Dream about snakes: what 6 old dream books say

red or black snake, green snakegood — red and black bring quarrels, green is auspicious (蛇赤黑口舌青吉) · direction from 吉/凶 in the original

a snake turning into a dragon — a noble benefactor will help you (蛇化龍得貴人助)

a snake biting a person — you will gain great wealth (蛇蛟人主得大財)

a snake entering one's bosom — you will have a noble son (蛇入懷中生貴子)

a snake moving through water — a glorious promotion (蛇行水內主榮遷)

a snake following someone away — your wife's heart is turned to another (蛇隨人去妻外心)

A snake, a fierce matted-haired figure, or a white-and-red-clothed person approachingbad — Disease will approach him · direction as read by the translator

a white snakegood — he attains prosperity · direction as read by the translator

a dead serpent lying across one's waybad — harbinger of evil · direction as read by the translator

Adder — To dream of seeing an adder strike, and a friend, who is dead but seems to be lying down and breathing, rises partly to a sitting position when the adder strikes at him, and then both disappearing into some bushes nearby, denotes that you will be greatly distressed over the ill luck of friends, and a loss threatened to yourself. For a young woman to see an adder, foretells a deceitful person is going to cause her trouble. If it runs from her, she will be able to defend her character in attacks made on her.

Asp — This is an unfortunate dream. Females may lose the respect of honorable and virtuous people. Deadly enemies are at work to defame character. Sweethearts will wrong each other.

Boa-Constrictor — To dream of this is just about the same as to dream of the devil; it indicates stormy times and much bad fortune. Disenchantment with humanity will follow. To kill one is good.

Serpents — To dream of serpents, is indicative of cultivated morbidity and depressed surroundings. There is usually a disappointment after this dream. See Snakes and Reptiles.

Snakes — For a woman to dream that a dead snake is biting her, foretells she will suffer from malice of a pretended friend. To dream of snakes, is a foreboding of evil in its various forms and stages. To see them wriggling and falling over others, foretells struggles with fortune and remorse. To kill them, you will feel that you have used every opportunity of advancing your own interests, or respecting that of others. You will enjoy victory over enemies. To walk over them, you will live in constant fear of sickness, and selfish persons will seek to usurp your place in your companion's life. If they bite you, you will succumb to evil influences, and enemies will injure your business. To dream that a common spotted snake approaches you from green herbs, and you quickly step aside as it passes you, and after you had forgotten the incident to again see it approaching and growing in dimensions as it nears you, finally taking on the form of an enormous serpent; if you then, after frantic efforts, succeed in escaping its attack, and altogether lose sight of it, it foretells that you will soon imagine you are being disobeyed and slighted, and things will go on from bad to worse. Sickness, uneasiness and unkindness will increase to frightful proportions in your mind; but they will adjust themselves to a normal basis, and by the putting aside of imaginary trouble, and masterfully shouldering duties, you will be contented and repaid. To dream that a snake coils itself around you and darts its to

Viper — To dream of a viper, foretells that calamities are threatening you. To dream that a many-hued viper, and capable of throwing itself into many pieces, or unjointing itself, attacks you, denotes that your enemies are bent on your ruin and will work unitedly, yet apart, to displace you.

Vipermixed — Crime by a man or deceit by a woman; victory to him who kills it; sickness or prison if it writhes or stretches itself out · direction as read by the translator

Snakebad — If you take it alive, you will meet dangerous friends; if it is dead: illness. · direction as read by the translator

Snakesmixed — False friends. Victory if you kill them. · direction as read by the translator

Snakebad — A creeping illness and an enemy; as the snake treats the dreamer, so will the illness and the enemy · direction as read by the translator

Adders and vipers (including their bite, attack or coiling)good — Money and rich women; their bite, attack and coiling all signify good · direction as read by the translator

Adders, Aesculapian snakes and bullfrogsbad — Ill-omened; they mean wrongs done to you by rough people and country folk. · direction as read by the translator

Horned viper, chameleon and the other venomous species listed by Nicanderbad — Ill-omened; whether merely seen or attacking, they mean nothing good and bring extraordinary dangers. · direction as read by the translator

Aesculapian snake, bullfrog, slow-wormbad — Surround us with flatterers and unbearably troublesome people. · direction as read by the translator

asp, viper, adder — Surround us with rich men and women.

Snakesbad — Means illness and enmity; whatever befalls us from snakes will befall us from our enemies. · direction as read by the translator

Water snakebad — Same meaning as snakes living in tree hollows, old buildings or the earth; especially illness arising from watery humours, and danger from water. · direction as read by the translator