When appearing in our dreams, this bird bears two major significances, a positive and a negative one. The owl as a good omen stands for virtue, honesty, cleverness, higher education, power, strength and ability to deal with difficult situations. Consequently, this bird considered in some traditions to be the eagle of the night denotes a person with many positive traits of character.

The owl may also stand for your subconscious, for the inner side of your self which deals with primitive urges and instincts. The bird may transmit messages from the 'untamed' part of your self in dreams - that is why if you have the dream, you should pay attention to the circumstances and details in it.

As a negative omen, the 'blind' bird of the night, with its sharp hooting sound, forewarns of upcoming distressful events and periods of grief in your life brought about by conflicts and disagreements, illness and even death. An owl seen in a house announces misunderstandings among the members of a family. However, if in your dream you succeed in chasing away or kill the owl, then everything will turn out to be fine in the end.