Monkey

Dream Symbol Meaning & Interpretation

What Does Monkey Mean in Dreams?

Discover the dream symbol interpretation and spiritual meaning

Western/Modern

These dreams can be both a positive and negative symbol depending the context in the dream. Monkeys are swift the have the ability to communicate, cause trouble, protect what is theirs and intuition. There need to explore and climb high to oversee any danger. A symbol that can be connected to your own curiosity, or perhaps a representation of self-indulgence and rebellion.

Hindu

Financial gain and good food

Chinese

In dream interpretation, monkey is regarded as an ironic symbol of your image and a reflection of your certain shortcoming, such as greed, brutality, and sensuality. Sometimes, the dream of monkey is a positive sign which symbolizes vitality, freedom, agility and mystery and suggests you want to escape from the rigid and depressive reality and get rid of the mediocre life. For Buddhists, the monkey in dream may indicate the flash of ingenious idea. Dreaming about a monkey is an ominous sign which suggests you will be deceived by your friend and should be careful in making friends. For an expectant mother, the dream of monkey predicts the funny-looking boy. For a woman unmarried, the dream suggests the moody and garrulous husband. If you dreamed about a monkey walking back and forth or jumping and you felt uncomfortable in the dream, it presents you will meet something bad and should be careful. The jumping monkey implies the unstable support of your partner who may leave you alone and you should build good relations with friends. Dreaming about a monkey jumping from one tree to another reminds you to beware of thief and you'd better not bring too much cash. Dreaming about a sitting monkey implies you should pay attention to your health as you may fall ill, and you should guard against the epidemic. Dreaming about shooting or killing a monkey indicates that you can defeat the enemy. Dreaming about a monkey running to you with a threatening gesture implies the bad luck to your family which might be broken up. Dreaming about an angry monkey indicates you may have trouble with your neighbors, which will chock off the neighborhood relationship and damage your reputation. Dreaming about a cheerful monkey suggests a long lost friend will restore the friendship with you or contact you. Dreaming about a monkey eating something predicts you may suffer from poverty recently, or you may feel stuck in life for a short period. But as long as you believe in yourself, you can quickly get out of it. If you are a woman dreaming about feeding a monkey, it presents you will be betrayed by someone who flatters you before. Dreaming about keeping a monkey is an inauspicious sign which indicates you may befriend a swindler, get deceived and suffer a severe loss. Dreaming about a dead monkey implies you will get rid of the worst enemy soon.

Jungian

A monkey is a playful primate that appears to have no sense of discipline. This animal can reflect a desire to approach life from a more playful perspective. See Animals.

Islamic (Ibn Sirin)

A monkey in a dream represents someone with every type of faults. Fighting with a monkey and beating him in a dream means falling sick then recovering from one’s illness. If the monkey wins the fight, then it means falling to an illness that has no cure. A monkey in a dream also represents a sinner and a criminal. Monkey’s bite in a dream represents a fight or having an argument with someone. A monkey in a dream also represents a deceitful person, a sorcerer, or an illness. If one becomes a monkey in a dream, it means profiting from sorcery, or engaging in adultery. A monkey in a dream also represents a defeated enemy. Riding on the back of a monkey in a dream means winning a war against one’s enemy. Eating monkey’s flesh in a dream means suffering from depression, becoming poor, alcoholic, deprived, or suffering from an illness that could lead one near his death. If one is offered a monkey as a gift in a dream, it means that he will defeat and capture an enemy, or it could mean that he will betray a trust. Carrying a monkey over one’s shoulders in a dream means stealing something from one’s house, or something that belongs to his family. A monkey in a dream also represents a filthy and a loathsome person. Owning a monkey in a dream means suffering major losses in one’s life. A monkey in a dream also means committing a sin, disobedience to God’s commands, or becoming despised.

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