Being chased is fleeing something you do not want to face: a fear, a responsibility, an emotion or a part of yourself. What chases you is often what needs to be met.
When the dream feels light
Turning to face your pursuer speaks of courage and the resolution of a fear.
When the dream feels dark
Being chased without escape points to anxiety, avoidance or a problem that grows the more you flee.
Ask yourself
What am I running from?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Shadow — What you have refused to see in yourself, dark but full of force.
- Element
- Fire — will, passion and change
- Planet
- Mars
- Tarot card
- Seven of Wands
- Alchemical stage
- Nigredo, the Blackening
What you flee is part of you. Stop, turn and ask what it wants.
Words that call this sign
chasing, hunted, ran away, run away, running
Related signs
The Wolf · The Rat · The Bat · The Goat · The Storm · The Forest · Night · The Shadow
The card of this dream
Seven of Wands. A stand on the high ground, defending what is yours. A man on high ground defends himself with one wand against six wands rising from below. It is defense, perseverance and holding your position: you have the advantage if you do not give up.