Cuckoo

Vision: Seeing a cuckoo means having to deal with a selfish person. Catching a cuckoo: gossip about yourself is driving you to distraction. Killing a cuckoo: your interference in other people’s business might create unpleasantness.

Depth Psychology: The cuckoo represents immature eroticism and sexuality; it interferes with your love relationship, because you are looking to satisfy it in places other than home.

The dream is also a warning about freeloaders who—when you aren’t looking—will try to dump their responsibilities on you (“laying a cuckoo egg in your nest”).

Announcement or alert.

The heralding of a change.

An interruption or surprise.

Being present in the current moment.

The idea of time, or awareness of the passage of time.

Isolation, whether or not by choice.

The idea of home or coziness.

Chaos or craziness.

Dreaming of this animal can represent too much or not enough of one of those qualities, or someone or something you associate with the quality or animal.

Consider also the animal’s actions, context, and your feelings about it.

See Bird, Mockingbird

Interpreting the presence of the cuckoo in your dream is difficult, as it can be a symbol of unrequited love or deviousness, whilst also being the herald of spring and an indicator of change from old to new. Do you need to change your direction or alter your approach in how you approach some situation?

Alternatively, there may be someone in your life whose presence is unwelcome or annoying.