Shell dream meaning is explained below using 13 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.

Interpretation 1 — Eric Ackroyd

(1) A sea shell, owing to its resemblance to the vagina and its association with the-sea, is a feminine symbol. As such it may represent your mother or your mother-attachment; and, for a man, it may represent the anıma or be a straightforward sexual symbol. (For anima, see Brother / Sister, sections (4)-(6).) See also Mother.

(2) Because of its association with the sea, it may, like the sea, symbolize the unconscious.

(3) A tortoise- or snail-shell may symbolize protection, or a hiding- place; withdrawal from reality, or from social or sensual contacts; or a ‘defence mechanism’.

(4) An eggshell may symbolize fragility, vulnerability.

See also Egg.

(5) An artillery shell may have the same sexual symbolism as Rocket.

See also Bomb.

Source: A Dictionary of Dream Symbols • Author: Eric Ackroyd

Interpretation 2 — Martha Clarke

The shell symbolizes fertility and eroticism. Do not forget that on the one hand, two female characters of great mythological importance, such as Venus and Aphrodite, were born into a shell; and, second, in Argentina, it represents the genitals of a woman. Consequently, this dream can have a clear erotic reading. In another sense, the heavy shell of a turtle can express your desire for protection. Something similar happens with the eggshell, whose fragility indicates that your feelings are too vulnerable.

Shells that appear in dreams predict that something very strange will happen.

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

Interpretation 3 — Ibn Seerin

(Husk, Peel, Rind, Shuck, Skin) Almond, walnuts or the like nutshell in a dream signify clothing or sustenance. Ifa pregnant woman sees nutshells in her dream, they mean a miscarriage.

A shell or a husk in a dream represents hypocrisy, affectation, ostentatiousness and a swelled head.

(Also see Skin)

Source: Islamic Dream Interpretation • Author: Ibn Seerin

Interpretation 4 — Nancy Wagaman

Protection or self-protection (physical, emotional, or mental).

Hiding, or something that is hidden.

Fear, or some other reason for hiding.

Distancing yourself from others, the environment, or a specific feared experience (or a desire to do so).

See Armor or Shield, Nest or Dwelling, Weapon

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

Interpretation 5 — Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett

Seashells are an omen of unusual experi- ences and/or events; nut- shells are a symbol of success If they were full, disappointment, if empty.

Strange news from a distant place is the forecast if you dreamed of listening to the roar in a conch shell.

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

Interpretation 6 — Betty Bethards

Holding feelings inside, pulling into your shell; closed off emotionally. Growth impossible due to non-activity.

If an open shell, emotional nurturing. Cover, protection.

Source: The Dream Books Symbols • Author: Betty Bethards

Interpretation 7 — Tony Crisp

The defence we use to avoid being hun emotionally, or to defend the integrity of our identity.

See fish, sea crea­tures.

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

Interpretation 8 — James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

Shells may represent the womb and the desire to be once again sheltered, nourished, and protected from life’s problems.
Source: Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia • Author: James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

Interpretation 9 — Internet Archive - Anonymous

To dream of a Shell with the fish alive in it predicts prosperity, but an empty sea-shell is a bad omen.
Source: Mystic Dream Book • Author: Internet Archive - Anonymous

Interpretation 10 — myjellybean

Shells in dreams represent the desire to be protected from life’s problems.
Source: My Dream Interpretation • Author: myjellybean

Interpretation 11 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

1. One wants to hide away.

2. One wants someone to protect him/her.

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

Interpretation 12 — Margaret Hamilton

The evidence of that which once was and is no more
Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited • Author: Margaret Hamilton

Interpretation 13 — Dream Explanations - Anonymous

See Sea Shell.
Source: Strangest Dream Explanations • Author: Dream Explanations - Anonymous