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

Interpretation 1 — Pamela Ball

The salmon signifies abundance and masculinity and is phallic. In its fight to mate by swimming upstream it can also symbolise the sperm. Often a salmon can appear in a woman’s dream as a symbol of her wish for pregnancy.

In common with most fish when they appear in dreams, the salmon signifies our basic urges most often the need for survival. By- being able to put in effort we reap the rewards of our actions.

In mythology the salmon signifies knowledge of other worlds (the lands beneath the sea) and of other-worldly things. This refers principally to the subconscious.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary • Author: Pamela Ball

Interpretation 2 — Zolar

lucky numbers: 08-19-29-40-41-44

catching a: accord among friends you meet in an unconventional manner.

eating fresh: a loyal friend wil support you through lover’s quarrel and reconciliation.

canned: altercations with neighbors over waste disposal.

cooked: even purity needs modification to be palatable.

salad, a: wil have sorrow and strife with those control ing your nourishment.

sandwich: opponents wil accuse you of the wrongdoing they have secretly done.

smoked: continual dissatisfaction drives your ambition.

Source: Zolar’s Book of Dreams Numbers and Lucky Days • Author: Zolar

Interpretation 3 — Dream Explanations - Anonymous

Dreams of salmon represent that you trust your gut instinct and inner knowing, even if it is against all odds and against the tide of conventional paradigms. Alternatively, this dream might be giving you the message to go back to your roots, back to the beginning, to understand how you arrived at this place in your life.

If you dream of the silver on the salmon, then this represents wealth and riches is within your grasp.

See Fish.

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

Interpretation 4 — Versatile - Anonymous

Gives gender-specific: The salmon signifies abundance and masculinity and is also phallic. In its fight to mate by swimming upstream it can also symbolize the sperm and may do so in men’s dreams. Often a salmon can appear in a woman’s dream as a symbol of her wish for pregnancy, whether this is a conscious wish or not.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 5 — Versatile - Anonymous

A potent image in mythology is the salmon of knowledge, which signifies knowledge of other worlds (the lands beneath the sea) and of other­worldly things. This conforms to shamanistic belief that creatures have the ability to visit other dimensions.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 6 — Versatile - Anonymous

Material aspects: In modern medicine the omega 3 oil that is in salmon is a powerful brain food. When the salmon appears in dreams we may need such a substance or be being warned that we need to pay attention to our intellectual pursuits.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 7 — Versatile - Anonymous

Psychological / emotional perspective: In common with most fish when they appear in dreams, the salmon signifies our basic urges – most often the need for survival. By being able to put in effort we reap the rewards of our actions.
Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile • Author: Versatile - Anonymous

Interpretation 8 — Martha Clarke

Salmon, able to swim against the current, is an emblem of strength, valor, and courage.

According to an esoteric lecture, seeing a salmon in a dream foretells a litigation; selling it indicates discussions and disagreements in the family.

Source: The Big Dictionary of Dreams • Author: Martha Clarke

Interpretation 9 — DreamForth

To dream of salmon suggests that you possess great determination to prevail over any trials and challenges you may face in the pursuit of success. Communicating and managing your feelings are tasks that you find relatively effortless.
Source: Dream Symbols and Analysis • Author: DreamForth

Interpretation 10 — Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett

Canned salmon featured in a dream predicts an unconventional adventure; eating fresh salmon portends trivial lovers’ quarrels or family disagreements, but the differences can be reconciled if you really care.

See also under Fish.

Source: The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams • Author: Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett

Interpretation 11 — Gustavus Hindman Miller

Dreaming of salmon, denotes that much good luck and pleasant duties will employ your time.

For a young woman to eat it, foretells that she will marry a cheerful man, with means to keep her comfortable.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation • Author: Gustavus Hindman Miller

Interpretation 12 — Gillian Holloway

To dream of salmon leaping up a swift stream, is a sign to a young unmarried woman that her future husband will be happy-go-lucky, and as fortunate in business matters as he is in social affairs.
Source: The Complete Dream Book • Author: Gillian Holloway

Interpretation 13 — Klaus Vollmar

May be a phallic symbol, but, as with all fish symbols, it usually points to the attitude of the dreamer toward his emotions.

Folklore: Family squabble.

Source: Little Giant Encyclopedia • Author: Klaus Vollmar

Interpretation 14 — Vincent Wienand

1. Real believer (dying to reproduce);

2. Swimming against the flow of the world. Matt. 4:19; John 12:24; 15:13; Matt. 7:13-14; 1 John 2:15-17.

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

Interpretation 15 — Margaret Hamilton

One who is fighting hard to keep their head above water in an uphill battle in the sea of life
Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited • Author: Margaret Hamilton

Interpretation 16 — Katherine Taylor Craig

A dream denoting division and strike in the family (Gypsy).
Source: The Fabric of Dream • Author: Katherine Taylor Craig

Interpretation 17 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

1. Wisdom, insights.

2. Determination.

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

Interpretation 18 — Internet Archive - Anonymous

Family troubles.
Source: Mystic Dream Book • Author: Internet Archive - Anonymous