The Bedside Dream Dictionary

by Silvana Amar
As like with most other animals, the deer in your dream may represent some aspect of your intuition or it may be a message from your unconscious. In some parts of Asia, deer are considered to be conductors of soul and thus the robes of shamans are usually made out of deerskin.

The Indians of North and South America also gave deer a spiritually important role. They believed that the souls of men passed into deer at the time of death. They also believed that a dying deer was a negative omen, which usually represented droughts that in turn foretold of very difficult times ahead. In the modern world, we generally see deer as gentle forest animals. Deer are characters in children’s stories and Santa Clause uses them to bring gifts to all. Thus, the deer in your dream may be a symbol of gentle and helpful parts of your psyche. In order to understand the message of the dream, think about what situation in your life would benefit from gentleness and soul fullness?

Ariadne's Book of Dream

by Ariadne Green
Deer come to deliver the attributes of gentleness, sensitivity, and innocence.

A deer is sensitive to every rustle in the lorest, and a deer in a dream may indicate a need to develop keen sensitivity to your environment or life through shifting from thinking to awareness.

The presence of a deer may mean you need to develop a more gentle approach to life or toward your relationships with others.

The buck with its branched antlers comes as a powerful expression of masculine strength. He wears the crown of the king and symbolically has associations with Christ.

The young buck’s strength is in its crown, which, like the branches of a tree, reach into the Upper World for spiritual connection.

The doe comes to bring the message to embrace a more passive and sensitive demeanor and the fawn to embrace innocence.

Islamic Dream Interpretation

by Ibn Seerin
A deer in a dream represents women and children. Capturing a deer in a dream or receiving one as a gift means prosperity, an inheritance, marriage, having children or overcoming one’s adversary. Slaughtering a deer in a dream means deflowering a young girl. Bringing a deer inside one’s house means finding a bride for one’s son.

If one kills and skins a deer in a dream, it means that he will rape a noble woman.

A deer jumping at someone in a dream represents a disobedient wife. Owning a deer in a dream means marriage to a noble woman or it could represent wealth which is earned from lawful sources.

(Also see Gazelle)