Mouse

The mouse is the small thing that slips behind the walls. European folk tradition treats mice as omens of hidden worry; Japanese tradition gives us the mouse as messenger of Daikoku, god of wealth — prosperity arriving through humble means. Jungian analysis reads mouse-dreams as attention to the small, the overlooked, or the anxiety that scurries at the edges of consciousness. A plague of mice in a dream often accompanies periods of accumulated minor stress; a single mouse watched with curiosity, the psyche asking you to notice what has been darting past. Notice whether you are startled, protective, or simply observing.