a fear of loss or total failure due to an improvement in your life. Fearing that fixing something will make your life worse. A positive opportunity to improve yourself that scares scares you. Powerful insecurity or a fear of embarrassment if you achieve your goals. (e.g A boy you like finding out you're a bad kisser or a virgin if you end up dating him, or fearing the government demanding more money from you if you are honest with your taxes). A copper snake is often mistaken for a light brown snake so consider both colors for your dream.

To dream of a dark brown snake may represent a fear of an improvement in your life spoiling other areas of your life. Fearing getting rid of a problem because it will make your life worse. Fearing getting rid of something important to you and becoming a failure because of it. Alternatively, a dark brown snake may reflect your own deceptive intentions to force someone else to get rid of something they don't want to get rid of.

A white snake represents a fear of total loss caused by a requirement to be perfect. Good intentions that cause others total failure. Something genuine or positive in your life that corrupts or contaminates everything else around it. Something with good intentions that has no tolerance for alternative choices. A white snake with blue venom may represent consequences that are in your best interest, but don't feel good. A fear of maturing or having to be honest. A "total evil asshole" in your life that demands perfection that you feel is excessive.

To dream of a light blue snake represents a positive person or situation that scares you with losing all you have if you don't behave positive. A fear of total failure if you are caught doing a single thing wrong. It may reflect something in your life that is being guarded or that demands total adherence to specific rules. Alternatively, a light blue snake may reflect a positive person or situation that is antagonistic to your goals. A good person that undermines you.

A dark green snake represents a corrupting influence that is selfish, arrogant, or greedy. Selfish thoughts or habits that undermine other more positive areas of your life. A strong need to put yourself first or powerful insecurities that derail a genuine endeavor. Selfishness that corrupts all else. A fear of total failure due to someone else's selfishness.

To dream of riding on the back of a snake represents feelings about something dangerous you are using to scare people away from you. Enjoying making people feel you are dangerous. Feeling that it's easy to scare people with severe losses if they get in your way. Alternatively, it may reflect a feeling of safety you get from being able to make other people feel you are too dangerous.

To dream of a being choked by a snake may represent feelings about a negative influence that is preventing you from expressing yourself.

Females often dream of snakes when they fear sex, getting pregnant, or losing their virginity.

Example: A girl once dreamed of a poisonous snake that seduced her and was impossible to resist. In real life she was dealing with an extremely attractive man that was pursuing her that she didn't trust. The snake reflected her view of this man being a "player" and just telling her whatever she wanted to hear in order to sleep with her.

Example 2: A woman dream of a white snake. In waking life she lived in a strict religious community. Due to the religious laws of this community she was unable to express herself or do anything that wasn't approved by the community. The white snake reflected her feelings about the strict morality laws of the religious community corrupting all her happiness.

Example 3: A man once dreamed of running through a forest trying to avoid snakes. In real life he was confronting a number of dangerous problems at once.

Example 4: A woman once dreamed of being choked by a snake. In real life she was resisting revealing her sexual desire for a co-worker out of fear that she'd be fired. The snake reflected her fear of being fired that was preventing her from expressing her feelings.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of being threatened by a number of dark brown snakes. In waking life her husband threatened to leave her and not talk to her again. The dark brown snakes reflected her fear of losing her husband that could spoil her family life forever.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of a grey snake chasing her. In waking life she was having anxiety about the COVID-19 virus destroying her business and harming her daughter. The snake in this case may have reflected her anxieties about COVID-19 corrupting or ruining all her hopes for her business and family.

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Anaconda

To dream of anaconda represents feelings of being powerlessly restricted. It may also reflect your own attempts to guarantee that someone else is totally cut off from their goals. The threat of failure by being slowly restricted. Feelings about relationships or business dealing being gradually "strangled" or "suffocated" by problems.

Example: A woman dreamed of having to kill an anaconda snake. In waking life she had to fight against someone who was making comments about her business which was causing her to gradually lose a lot of money.

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Chased

To dream that you are being chased represents issues or situations that you are avoiding facing, or confronting. Something you may feel is impossible to overcome or defeat. You may feel stressed or threatened. It may also reflect something you don't want to acknowledge. You may have anxiety, strong fears, insecurities, or guilt. Situations you find emotionally dangerous.

Your actions in a chase dream parallel your waking life reactions to pressure, fear, or stress. Instead of confronting the situation, you are running away from the issue. Less serious dreams of being chased may reflect waking life situations where you are avoiding problems with friends, family, or colleagues.

Alternatively, being chased in a dream may be a sign that you feel pressured or driven by a sense of fear or failure. Avoiding embarrassment at all costs. It also reflect your desperation to avoid a serious illness.

To dream of being chased by your father may represent your inability to come to terms with doing what you know is right. It may also be a sign that you are avoiding a bad decision you've made.

To dream of being chased by an elephant represents your wish to avoid a person or situation that has the potential to become very upset with you. Doing everything you can to avoid anger, yelling, being fired, or being broken up with because you didn't do something. It may also reflect your desperation to cover something up that you know will upset someone.

To dream of being chased by a raccoon may represent you wish to avoid the consequences of bad behavior. You may have arrogantly broken rules you knew you weren't supposed to break and now wish to avoid getting caught. It may also reflect your wish to avoid someone who you know is breaking the rules or threatening you with something illegal.

To dream of being chased by a snake may represent your wish to total loss, total failure, or total embarrassment at all costs. It may also represent your wish to avoid someone you can't trust at all.

If you dream of being chased by a person , ask yourself what characteristics stand out the most about them. Hair, height, race, facial features, clothing, holding something? Do they subtlety remind you of something?

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To dream that you are chasing someone or something else represents your attempt to get a hold on something. A goal that is eluding you or a difficult problem that you trying your hardest to get control over.

To dream of something vague chasing you may reflect anxiety about issues that are not yet clear to you that you are avoiding.

To dream of being chased by something big or enormous may reflect your avoidance of issues you feel are too powerful or overwhelming to confront.

To dream of being chased by something hairy may represent your avoidance of something unpopular, unsavory, or not to your personal tastes. Avoiding something that is excessive in some manner or not considerate of your preferences.

Example: A young man dreamed of being chased by a man with an alligator head. In waking life he was losing his hair due to an illness and was avoiding telling anyone at all costs because he feared they would laugh at him.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of being chased by someone. In waking life she felt that she was avoiding her ex. She had promised to meet with him again giving him the impression that they might be able to date again when she had no interest in him anymore. She felt the need to avoid him with his constant calls.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of being chased by monsters. In waking life she felt unable to escape unemployment after deciding to leave her old company due to hating her boss.

Example 4: A man dreamed of being chased like it was a game of tag. In waking life he quit his stable job and had to take a freelance job which required regulars fees. In this case being chased may have reflected his attempts to avoid his fees as long as possible before being required to keep up with them.

Fugitives

To dream of a fugitive represents feelings about a desperate wish to evade disciplinary action or unpleasant consequences for your actions. Feelings of being "on the run" to escape or avoid consequences. Feelings about trying to escape confronting dishonesty. Feeling that apologizing is impossible and that avoidance is your only option. Feeling "like a fugitive" of faith for not returning to church.

Alternatively, dreaming about fugitives may reflect feelings of danger that problem situations or problem people are difficult to control. Feeling that it's difficult to punish or control guilty people. Feeling that it's difficult to force responsible behavior on someone who is eagerly avoiding it. Frustrations with people who keep getting away with things you can't get away with. Problem children or teenagers who avoid punishment.

Negatively, dreaming about a fugitive may represent guilty feelings about yourself having abandoned something important, responsible, or morally expected of you and now feeling as though you are "on the run" from the consequences. Avoidance, procrastination, or fear of being confronted for something you neglected, rejected, or walked away from.

Dreams of fugitives may also be common to people worrying about criminals mentioned in news reports for serious crimes.

Example: A woman dreamed of being a fugitive. In waking life, she felt guilty for not attending church enough due to a lot of personal problems.