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Black Snake Dream
There are several possible meanings for black snake dreams. The most common dream interpretation is about dealing with dark emotions, such as sadness or depression.
Black can also represent the unconscious or the unknown. The presence of the snake in a dream may point to significant changes that are taking place in your life. When interpreting your dream, it’s important to remember that this symbol has both negative and positive connotations. Serpents symbolize threats and challenging situations, but also the emergence of new insights and transformation.
Black Snake Dream Meanings
- Sadness, grieving, depressive emotional state
- Deeply rooted instincts, drives
- Significant transformation, changes in your life
- What is unconscious, unknown
- Any personal associations you make with the color black
What does dreaming of a black snake mean?
Here are several meanings to help interpret your dream.
Dream Meaning #1: Black snakes represent emotional darkness
Dreaming of that animal dressed in black denotes the quality of your mood in your waking life. The appearance of a black snake suggests that you are experiencing deep changes in your life and are involved, consciously or not, in a grieving process as you are leaving the past or old ideas behind. These changes may come with feelings of sadness, loss, depression.
Dream Meaning #2: Transformation and important life changes
Black snakes in dreams are associated with the power of deep transformations that rise up from the unconscious as symbolized by the darkness. This animal may indicate that you are facing a lot of unknowns in your life, whether it’s in a new relationship or taking on new responsibilities at work.
Dreaming of a dark snake is likely a call to grow, transform, as you move from the unconscious and unknown to more awareness about yourself and what matters in your life.
Dreaming Meaning #3: Symbolic representation of the unconscious
This black animal can also be a symbol of rejected aspects of the personality of the dreamer. The dream points to a dimension of yourself that has been avoided and need to be exposed and dealt with.
The black snake suggests that you are dealing with unconscious drives and hidden desires that are disguised as temptations. Dreaming of a black snake is then a call to discover what is driving you and get in touch with deep longings that you may have ignored until now.
Dream Meaning #4: Black snakes as representation of threat
If a black snake shows up in your dream, you may be facing a situation in your daily life that is perceived as a threat. It may be very challenging and you’re avoiding it. The presence of the black snake points to the fact that you may be unaware of a threatening situation.
Next Step: Make your Own Meaning
To go further with the interpretation of your snake dream, ask yourself the following questions. You can get more information in the Snake Dream Interpretation Guide.
- What is causing you grief or sadness?
- Where in your life do you feel unfulfilled?
- What aspects of yourself do you prefer do keep in the dark?
Need Help to Interpret your Dream about a Black Snake?
Post your dream below if you had a snake dream featuring a black snake and need help to interpret its meaning. Other people passionate about dream interpretation will have a chance to answer. You can look at other types of snake dreams in the Dreams Forum.
i dream that this black snake bit me on my neck!
In my dream there was a black snake covered in black diamonds with a white diamond on his head. He was nesting on my daughters headboard above her bed. It was really creepy!
I had a vision of a black snake when I was awake. I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep and opened my eyes to see a black snake crawling towards me in my bed. It vanished before my eyes. Coincidentally I have been changing myself a lot and trying to escape dark emotions. This could be some sort of sign that I can’t explain.
I had a dream last night that I was in church and all this girl were showing me the site where the sake had bitten them, after I saw a man standing and the black snake jump from the floor and attacked the man. I was afraid to stay around for fear of the snake. This setting happened in a sort of church in a foreign country.
I am had being in missions trips to South America in the past for real and the dream looks like a south American church of so sort.
dream : I was at my friend’s house, chilling, and my ex-fiance was there. Fast-forward, My ex, I, some older guy, and his daughter are in the backyard, just bullshitting around. I got up to go inside and I heard a snake rattler, I thought to myself – fuck this i’m going back. So I go back, and next thing I know my ex is telling me don’t move stay perfectly still, by this time I had already sat down (I was between him and the girl), I see this GIANT black snake, and the messed up thing is, this snake was TRYING to find me. It was using it’s tail end to see where I went. I was freaking out. (I’m afaird of them). Anyways, eventually the rattle stops, and the snake leaves. So I get up and RUN for the back door.
As i’m climbing the stairs (at a full tilt run) I hear the rattler again, and the snake has appeared on the ground very close to me. When I get to the top of the stairs, there’s a RED snake ( looked like a cross between a diamond back and a corral snake) it’s all tightened up ready to attack, and starts coming towards me. I use a recycle bin, catch the m-effer and toss it and the bin of the porch at the top of the stairs to the ground below. I race inside the house and that’s the end of the dream. I woke up with my heart pounding!!!
I’ve never woken up like this before, I always have freaky dreams. But something about this one just doesn’t feel right. I feel like there’s more to it. Any ideas??
I dreamt about a black snake slithering through our house, we had people over, we were all in the lounge chatting and the snake kept following me. it also kept slithering over my hand, it felt cold and velvety soft. it would slither over my hand once or twice, then slither away and a while later come back and do the same. i did not feel scared just a bit anxious as i remember not liking the feeling over my hand. I also remember a baby sitting on a counter top trying to rub the snake and show the snake a cricket in the corner…i woke feeling normal, but the dream still clear. what could this mean?
I dreamed of a black snake trying to bit me, then it turned into MANY black snakes everywhere.. some even were TWO headed black snakes., after that , I was working a shoe store on a mountainside town, then a blacked haired man turn into a Black werewolf and was very aggressive, and tearing up stuff in the store, then a blonde werewolf showed up , defeated the black one, shot some sort of sparkle beam at him. the blonde werewolf turned back to a human male, then he shows up at my house naked LOL.. I was uncomfortable with the situation, the blonde man (werewolf) was wanted my approval for something, next thing , there were tons of blonde colored army type trucks running threw out town, I feel it was very destructive to the town. I felt that the incident with the two werewolfs was planned to gain the approval of all in the town, to allow the army type ppl in our land . . that was the end of the dream. , its kinda of what happens today.. “they” create a problem, so we will react , then “they” have the solution. in the end its like they have to have our permission to do it. but if they did it to us without the FALSE DRAMA it would not be allowed . . problem, reaction, solution..
I was in a new town (somewhere in the South). I was in a museum of some sort that was supposed to give visitors a sense of what kinds of things existed in the area. There was a large black snake with no head that was moving through a clear plastic tube. The tube was in a circuit and went round in a circle and the snake kept moving through it.
I had a dream that I saw a black cobra with a humanish face. I went to it and reached out to it. The cobra climbed on my hand and wrapped it’s tail along my index finger. It then stared at me making noise like it was trying to talk to me. It then stood up and began hitting it’s head against my neck and jaw line. It startled me so I woke up. At least I think so. All of a sudden as I opened my eyes the cobra was on my covers coming up towards me. When it got to my chest I started having trouble breathing and turned on my right side. It slithered off my shoulder and disappeared under the blanket. What does this mean?
I had a dream of a black snake with a white spot in his neck that bit me?
Thanks for sharing your paotsr’s story. I got quite a chuckle at the end. I, too, can remember hearing my soda making a noise (never thought snake, though) and wondering what is that. I will be sure to watch out for the “Coke Snake,” lol.Thanks for visiting my blog and I love the photo at the top of your blog. It is beautiful.
I dreamt my hands were made of wood.very distressing
I dreamt my hands were made of wood.i bit a nail till it came off and the nail was wood too.
what does it mean when you dream about a big black snake with brownish goldish spots floating in the air from out the woods coming into a car window while the car is moving and tries to attack you but smells you and nods and move on to the driver?
Hello Dreamers<3It was an active night for me. I'm triyng to keep my head from hitting the key board as I type this! lol"Vampire's Suck!"I'm in a house full of hungry Vampires. I was triyng to keep everyone safe but it was too late, they were under the vampire's spell. I was able to protect my daughter in a back room, where I didn't invite any Vampires in. I noticed her friend Emma was bitten and neighbors began pointing fingers at me like I was the Vampire! I explained to them that I was not a Vampire and can not take care of everyone's responsibilities. I had no power over the Vampires.Feeling upon waking: Angry that they would think I'd hurt a child.Reality check: Dealt with an issue that made me feel like an outsider over the weekend. I decided it wasn't my problem, it was there's. I let go of the yucky feeling it gave me Not going to watch True Blood before bed again! lol~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Running from the Mob."I was John Voight. I'm tricking the mob into thinking I didn't know about the 50,000 dollars hidden in the bed sheets. It's the money they took from me. They give me three woman to seduce. A blonde, brunette and red head in their early twenties. The woman are beautiful and passed out on the floor. I caressed the brunettes cheek, giving my sign of approval. The men with guns leave. I head for the bed and count my money. I am taking back what's mine! I open the window and pop the screen out and hatch my plan to escape.Feeling Upon waking: Victory! Excited, I was able to get my money back. I felt bad for the woman but knew they'd be fine.Reality check: I like John Voight! He's a great actor.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"The Coldest Winter."I'm in a hair salon. A gay guy named David it getting ready to cut my hair. He twirls my bangs in four sections and pins it up. His father comes in and starts yelling at him that he needs to spend time with his family. David is massaging my shoulders, it felt nice. I feel comfortable with him. I end up leaving the warm salon and was assaulted by the cold wind. The snow is crunching under my boots. The city in covered in a blanket of snow and ice. Everything is white out, even the buildings. Nancy Botwin (She's from the show called Weeds." and her toddler son are walking with me. I like how the snow glistens like tiny dimonds in the sun shine.Feeling Upon Waking: I was okay with not getting my hair cut. It was just meant for me to have long hair. The cold wasn't bothering me.Reality Check: I knew David when I was a little girl. I loved when he'd cut my hair:) I don't want to cut my hair now. I'm a winter baby! Good bye summer!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Higher Level of Myself"I'm living above my aunts apartment building, she doesn't know this. I'm surrounded by darkness. I don't like it. I'm not apart of it. I am the light. Everything becomes brighter around me. My grandfather come into my apartment and I can see my father standing in the hallway as the door shuts. My grandfather tells me that I need to forgive my father. I notice a emerald Claddagh ring and begin twisting it in my finger. He's annoying me! I agree, just so he could leave. In my dream, I felt my body jump. Startled, I wake up.Feelings upon waking: Sheesh it was a busy night! Was I astral traveling again? I was awaken the same way the past four nights I don't' want them in my dreams. They stir up unpleasant feelings in me. Reality Check: I forgave him a long time ago or so I thought. I've always felt this connection with the Claddagh ring, it's such a beautiful ring. I love the meaning behind it. And Emerald is a form of my name. Feed back is welcomed.Thanks<3Xo,EsmeLike +1
I had a dream that me My mom nd my bro was talking in the teracce, suddenly a black snake came out and tried to attack me. i ducked down. nd then when i saw it stood straight in a sheet with another snake and opened it’s mouth, i took a bucket and throwed on it nd it fell back side of my home. when i reached to get down another snake came flying, suddenly a man came from sky got that snake nd he disappeared. i told my dad about the snake incident in the dream i woke u in the morning.
i dreamed and saw a black snake crossing the road and when i tried to kill it i could not find anything around but an indian bamboo
I thought I had woke up in my dream but when I shifted my eyes I couldn’t figure out where the carpet came from..(I have stained concert) and as I was looking at the carpet I seen a black snake slither across the carpet and then another and then another…so 3 all together they all came from under the bed..all went different directions one back under the bed…all were black and small maybe as big as my wrist to my elbow..I remember I couldn’t move nor could I yell for my boyfriend..so I thought ill just go out the window!! But then I woke up……
I was caresing a black snake in my dream
I had a dream of a giant, giant black snake, that was baring its teeth at me and hissing so I grabbed its head (somehow) and was taping its snout closed and for some reason my mum was there telling me not to tape its jaws shut!?! This was all happening in the bush (Australian Forrest) where earlier I was running away from a wild fire.
soo confused!???
I had a dream if a black mamba snake biting me in my left wrist while I was walking away frommy school. I actyally thought it was real, it scared the crap out of me. I have no idea what my dream means.
last night my husband saw two black snakes( male and female nag) are dancing at the backside of our house , what does it mean?
I had a dream that I saw a black and fluorescent yellow colour snake.
It was wiggling and almost mesmerizing. What does this mean?
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i dreamt a snake following us;me ,my husband and one of my husband’s good friend.we were in kind of a forest. the snake was a big long black one and it had a green colour all along its back. i really want to know wat this dream mean. i feel something good’s gonna happen. please interprete.
well at the job where i work at (Co-Operate Building)….a small black snake was on 1 of the floor in the shap of an “S”…i thought it was a letter, so when i got closer, the snake quickly glides n went into the corner. It freak me out because as long i’ve worked in that building, i NEVER seen a snake.
My girlfriend dreamed that I had a snake in my eye. The snake was black with a red and black devilish face with demonic eyes and sharp pointy teeth and it grin at her.
Raymond I’m gg nd I recently had a dream of a snake that was also black nd had the same things you are describing I scares me because there was a small snake then a big snake that intended to attack me.
I dreamt that i was in my house and i saw a pitch black snake and it was my pet it was a rattle snake and the tail was shiny gold… The snake was peaceful and kind… I was alarmed that if i made it angry it will bite but otherwise i knew it was kind and calm and lazy like myself.. When i woke up i felt happy ..
i was in an unfamiliar house, not my own. i knew the owners though, and i was waiting for them to return. when i walked into the house initially, i saw the wisp of a thin, black tail disappear around a corner, and immediately became anxious. i went in search of the animal and found it to be a small black snake. i began running away every time i found it. eventually, the snake started searching for me, too. we did this a lot. sometimes, it seemed like i was trying to kill the snake. sometimes, it seemed like i was just curious, wanting to get a better look. the dream ended with me in the middle of the room, hanging from something on the ceiling, the snake below me, about to rise up off the floor. i don’t know if the snake had any ill will, but i still felt fear, and in that moment i wanted to kill it. i attempted a huge open fisted attack, and then i woke up.
In my dream I was flying above a whole lot of black snakes big and small, my friend was with holding my hand we were both flying above these snakes when they were all around the floor!!
i had like the weirdest dream ever, i dreamt i was in bed when for some odd reason i had something sharp in my hand (not sure if it was a knife or what) but as i got out of bed this black snake attacked me, and without knowing me i chopped off its head, i then burnt his head but everytime i burnt it, it just got longer until it was totally dead, burnt it like 3 times?????? what does that mean?
Had this bad dream,bout this huge fat black snake,laying in n long pipe in my room next to my cupboard,I’ve got no idea where it came from,so I went in to the living room,and n knock on the door,mom opened the door,and so it was our memebers of our church,that came for a house visit..Instead of me sitting there,I went back to my room,while I know the snake is there,and I’m dead scared….Why do I get this dreams?? And no its not the first time.what does this really means??, could it affect my future?? Am I in danger?….Please help…
Hi Anastacia,
Considering you had a dream about snakes and people from your church, you know that in the bible, snakes are a symbol of the devil and unholy desires. It could mean that you are unhappy with your faith, uncertain about the people in your church, or your place of worship. It could also have a deeper meaning in which you have personal feats in your life that you need to deal with and overcome. Since you went back into your room, away from those from your church, it seems as if you’re in denial about something and you’re running back to the snake as if it is almost comforting for you. Think about what it is that you are troubled with and change it. Next time in your dream, you’ll be conquering the snake instead of looking to it for shelter.
i had a black thin snake climbing the was and i was scared so i screamed then my mom came and chopped off its head
I had a dream that I was swimming up multiple waterfalls with many other people and I was surrounded by black snakes who were trying to attack. None of them ever reached me. I used my feet to crush their heads or I just swam fast and evaded them. I was worried, but not terrified.
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Dream of black snake above black Car and i’m taking pic of it from my mobile
in my dream today.. i saw a black snake over my bed.. i was sleeping in my dream too.. i was sceaming ‘muma help me’.. and the snake was following me where ever i was going!
I had a dream at work, I feel asleep and dreamed a snake came from one of the boxes I was working on and it hid all around the file room. One of my co-worker was saying the snake was sick and throwing up but it never harmed us, it just kept hiding around the file room and throwing up. What does this mean?
I had a dream that I was in a brightly lit pet-shop, with numerous cages lining one of the longer walls. All the cages contained different types of rodents, such as rats and fat guinea pigs. A small black snake got through one of the cage bars that contained two fat black guinea pigs. I couldn’t do anything to stop it and watched it sink it’s fangs into one of the heads of those guinea pigs.
Dreamed i was laying on my couch flat on my back and a big black snake was laying across my chest but when i got nervous and scared he stood up and spreaded his back like a king cobra.
I had a dream of a giant black snake laid in my bathroom doing no harm while I was in my shower room. Please help interpret my dream.
i had a dream of a large black snake directing other black snakes away from me. the large snake was in my garden and the small snakes were being lead to the large snakes side. pulled and directed to go thte large snake
I HAD A DREAM A BLACK SNAKE HOLD MY LEFT LEG TIDELY….AND ONE OF MR BROTHER HELP ME TO PUL THE SNAKE OUT FROM MY LEG,,,,,, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN …?
I had a dream last night that I was walking over a bridge and when I looked down I saw a big snake laying on a big boulder. Then I was in a room and the snake came in under my carpet and went all around me but it never harmed me. Then I woke up. Just wanting to know what this means. The snake never attacked or bite me…just went around the room underneath the carpet.
In my dream there was a black snake and i heard god voice say pick it up from the back of it head and it try to bit me but it could not what do you thank that mean’s well let me know thank you
my father previously use to dream of a black snake coming from outside and eating our food,he use to dream of this every night,but my dad relates it to a dark person staying in our house for long,who is my would be husband
I had a dream it was in my own house where i am now, it was a guy was in the bath and then he screamed when we go there it was a black big fat snake in there then it dissepeared my mom gone and he got normal then i saw the snake going down from the stairs it was my litlle baby brother sleeping in there so i was trying to move the snake from my brother when i moved he bite me in the back of my right hand :’( i asked my dad he said it that it was a good sign but it doesnt look like
I heard that if a snake bites you in your dream your livelihood is about to double…! Expecting a raise of some kind?
I dreamed I was in a pantry getting all kinds of cookies out in packages taking them to my dad. When I arrived at my dads house I noticed it was a long black snake lying behind him as he was sitting in the porch and I said to him, “dad it’s a black snake behind you” and he replied; “it Aint going to bother me cause, I’m covered in water”. All of a sudden the snake appeared behind me and I felt a lot of pain and it all went black after then, I woke up out my dream… Tell me what this means
Hi Sherry, If this were my dream, writing on the blue paper could mean I’m coitunicammng my truth and wisdom. I looked down and I’d left my papers in the classroom in my desk. Then I realized that was okay. I’d have the papers when I needed them again for that class. This makes me feel like it’s okay to leave my truth and wisdom stored in my desk/mind because I can always access that part of myself when I’m ready.I originally removed my tags and used my sneakers. I look down and I see that tags again. I remove them and feel comfortable and satisfied with myself and who I am. I feel a sense of renewal. Are my tags a reminder of the restrictions I give myself? If so, I need to clip away the plastic tags so I am able to be balanced and walk comfortably once again.Thank you for sharing your truth & wisdom Sherry! <3Xo,EsmeLike +2
there was a long wrinkly earthworm with a lot of clitellum. out of disgust, i chopped it with a chopping knife and left it because i knew for sure it is dead.
my sister suddenly screamed and when i looked back it became a black scaly medium-sized (around 70-80cm) snake with its mouth widely opened as if it going to attack us. i think i came very near it because i saw the fine details of its scales. i was not afraid but confused on how it transformed.
snakes have already appeared in some of my dreams wherein all of them are brightly colored and as big as pythons and i always run away from them. but in this dream the snake seemed more realistic and this time i came to it without fear
JUST ASK GOD AND HE CAN HELP YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEAN’S
AND JUST BEFORE THIS DRAM MY FIANCE DREAMED OF ME BEING SWALLOWED BY A BIG PAYTHON SNAKE WHILE TRYING TO CROSS THE BIG RIVER AND HE TO ONE SHARP ROD AND TROW IT DIRECTLEY TO THE SAKE AND IT WENT THROUGH THE SNAKES MOUTH AND I WAS FREE AND I WENT BACK TO THE RIVER. WHAT DO THIS TWO DREAMS MEAN? PLEASE HELP I NE TO KNOW.
my dream about 10 black herry snakes with wide open mouths not far from my freinds house but they ere following me and i ended up killing one of them what does that mean?
I was bitten by 2 snakes. Ablack one bit my ankle and the other one my wrist. I was given an injection which I was supposed to do my self but couldm’t. I seemed to be with a group of people including my son
I dreamed of a black snake trying to bit me, then it turned into MANY black snakes everywhere.. some even were TWO headed black snakes., after that , I was working a shoe store on a mountainside town, then a blacked haired man turn into a Black werewolf and was very aggressive, and tearing up stuff in the store, then a blonde werewolf showed up , defeated the black one, shot some sort of sparkle beam at him. the blonde werewolf turned back to a human male, then he shows up at my house naked LOL.. I was uncomfortable with the situation, the blonde man (werewolf) was wanted my approval for something, next thing , there were tons of blonde colored army type trucks running threw out town, I feel it was very destructive to the town. I felt that the incident with the two werewolfs was planned to gain the approval of all in the town, to allow the army type ppl in our land . . that was the end of the dream. , its kinda of what happens today.. “they” create a problem, so we will react , then “they” have the solution. in the end its like they have to have our permission to do it. but if they did it to us without the FALSE DRAMA it would not be allowed . . problem, reaction, solution..