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Hen Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 18 unique sources about Hen

Since immemorial times, the hen is a symbol of superficiality because of its clucking and passivity.

It is no coincidence that the hen is associated with rumors, whispers, and slander. Therefore, the presence of a hen in your dreams may suggest that someone is making malicious comments about you behind your back. A totally different sense arises if you dream of a hen laying an egg. In these cases, the dream images portend a profit in short time. This dream can also be attributed to excessive concern for your partner, children, or friends to the point of becoming a “mother hen.” [1]

A black hen signifies sad news, a white one glad news, a brown one promises money luck, a fat one prophesies gain, a lean one mediocrity, a clucking one exciting gossip, and a pecking hen means you may have to back up and start again.

A laying hen indicates prosperity: killing a hen forecasts ups and downs; and plucking one warns of an unexpected demand on your finances. [2]

To dream that you hear hens cackle, or that you catch them, signifies joy, profit and assurance of the despatch of business. To dream that you are turned into a hen, signifies disquiet. To dream that you see a hen lay eggs, signifies gain. To see a hen with her chickens, signifies loss and damage. To dream that a hen crows, signifies sadness and trouble. [3]
To dream of a hen may have various meanings. First, it may indicate gossip and misfortune in your life, especially if you are fond of bragging about trivial matters.

A hen is also a maternal figure. Another possible interpretation of a hen is the metaphor ‘hen-pecked,’ which means being picked on. [4]

Feminine, maternal feelings, as in Mother, luck, honesty, and domesticity, as in Baking, Roast, and Frying Pan. Cooking, but also Flowerpot, Porcelain, Apron, and Iron. Fertility and fear of pregnancy, as in Egg. [5]
A dream of commonplace affairs. But if you see the Hens laying eggs, you may expect good luck. Chickens, however, are not considered fortunate. [6]
The hen denotes providence, maternal care and procreation. When a hen crows in a dream it is taken to represent feminine domination. [7]
Dreams of a hen represent that you are being overly vigilant, worried, nit picking, protective, nosey, fear-based and maternal. [8]
The hen symbolizes gossip and calamity as well as being annoyingly pecked at by a person or a situation (“henpecked”). [9]
To dream of hens, denotes pleasant family reunions with added members.

See also: Chickens. [10]

A brooding hen or a hen laying an egg is an omen of pleasure at meeting an old friend. [11]
If you dream about a hen, you fear people are talking about you behind your back. [12]
Being a mother hen, overbearing, manipulative, protective.

See also: Chicken. [13]

1. Jesus;

2. Comfort, nurture, and protect;

3. Church. Matt. 23:37 [14]

A person who gives protective shelter and care for others [15]
A hen may symbolize motherhood; female sexuality’. [16]
It represents a blessed woman.

If many hens are seen then they represent dames and women who will gather together for some happy occasion such as a wedding. [18]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Big Dictionary of Dreams by Martha Clarke [Back to dream]
  2. The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams by Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett [Back to dream]
  3. The Mystic Dream Book by Stephen Girard [Back to dream]
  4. Dream Symbols and Analysis by DreamForth [Back to dream]
  5. Little Giant Encyclopedia by Klaus Vollmar [Back to dream]
  6. Mystic Dream Book by Internet Archive - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  7. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  8. Strangest Dream Explanations by Dream Explanations - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  9. Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia by James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver [Back to dream]
  10. Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation by Gustavus Hindman Miller [Back to dream]
  11. The Complete Dream Book by Gillian Holloway [Back to dream]
  12. My Dream Interpretation by myjellybean [Back to dream]
  13. The Dream Books Symbols by Betty Bethards [Back to dream]
  14. Dream Dictionary The Biblical Model by Vincent Wienand [Back to dream]
  15. Dream Dictionary Unlimited by Margaret Hamilton [Back to dream]
  16. A Dictionary of Dream Symbols by Eric Ackroyd [Back to dream]
  17. Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary by Pamela Ball [Back to dream]
  18. Islamic Dream Interpretation by Ibn Seerin [Back to dream]

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To dream of hens, denotes pleasant family reunions with added members.See Chickens.

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Dream Keywords: pregnant, form, know

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