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What it means to dream about hares
A hare in a dream is the wish to run and hide from whatever frightens you, the shyness you dislike in yourself, a heart that races at every sharp change. Bolting, awake too you would rather dash off than face the hard thing. A dream doesn't announce what is coming, it shows how you got here - so the first question is this one: what do you want to bolt from right now?
First layer · what tradition says
What the traditional dream book says
In the folk dream books a hare means timidity, a skittish person, news that will come soon. One darting across your path meant a small hitch, or a friend who is not true.
Second layer · the honest read
What the dream really reflects
More often the hare is about the wish to run and hide from whatever frightens you. It is about the shyness you dislike in yourself, and a heart that races at every sharp change. Bolting for its life, it means that awake too you are ready to dash off rather than meet the hard thing face on. This is about today's fright before a change, and the timidity is no sentence.
FAQ
Is dreaming about hares a warning or a promise, and what changes if it darts across your path?
The answer sits in the detail: one darting across speaks of a heart that races at every sharp change, and one frozen still speaks of fright with nowhere left to run. Here is a mirror, not a verdict.
In the old books, dreaming about hares comes out as timidity, a skittish person and news coming soon, is there anything to it?
Folk tradition stamped this image as timidity, a skittish person and news coming soon, and the lists themselves were compiled in different centuries, each one arguing with its neighbor. I read it as a mirror of your state, and for a woman or for a man the meaning grows out of your own today, because the real question is this: what do you want to bolt from right now?
The dream reflected you for one night. The chart of the sky holds your whole reflection.
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