Salmon
Salmon swimming upstream, Leaping salmon, Salmon run
Every year salmon leave the open sea and travel back up the very river where they hatched, leaping rapids and waterfalls on the way. That journey makes them a strong dream image of homecoming and instinct, a pull toward where you began or toward what you know in your bones is right. A salmon leaping clear of the water shows a burst of effort that carries you over an obstacle. Irish legend tells of the Salmon of Knowledge, which gave all the world's wisdom to whoever first tasted it, so the fish can also point to insight. A silver salmon in clear water is a hopeful, lively sight.
Dream variations
- Salmon leaping a waterfallClearing the hardest part may take a few tries, and that's normal. Rest between attempts, the way salmon do in the pools below the falls.
- Catching a salmonYou've gotten hold of something valuable after patient waiting, maybe an insight or a long-awaited answer. Make good use of it.
- A salmon heading home upstreamYou feel drawn back to your roots, a place, a family or an old passion. Call someone from back home, or plan a visit.
- Cooking salmon for othersYou want to share something good and nourishing with people you care about. A simple dinner together may be just right.
Related symbols
- FishAlmost every dream tradition has kind words for fish.
- RiverAlways moving and always heading somewhere, a river often mirrors the direction of your…
- BearBig, strong and protective, but hard to predict: that's the bear.
- FishingFishing is a lesson in patience: you cast, you wait, and you can't force the result.
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