Associated with witchcraft and oneiric prophecy, some superstitions believe that dreams in which crows appear foretell the future.
If it flies above the dreamer, it predicts hazards and bad news. Dreaming that a loved one transforms into a crow predicts strong pains. [1]
For the spintual seeker. Crow can come to represent the spiritual guidance that is available when you attune to nature.
The caw of the crow can announce a message of affirmation to a significant question in your life. In general, the crow is a mediator between your conscious mind and your higher self, helping you to navigate in a positive direction.
See also: Dead/ Death.
(2) Possibly, it may represent something in your psyche that can enrich or renew your life. (Crows sometimes fly high, and have therefore been regarded as messengers of the gods; or as emblems of fertility.) This might be true even if the crow in the dream frightened you: wc are often afraid of those dark parts of our psyche that nevertheless contain all that wc need for a fuller life. [3]
A feeling of foreboding.
A perceived nuisance.
Intelligence, resourcefulness, or ability to solve problems.
Dreaming of this animal can represent too much or not enough of one of those qualities, or someone or something you associate with the quality or animal.
Consider also the animal’s actions, context, and your feelings about it.
Depth Psychology: The crow always represents a fear of failure. It also predicts bad luck or the death of a close relative. [5]
To hear crows cawing, you will be influenced by others to make a bad disposal of property.
To a young man, it is indicative of his succumbing to the wiles of designing women.
See also: Darkness. It may also be a symbol of an aggressive woman. It was an Early Christian symbol of faithfulness.
A crow in a dream may serve as a messenger from your unconscious. [13]
If more than one Crow is seen, the matter becomes very serious. [14]
2. Something magical is coming.
3. Intelligence.
4. Removal of unwanted feelings, as the crow consumes carrion. [15]
He’s usually a forerunner of sadness though not necessarily grief. [16]
If a crow speaks to someone in his dream, it means that he will beget a son who will grow to be a corrupt person.
If one sees a crow speaking to him in a dream, it could mean suffering from depression, then feeling better thereafter.
A crow in a dream also could signify migration, or separation between beloveds. Eating the flesh of a crow in a dream means receiving money from thieves. Seeing a crow standing before the courthouse in a dream means committing an offense and paying the price for one’s crime, or it could mean killing one’s brother, then regretting it.
If one sees a crow digging the earth in a dream, then it becomes a stronger indication of such a crime.
If a crow scratches someone’s face in a dream, it means dying from an illness or freezing to death from being lost in a forest during the winter. Receiving a crow as a gift in a dream means happiness.
A hooded crow in a dream represents longevity, a wealthy person, elderly people or it could represent wonderment about something when awakened.
A crow in a dream is also the messenger of winter, cold weather and adversities. Seeing a crow descending upon a noble house means that a corrupt person will marry a noble woman from that house. Seeing a piebald crow in a dream means an affliction that will befall one’s son. Owning such a piebald crow in a dream means having a bad son. Slaughtering such a crow in a dream means receiving news from a distant place. In that sense, if a piebald crow speaks to someone in a dream, it means begetting a son who will grow to be a despicable and a corrupt person. Seeing a flock of crows inside one’s house in a dream means gaining wealth and honor up to the end of one’s life. It also could represent people who speak ill of others or backbite them.
A crow in a dream also represents a vicious fighter who fights just for himself and who is keen at acquiring what he wants, or it could represent a grave digger or bad news, a bad omen, mismanagement of one’s life or business, a long journey, trouble, adversities or calling a curse upon someone, adultery or it could represent someone who mixes good with bad qualities. Seeing a jackdaw in a dream means a bad crop. Fighting a crow in a dream means fighting someone of such character. Holding a crow in one’s hand in a dream means self-deception and pride.
A crow inside one’s shop in a dream means a corrupt person in that company. Hunting crows in a dream means gains from unlawful sources. Seeing a crow standing over a grave in a dream means that one will die in that place, or that one will discover something about which he had no knowledge.
(See also: Baby crow, Carrion crow, Raven) [22]
The same is the interpretation of an old eagle and magpie. Imaam Ibne Sireen (RA) says that if a person sees an old eagle in his dream during the day, he will suffer from some serious illness. [23]