Thread: Dead Mice and a Yellow Snake Escapes

My thoughts on your dream so far:

The race throught the rainforest in the wrong direction could be a warning that your life is so busy and stressful that if you are not careful you may choose to go in the wrong direction, make the wrong decision if it is too hurried. If you slow down and think, you are more likely to make the right choices.

You feel the presence of your family probably because your family are on your mind, as you said, you feel guilty over neglecting them at a time when you are busy and stressed. However, bear in mind that because your family are on your mind, in a sense they are present with you during this time of trial. And you may find that neglecting them is ok (family usually understand) or you may find that it would be beneficial to not neglect them, that is your choice to make.

Predetor and prey, hmm, yes. One could say that in your position both as an aspiring lawyer and in deciding whether you want to be in a relationship maybe you feel like both predator and like prey at times. At times you are hunting down the best opportunities, waiting to pounce in the right moment on any chance too good to pass up. And yet, you may also feel like a prey of institutions, such as law firms, the system of applications, the expectations that are at times too high, the peer pressure (including both career and personal life peer pressure and expectations). We are all predators who compete in a complex world and prey who are at times victims to expectations and stress etc.

Of course, this is only one possible interpretation, and feel free to discard any parts of it that do not sound right to you.

Based on the information you've given, capturing the snake for that sense of pride seems to connect to that desire to practice commercial law, which would, theoretically, provide you with that sense of approval from others/family, that seems to be the motive for that path.
"A job is a job and beggars can't be choosers" sounds very discouraging and in my personal opinion not worth following. Your 'true' ambitions are where your strength and commitment will meet you, unlike with the attempt to re-capture that snake, to which you felt weak and uncommitted.
Perhaps the soul searching can continue further once you think outside of the competitive and predatory motivation for approval, and more into that 'true' ambition.
Also, if you weren't capturing the snake for that sense of pride, was it because of what the snakes do to the mice? Justice. Do you want to be motivated by your sense of justice or by your desire for approval?

Snakes are usually a symbol for our instincts, and in this dream you would be pride to put your instincts in a container. That would also be practical for you, because your instincts work against you. But of course one cannot put one's instincts in a box and keep them there, so the snake escapes, and it will come back later -- you will probably dream of snakes soon enough, again!

So the snake part is probably an illustration of your inner conflict, the conflict between the Lawyer and the Self, so to speak. The snake is not hostile or scary (as snakes often are in dreams) because you a conscious of this conflict; but that doesn't mean that you can control the conflict, one is not able to control one's inner snake.

I have nothing to say about the mice part. That is more puzzling. But are there more to tell about the dream? The story seems a little bit "edited". I'm not saying it is, it's just a feeling a get, and if you could tell us more about the mice part, for instance if anything happened before and after that, perhaps we could try our luck at those poor creatures too.

Of course, I'm only sharing my thoughts and associations openly, I don't think I know anything about your dream.

I just had another thought about the mice: you say they are fetal mice, covered in blood like a baby is after birth. Giving birth is often interpreted as starting or facing a new project or a new prospect. And you certainly are facing a lot of that. So the baby mice could represent that. The fact that they are dead is a bit worrisome though. Question: Are there any dreams of yours that you have recently squashed before they could come into fruition, any projects that were "stillborn" metaphorically speaking? Any new projects that you "killed" or that got killed because your life is too busy perhaps, but which you now may regret them being dead?