Vision: Seeing a turtle means you are well protected and have valuable friends. But it also means that you are easily taken advantage of because you react too slowly. Killing a turtle: you will lose the support of a benefactor. Finding a dead turtle: you are losing—through no fault of yours—a good friend or supporter.
Depth Psychology: If you are a very sensitive person, the turtle is a symbol of the “hard shell you wear” as a protection against being hurt. While the turtle itself is a symbol of inertia, the dream also means that you will travel through life with determination. [1]
Strength of self.
Hesitance to show your true self, or being careful whom you choose to trust.
Isolating yourself, or a need for more time to yourself.
Longevity.
Patience, or persistence over time.
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.
The ideas that they convey are those of steadfastness and caution. They move and change very slowly, and in your dream about them, you may be expressing some of your reluctance to forge ahead.
The turtles have strong protective shells, which may also be symbolic of your defense mechanisms or real life protection with which you have surrounded yourself. [5]
To dream that you are being chased by a turtle means that you are not addressing the real issues and problems that you face. [8]
To drink turtle soup, denotes that you will find pleasure in compromising intrigue. [9]
2. Religious spirit (hardened hearts [shell]);
3. Traditional church;
4. Slow to change;
5. Withdrawn; Gal. 2:12. Matt 15:1-3; Mark 7:5;1 Thess. 5:3. [10]
The opportunities for advancement are opened to you, but you need to take the next step. [11]
2. Slow but steady advancement.
3. Protection, the ability to retreat or find shelter from situations. [12]
A turtle in a dream is also interpreted as a man of knowledge, or a chiefjustice, because she is most knowledgeable and God fearing amongst the sea creatures. In a dream, a turtle therefor could represent a devout worshipper who reads the scrolls of God’s prophet Abraham, upon whom be peace, or any of the holy scriptures. Seeing a pet turtle in a house or a town in a dream means that the people of knowledge in that locality are well respected. Seeing a turtle living in a dump, then it represents a knowledgeable person living in the midst of ignorant people who care little about learning anything from him. Eating a turtle in a dream means profits, benefits, or money.
If one sees a turtle inside his house, or ifhe owns one in a dream, it means that he will benefit from the company of a learned person who is acquainted with ancient manuscripts, or in interpreting ancient scrolls. Ifone sees a turtle lying on its back in a dream, it means that there is a man of knowledge in that town people donot recognize. Ifone sees a well kept and fed turtle sitting on a brocade in the dream, it means that the people of that town honor their scholars. However, a turtle in a dream also can be interpreted as deception, trickery, spying, hiding, evil and acquisition of weapons. [19]