Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this column by visiting www.dreamhealings.com
Dream
I had a dream there was a cow that was supposed to be slaughtered for a celebration in my community. We slaughter a cow when we get married or if there is a celebration or ritual. That cow I dreamed was supposed to be eaten by the community. I was supposed to be part of the people. The cow ended up at my door and it didn’t want to move. It was trapping me inside of my house by sitting down in front of the door. It was a white cow with black dots and was shining and clean and very fat. People in my community tried to take it, but couldn’t win. Then there was a rainstorm, and the cow still didn’t move. What does this mean?
Interpretation
This dream is a warning, and the cow is the omen to an upcoming celebration or ritual. This cow is a peaceful protester to the celebration. It is like a Buddha, not forcing anything, yet sitting steady and unwavering through the storm. The message the cow is giving you is to stay in. Do not go to the celebration. This may be a challenging thing to do as you are part of your community, but the cow is giving you many reasons to not go.
The description of the cow being healthy and shining is a clear sign that this cow is actually a higher being in a cow’s form. A being that is not of the physical world because the elements that would otherwise dirty a cow are not having any effect; possibly a guardian angel or someone wanting to protect you. Whomever this cow may be, we know it is a message from a positive being from this description and the cows’ peaceful actions.
Doors in dreams symbolize gateways and portals, therefore the cow sitting in the doorway becomes significant. Often doors are signifying a new path that you are stepping onto when passing through the door. In this dream, the message here is to not take this path. Something happens at this celebration or ritual that someone is telling you would be best avoided.
The people trying to move the cow mean that there will be people trying to persuade you to participate in this upcoming event. They will try as hard as they did to move the cow in your dream. Yet, once again, the dream is telling you to be like the cow and not let them win. Stay in.
Next, the rainstorm comes. The rain here could be a prophetic sign of a literal storm coming that may have much more severe of an impact than perceived for the event. This is not the case though, because why is a cow stopping you from the storm? So instead, let’s look to the symbols of rain. Rain purifies, restores, grows and shapes landscapes. This may symbolize the cleansing that needs to take place in your life. Go inward, not outward. The dream is asking you to reshape yourself and your projected path. Purify what needs to be cleaned. Lastly, rain is a sign to the seasons and may also point to this event happening in the rainy season.
There is something else this cow is doing by blocking you in that we must look at now. It is not only stopping you from going to the celebration, but stopping the feast of the celebration from happening. The message in this is to not consume what the people are wanting to consume at this event. This is the biggest reason to not go because the omen could have come in any form yet came in the form of what the celebration wants to consume. I believe this to be about you specifically not consuming a mindset. This mindset may be coming from the event as a whole or from someone very influential you will meet there. As well, the cow may have come to you specifically for you to create this change in mindset before any other celebrations can happen.
With this in mind, it may be helpful for you to understand who this cow may actually be. The dream does not clarify this, but the answer is still in there. If you would like to know, try this: In a calm state and place, remember the feeling of the cow. Visualize the beauty of this cow. See the eyes of the cow and study them. Let the feeling of the cow and those eyes merge to form a whole. Then allow an answer of who the cow is to reveal itself. Trust your first thoughts, images and inclinations. Then, keeping going if you wish, ask every question you desire from this being because they may have every answer to the riddle of this dream.