The bee is the tireless worker of the sun and the community: diligence, sweetness gained through effort, order and fertility. In old traditions bees also carried messages to the dead and to the gods.
When the dream feels light
Bees working or honey promise reward for effort, good cooperation and sweetness in family life.
When the dream feels dark
A sting or an angry swarm points to sharp words, conflicts at work or exhaustion from too much effort.
Ask yourself
What am I working for, and do I taste the sweetness of it?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Great Mother — Nourishment, protection and the depths that both give and take.
- Element
- Air — thought, word and message
- Planet
- Sun
- Tarot card
- Eight of Pentacles
- Alchemical stage
- Citrinitas, the Yellowing
Sweetness made by work and community. The harvest is coming from many small, faithful labours.
Words that call this sign
bee, bees, honey
Related signs
The Spider · The Bear · The Sea · Earth · The Cave · The Mother · The Queen · Bread
The card of this dream
Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice’s devotion, skill earned one coin at a time. A craftsman sits at his bench, carving pentacles one by one, with others displayed on the post beside him. It is diligence, mastery, apprenticeship and work done with care.