So you dreamed of a dead cat and now you are worried, stressed about the possible meaning of your dream. You are shaking. Your inner sanctum is in ruins. You wonder, what can this mean?
To understand the cat dream you just had, you need to look at the dream from a unique perspective and ask yourself some fundamental questions.
What does a cat mean to you? Do you like cats at all? Or are you just indifferent to them? What feeling goes through you every time you see a cat? Do you automatically feel instant attraction?
The meaning of a cat for you will help you accurately identify what your dream means.
Let me give you an example of a cat dream I had.
The dream:
I dreamed a dream during the night sometime in November 2009. In my dream, I was in the backyard of a house. Evening time was at hand. I found myself swimming with a cat in the lake behind the house. Whose house was this, I don’t know. But I swam in the lake with the cat by my side.
Being a human, I can obviously swim much faster than a cat. So I swam at my normal pace, but before long, some distance had been created between me and this cat. I didn’t realize this immediately. When I looked back to see how the cat was doing, the cat had sunk to the bottom of the lake.
I hurried back to where the cat was and when I got there the cat was at the bottom of the lake with his eyes wide open as if he was horrified. He wasn’t struggling like one would expect a drowned cat to, he just stood there frozen with his eyes staring at me. I looked at this cat and wondered if I should dive to the bottom of the lake to get it out.
But as I pondered this, I thought to myself, why bother? I am not a cat person at all. I have no attraction towards them. I consider them creepy creatures. They are lazy and only care about themselves, unlike dogs. I’m more of a dog person. But in this dream, I was dreaming of a cat, an animal that I just didn’t care about.
After a few moments of reflection, I decided to leave the cat at the bottom of the lake and then I swam. However, coming out of the lake, I couldn’t get away from him. I plunged into doubt. I stood there by the lake wrapped in thought. He still couldn’t stop thinking about the cat. I was wondering if leaving him alone was the right decision. Should I go back for him and perform CPR? How ridiculous would that be? Do I even know how to perform CPR on an animal?
It was while contemplating my next move that I snapped out of my sleep.
Interpretation:
When I woke up from this dream, I was quite confused. I woke up with a constant heartbeat, unlike other times when I had dreams predicting sinister events. I was curious as to what this particular dream could mean. He was puzzled by that, but he wasn’t worried.
A few weeks after the dream, my girlfriend and I abruptly broke up. Now, this was an emotionally tumultuous period in my life. I loved the girl very much, but deep in my heart, I always knew that she was not the kind of woman that a man like me should take seriously.
However, the breakup was devastating. The emotional pain I felt was tremendously horrendous. My soul was troubled. I struggled with many schemes unworthy of some form of reconciliation and although I implemented some of them, none brought me closer to my heart’s desire. Hands heavy with tears, I reached out hoping for a better tomorrow, but it never came, at least not as fast as I wanted.
As time passed, however, a harsh reality began to dawn on me. He knew he was better off without this girl due to certain questionable characteristics she had about her that he had tried to sweep under the rug. She loved to party, she never liked to stay home, she got bored quite easily, she was always on the go, she only cared about herself (classic cat trait), she was very combative and didn’t seem to understand that fights between couples it should be short-lived. Before the breakup, I ignored all of these obvious signs for reasons I’m sure some of you can imagine. I was emotionally attached.
A few months after the breakup. We got back together. But like water and oil, we parted ways again soon after. I loved the girl, I won’t deny that. However, their behavioral characteristics were simply not conducive to a harmonious relationship. Therefore, for the sake of my happiness, unlike the incessant barrage of stinging melancholic feelings that I had been struggling with, I chose to leave her alone… forever!
It was painful and I doubted the decision, but I knew it was for the greater good. Even if she begged me to take her back, I might consider the idea, but I would eventually refuse to promote her to be a permanent partner. Contrary to popular belief, I know that people don’t change. They may alter certain characteristics of themselves, but their general personality, moral values, beliefs will remain the same.
Now, let’s see the symbols of this dream.
Symbolism
Lake = The lake in this dream is the relationship between me and my ex.
Swimming = The act of swimming in this lake denotes her and I’s attempts to be together in a relationship.
Capacity = The fact that I swam faster than her to the point where she fell behind meant that in this relationship I had more to give than she did. She didn’t have it in her to be the same caring, considerate, and selfless person that I am.
In other words, in the lake of relationships we were in, I swam and went further than the cat because, as in the real-life relationship that the dream was an allegory for, I was the most powerful. I was the one with the ability to do the most.
In the dream, I swam with a purpose. Although I didn’t have a destination in mind, I swam as if I did. She didn’t, so she gave up when she couldn’t follow through on my dedication to the relationship.
Lesson:
Look, if you have a dream about a dead cat, stop thinking that dream dictionaries can help you. As you can see from the above scenario, a prophetic dream is always unique to the individual who had it. Always remember that. What meaning does a cat have for you? Answer that question and you will unlock the mystery of your dream!