Swallow Dream Meaning
Dream interpretation
The swallow in your dream symbolizes a happy person or a wise child. If you manage to catch a swallow, it suggests that you are attempting to embrace something illegal or forbidden. This dream may indicate positive changes or new opportunities in your life. It can also be a symbol of happiness and prosperity surrounding you.
Swallow — Islamic interpretation
From Imam Muhammad Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams According to Islamic Inner Traditions — entry "Swallow" (page 422).
A swallow in a dream represents money, a blessed man, a blessed woman, or an intelligent and a learned boy. Catching a swallow in a dream means seizing what is unlawful for one to take. A house filled with swallows in the dream represents lawful earnings. A swallow in a dream is also interpreted to represent a man of good character, and who is pious and amicable. Helping a swallow in a dream means that one may assist a kind person in his life. Catching a swallow in a dream also means being unjust toward one's wife. Eating a swallow in a dream represents a fight. Ifone sees swallows flying away from his house in a dream, it means that his wife or a relative will abandon him, or separate from him and travel away from that town. In general, swallows and starlings in a dream represent people who are financially comfortable, or they could represent death, grief, or good deeds, movement, chanting, benevolence, or weddings. Seeing a swallow in a dream also may mean marriage to a trustworthy woman, or it could represent a good household manager. If one is transformed into a swallow in a dream, it means that thieves will rob his house. Seeing a dead swallow in a dream is a warning to revert one's actions and to engage in doing good.
Note: Islamic dream interpretation depends on the dreamer's circumstances and state. This is a general guide drawn directly from the source book.
How to read this dream
Layer in your personal context
What does swallow mean in your own life? Recent experiences and feelings sharpen the symbol's meaning for you specifically.
Remember the emotion in the dream
How did you feel when swallow appeared? The emotion often points to the truest meaning of the dream.
Connect it to your current life
Look for events or situations in your waking life that involve swallow or its themes — the dream is often a reflection of those.