Fighting Ocelot in dreams
A small, beautiful spotted cat — desire for a wild thing that would not be improved by capture.
How fighting changes the reading
Fighting in the dream layers in active conflict — the symbol's energy has been mobilised against something. Take note of what it is fighting; the dream is often naming the actual conflict that has been below the surface of your waking life.
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.