Hi Rachel- last night I had the strangest dream! My hubby and I were driving in a woodsy area near a lake. we spotted a small white baby goat on the side of the road and picked it up. After a while of holding and cuddling it we decided we couldn't keep it, so we put it back out on the side of the road. Another car picked it up and while following the car we realized we could keep the goat at my aunt's farm.
We followed the man to his house and begged for the goat back, and he obliged. I held the goat like a small child. In the same dream though I don't remember if it was before or after we had the goat, there were a lot of very large brown geese in the road, and while trying to navigate through them one flew right in my open window and roosted in the back of the car. I opened my door and it flew back out. I don't usually remember non-scary dreams in such detail so I figure this may be some kind of message. Any help interpreting this dream would be appreciated! Thanks!
This is a great dream, I'm so glad you remembered it and decided to send it in for a free dream reading! Let's look at these images one by one and then piece them back together.
Your car and the road you travel on in your dreams is the way in which you're moving through the metaphorical journey of your life. You don't specify which of you is actually driving the car, but you may feel that the driver is the person who is ultimately in control of some of the major decisions that the two of you make about your life. This is likely the person in the relationship who acts as the practical one; possibly handling the family expenses, etc.
That you're driving through a scenic, woodsy country road suggests that things are going pretty well for you. Certainly no person's life is a vacation every day, but the place you are describing is a nice little vacation spot- some woods and a lake sound pretty good to me!
The symbol of the goat has many meanings, most of which are determined by the specifics of what type of goat you see in your dream. An adult male goat can be a symbol of sexuality, as seen in the Wiccan god Pan, who has the feet and legs of a goat with the upper body of a man. In the pagan traditions, Pan is playful; he's a prankster with voracious sexual appetites. The Christian religion, when taking over Europe, acquired Pan and subverted his image by bringing his form into their religion as the Devil. For this reason, much of the dream symbolism around goats is indicative of the Christian superstitions of Pan: the books may say that goats represent a bad omen of your own dishonest nature, or they may suggest that you'll cheat on your spouse, or that some other kind of bad luck will befall you.
Now I don't intend to bash Christianity, but if you've ever wondered why so many images of the Devil involve a half-goat, half-man figure, Pan is the answer. And if you've ever tried to look up the meaning of a dream involving a goat, you might be mislead by the manipulation of the image. Rather than looking at dreams as superstitious omens, I prefer to think of them as a collection of archetypal images that our minds generate while we sleep in order to resolve issues that may be troubling us in our waking lives.
Because your goat is a "kid" or a baby, considering it's white and that you're treating it like a child, I believe that your dream is reflecting something more maternal and far less sinister than many of the books will proclaim. The addition of geese, animals frequently seen as good mothers, to the dream continues this theme. Your gentle treatment of this sweet and adorable little animal, along with the caring way in which you let the goose out at the side of the road, suggest that you have a strong maternal instinct.
However, being a mother might be something you're putting off. Rather than immediately accepting either animal in your car, you drop both off. In the case of the baby goat, you and your husband don't feel you can keep it. Later you realize you can, and you're relieved that you're able to help the little critter.
Perhaps you're coming to a point in your life where this issue is coming up between the two of you. Is it time for children, or for more children? Only you know for sure. Thank you again for sending this great dream for a free dream analysis. Please feel free to email me at Rachel.Beezy88@gmail.com with any comments you may have, or any more dreams, scary or not, that you might remember!
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