I think the main message from this dream is that the snakes weren’t lethal, which is a good indication that this seemingly poisonous situation – while unsettling – is not going to kill you so do not feel threatened. Since you had the dream last night, something from yesterday triggered it. The snakes and spiders only coming out at night makes me think that this is about people you feel operate in a dark and shady manner. The spiders suggest that this is something that has really been “bugging” you and that you may even be conflicted about since the snakes and spiders were in a conflict. And sometimes, the more there is of something in a dream, the more space the issue is taking up in your head. There were lots of snakes so that can mean that the waking issue is either multifaceted or that this issue involves lots of people that you feel are toxic. Snakes can represent health issues but more often they can represent someone with lowdown poisonous behavior. Or perhaps you are feeling disconnected from something you feel you should be a part of. Lauri: You’re a spectator in the dream so it may be connected to an issue in waking life where you are watching things go down, so to speak, rather than getting involved. I could see hundreds of them, not lethal, just swarming. I knew that during the day they hid in the room but at night they took over the rug. Last night I dreamed there were lots of snakes in the carpet and they were fighting spiders.

This is a really good example of how the low down people in our life can show up in our dreams as a low down, slithering snake…

I recently dealt with a snake dream in my nationally syndicated newspaper column The Dream Zone. Yes, the phallic shape of the snake plays a big role in its meaning. Shudder.īecause of these widely-feared characteristics, the dreaming mind often uses a snake to represent the dangerous, venomous behavior of someone close to you, and most often, of someone who is typically male. They can strike at lightning speed and inject you with their poison. Snakes evoke fear in most of us, even to the point of phobia! They have sharp teeth, a demonic forked tongue. All these years later it still amazes me how many snake dreams are reported to me daily, and the majority of them are rather frightening… with good reason. When I first began studying and researching dreams, I was surprised how often snakes slither into the collective dreamscape.

Watching lots of snakes in dreams