Rat Dream Meaning — Where Wealth Luck and Small Worries Meet
A rat dream surprisingly often symbolizes wealth luck, but if a rat chases or bites you, it points to guarding against small worries and gossip.
Because of its habit of diligently filling its storehouse, the rat is sometimes read in traditional dream lore as a creature symbolizing unexpected wealth luck or thrifty household management. A rat entering the storehouse or the home in particular is passed down as a good omen meaning wealth is piling up. On the other hand, being chased or bitten by a rat is taken as a warning to beware of petty worries or gossip. Psychologically, the rat is also seen as a symbol of small but recurring stress or sources of anxiety.
Meanings by scenario
A rat entering your home
Good omenThis means wealth building up little by little or thrifty saving bearing fruit, and it is regarded as an especially good sign for someone who has started a side job or begun saving.
Being bitten by a rat
Bad omenThis is a warning that a small quarrel or bit of gossip may leave you hurt, so it is read as wise to mind your words and actions lest a minor misunderstanding grow.
Catching a rat
Good omenThis means resolving a nagging worry or nuisance, and it is read as a positive sign that you will finally wrap up a problem you have long put off.
Seeing a large swarm of rats
Bad omenThis means many petty worries crowding in at once, or small frictions with those around you increasing, so it calls for keeping some ease of mind.
Seeing a white rat
Good omenUnlike an ordinary rat dream, a white rat is thought to symbolize precious wealth or special luck, so it is taken as a relatively strong good omen.
A rat running away
Good omenThis means a worrisome problem resolving itself, or escaping a burdensome situation, and it is read to mean a weight is being lifted from your mind.
A word from Laboom Dongja
Ho ho, don't dismiss a rat dream either. If a rat's gotten into the storehouse, why not take the chance to open a savings account?
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