The very thought of a snake slipping into your dreams can make your body growl. However, according to astrologer and dream interpreter Stephanie Gailing, "a snake in dreams can have a great meaning, but not always a bad meaning."

In fact, snake dreams can symbolize a range of good and positive events in your life, such as transformation, creativity and fertility. Having said that, the meaning is mainly based on the person who is dreaming. 

To understand what the dream means to you, Gailin advises having a two-way approach. First, ask yourself, "How do you feel about the dream you saw?" and second, consider what the snake is doing in your dream: Is it attacking you? Or is it just standing somewhere on the bookshelf?

Not all people come from the same backgrounds and this also affects the way we understand snake dreams. For example someone who has grown up in another country may have a less scary relationship with snakes. Perhaps, he can even welcome the snake in the dream, seeing it as a positive omen.

In Albania, you may have heard from grandparents that snakes are a "sign of evil" or of someone who loves evil, but this is not always the case. Here are some other meanings, depending on the type of dream you may have seen:

1. The serpent is renewing his skin: Death and rebirth (of himself)

2. You are out for a walk and see a snake: There is something in your life worth exploring, reconsidering, etc.

3. There is a snake in your bedroom: Creativity and sexuality

4. Repeated snake dream:  In general, the power of the recurring dream - whether for a snake or anything else - always seems important because there is something that is really trying to grab your attention. If you have had a long line of repetitive dreams, consider again how you feel about that snake. Are you friends with your fears? Have you completed the transformation? Are you becoming an ally of the healing process?

4 other possible meanings of snake dreams :

5. Healing

6. Temptation (biblical)

7. Fertility and the creative force of life

8. Something out of our control

Source: Well & Good