The wolf is the wild one at the edge of the forest: hunger, instinct, freedom and the bond with the pack. It can be a threat or a guide, depending on the dream. Often it shows a need you have not admitted, or a strength you have kept outside the house.
When the dream feels light
A wolf that walks beside you is a guide: trust your instinct and find your own pack.
When the dream feels dark
A hunting or threatening wolf speaks of a danger, a predatory person, or a hunger in you that has been starved too long.
Ask yourself
What wild need in me have I not admitted?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Shadow — What you have refused to see in yourself, dark but full of force.
- Element
- Earth — body, matter and the real
- Planet
- Mars
- Tarot card
- The Moon
- Alchemical stage
- Nigredo, the Blackening
Hunger you have not admitted, and the wild part of you that knows its pack. Feed it, or it hunts alone.
Words that call this sign
wolf, wolves
Related signs
The Rat · The Bat · 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.