The hidden realm of dreams has always been intriguing human beings, since the very ancient times. In many ancient societies, dreams were often considered a way to communicate with powerful deities and supernatural forces; a specific in-between realm, hidden beyond our consciousness and wakeful thoughts.
Dreams were often considered symbolic, meaningful and guiding.
In modern times, superstitions about dreams still live, although there are different scientific theories about the actual purpose and meaning of dreams and dreaming. According to psychology studies, Freud’s in particular, dreams resemble our suppressed thoughts, thins we unconsciously dig deep beyond our wakeful thoughts.
However, the fascination about dreams is very common in contemporary urban and rural world.
Dreaming about animals is usually associated with some sort of a message. The way we see an animal in our dream, the way we interacts with it and so on, have different interpretations, depending on a particular cultural background and such.
People tend to ascribe even more meanings to their dream experiences and encounters than to their real situations and thoughts. Interpretation of animal dreams is alluring and interesting, even if you are not so prone to actually believe in their alleged meanings.
Animals’ symbolism is strong and fascinating. Over centuries of human history, people have interpreted dreams about animals, often associating them with some sort of magical and divine intervention.
A particular specie, its action, its numbers and so on, could suggest a lot about our hidden thoughts and concerns and maybe even help in resolving some issues in the real, wakeful world.
Ants’ symbolism
Ants are often considered a good and fortunate sign in a person’s life. Those tiny insects are known to be hard working, strong, endurable and persistent in their goals. They know how to work in company and they always seem to have well-determined cause to work for.
Surely you’ve noticed how their busy lines are organized, well-structured and planned. They won’t break the line, even if you’ve stepped onto their path. Ants always have work to do.
Ants are always associated with diligent work, patience and effort. They prove how many things could be successfully accomplished through good teamwork, time and persistent effort.
Ants are associated with good outcome and achieved goals. Those little hard workers show that even the smallest part of a plan or collective member greatly contribute to overall picture and the outcome of the labor.
They are associated with building up the future and the importance of cooperation and community.
On the other hand, ants may represent a sort of discomfort and appear quite repulsive.
The unpleasant sense of something crawling beneath your skin, due to some emotional or health issue, is often associated with ants marching in colonies over your body.
There is even a word to illustrate the feeling of restlessness and anxiety – ‘antsy’ feeling.
Dreams about ants interpretation
Dreaming ants could represent different things to take in consideration. Try to recall the exact way of how ants were present or seen in your dreams, in order to assign them a meaningful explanation.
Interpretation of a dream may suggest you the way to deal with some actual issues in your life and make you take some important and good steps to improve your life.
Dreaming ants may represent your dissatisfaction with your routine and your current lifestyle or habits.
Although ants are appreciated for their strength, persistence and firmness, they are small and easily crushed by our feet, so they may also be associated with something small and insignificant.
To see an ant in your dream may be explained by your general feeling of being ignored and neglected. You maybe feel alone and insignificant.
As they are also associated with that annoying and unpleasant crawling sense, to see them in your dream may also mean some pretty trifling things would disrupt your usual routine the following day.
Ants could also be easily associated with your general anxious, restless or grumpy mood.
On the other hand, to see ants in your dreams may represent an improvement in your career and life. They are associated with hard work, cooperation and success.
To see busy, working ants in your dreams may be a sign a significant career turn is expected or that you have to give the best from yourself and commit all your efforts to a certain cause.
On the other hand, their organization and persistence in actions may suggest you find your life too organized and structured, so you may feel you need to change something, in order to bring a thrill and excitement n your life.
Ants also symbolize mass action and unity.
Specific interpretations on dreaming ants
To dream ants are crawling onto your skin or biting you may suggest a particular person or issue is annoying you and make you feel restless.
Dreaming ant bites is often associated with minor difficulties. To dream ants bite your arms and feet is associated with some work annoyances, meaning misbalances, slowdowns or blocks of your work progress.
To dream ants crawl onto your head and hair is connected with your general dissatisfaction with some unimportant but consistent issues.
That usually means you need to solve them or let them go, in order to move forward and get relaxed.
Ants seen in food and bed are associated with disgust and feeling of dissatisfaction about work and life in general. You need to reset yourself and fix up those little worries that bother you daily.
If you dream colonies of ants invade your house or cover up your entire body, it openly suggests minor problems and discomforts have turned to much bigger issues and you need to resolve them as soon as possible, in order to rebuild balance in your life and move on.
