Freebird

I recently had a dream that seems to have struck me funnier than other dreams in the past. I dreamt I looked down at my left arm because I felt like a few nerves in my forearm were going crazy. when i looked down i saw three parakeet heads poking out of my skin and what appeared to be the rest of them buried under it. They were alive and there were no wounds what so ever around the birds. they were pecking at the skin trying to get free and i thought, there's no way i can get these birds out. If i pull on them i might snap their heads and kill them. So i just continued on in my dream. Later on somehow it came back to that dream where i look down again, and this time there's a black arm warmer covering where the skin was covering on the birds. so i pulled the fabric away from my arm to free the birds and dozens of birds came flying out. as if my whole forearm was packed with birds trapped under an arm warmer.

A few things currently going on in my life... I'm 5 months pregnant, been under a lot of stress at work where i have sharp deadlines. I work as a graphic artist. I have an 8 year old and have been married for 9 years. I've been struggling with relationship issues and carry a lot of regret and guilt that cannot really be explained to many people.

I hope you can tell me what this symbolizes. I remember details down to the texture of the fur on the birds heads and the holes in the beak where the nostrils are... to even the curve of their beaks. Thank you in advance.

Trin

Good morning, Trin

You didn't happen to mention whether you are left-handed, but I'd wager that you are.

The birds, I think, represent creative urges that you want to release, to take wing, but they cannot be forced. Your creations, just as with your child, need time to nurture and incubate.

This, of course, can be exceedingly difficult when your livelihood depends upon your creativity and artistic ability.

Of course, the parakeets could just as easily represent your child in a more direct physical way, or they could represent solutions to your problems. However, I think they represent your inner creativity because they come from your arm. Whatever they represent, though, the solution is the same: You cannot force it. It must come in its own time, and the best thing to do is not think about it for a while.

If you have any personal time coming up, the best thing to do would be to get away from all this stress. I know that this is not always possible, but if you can manage to put off any part of your stress, it would help.

Pleasant dreams,

Peregrin