SHARK

The shark has a universal significance as a deadly predator, so if you dreamed of swimming happily at the beach but then were terrified to see a shark’s fin circling around you, your unconscious may be alerting you to someone who is potentially dangerous in your waking world, perhaps even a loan shark who is offering you money at high interest rates. In their positive aspect, sharks reflect power, instinct, intelligence and the ability to survive. In their negative aspect, sharks typically represent hidden fears that may have an intense impact on you. They are also terrifying symbols of death, destruction and the killer instinct. In many cases, the shark represents the fears you may have about what it may mean to strike out on your own.

If you are sailing over shark-infested waters in your dream, some things in your life may be compromising your individuality, or you may be experiencing conflicts that are pulling and pushing you in opposite directions.

Attack or aggression.

Strength.

Tenacity.

Acting with stealth or anonymity.

The unknown.

The subconscious mind or something within it.

The idea of something “suddenly coming out of nowhere,” or your ability to react to unpredictable events.

A fear of or focus on something that may never happen or that may not exist.

The idea of going directly after something you want.

Feeling vulnerable in a situation in which you feel “out of your element” (as humans may feel in water because they’re typically land dwellers).

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 Fish, Animal

1- To dream of a shark may- indicate that we are being attacked unfairly; someone is trying to take something that is rightfully ours. Being in a sea of sharks suggests that we are in a situation where we do not trust anyone.

To be pursued by a shark may- suggest that we have put ourselves in danger and created a situation by entering someone else’s territory

2- Because a shark is a sea creature it has the significance of creating problems on an emotional level.

It is as though our emotional capacity can be eroded by- unscrupulous behaviour.

3- The shark is a svmbol of the fear of death because of its connection with the Collective Unconscious.

We lack the abilitv to confront these fears without help.