Requesting Dream Interpretation

[Altair]

I know I've seen folks ask for dream interpretation here at TC before, but I couldn't figure out where, so I hope this is in the right place. The dream I had last night was rich enough in potentially symbolic imagery that I thought I'd share:

A moth about the size of a boy was standing upright on a Manhattan sidewalk, engaged in a pitched battle with a cobra that was attacking from beneath (i.e., at crotch/abdomen level). I may or may not have been waiting for a bus as I witnessed this; I'm not sure.

Possible Symbolic Content: Snakes (though not cobras specifically) are often liminal for me, the guardians of an entrance; most notably, the entrance to the subconscious. Moths, I have no clue.

Possibly Relevant Life Context 1: I'm anxiety-ridden over a pile-up things in my life that I can't seem to stop procrastinating about lately.

Possibly Relevant Life Context 2: I'm unhappy about relationship issues (lack of intimacy) of late.

Possibly Relevant Life Context 3: Last night's dinner consisted of steak in a red wine reduction, wild & long grain rice, and a salad of leafy greens sprinkled with walnut pieces.

Discuss.

[Altair]

A moth about the size of a boy was standing upright on a Manhattan sidewalk, engaged in a pitched battle with a cobra that was attacking from beneath (i.e., at crotch/abdomen level). I may or may not have been waiting for a bus as I witnessed this; I'm not sure.

P.S. Eventually the dream shifted to just the cobra flaring its hood menacingly, which I took to mean that the moth lost.

[Emma Eldritch]

I know I've seen folks ask for dream interpretation here at TC before, but I couldn't figure out where, so I hope this is in the right place. The dream I had last night was rich enough in potentially symbolic imagery that I thought I'd share:

A moth about the size of a boy was standing upright on a Manhattan sidewalk, engaged in a pitched battle with a cobra that was attacking from beneath (i.e., at crotch/abdomen level). I may or may not have been waiting for a bus as I witnessed this; I'm not sure.

Possible Symbolic Content: Snakes (though not cobras specifically) are often liminal for me, the guardians of an entrance; most notably, the entrance to the subconscious. Moths, I have no clue.

Possibly Relevant Life Context 1: I'm anxiety-ridden over a pile-up things in my life that I can't seem to stop procrastinating about lately.

Possibly Relevant Life Context 2: I'm unhappy about relationship issues (lack of intimacy) of late.

Possibly Relevant Life Context 3: Last night's dinner consisted of steak in a red wine reduction, wild & long grain rice, and a salad of leafy greens sprinkled with walnut pieces.

Discuss.

 
Well, my first thought while reading was snakes = sex. But I'm also doped up with the flu, so.

[HeartShadow]

 
I'm going to toss a few ideas about the moth at you - because it sounds like that was the really VISIBLE part to you.

moths are ... dark/night/creepy/destroyers-of-stuff?  Does any of that resonate at all?  Do moths remind you of a season, or a time, or anything like that?  Did you want it to win?  Lose?  did you care about the fight at all?

Without knowing who/what the moth is/represents, the rest of it doesn't have any meaning I can see.

[Altair]

Well, my first thought while reading was snakes = sex. But I'm also doped up with the flu, so.

 
Hmmm...

[Altair]

I'm going to toss a few ideas about the moth at you - because it sounds like that was the really VISIBLE part to you.

moths are ... dark/night/creepy/destroyers-of-stuff?  Does any of that resonate at all?  Do moths remind you of a season, or a time, or anything like that?  Did you want it to win?  Lose?  did you care about the fight at all?

Without knowing who/what the moth is/represents, the rest of it doesn't have any meaning I can see.

Moths definitely creep me out, though not as much as some other insects. It was daytime in the dream. I don't associate moths with any particular time of year or anything. I wasn't rooting for either side in the fight; I was just intensely curious. I remember thinking at first that the cobra was the moth's proboscis, because at first the moth had its head tucked down to where the snake was attacking its abdomen; but then I realized it was a cobra.

I think you're right about me needing to figure out the moth. That's not a frequent symbol choice for my subconscious at all (in fact, this may be the first time). I tend to associate them with decay, I suppose: eating through clothes, their fragile wings tearing and flaking apart, the preponderance of drab, moldering colors on them.

[Valeria Crowe]

Moths definitely creep me out, though not as much as some other insects. It was daytime in the dream. I don't associate moths with any particular time of year or anything. I wasn't rooting for either side in the fight; I was just intensely curious. I remember thinking at first that the cobra was the moth's proboscis, because at first the moth had its head tucked down to where the snake was attacking its abdomen; but then I realized it was a cobra.

I think you're right about me needing to figure out the moth. That's not a frequent symbol choice for my subconscious at all (in fact, this may be the first time). I tend to associate them with decay, I suppose: eating through clothes, their fragile wings tearing and flaking apart, the preponderance of drab, moldering colors on them.

 
Have you ever seen snakes in your dreams before?

My $.02: the snake and moth could be masculine and feminine sexual symbols. The moth is the dark twin of the butterfly, a common symbol of feminine beauty, and snakes are symbolically often consdidered to represent sex, especially masculine sexuality (phallic symbol ho!).

Er... having any sex or gender issues?

I don't have a flu, but am tripping balls on lack of sleep and too much caffeine anyway, so take with grain of salt.

[Altair]

Have you ever seen snakes in your dreams before?

I'm sure I have, though I can't think of a specific one offhand.

My $.02: the snake and moth could be masculine and feminine sexual symbols. The moth is the dark twin of the butterfly, a common symbol of feminine beauty, and snakes are symbolically often consdidered to represent sex, especially masculine sexuality (phallic symbol ho!).

Er... having any sex or gender issues?

I like your interpretation; it makes a lot of objective sense. But I'm not having any sex or gender issues at the moment, or at least, not any more than usual.