Dreaming of a Canary
canary, cage bird, finch, songbird · mostly positive, with some warnings
The canary signals unexpected pleasures, honors and happy friendships, with a warning against illusions.
What happens in the dream
- A singing canary: unexpected pleasures
- Owning a beautiful canary: honors, literary success or a happy romance
- Being given a canary: a welcome inheritance
- A canary dying: dear friends will prove unfaithful
- Canaries in an eerie or unnaturally bright light: false hopes; beware your overconfidence and flattering promises
- Giving a canary away: disappointment in what you want most
How you felt
- Cheerfulness: the dream often mirrors a need for lightness and song
- Caution: it may reflect a worry that beauty hides an illusion
Ask yourself
- What is lifting my mood right now?
- Am I being won over by pretty promises?
See also Birds · Cage · Nightingale · Singing · Legacy
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: cage bird, finch, songbird.