Scorpion
Last updated: · Pedram Dadgar
Psychological (Freud)
In depth psychology the scorpion embodies the hidden sting: repressed hostility, resentment or self-wounding impulses lurking beneath a calm surface. It may also mirror the fear of an insidious betrayal, and so give image to the dreamer's own distrust.
Oriental reading
In interpretation after Ibn Sirin the scorpion usually stands for a slandering enemy or a two-faced person who stings behind one's back and spreads gossip. A sting foretells harm through evil words, while killing the scorpion heralds victory over such an adversary.
European folk (dream-book)
Old superstition sees in the scorpion a false friend who lurks unseen and stings from behind with a venomous tongue. In a dream it stands as a warning of slander and treacherous betrayal from those closest at hand. But to crush it underfoot, the old folk say, means one will escape the plot and unmask the hidden enemy in good time.
Common dream scenarios
Black scorpion
The black scorpion sharpens the warning: after Ibn Sirin it stands for an especially treacherous, covert enemy or a venomous slander from the dark. Psychologically the blackness embodies a deeply repressed hostility or a resentment one barely admits to oneself.
Scorpion sting
Being stung by the scorpion, after Ibn Sirin, points to a betrayal suffered or a hurtful piece of slander from someone trusted. Psychologically the sting marks the moment a repressed conflict or a self-wounding impulse painfully breaks to the surface.
Killing a scorpion
Killing a scorpion is, after Ibn Sirin, a good sign: one overcomes a treacherous enemy or defuses a slander before it harms. Psychologically the act stands for consciously confronting a repressed aggression and stripping its self-destructive power.
Scorpion in the bed
A scorpion in the bed, after Ibn Sirin, points to a danger from the closest proximity, often in the intimate or marital sphere where trust is wounded. Psychologically the location reveals repressed resentment or hostile tension right at the heart of safety and intimacy.
Animals
This sign across the other arts
Dream interpretation is for self-reflection and entertainment — it is not a medical or psychological diagnosis.