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Swallow Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 14 unique sources about Swallow

(See also: Birds, Feathers, Wings)

The arrival of this bird in spring makes it an envoy of hope and new opportunities.

In heraldry, the swallow represents conscientious attention to duty.

China: A symbol for daring and fearlessness. Also a stern protector of marital fidelity.

Biblical (Old Testament): Communications, sometimes those with little meaning. In this setting, the swallow is called a chatterer. [1]

The swallow is an allegory of spring. Swallows embody purity and holiness because they always remain high in the sky; and solitude and freedom because of their migratory habits. (See also: SPRING)

According to gypsy tradition, it is a sign of prosperity and fun. In the nest it forecasts fortune and happiness. [2]

Domestic bliss and Spring, announcing the end of winter. Great speed and mobility. According to Physiologus, the most widely read book of the Middle Ages, the swallow reproduces only once and possesses great knowledge about herbs. [3]
To dream of swallows, is a sign of peace and domestic harmony.

To see a wounded or dead one, signifies unavoidable sadness. [4]

The swallow seen in a dream represents hope and the coming of spring, a time of new beginnings and fecundity. [5]
News from afar is forecast by this dream: a swallow’s nest, domestic happiness (Gypsy). [6]
(bird) symbolic of blessing, peace, or finding the right place to live, Ps. 84:3 [7]
You see a swallow: you’ll have a guest from afar [8]
Domestic happiness and faithful friends. [9]
Symbol of hope and new beginnings. [10]
See “bird” [11]
(zool. Starling) A swallow in a dream represents money, a blessed man, a blessed woman, or an intelligent and a learned boy. Catching a swallow in a dream means seizing what is unlawful for one to take.

A house filled with swallows in the dream represents lawful earnings.

A swallow in a dream is also interpreted to represent a man of good character, and who is pious and amicable. Helping a swallow in a dream means that one may assist a kind person in his life. Catching a swallow in a dream also means being unjust toward one’s wife. Eating a swallow in a dream represents a fight. Ifone sees swallows flying away from his house in a dream, it means that his wife or a relative will abandon him, or separate from him and travel away from that town. In general, swallows and starlings in a dream represent people who are financially comfortable, or they could represent death, grief, or good deeds, movement, chanting, benevolence, or weddings. Seeing a swallow in a dream also may mean marriage to a trustworthy woman, or it could represent a good household manager.

If one is transformed into a swallow in a dream, it means that thieves will rob his house. Seeing a dead swallow in a dream is a warning to revert one’s actions and to engage in doing good. [13]

lucky numbers: 04-16-19-29-33-41

lawn, on a: peace and domestic harmony.

lovers seeing a: throw a pebble in the air and leave il wil where it lands.

married couples, when together: domestic happiness after many perplexities.

nest, a swallow’s: are ready to begin your family.

destroying a: in destroying your enemies, you destroy yourself.

with eggs: a child waits to be born.

of swallowing: the seeds of a potential y highly profitable company.

having pains when: wil live to be over ninety years old.

pills: make sure everything you put in your body needs to be there.

story that you don’t believe, a: frivolity wil hang heavily over you. [14]

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What does SWALLOW mean in a dream?


(zool. Starling) A swallow in a dream represents money, a blessed man, a blessed woman, or an intelligent and a learned boy. Catching a swallow in a dream means seizing...

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Symbol: In antiquity the swallow was a symbol of light, and in the Middle Ages, a symbol of resurrection.Vision: Seeing a swallow means that prospects are good for your love...

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One’s wholeness; one’s essential self. Wedding, en­gagement ring: the state of the relationship, as in example below, where Mary is ‘choking’ on or ‘can’t swallow’ her rela­tionship. Example: ‘If I...

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To dream that have trouble swallowing, indicates that you are holding back your feelings or words. You may feel unable to express your anger, or to say what you really...

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To dream that you swallow something, or that you have trouble swallowing, indicates that you are holding back your feelings or words. You may feel unable to express your anger,...

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An experience you need, or are making yourself meet because you think it is good for you; something we ‘swallow’ because we think it is right—we may ‘swallow’ lies or...

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Vision: Taking pills: the next few days will be unpleasant, but the aggravation is small and you will manage.If you have made a mistake in the past, now is the...

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Unable to “swallow” or accept something given to them

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Nourishment given to the body for good or otherwise.Are you having to swallow something you would rather not?

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Unable to “swallow” the word or action one is given

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Gives relief from words that were painful to swallow

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Do you want to swallow up somebody? Or are you biting off more than you can chew? See Dragon, Dinosaur.

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Excessive relief from words that were painful to swallow

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Breaking down, assimilating knowledge or information; thinking something over, sorting out, sifting through. Chewing nails or something too tough to swallow indicates a problem you are unwilling to handle, or...

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Through the throat we swallow what comes from the outside. If, like ostriches, you gobble without chewing it means that you do not understand what is proposed to you. Excessive...

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To dream of carrying a package suggests that you are shouldering a responsibility which you feel should be undertaken (or shared) by someone else; don’t swallow your resentment, speak up.See...

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Dreams of this overly sweet, artificial sugar represent that you or someone in your life is being disingenuous. Your dream is giving you the message that flattery will ultimately get...

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Apothecary, Pharmacist. Fear of illness, need for help, bitterness, emotional or physical needi- ness. Fear of disappointment, pain, poverty and / or old age. Often a hint that one can...

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The inability to internalize or accept what’s been presented to you, at least in its present form. What causes the digestive trouble here will provide more meaning.A line of reasoning...

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(1) The mouth may be a sexual symbol, representing the vagina.(2) The dream may be saying something about self-expression. Is there some part of you that has not been allowed...

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Sucking on a jawbreaker may comment that what you have put in your mouth is sweet but too hard to swallow; it may point to a situation that is tempting...

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Someone who is not being totally candid and honest (e.g., “choking back words”). Having your own words return to haunt you.Something that is so sugar coated that it is impossible...

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Grinding up, tearing something into little pieces in order to digest it; beginning the understanding process. Strength, intention; put some teeth into your position. Discussion. Need to verbalize.If teeth are...

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(see Healing, Physician)Advice, ideas, rules, or taboos that you don’t necessarily want to heed, but which are in your own best interest (e.g., “a hard pill to swallow”).Bas tasting: How...

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(1) A whale may symbolize your mother, or femininity in general.If it looks as though it might swallow you, it may symbolize a dominant mother or a mother-attachment that prevents...

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Physical urges and emotional energies that have not yet been developed and are in need of differentiation. It could also mean encountering the massive and devouring energies of the unconscious,...

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If you dream of seeing milk in large containers you will have honor and riches, if your dream is of buying and selling milk commercially, you will have great business...

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Symbol: The stork symbolizes the love of children.Vision: Seeing a stork: you will be blessed with many children or have to deal with many children—not necessarily your own. Seeing a...

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(zool.) In a dream, a starling represents an ascetic, one who surrenders to God’s will, a true believer, a patient man, a traveller or a companion on the road. Ifone...

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Dreams of walking on broken glass, seeing or being surrounded by shards of glass or, even worse (and far from everyday), having to eat broken glass may represent cutting words...

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If the deep, precipitous sides of a chasm or large hole threaten to engulf and swallow you up in a dream, or if an abyss suddenly opens up in front...

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To see your own or another person’s neck in your dream signifies your need to control your feelings and keep them in check. Consider the familiar phrase, ‘don’t stick your...

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To dream of finding money, denotes small worries, but much happiness. Changes will follow.To pay out money, denotes misfortune.To receive gold, great prosperity and unalloyed pleasures.To lose money, you will...

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As food is associated with emotion, a dream of eating with cutlery that is old, rusty or inadequate or wrongly used (for example, trying to eat soup with a fork)...

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If you discover a room that has been long forgotten containing fascinating things in your dream, this suggests a neglected part of your life that your dreaming mind is trying...

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The dreams in which you ingest food have often a purely physiological origin (simply, you are hungry). However, these images can also be representing your “hunger” in intellectual, emotional, and...

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Universal Landscape: Insecurity.Dreaming Lens: Were your teeth loose, or falling out of your mouth? What was the amount of pain or bleeding experienced? Did you swallow any of your teeth...

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1- Birds in dreams usually represent freedom, imagination, thoughts and ideas which, by nature, need freedom to be able to become evident. As far back as Pagan times, man has...

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Birds, in general, mean success. Flying birds indicate a coming journey.To have a bird land on your hand, arm, or head means an unexpected love is coming into your life.To...

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(Man’s food, Dinner, Digesting food, Invitation, Lunch) Food which is placed on a ceramic plate or on a clay plate in a dream represents lawful earnings.If food is served on...

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