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When the people (or one person) talk(s), I listen, and that is why I'm writing about snakes today.  I had a dream last week in which my significant other brought home four snakes as a "gift."  Two of them were white, one was grey, and one was blue.  I was totally freaked out and not excited about having these creatures in my house, but he was insistent that this was something I wanted.  The blue one wasn't that scary, but it scared me the most because it kept escaping from the ice chest where it was temporarily housed and slivering toward me to get in my face.  It wasn't trying to bite me or anything, just looking at me and getting really super close.  Anyway, I didn't like the snakes one bit, and when I woke up, I asked my significant other why he brought snakes into my dream.  His response was fairly incredulous, and since I couldn't get him to answer it, I've had to do my own research to get to the bottom of this.

Apparently, dreaming about snakes is not a metaphor for poisonous people or anything like that (phew).  In fact, many people (or just Carl Jung and his followers) see snakes as a symbol of wisdom.  I sure could use that lately, so maybe the four snakes were some pre-conscious message from myself to myself ensuring me that I am smart enough to get into a PhD program.  According to an expert on Huffington Post, it actually means that I was particularly creative during the day before I went to sleep.  I'm inclined to believe this mostly because of the blue snake.  There is also an entire website devoted to dreaming about snakes: www.snakedreams.org.  According to this site, dreaming of snakes can basically mean anything at all: abundance or fear of losing something, feeling overwhelmed or healing.  Really, the snakes could mean anything!

So, why should my dream about snakes interest you?  I have no idea, but maybe because you also dream of snakes.  Or perhaps as an insightful friend you might have an interpretation to offer.