Our association of rabbits with an ability to breed rapidly means that they are often symbols of sexuality in dreams. Rabbits are also soft and non-aggressive, so they might be depicting you or someone you know who is behaving as a docile victim, or being foolishly idealistic and passive. Alternatively, dreams of pet rabbits may suggest your desire to be petted or cared for; do you have a need for gentle contact and caring? The rabbit is also a symbol of sacrifice in dreams because it is so often the victim of predators; it may therefore express the hurt you might experience to the soft, vulnerable parts of your nature as you face the hard knocks of reality.
If you are hunting rabbits in your dream, this suggests that you may be feeling criticized, attacked, ‘hunted down’ or hounded. It may also indicate a need to dominate others.
If you dream of a rabbit hole, this is a symbol of self-exploration, of a going within the self into the unconscious; it might also be a symbol of returning to the womb. Are you trying to escape or avoid problems by turning within?
[1]In British mythology, a symbol of fertility, fecundity, and sexual pleasure.
The ancient British fertility goddess Oestre, from whose name we get our word Easter, had a pet hare that laid its egg every Spring Equinox so that life would spread throughout the world.
Dreaming of a rabbit, therefore, especially one that is affectionate and at ease with you, can be a sign of love and domestic happiness ahead.
Dreaming of many rabbits is a sign of new responsibilities - but not unwelcome ones.
A new and wonderful opportunity will come your way - but you’ll enjoy the work required to accomplish it instead of viewing it as a chore.
In Native American mythology, Rabbit is a symbol of needless fear. Therefore, dreaming of a rabbit that is afraid of you means that something in your life is troubling you now - and that your fears are groundless.
[2]Vision: Seeing a white rabbit: a pleasant experience in the near future. Seeing a black rabbit: news of a death . Catching a rabbit: you will meet a younger person. Raising/breeding rabbits is a sign of long life and virility. W atching a rabbit being killed: you are sacrificing your own ideals and positive qualities for the good of other people—but in the long run you will be unhappy.
See Also: Hare.
Depth Psychology: This animal represents sexual desires and fertility, as well as feelings of inferiority, insecurity, or anxieties hiding in your unconscious. What is making you so timid? Why do you withdraw? Is it because you think you are not good enough? Who is the human predator threatening or chasing you? Analyze this dream carefully!
[3]Sexuality, due to human associations with its rapid breeding; softness and non-aggression, sometimes to the point of depicting a victim or foolish passivity—may thus represent unworldly idealism. Perhaps because of its tendency to be the victim of predators, is often used as a sacrifice in dreams, which suggests the hun we might experience to the soft, vulnerable parts of our nature as we experience the pain of meeting reality in the maturing process. Rabbit hole: Alice down the rabbit hole illustrates this—a going within self; into the unconscious; the womb.
[4]When rabbits appear in dreams, they can represent luck, quickness, fertility, pregnancy, and magic. However, they can also symbolize a lack of consciousness or awareness. These dreams could be cautioning you too look before you leap.
A dream of rabbits foreshadows that luck in your business enterprises will be immanent and other events will take a favorable turn in your direction.
A dream of white rabbits foretell faithfulness of a lover, and to see them at play are an indication that children will increase your joy.
[5]A great symbol of luck and abundance, the rabbit in your dream points to great good fortune. Rabbits are traditionally associated with prolific reproductive ability, so they naturally connect us with the concept of never- ending prosperity. Their foot is considered a lucky totem to carry around, so they also bring this to the symbolic table.
The Chinese zodiac features the rabbit as a highly peaceful and likeable archetype.
If the rabbit appears in your dreams, any of these qualities may be being expressed.
[6]Because of its great fertility, it is associated with sexuality. On one hand, it is a symbol of abundance and generosity. On the other, of shyness and innocence.
If in your dream a rabbit disappears through a hole, it can mean you are trying to escape from a problem.
The omens are advantageous if the oneiric rabbits run over a field of green grass.
If you see them locked in hutches, your fortune will decline. And if they are dead it portends a disaster.
[7]Rabbits are cuddly and cute. They are known for their quickness but not their keen perceptions or intelligence. In our dreams, rabbits can represent luck, quickness, fertility, pregnancy, or magic. However, they can also symbolize the dreamer’s lack of consciousness or awareness. Rabbits as dream symbols might suggest to the dreamer that sometimes he reacts too quickly to life’s situations and that more thought and planning may be needed.
[8](1) A rabbit may symbolize sexuality, fecundity. Do your instincts hold uninhibited sway in your life; or is there some promise of a new development in your personal growth?
(2) Perhaps the rabbit in your dream symbolizes the innocent victim.
If so, the dream may be advising you to stop punishing or blaming yourself and, instead, to accept and love yourself just as you are.
[9]Rabbits appearing in a dream can mean one of two things: the obvious connection with fertility could be important, or it could be that the trickster aspect is coming to the fore.
A white rabbit may show us the way to the inner spiritual world and, as such, act as a guide. Also consult the entry for hare in this section.
[10]The rabbit breeds easily, so in dreams it is often linked to sexuality. It is also associated with the soft, vulnerable part of ourselves that can be easily hurt or hounded.
If the dreamer is hunting wild rabbits, this could suggest that they are being criticized, attacked, ‘hunted down’ or hounded.
See Also: PETS.
[11]To dream of rabbits, foretells favorable turns in conditions, and you will be more pleased with your gains than formerly.
To see white rabbits, denotes faithfulness in love, to the married or single.
To see rabbits frolicing about, denotes that children will contribute to your joys.
See Also: Hare.
[12]In a dream, a rabbit represents a coward man, a wife, an evil woman, or someone who talks continuously about unimportant matters. Eating rabbit meat in a dream means getting little money, or profiting from a woman.
A rabbit’s foot in a dream represents superstition or a talisman.
[13]Many rabbits in your dream signify an increase in responsibilities which will be pleasant rather than onerous; rabbit fur or anything made of it is a sign that you will eventually be able to afford sable.
Otherwise, see Hare.
[14]Rabbits symbolize opulent fertility and spirituality.
The Easter Bunny brings rewards of sweetness and gifts to celebrate new life.
The magician’s hat from which rabbits materialize gives this animal magical associations.
[15]Dreaming about a rabbit means you are about to succeed in a challenging venture. This dream also symbolizes general good luck. Dreaming about a white rabbit signifies the faithfulness of a romantic partner.
[16]Dreams of a rabbit denote abundance, luck, and that good things are multiplying for you. Alternatively, this dream can also symbolize a fearful state of mind. Consider the feeling tone.
[17]A pagan symbol of fertility.
A demon can manifest itself in dreams as a spirit guide with a human body and rabbit head.
The rabbit was an unclean animal under the Law, Lev. 11:6
[18]Hopping from one thing to the next without planning; lack of awareness in creation of your world. Cuddling and warmth; completion of a task with the speed of a jack rabbit.
[19]A dream of many white rabbits is a sign that your married life will be full of joy and that you will have many children.
[20]1. Fertility, lust.
2. Good fortune.
3. Change of direction, perhaps career.
4. Steadfastness, fidelity.
[21]One who makes the mistake of acting too swiftly; see “animals”
[22]It represent a woman who is of benefit or harm to a person.
[23]See Also: rabbit under animals.
[24]See Also: Animal Metaphors.
[25]See Also: Hare.
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