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Dreaming of birds: meaning in Korea

In Korea, birds in a dream are messengers: they bring news, visitors and opportunities. If a bird flies into your home, something good is coming.

What they say in Korea 새꿈

In Korea, birds are said to carry messages between heaven and earth. So dreaming of birds is tied above all to news. A bird that flies into your house or lands on your hand is read as pleasant news: an invitation, a job, a person coming back. The magpie (까치) is the favorite, because in tradition its call announces happy visitors. Brightly colored birds with cheerful songs are read as joy and romance, while a flock flying high speaks of projects taking off. If you catch a bird in your hands, some families count it as a taemong or as an opportunity you manage to hold on to.

Depending on the details

if a bird flies into your house

A very positive reading. News, a visitor or an opportunity enters your life without you looking for it. Maybe a message you have been waiting on for a while.

if the bird is caged

It speaks of talent held back or a situation that limits you. Time to ask what is stopping you from expressing yourself, and which small door you could open.

if many birds are singing

A choir of birds is tied to a lively social scene, good news multiplying and recognition from the people close to you.

And luck?

After dreaming of birds, someone in Korea would check their inbox hopefully, or answer that invitation they had been sitting on.

In other traditions

In the West birds symbolize freedom, aspirations and spirituality. A caged bird stands for a lack of freedom, and an injured one for frustrated dreams or a hope that needs care.