Octopus dream meaning is explained below using 18 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.

Interpretation 1 — Patrica Telesco

(see Animals)

Being entangled by a very possessive personality.

Many hands make light work. Have you sought out assistance from those you know are capable of helping you right now?

An alternative figure for the number eight, a wheel, and a circle.

Inconsistency of words or actions, especially when you feel pressured.

The octopus, like the chameleon, changes color under stress.

Deceiving others through appearance. Both Pliny and Aristotle hypothesized that the octopus changed its colors to fool its prey.

Creativity gone awry. In oceanic cultures, the octopus holds a place in creation myths, but often those that don’t come out quite right.

Source: The Language of Dreams • Author: Patrica Telesco

Interpretation 2 — Pamela Ball

1- Because the octopus has eight legs, it picks up on the symbolism of the mandala (see Mandala). Often the tentacles can have particular significance, indicating that we can be drawn into something that we find frightening and from which we cannot escapc.

2- Creatures that are unusual and are not familiar to us appear in dreams to alert us to certain qualities within ourselves.

The octopus is capable of moving in anv direction and it is this svmbolism we need to be aware of.

3- An octopus can represent the unrestricted movement of the Spirit.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary • Author: Pamela Ball

Interpretation 3 — James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

An octopus in a dream may signify that a situation or a personal relationship has completely entangled the dreamer. Alternatively, the dreamer may be too possessive and clinging in a relationship.

If the dreamer is leaving home or a job in real life, this dream symbol may indicate the dreamer is clinging to a family member (e.g., the person’s mother or spouse) or to the employer or fellow employees.

If the dream has a positive emotional tone, it may show someone involved in many different things.

Source: Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia • Author: James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

Interpretation 4 — Nancy Wagaman

Busy-ness or multitasking.

Going in many directions at once (lots of different thoughts, activities, etc.).

Approaching a problem from many different angles.

Grabby (literally or figuratively).

Dreaming of this animal can represent too much or not enough of one of those qualities, or someone or something you associate with the quality or animal.

Consider also the animal’s actions, context, and your feelings about it.

See Animal, Squid

Source: The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary • Author: Nancy Wagaman

Interpretation 5 — Ariadne Green

A scavenger of the ocean depths, this creature comes to take you to the bottom of your subconscious feelings to clear the debns from the sandy floor.

An octopus, with its eight legs and tentacles, may be revealing the psychic hold one may have over another that may hold you back Psychic connections to family or loved ones may be debilitating unconscious agreements that imprison you much like being in the arms of an octopus.

Source: Ariadne's Book of Dream • Author: Ariadne Green

Interpretation 6 — Dr. Mıchael Lennox

The octopus is the ultimate symbol of flexibility and adaptability. We must add to this the ability to maneuver in the realm of the unconscious, as an octopus’s habitat is the ocean, the symbolic environment that connects us to that which is below the surface of awareness.

The octopus brings powerful medicine in the experience of exploring the depths of your hidden nature when it appears in a dream.

Source: Complete Dictionary of Dreams • Author: Dr. Mıchael Lennox

Interpretation 7 — Silvana Amar

You may say, “Who dreams of an octopus?” But people do, and a friend of mine did so just the other night.

If the dream make you happy, it implies that you may be involved in many different activities or adventures.

If there is a negative emotional reaction to the dream, it suggests that unhealthy attachments and entanglements are present in daily life.

See Animals

Source: The Bedside Dream Dictionary • Author: Silvana Amar

Interpretation 8 — Betty Bethards

If swimming suggests perfect balance and harmony in emotional life, cosmic sense of self-propulsion as octopus has eight legs; if grasping at different things means going in too many directions without control; if emerging from the depths of the sea and appearing scary, means fear of unknown emotional depths.
Source: The Dream Books Symbols • Author: Betty Bethards

Interpretation 9 — Tony Crisp

Feeling trapped by one’s mother, dependence upon mother, one’s own possessiveness. Hadfield, in Dreams and Nightmares, says that a baby often seizes upon its mother’s breast with this feeling.

The octopus can also symbolise any unconscious fear which may drag us into its realm of irra­tional terror.

Source: A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences • Author: Tony Crisp

Interpretation 10 — Dream Explanations - Anonymous

Dreams of an octopus represent that you are multi-tasking and attempting to fulfill your various needs, wants and desires.

The Octopus can also symbolize that you have been needy, clingy, desperate, and forgetting the truth, that all that you need is within you.

See Eight.

Source: Strangest Dream Explanations • Author: Dream Explanations - Anonymous

Interpretation 11 — Martha Clarke

This dream is rather negative because the presence of an octopus in your unconscious indicates that you experience strong temptations that can harm you. This situation can lead to the absolute decline. (See ABYSS and HELL) 
Source: The Big Dictionary of Dreams • Author: Martha Clarke

Interpretation 12 — DreamForth

To dream of an octopus implies a sense of being trapped in an unfavorable circumstance. It may also represent your overt possessiveness and overdependence in your present relationship.
Source: Dream Symbols and Analysis • Author: DreamForth

Interpretation 13 — myjellybean

Dreaming about an octopus means you are hanging on to something in your life that is holding you back from achieving success.
Source: My Dream Interpretation • Author: myjellybean

Interpretation 14 — Eric Ackroyd

An octopus may symbolize a possessive mother or mother-attachment, preventing you from being your own person.
Source: A Dictionary of Dream Symbols • Author: Eric Ackroyd

Interpretation 15 — Vincent Wienand

1. Controlling;

2. Manipulative;

3. Jezebel spirit; 1 Kings 21:7-10; 2 Cor. 10:4-5.

Source: Dream Dictionary The Biblical Model • Author: Vincent Wienand

Interpretation 16 — Margaret Hamilton

One with invisible cords that bind and control others, like a puppet on strings
Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited • Author: Margaret Hamilton

Interpretation 17 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

1. Entangled in a problem.

2. The dreamer is trying to con­trol someone.

Source: New American Dream Dictionary • Author: Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

Interpretation 18 — Tony Crisp

See fish, sea creatures, odour See perfume.
Source: A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences • Author: Tony Crisp