The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary

by Nancy Wagaman
Self-protection through avoidance, personal boundaries, abrasiveness, or using negativity to distance yourself from others (as in a hedgehog rolling up into a spiny ball to protect itself).

Rest or a rest cycle.

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 Animal, Porcupine

Dream Symbols and Analysis

by DreamForth
To dream of a hedgehog indicates vigilance to things that happen to you and around you. This can cause you to be defensive and hurt yourself and others. Sometimes seeing a hedgehog is interpreted as losing one’s soul. Make sure you are always in touch with your feelings and open your mind and heart to people.

The Big Dictionary of Dreams

by Martha Clarke
It is a warning that you can run into problems or prickly issues. This dream often suggests you not to make decisions in haste.

The hedgehog’s oneiric image alerts of judgments resolved wrongly and deception in relationships.