An image frequently dreamed about by women. Longing for powerful love while, at the same time, also being afraid of the experience.
The tiger and the Lion are both symbols of vitality and passion.
The tiger is more a symbol of female sexual energy, while the lion is more a symbol of masculine sexual energy.
The tiger possesses great energy, and one of its main strengths when it attacks is the surprise factor.
It is also the symbol of severe loss. In the Shinto (of ancient Japan), the tiger was considered a holy but people- devouring predator, the personification of horror and fear who stops at nothing. According to Jung, it is also the symbol for female compulsion, as in Cat, Bear, Snake. [1]
It is also the symbol of strength and aggressiveness. Because of this it is associated with the liberation of the basic instincts: plenty of energy that could turn against you. A domesticated tiger, in contrast, reflects the triumph of reason over passion.
In the children’s poem “Tiger” by William Blake, the animal represents material existence. Its frightening character is the suffering that people experience when they lose their innocence. [2]
In India, an emblem of divine wrath being unleashed.
China: The Lord of Animals, who embodies the attributes of authority, courage, passion, adventure, and prowess. Similar symbolism exists in Japan where the tiger represents heroic energy and self-regulation.
Riding a tiger: Confronting dangerous elemental powers that might get quickly out of control without constant monitoring.
Learning patience and the value of silence in achieving your goals. Tigers are slow, meticulous, and silent hunters. [3]
If it attacks you, failure will bury you in gloom.
If you succeed in warding it off, or killing it, you will be extremely successful in all your undertakings.
To see one running away from you, is a sign that you will overcome opposition, and rise to high positions.
To see them in cages, foretells that you will foil your adversaries.
To see rugs of tiger skins, denotes that you are in the way to enjoy luxurious ease and pleasure. [4]
The tiger represents female sexuality, aggression and seduction.
If the tiger is in a cage, then it suggests that those repressed feelings are on the verge of surfacing.
If you dream of being attacked by a tiger, you may find yourself distressed and tormented by rivals.
If you dream of escaping or killing a tiger, you will be exceedingly successful in everything you do in life.
It is a sign of your good health, energy and inner strength. [5]
Assertiveness or aggression.
Being pro-active, or taking pre-emptive action to avoid problems before they arise.
Personal strength or courage.
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.
To dream about being attacked by a tiger indicates disturbing thoughts that you are holding back.
To dream about a tiger in a cage indicates that those feelings could soon be coming to the forefront. [7]
The tiger signifies the power to exert your will in the world and the possession of leadership qualities It holds a regal authority that is seldom challenged.
A tiger may come to mention that you take the lead in orchestrating much-needed reforms in some community service. [10]
2. An individual with bad intent, hostility, meaning harm.
3. A spirit guide, often representing feminine energy, physical prowess.
4. Feelings of being overwhelmed—often by anger, likely by passion. [13]
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(2) It may symbolize someone or something that has frightened you - perhaps some instinctive drive or other part of you.
See also: Animal(s).
T-JUNCTION [14]
A tiger can also be a manifestation of a spiritual enemy in someone’s life attempting to stalk and devour them [15]
To hunt a tiger means that a trap has been laid for you but you will recognize it and avoid it.
To kill a tiger means triumph over your enemies. [16]
2. Satan,
3. Prowler;
4. Religious spirit (white tiger). Mic. 3:1-3; Mark 1:13; 1 john 3:8. [20]
A tiger inside one’s house in a dream represents an insolent person who attacks one’s family. Seeing a tiger or a leopard in one’s dream means receiving money from an insolent or an artful person.
A struggle with a tiger in a dream means fighting with an insolent person. Tiger’s bite in a dream represents damage caused by such a person.
A tiger in a dream also represents either a man or a woman. It also represents deceit, trickery, an illness, or eye irritation. Tigress milk in a dream represents enmity. Seeing a tiger in a dream also could mean repenting from sin.
(See also: Fur, Milking a tiger) [27]