Dream about Being Chased by Snakes

Chased by Snake Dream

Dreaming of being chased by a snake typically brings about fear and anxiety. Whether or not you escape the wild animal that is pursuing you, such a dream means that there’s a situation in your waking life that you find challenging and are trying to run away from.

Dream Meaning Summary

  • The snake may represent a situation that is hard to face, is uncomfortable or embarrassing;
  • This symbol can relate to yourself, a part of you that you are not fully recognizing; feelings that are not fully acknowledged;
  • Perhaps a person or responsibility in your life that is hard to bear or feels threatening.

The dream is likely a call to become more aware of your feelings, especially feelings that you consider unacceptable or uncomfortable, such as anger, or feelings of vulnerability. It can also be a warning about a situation in your life that feels unsafe or is threatening. The dream point to the need to address this issue in a more directly.

What does dreaming of being chased by a snake mean?

Here are several explanations to help interpret your dream.



Dream Meaning #1: Being caught up in a situation you are trying to avoid

Being chased by a snake in your dream typically symbolizes a situation or a feeling in your waking life that is hard to deal with and you wish to avoid.

When you are chased by a wild animal like a wild reptile, the overall feeling in the dream is often fear, worry, feeling caught, perhaps pushed around with not many options about where to go. A pertinent interpretation connects to a situation where you feel uncomfortable, vulnerable, that you are caught up in.

The dream is likely a call to become more aware of what is going on in your life that is causing so much tension. It can also be a warning about a situation that feels unsafe or is threatening. Interpret the dream as an indication that you need to confront this issue or the feelings it activates in you more directly.

Dream Meaning #2: Running away from an unsettling situation or part of your personality

A dream of being chased by a snake reveals the fear to confront one’s own feeling or personal drive that may be seen as unacceptable or undesired.

The snake could represent your own anger, some aggressivity towards another person that you are in fact are turning against yourself instead of expressing more directly. The chase with the serpent could convey a feeling of vulnerability that you are experiencing in your life and that is hard to fully acknowledge.

Chased by Snake Dream
Instead of owning these feelings and dealing with them directly, the dream allows you to externalize or “project” them on a substitute element or image; in this case it’s the snake.

The snake that is chasing you is coming back at you to bring to your attention these matters that have been ignored or conveniently pushed out of your consciousness.


Next Step: Make your Own Meaning


  • What is the intention of the snake in the dream?
  • In your life, what do you think you are running away from?
  • What part of yourself could you identify with the snake in your dream?
  • How do you react while being chased, what strategies do you use or not use to escape the chaser?
  • Are you being caught? What is your feeling then?

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