The bat finds its way in the dark by listening: it is intuition, the night, initiation and rebirth. It frightens because it belongs to the unknown, yet it is a guide through it.
When the dream feels light
A bat flying peacefully means you can trust your inner hearing to guide you through a confused time.
When the dream feels dark
Bats in your hair or in the house point to fears of the unknown, intrusive thoughts or a period of disorientation.
Ask yourself
How could I find my way by listening rather than by looking?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Shadow — What you have refused to see in yourself, dark but full of force.
- Element
- Air — thought, word and message
- Planet
- Moon
- Tarot card
- The Moon
- Alchemical stage
- Nigredo, the Blackening
Navigation by the unseen. You find your way through darkness by listening, not by looking.
Words that call this sign
bat, bats
Related signs
The Wolf · The Rat · The Goat · The Storm · The Forest · Night · The Shadow · The Stranger
The card of this dream
The Moon. The night road of illusions, dreams and hidden fears. The Moon shines between two towers over a path that winds into the distance, while a dog and a wolf howl and a crayfish climbs from the water. It is illusion, dreams, intuition and fear: not everything is what it seems; walk carefully by the light you have.