Dreaming of snakes

No animal splits opinion like the serpent. It has meant poison and medicine, chaos and eternity, the tempter and the healer — often at once. A snake in a dream tends to mark a place of transformation: something in you is ready to shed a skin, even if it frightens you.

The world-serpent coils around the earth; the ouroboros swallows its own tail; the feathered serpent joins sky and ground. If a snake visits your sleep, ask what is ending so that something can begin.

Dream meanings are reflective, not medical or predictive. If a dream troubles you often, be gentle with yourself — and talk to someone you trust.