Eagle

Dream Symbol Meaning & Interpretation

What Does Eagle Mean in Dreams?

Discover the dream symbol interpretation and spiritual meaning

Western/Modern

Eagles are powerful dream omens known for their vision, freedom and higher consciousness. You have the ability to see far beyond the sight of an average person. If you are on a spiritual path eagles might show up as a guide or spirit. In ancient Egypt they are symbols of protection. If it attacks its becomes a symbol of not trusting your intuition. An injured eagle reflects neglecting these gifts and trusting the source.

Chinese

Eagle presents career. The eagle soaring high in the sky symbolizes career success. The eagle in your dream is a symbol of ambitious goal or a yearning for freedom. The dream about a soaring eagle predicts prosperous career, academic progress or booming business. The dream about an eagle soaring to the sky implies your career will reach to a new level or field. If you were attacked or frightened by an eagle in the dream, it means you are now targeted and need to overcome great difficulties to achieve the present goal. The dream about an eagle hovering overhead predicts you will be ambitious and work hard for the ideal to achieve your wish. The dream about an eagle landed on your head suggest you will get promoted. The dream about an eagle perched high far away suggests you will get wealth and fame and win a top job in the country. The dream about eaglets in a nest indicates you will make friends with noble people and benefit great from their wise teachings; or you will accidentally inherit a large fortune. The dream about catching an eagle implies a career failure. The dream about killing an eagle suggest nothing can stop you from reaching your highest goal. You will defeat your opponent and win countless wealth. The dream about someone else killing an eagle suggests your senior position and good fortune will be taken away ruthlessly. The dream about eating an eagle implies you are strong-willed and will never change your direction in any challenging struggle, even if you are in life risk. You will get tremendous wealth soon. The dream about riding an eagle means that to seek knowledge and wealth, you will take a long trip to a place that is almost unexplored and ultimately fulfil your wish. The dream about an eagle catching a pigeon symbolizes that you will have something to worry about in the near future. The dream about seeing an eagle's feathers indicates your inner wish will come true. If you are pregnant, the dream about an eagle indicates you may have a baby boy or come to a new stage of life or career.

Biblical

Symbolic of swiftness, 2 Sam. 1:23. An eagle can also be symbolic of an evil spirit depending on the context of the dream, Hosea 8:1

Jungian

The eagle is associated with keen vision and the ability to 'soar.' This powerful bird of prey can appear in dreams when you are feeling the need to expand your horizons or explore life in a more all-encompassing way. If there is something frightening about the eagle, you may feel that your desire for success and power is 'preying' upon your sense of fulfillment. Birds often appear in dreams when we are exploring critical conscience or ideas related to spiritual fulfillment.

Islamic (Ibn Sirin)

Eagle is the king of birds. Struggling with an eagle in a dream means distress, fury of one’s superior or subjugation to an unjust person. Owning an obedient, well tamed eagle in a dream means prosperity, honor and power. Owning and flying an eagle in a dream means becoming a tyrant. The scratch of an eagle in a dream means a sickness. A killed eagle in a dream means the death of a ruler. If a pregnant woman sees an eagle in her dream, it means seeing a midwife or a nurse. In a dream, an eagle also may be interpreted to represent a great ruler, a prophet or a righteous person. Hearing the cry of an eagle in a dream means a fight. Eating the flesh of an eagle or getting hold of some of its feathers in a dream means receiving money from a ruler. If an eagle catches someone and soars away with him horizontally in a dream, it means travels. If he flies away with him vertically in the dream, it means death. In a dream, an eagle also means longevity, prosperity, innovation or heedlessness.

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