Old Owl in dreams
Night-vision wisdom — the kind of knowing that only comes when the day is quiet.
How old changes the reading
The base reading of Owl
An owl in a dream is the dictionary's image of wisdom that arrives in the dark — insight that has not been available during the noise of the day. An owl watching from a branch is the dream offering you a piece of knowledge if you are willing to be still long enough to receive it.
A hooting owl in the distance is the dictionary's image of a question coming closer — one you have been avoiding answering until you could not hear it anymore.
Where you often see it. An owl on a branch at twilight. An owl turning its head toward the dreamer. The dream uses the owl for night-vision wisdom — the kind of knowing that only comes when the day is quiet.
What it is not. An owl is not always omen. The dictionary reads it as the dreamer's quiet, accurate observer.
Related in the dictionary. Read owl with bat (a different night-eye), eagle, and any scene of nocturnal seeing.