It does't mean anything, spiders are just one of the images that are hardwired into our minds as symbols to fear, and so they show up a lot in scary dreams. Snakes are the same. There have been scientific experiments that demonstrated that newborn animals of certain types (mammals I believe, but I don't remember what kind) already recognize the silhouette of a flying hawk as soon as they're born and know it's something to be afraid of, so that's undoubtedly a hardwiring thing. For us the main culprits are spiders, snakes, bears and other predators so these tend to show up in nightmares or sometimes just in ordinary dreams which of course immediately turn scary. And when something frightening shows up in a dream it's very common for it to multiply or grow. That's just the way dreams work - anything that really captivates your attention will take on great importance, and the dream responds by making it get bigger or stronger or making more of them appear. It's all just straightforward stuff that everyone experiences. Trust me, on this site many people keep dream journals, and if you read through them you'll see countless dreams that are just like yours. |
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