Shrewdness, especially in the way you handle other people. In its den, the fox symbolizes a wise retreat into safety.
Transformation or clever adaptation. In Eastern lands and among Native Americans, this creature is considered a shape-shifter.
Foxes live in borderlands and usually come out at dawn or dusk. This activity provides the symbolism of being in between stages, places, or worlds.
Camouflage and blending in. How exposed are you right now?
Using charm to get what’s desired. Foxes play with their prey using elaborate or funny gestures to distract the animal while they move in closer.
Having been defeated by trickery (e.g., being “outfoxed”).
In relationships, this speaks of monogamous territoriality. Take care that you are not holding on so tightly here that you actually push the one you love away. [1]
Vision: Seeing a fox (or several): you are suspicious of your friends.
A running fox: be careful, somebody wants to trick you.
A tame fox: pay attention, a false friend wants to do you in. Catching a fox: you are going to uncover a secret plot. Participating in a fox hunt: you are outmaneuvering a woman. Or is it the other way around?
Depth Psychology: In men’s dreams, the fox is usually a symbol of sexual cravings, intelligence, cunning, and instinctive behavior, but it is also deceitful. Does someone have it in for you? [2]
If the dreamer chases a fox in a dream, it suggests that he or she is too detached from reality and is in danger of floating in a sea of untruths. Do you need to be as ‘wily as a fox’ at present?
Does your dream fox need protection from the hunt and if so, what can this be linked to in your daily life? [3]
The fox is considered our soul guide and companion on our life’s journey. It points to our childhood.
A rabid fox means uncontrollable instincts.
According to the 2nd century dream interpreter Artemidorus, bad reputation.
According to early Christian view, the fox is the devil.
According to Jung, a “foxy,” cunning old man. [4]
Sly or wily.
Shifty or elusive.
Having a misleading charm or ulterior motive.
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.
If you see a fox slyly coming into your yard, beware of envious friendships; your reputation is being slyly assailed.
To kill a fox, denotes that you will win in every engagement. [9]
2. Use caution; deceitful rivals or even friends involved in a seemingly threatening situation.
3. Problems and obstacles may be overcome with careful thought. [10]
Frequently a symbol of the devil in the middle Ages, it expresses the inferior impulses and the difficulties of the opponent. [12]
2. Craftiness/spirit Luke 13:32;
3. Skill Neh. 4:3
4. Cowardly (lacking spiritual fortitude);
5. Creature of the night;
6. False prophet; Luke 13:32. [14]
If you see a fox passing by, you will be the clever one.
If you are on a fox hunt, beware of others.
A vixen with her cubs indicates a clever woman. [16]
If you see the animal killed, you will overcome the threatened trouble. [18]
If you chase a fox, you may suffer from bad speculations and unsavory amours. [19]
A fox in a dream also means ingratiating oneself before a noble man or a noble woman.
If one sees a fox toadying him and seeking his protection in a dream, it represents his fear of spirits, jinns or human beings.
If one sees himself battling a foxffi a dream, it means that his wife has committed adultery. Capturing a piece offox skin or his hair in a dream means victory and strength, or it may be interpreted as receiving an inheritance.
A fox in one’s dream also represents profits, new clothing, one’s wife or marriage.
beautiful coat, with a: beware of the deceit of seductive charms.
buying a: be on close lookout for other’s potential y dangerous activities.
catching a, in a trap: wil uncover a clandestine relationship.
children playing with a baby: people are abusing your kindness.
hunt, participating in a: are being outmaneuvered; step back and redirect.
killed, a, being: wil overcome the threat of a clever foe.
killing a: success in undermining a quick-witted opponent.
many: enemies are inventive in their sneakiness.
of a: an enemy’s rival is among your acquaintances.
sly, a: a crafty enemy wil subtly amaze you.
surprising a: beware of baseness and trickery on the part of thieves.
tame: your love wil not be misplaced and betrayed.
terrier, a: put your hyperactive nervousness to work in the stock market. [29]