DONKEY

Dream Meaning

The donkey is one of the most honestly complex animals in the symbolic bestiary — patient almost beyond endurance, capable of tremendous labor, and yet famously resistant when pushed past what it deems reasonable. In dreams, it almost always appears in relation to questions of burden and stubbornness: either your own capacity for sustained, unglamorous effort, or your refusal to be moved from a position you have decided upon.

Being carried by a donkey suggests that you may have taken on others' loads to such an extent that you are now moving through life supporting weight that was never meant to be yours. A donkey's kick in a dream is the psyche's blunt reminder that even the most patient creatures have limits — and so do you.