Spiders are related to the gods, the spirits and the underworld. So we will learn more about the meaning of a spider as a spiritual animal, the interpretation of dreams and much more.

Meaning of spiders in esotericism

The spider, although it is not considered an insect, can be included in this totemic classification. Seen as the great mother, the weaver of the destination, solar and predatory symbol, both the spider and its fabric are symbolic.

Spiders have starred in mythological fables since time immemorial worldwide. This presence in numerous cultures is undoubtedly related to the cosmopolitan distribution of arachnids.

In fact, spiders can be found in virtually all terrestrial ecosystems and, thanks to this, they have entered world consciousness.

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Symbolism and mythology of spiders

Spider is the most intensely used arthropod in the field of mythology and symbolism. It has also been with a manifesta – even disturbing – concordance in most of the terms and its deepest or ambivalent elements.

It is an animal capable of making constructions of extraordinary complexity (especially for a primitive man) in the form of perfectly geometric orbicular networks.

This occurs in full nature, a harmonious and beautiful ‘entity’ for poets, but a wild scenario of intense dramas, a source of fears and problems for its inhabitants, in which powerful and indomitable forces reside, and in which danger and death.

In the motley chaos of the natural, in which vegetation, beasts and vermin, floods, storms and dramatic climates intermingle (along with demons, monsters and shadows …), perfect symbols of the order of the cosmos arise in geometric networks perfectly. They can only be divine symbols.

And a small and mysterious animal builds them with a substance that extracts from itself, creating order within the chaos.

The construction of networks, the way in which some species slide through the threads and the geometric structure of these constructions relate it to the thread and destiny, or make it a means of communication – therefore conductive – between man and the universe or the gods.

It is considered a lunar animal, because the moon (by its passive nature of reflected light; and by its affirmative and negative phases, increasing and decreasing), corresponds to the sphere of the phenomenal (and psychic) ​​manifestation to the imagination).

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Thus, the Moon, due to the fact of governing all forms (in terms of appearances and disappearances), weaves all destinations, so it appears in many myths as an immense spider.

His spirit melts with that of the moon and … the sun. The irradiated form of the network symbolizes the sun from which its rays emanate. A solar symbolism is attributed to the network.

The wisdom of spiders includes:

• Tejedor teacher
• Destiny weaver
• Wisdom
• Creativity
• Divine inspiration
• Change of form
• Understand the patterns of illusion
• Female energy of the creative force of life.

It is a totem of cunning, cyclical progression, rebirth and death, protection and power over fate. This totem invites you to see life from a high perspective and see the cycles that we have passed in the positive analysis.

It is probably the arthropod with a more intense presence in the set of primitive human beliefs.

In the five continents already throughout 5000 years, it has been linked to important divinities in which creative and destructive powers reside at the same time.

Already in the Bible and in the Quran reference is made to it. Likewise, many men of antiquity were interested in these arachnids; Aristotle (384-322 AC) mentions them in his writings and was the first to provide data on his biology and behavior.

It has been a symbol of life (creation, fertility and sex) for its ability to build orbicular networks from itself, but also of death (war and destruction) for its predatory capacity and the toxicity of its poison.

This ambivalence, based on the interpretation of the activity, biology and the general skills of spiders, can be traced in the ancient Mediterranean myths (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece), but also in the African continent, in the Mesoamerican cultures (especially in the Mayan civilization), and among the American native tribes or in the Pacific islands.

The spider is the grandmother, the link with the past and the future.

In several American tribes, a spider (personified as grandmother) was the teacher and protector of esoteric wisdom, and is part of the myths of creation, being for them a wise totem. Spider fabrics have inspired cattapas to catch negative dreams and nightmares.

In Cameroon, it represents diligence and wisdom.

In China, a spider in its strand is a symbol of good luck.

The way you create your network shows how we can use our creative talent in our work and in life. It is difficult to think that there is a person who has never seen one of these animals.

If you discover a spider creating its network, it is time to meditate and ask yourself if you feel trapped or tangled in chaotic activities, or you are preparing to create your own network (way of life). A spider will teach you to get out of your constrictive energies and to weave your own network of power to make your own life.

What symbolizes the spider?

The spider symbol is associated with the infinity symbol, has 8 legs and 8 eyes, 8 is the infinity number. In addition, the vibration frequency indicates that it indicates the meaning of number eight consists of cycles, the passage of time and evolution.

It is the wheel of life that flows from a circle to the next. It teaches you to balance the past and the future, the physical and the spiritual, the masculine and the feminine.

It is the symbol of creative power and is the guardian of the ancient language, which is why he is considered the master of language and magic of writing.

In modern society, the old spider symbolism has mixed and evolved with other symbols and feelings.

Although many meanings seem to have been lost over time, they actually continue to be part of collective consciousness, although they are less evident than others.

In dreams what we thought we had forgotten and what we didn’t know we knew tends to manifest.

Thus, the spider acquires different meanings according to how it appears, as a symbol of our unconscious it can be the manifestation of some aspect of the memory that struggles to emerge and reach consciousness.

Spiritual meaning of a spider that crawls on you

It also has positive connotations in modern history. In Spiderman, he transmits with his bite all the power and powers to a young man, who will fight to fight evil, and in novels such as «Carlota’s web», is the wise counselor and altruistic friend who helps a small pig farm.

If a spider crawls on you, it means that a deep wisdom comes to you, it invites us to see life from a high perspective and see the cycles through which we have passed with a positive analysis. A spider that crawls on you represents cyclical progression, rebirth and death, protection and power over fate.

Spiritual meaning of spiders in dreams

The meaning of a spider in dreams is linked to the emotions that the dreamer feels towards her: fear, repulsion and the tendency to capture their aggressive habits and predators will make it a negative symbol, while curiosity, admiration or simple neutrality towards it will lead to positive meanings, linked to renewal and the ability to rebuild the self.

It is almost automatic: by reflecting on the image of a great spider in dreams, the dreamer will find a problem, a concern, a fear, a relationship that worries him, but that tends to overlook for tranquility or fear.

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More often, problems and fears that are hidden and left aside, in dreams, a spider will materialize them. It will be a call for attention to something (or someone) that the unconscious considers dangerous, alarming or ambiguous.

Thus, the symbol of the spider in dreams can change radically if the perspective is modified from which prejudices on their appearance are observed and left aside.

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