Birds have always symbolized the soul and the spirit — the part of us that aspires upward and moves between earth and sky. In dreams a bird usually reflects your freedom, your hopes, and the state of your spirit. Its flight, its captivity, its song all speak to how free your soul feels.
Freedom, aspiration, and a spirit unencumbered. Your hopes are rising and your soul feels able to move.
A part of you longing for freedom it does not have — talent, spirit, or feeling confined by circumstance or your own fear.
A hope that has been hurt, or a spirit temporarily unable to rise. Something aspirational in you needs healing.
Intuition or news from the deeper self. Birds as messengers carry word between the conscious and the unseen.
Joy at a bird's flight reflects a free and hopeful spirit. Sorrow at a caged or wounded bird reflects a sense of confinement or a bruised hope. Wonder at a bird's arrival often signals an intuition worth heeding.
The bird is a widespread symbol of the soul and of transcendent aspiration — the psyche's capacity to rise above the material and glimpse something higher. It can also serve as a messenger from the unconscious, its appearance heralding an insight taking wing. The condition of the bird mirrors the condition of the spirit.
Ask how free your spirit feels right now, and what hopes are trying to take flight. The dream is a barometer of your soul's freedom. If the bird is caged, ask what door you could open.
This is the meaning of the symbol. A reading reveals your dream — its people, its feelings, its message for you alone.
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