Animals

Spider web

A patient trap of fine threads — a structure made to catch what flies past.

A spider web in a dream is the dream's image of a patient trap made of fine threads. The web is delicate and is, at the same time, the spider's entire strategy. The dream brings the web when something in your life — a careful arrangement, a set of contingent plans, a patient piece of diplomacy — has been spun in advance to catch what would otherwise fly past. A web shining with dew, intact, is the dream affirming the patience and the design. A web torn by something larger than it was built for is the dream noting that the strategy worked for small game and has now been broken by a force the threads were never going to hold.

Related symbols

A flock of birds

Community moving together — a direction shared, sometimes overtaken.

Albatross

A long-distance ocean bird — a burden you carry, and the long journey it implies.

Alpaca

A smaller cousin of the llama kept for its fine fleece — a gentle animal whose worth is in the coat it grows.

Anaconda

A constrictor of immense weight — a force that ends things by closing in rather than striking.

Anglerfish

A deep-sea fish with a glowing lure — bait dangled in the dark to bring prey within reach of the jaw.

Ant

Patient collective work — small effort adding up over time.

Disclaimer: For entertainment and self-reflection only. Not a substitute for professional advice.