Symbols / A monkey
A reading for meaning, not prophecy
A monkey is read as cleverness and mischief — in the East agility and a quick, trickster wit (猴), in the West the shadow trickster and mimicry, in Ibn Sirin's tradition a deceitful enemy or a person of low character.
Hand-written entry · reviewed July 2026 · how we read
Three readings
Jung would read the monkey as the trickster — the mischievous, imitative shadow that mocks the ego's seriousness and exposes its pretensions. It can mark playful ingenuity, or a restless impulse aping what it does not understand.
Jungian dream interpretation, explained →周公解梦 reads the monkey as 猴 — cleverness, agility, and restlessness; a playful monkey marks wit and opportunity seized, a troublesome one scattered energy or a trickster near you. It is intelligence that will not sit still.
Chinese dream interpretation (周公解梦), explained →Ibn Sirin read the ape or monkey as a deceitful enemy, a cunning and contemptible person, or one who has strayed — generally a warning about trickery or bad character near you. Framed as meaning: who or what is mimicking sincerity without holding it?
Islamic dream interpretation, explained →Read as cleverness and mischief — in the East quick wit and agility, in the Jungian lens the trickster that mocks the ego, in Ibn Sirin a deceitful or low person. It asks what is being clever or imitative rather than sincere.
Ibn Sirin read the ape or monkey as a deceitful enemy or a cunning, contemptible person — a warning about trickery or bad character near you.
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