Dead Ocelot in dreams
A small, beautiful spotted cat — desire for a wild thing that would not be improved by capture.
How dead changes the reading
Dead in the dream means the symbol's energy is no longer in active circulation in your life. The reading is not necessarily grim — most often it is the dream noting that something you had been carrying has run its full course and you can stop carrying it.
The base reading of Ocelot
An ocelot in a dream is the dream's image of the wild thing you want to keep. Ocelots are striking and small enough to look ownable; in fact they suffer in cages, and the impulse to possess them ends badly for the cat. The dream brings the ocelot when something in your life — a person, a freedom, a feeling — is attractive precisely because it is not yours, and you are considering trying to hold it. A free ocelot at a distance is the dream telling you to let the thing stay where it belongs. A caged ocelot is the dream marking the cost of having grabbed.