Dream Dictionary
A dictionary from the Spellbook — symbols A–Z, and themes from Alphabet through Wedding.
The symbol list and themes follow the Dream Moods A–Z dictionary and theme pages. The readings here are written for the Spellbook. A symbol is a reading, not a prediction.
Insects are the small worries that will not leave you alone. A bite, a swarm, or a crawl shows how that worry behaves.
A
Ants
Ants are small irritations that leave you feeling overlooked, or a restless mood, and the word can pun on a relative. They also mean steady shared labor, or pressure to conform.
B
Bee
The insect at the hive is luck, harmony, and work that ends sweetly, or a life already buzzing. A sting is a wounding remark; the queen is a dominant woman.
Bees
A swarm is luck and industry, with sweet results if the work continues, or a life already full of noise. The queen is a dominant woman; a sting is a remark that wounded you.
Beetle
The hard-shelled insect is a destructive influence, or values that feel compromised. Crawling all over you, small irritations are piling up.
Black Widow
The spider is fear inside a relationship that feels trapping, even hostility toward a partner. The female's reputation also names power over men.
Bug
The small creature is anxiety, something bothering you, or a strong tie to a hobby. Endless numbers in the hair mean a minor matter has been enlarged; under the skin, a situation makes you deeply uncomfortable.
Bumblebee
The heavy bee is distress and problems on the way.
Bumblebees
A group of the heavy bees is distress, with problems approaching.
Butterfly
The winged insect is change, joy, and thought taking a different shape, or a scattered focus that needs to settle. Two mean a long romance; a dead one is a goal unrealized, and pinning one down is possessiveness.
C
Caterpillar
A caterpillar is growth underway. You are on the way, and you have not arrived.
Centipedes
Centipedes are fears and doubts that keep you from moving toward a goal. The negative loop needs to stop.
Cockroach
A cockroach is something unclean you need to face, and also endurance and renewal. Fighting roaches are an inner conflict; keeping them as pets is negative traits you are trying to contain.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are an unwanted part of yourself, alongside stubborn survival. A fight between them is a spiritual conflict you must face; ones coming from your ears are provocation you should not answer in haste.
Cricket
A cricket is inward listening and a search for guidance; the sound is small things bothering you. The game is a goal in sight and a new chance opening.
Crickets
Crickets are a turn inward, looking for guidance. Their sound is minor irritations getting more attention than they deserve.
D
Dragonfly
A dragonfly means change, and a reminder that things may not be what they look like. Eating one means passion is overriding other people's feelings.
F
Fleas
Fleas mean someone close will provoke you into striking back. Bites mean false friends spreading rumors.
Flies
Flies mean guilt, filth of feeling, or a person who will not stop irritating you. Killing them means you can recover your standing.
Fly
A flyswatter means react quickly or the chance will pass.
G
Grasshopper
A grasshopper is freedom and independence. It can also mean you cannot settle or commit to a decision.
H
Hornets
A hornet is disappointment, anger, and trouble ahead. A sting is revenge or a cutting remark; a nest is a threat that has been lingering.
I
Insect
Insects are small obstacles and annoyances, the sense of being bugged or under attack. They can also be precision and alertness, and wings mean your attention will not stay in one place.
K
Katydids
Katydids are a slack attitude that will make you miss what is offered. Hearing them means you lean too hard on other people.
L
Ladybug
A ladybug is beauty and good luck. It can also be a woman who will not leave you alone, and a very large one means the bother is large too.
Leeches
Leeches are people, habits, or bitter feelings draining your strength. Covered in them, you are disgusted by your body or by something you did.
Lice
Lice are frustration, distress, and guilt, or the sense of being unclean. They can also be a person or a bond you want far away because you feel used.
Locusts
Locusts are greed, or the sense that your creativity is being eaten away. They can also mark cycles of change, or simple indecision.
M
Maggot
Maggots are anxiety about death, or a problem you rejected that is now consuming your peace. Stepping on them is guilt; black ones are denial, and ones leaving the mouth are words you will not own.
Millipede
A millipede means fear is blocking a goal and a setback has landed. It can also be harmony and the ability to work with others.
Mosquito
Mosquitoes are a person or a situation draining your energy. Killing them means the obstacle can be overcome and better fortune is within reach.
Moth
A moth is a small irritation that may surface too late, so watch the details. It is also a weakness or a fragile spot in character.
P
Parasite
A parasite is vitality leaking away because you depend too much on others. It can also be the habit of taking without giving back.
Potato Bug
A potato bug is intuition or a desire from underneath, or a negative influence you are facing.
Praying Mantis
A praying mantis points to a destructive relationship, or to you taking advantage of others in a devious way.
R
S
Scarab
A scarab is the ability to survive and change, along with unease about aging and death.
Scorpion
A scorpion is a situation that can sting, or bitter words aimed at you or coming from you.
Spider
A spider is the feeling of being an outsider, or a wish to keep your distance from a tempting situation.
Spiders
Spiders, like one spider, mark the feeling of standing outside a group, or a wish to stay clear of temptation.
T
Tapeworm
This parasite warns of poor health. Look again at how you eat and how you live.
Termite
These insects are an attack on your sense of self, or the close of one phase of life.
Ticks
A tick is someone or something slowly draining your strength, at work or in a bond. It can also pun on being annoyed.
W
Wasp
A wasp is anger and ill feeling, or a pun on a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant and the social world that comes with that. A white one chasing you can be a pale figure after you.
Weevil
This beetle means losses and deception.
Worm
A worm is a poor view of yourself or of another person, and a skewed self-image. It can also be someone who cannot be trusted.