The OX

[AquarianOX]

So in my dream, In the morning, I went home and saw my house burned down, i didnt see it burning down though, I just saw it with ashes and smoke coming out from it, some of my roof are left (my house is made of bamboo and nipa in my dream) and then i saw this ox looking at me, just looking at me!!!. The ox was chained there. The ox was burned also, his skin was burned so bad, it's bleeding and you could actually see white fatty thing things in his skin. I feel bad for him. I was so shocked I didnt even do anything to help the animal. The ox just stared at me for a long time. Also i've researched that I was born in the year of the ox in the chinese new year Anyways, idk if that helps in interpreting it.

[Wakinyan]

This is a dream which one would like to connect to the dreamer's life, because it's simple but dramatic content is most certainly a reflection of something that is happening in your life at this point in time (assuming this is not a recurring dream or theme). One's house is almost always interpreted as one's self (in a particular circumstance), so if one comes home and find it burned down, one would like to connect that to a factual circumstance or real life content -- "In what way has 'my house' burned down?" Has it to do with a sudden realization, a broken dream, or what are the circumstances that are illustrated? Fire is often a symbol for emotions; either this is emotional, or emotions has destroyed the house. The destruction of the house by fire can also symbolize transformation, fire often been used for transformation (make food edible, turn metal into tools, mythological themes like Phoenix); perhaps the dream is an illustration of something old has gone, and now is the opportunity to build something new from the ashes of the old? The fact that the house is made of bamboo and nipa suggest that it is not an image of you as you, the "whole" you, but a part of you. So you could contemplate what part of you is connected to those material, or to those areas of the world where such material is used for building houses. The ox is a strong yet manageable animal which does work for man through the centuries, it is held in high regard because of its strength, usefulness and loyalty. We use it to pull wagons and goods, and on the fields for farming. We work together with this animal, so it may be a symbol of inner strength and tenaciousness, which has been hurt by the emotions that destroyed the house. The ox itself is not an emotional animal, so to speak, in contrast to the bull, so it is sort of expected that strong emotions may be hurtful for this part of oneself. If the ox got emotional, it couldn't do its work. I don't know what this dream is about, but hopefully my post offer some food for thought for you.