Dreaming of a Lark

lark, skylark, songbird · mostly positive

The lark is a joyful omen of high aims, growing fortune and happy love, unless it is wounded or killed.

What happens in the dream

  • Larks singing in flight: a happy move and flourishing business
  • Larks landing on you: luck turns your way
  • You catch larks: honour and love will come easily
  • If you're in love: love runs smooth
  • Larks falling to earth while singing: gloom amid pleasures
  • Larks flying: high aims that will make you more generous
  • Larks eating: a plentiful harvest
  • A wounded or dead lark: sadness or loss; killing one: innocence harmed through carelessness

How you felt

  • Joy: the dream may reflect a burst of optimism
  • Aspiration: you may be dreaming of rising higher

Ask yourself

  • What makes me want to sing right now?
  • What do I want to rise toward?

See also Birds · Singing · Nightingale · Sparrow · Wings

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901); F. Fontaine, The Golden Wheel Dream-Book and Fortune-Teller (1862). Also searched as: skylark, songbird.

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