This is one of the most beloved of all animals and holds a very high place in many belief systems of the New Age.
The dolphin’s intelligence and beautiful song have been held in high esteem by so many cultures; there is hardly one that doesn’t feature this beautiful animal in mythology of some sort.
The primary qualities associated with this animal as a totem are grace, beauty, compassion, and playfulness. Dolphins live in pods and are known to exhibit highly complex social relationships, so they also connect to the care and uplifting of the community. There are two main themes to consider when a dolphin shows up in a dream. One is a reminder to be playful in all your dealings in life, as life is supposed to be filled with joy.
The other is a reminder to always remember the breath, for as you choose to breathe, that is how you are choosing to live.
The more dolphins there are in your dream, the more intense their message is for you. Dolphins are intelligent mammals, so they relate to the human experience in this way. They inhabit the vastness of the ocean, so they simultaneously connect to the collective unconscious. When a dolphin appears in a dream, you can consider yourself visited by a very powerful aspect of the collective conscious.
[1](See Also: Fish)
According to Pliny, this creature represents the need for swift movement with regard to a decision or opportunity.
A guide. Many fables tell of dolphins aiding shipwrecked sailors. From what reef is this creature offering to liberate your mind, body, or spirit?
Native American: A messenger between the worlds, dancing above and below the waves (See Also: Water).
The dolphin is the essence of the Great Spirit and the wind of life itself. Breathe deeply of its symbolic messages.
Playfulness. Dolphins speak directly to the child within and urge it to come out more regularly.
[2]1- Dolphins are perceived by sailors as saviours and guides, as having special knowledge and awareness, and this is the image which surfaces in dreams. Coming from the depths - the unconscious the dolphin represents the hidden side of ourselves which needs to be understood.
2- Psychologically the dolphin may portray the more playful side of our personality, but at the same time may make us aware of the trickster.
Dreaming of swimming with dolphins suggests putting ourselves in touch with, and appreciating, our own basic nature.
3- The dolphin now stands for Spiritual sensitivity and safety.
[3]Dolphins are intelligent and friendly animals, and have often been known to rescue drowning people at sea. Therefore, they have long been symbols of compassion, helpfulness, empathy, and caring.
If you’re beset with troubles, dreaming of a dolphin could mean that help from someone who cares is on the way.
Playing with a dolphin implies that happier, more carefree times are on the way.
Encountering several dolphins hints that you are, or soon will be, surrounded by a circle of friends who will provide you with a valuable support system.
[4](Porpoise)
Large bodies of water often symbolize the unconscious, so any sea creature can represent a message from the unconscious or diving into the unconscious.
As seagoing mammals, dolphins can symbolize the connection or interaction between our conscious (air) and unconscious (water) selves, or between thoughts (air) and emotions (water). They also represent guides to the unconscious. Because of our society’s general knowledge about dolphin behavior, they also symbolize rescuers.
[5]Psychological / emotional perspective: The dolphin may portray the more playful side of our personality, but at the same time may make us aware of the trickster and behaviour that is unexpected.
Dreaming of swimming with dolphins suggests putting ourselves in touch with, and appreciating, our own basic emotional nature. Coming from the depths – the unconscious – the dolphin represents the hidden side of ourselves that needs to be understood.
[6]Dolphins represent friendliness, communal living, rescue, communication, and affection. They are water dwelling mammals and in our dreams they represent our willingness and ability to navigate through emotions. They represent positive messages from our unconscious minds. Dolphins could also represent a positive connection between our consciousness and to those parts of the psyche that is a mystery and largely unconscious.
[7]Dolphins bnng the spmt of playfulness to your life. They swim in groups, called pods, and thus can reflect the need for a closer connection to your family or social group. Extremely intelligent, they may come to activate your own higher intelligence or higher self that is connected to the universal mind.
A dolphin in dreams may reflect shared intelligence and telepathic communication.
[8]It symbolizes joy, sincerity, and selfless love.
Dreaming of these animals indicates the need to interact more often with your relatives.
If you have children you should spend more time with them.
If the dolphin gets in and out of the water continuously it means that communication between your conscious and the unconscious is being established.
A regime change is predicted.
[9]Dreams of a dolphin symbolize multi-dimensional wisdom, intelligence, love, sensuality, playfulness and healing. You are connecting with your most joyous, enlightened aspect of self. Dolphin dreams represent that a healing is taking place within you, either physically or psychically.
See Also: Angel or Prophetic Dreams.
[10]Out of water, a dream of the loss of sweetheart or friend; swimming it augurs unexpected adventure. In mediaeval art it symbolizes social love. Anciently held as the special friend of man and the savior of the shipwrecked.
The interpretation of this dream is therefore vague and inapplicable.
[11]Sea-dwelling mammals much loved by man. However, despite their fondness for human companionship and joyous sense of fun, dolphins in dreams can foretell anxious times ahead; this is especially the case if a dolphin is seen leaping out of the water.
See Also: REPTILES, FISH AND AMPHIBIANS.
[12]A dolphin thrusting itself out of the water (and diving in again) may symbolize communication between unconscious (sea, water) and conscious (sky). More particularly, it might symbolize some specific unconscious content that is speaking - or trying to speak - to you.
[13]These amusing, intelligent mammals are a sign of advancement through your own mental vigor, but other details of your dream should also be considered, such as the condition of the water, the location and/or action of the dolphin, etc.
[14]Material aspects: Dolphins are perceived by sailors as saviours and guides, as having special knowledge and awareness, and this is the image that surfaces in dreams.
[15]Powerful, playful, emotional, beautiful, part of self.
If we could learn to play in the emotional waters of life we’d never fear relationships and loving.
[16]In dreams the dolphin represents spiritual sensitivity and safety. They are known to be highly intelligent and to act instinctively in a supportive way.
[17]To dream of a dolphin, indicates your liability to come under a new government.
It is not a very good dream.
[18]A substitute for one who serves others in the sea of life and is led by the holy spirit; see “water”
[19]The smart, wise mammal (See Also: Fish); highly developed, intellectual emotions.
[20]1. Teacher; Job. 35:11
2. Lesser prophet;
[21]To dream of a dolphin, shows to seafaring men a wind from the place whence you dream he cometh. But to dream you see the dolphin out of water, signifies the death of friends.
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