Spider dreams
Often the dependent emotions and conflicts one feels "caught in," connected with mother or family; any emotions you don't want to "handle,' such as those surrounding a spouse leaving; wanting to ensnare or feeling trapped by someone; the basic survival instincts in us such as a spider might have-can I eat, or will I be eaten in this meeting/relationship? This level of sensory and feeling perception is important. Like a spider it keeps one foot/finger on the web or influences that connect you with other people and the world. Like the spider, if you are wise you thereby know something of what is coming your way-do you advance or run?
A sticky situation you feel yourself in; feeling caught up in something that might trap you; being trapped by the power of someone else's emotions or expectations; a web of lies; the symmetry of the self; the delicate or sometimes imperceptible but real connections linking you with other people, events, and the world. This link may be supportive or threatening; the circle of life, as with a mandala, the center suggesting a merging back into the primal energy of life. Through this link one may sense what is going on in the world and in relationships. At its most fundamental level, this sensing tells us whether what is happening or approaching can be eaten, or whether it will eat us. At its subtler levels, we sense our connection with all of life and can find a personal place in the scheme of things. This aspect connects with the symbol of the labyrinth as the difficult journey to self-discovery. Sometimes the web made by a spider is a cocoon, and so is protective. Often this relates to very delicate processes of change going on in us, perhaps ones that need us to be a little withdrawn or protected from the world in order for the process to work out and mature.
A sticky situation you feel yourself in; feeling caught up in something that might trap you; being trapped by the power of someone else's emotions or expectations; a web of lies; the symmetry of the self; the delicate or sometimes imperceptible but real connections linking you with other people, events, and the world. This link may be supportive or threatening; the circle of life, as with a mandala, the center suggesting a merging back into the primal energy of life. Through this link one may sense what is going on in the world and in relationships. At its most fundamental level, this sensing tells us whether what is happening or approaching can be eaten, or whether it will eat us. At its subtler levels, we sense our connection with all of life and can find a personal place in the scheme of things. This aspect connects with the symbol of the labyrinth as the difficult journey to self-discovery. Sometimes the web made by a spider is a cocoon, and so is protective. Often this relates to very delicate processes of change going on in us, perhaps ones that need us to be a little withdrawn or protected from the world in order for the process to work out and mature.