Albatross
Albatrosses, Wandering albatross, Albatross around your neck
The albatross can glide for hours over open ocean without flapping its wings, riding the wind across thousands of miles. A dream of this bird is often about endurance, long journeys and the skill of using the forces around you instead of fighting them. Albatrosses also pair for life and return to the same partner year after year, so the bird can speak of loyalty that survives long separations. Then there's the idiom: an albatross around your neck is a burden you carry because of an old mistake, taken from Coleridge's poem about a sailor who shot one. Which side showed up depends on whether the bird was flying free or weighing on you.
Dream variations
- An albatross gliding beside a shipSteady support is keeping pace with you on a long venture. Be glad of the company, even if it stays quiet.
- Wearing an albatross around your neckYou're still paying for an old error. Put right what you can, then set the weight down.
- An albatross landing clumsilySomething you're great at in one setting feels awkward in another. Give yourself time to find your feet.
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