What does it mean to hold crab in your dream?

Answer 1

If the question is about holding a "crab" - a crustacean (shellfish) with large claws - the dream could reflect the dreamer's feelings about someone who is "crabby" or grouchy and unpleasant. Another possible connection could be with "cancer" as the crab is called in Astrology. In that case, the dreamer is holding cancer in the sense that the dreamer might have received or fears that diagnosis, or is caring for someone with that disease. Alternatively, it could be nothing more than a dream triggered by an appetite for tasty shellfish.

Answer 2

Dreams communicate symbolically, but it is nearly impossible to provide any meaningful interpretation from a single symbol isolated from the context and other elements in a dream. Very generally, crabs cause pain by pinching with claws, so the dream might reflect some injury sustained by the dreamer. Alternatively, crab is delicious food, so it might relate to appetite or obtaining one's needs. Another term for a crab is "cancer" (as in Astrology) so the dream could reflect concern for someone with that disease. Finally, the dream could use word play or a pun for something or someone such as "Mr. Crab" or somebody called "Mrs. Crabby-face."

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Answer 3

Dreams work through symbols and metaphors, so the "crabs" in this dream represent something that the dreamer associates with crabs. The meaning depends on the emotional tone of the dream; for instance, dreaming about enjoying a crab dinner in a fine restaurant would have a very different meaning from a nightmare of being chased by a giant crab.

> The mind can also use word play and puns: "crab" might be the edible shellfish, but it can also be slang for body lice, or a grouchy person who is an "old crab." The dreamer's challenge is to determine what the dream points toward in one's own life.

Answer 4

It suggests that you have good insight into your situation, whatever it might be. Depending on the emotions you feel in the dream and on what the crabs are doing (steamed and served for dinner, or running on a beach, or in an aquarium, etc.) they could symbolize problems that you need to solve or puzzles you need to decipher or even "crabby" coworkers you need to placate. In any of these possibilities, you should trust your own insight because you are able to see through the "shell" to the root of the issue.