The Stuff of Dreams: 9: Dreams of the Mother: Spiders, Cats, and Real Moms

Dreams from this episode:

A black widow spider and her babies in the window
Digging up a black cat’s grave to find his eyes are changed and he won’t enter the house
A dusty black kitten with a big wound
Mom is moving into her mother’s house and it feels too small to me
My mother in the backseat of my car with words of appreciation

Themes from this episode:

Spiders can symbolize the negative feminine or the devouring mother, negative female energy. They can also be symbols of weaving, as in weaving your own life, or symbols of the Self.
Cats can symbolize the feminine or the body, so if you dream of cats, examine those parts of your life and your personality right now.
Wounded cats can mean wounding of the feminine or of the actual physical body. When the cat doesn’t seem to notice or feel the wound, that likely means the wound has been repressed in your life.
Dreaming of childhood places or of older family members such as grandmothers often means that the dream is speaking about the past or about an issue that originated in childhood.

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