Dreaming is an opportunity to connect with your subconscious and receive messages, and when we’re receptive and pay attention, dreams can offer important clues and information to what’s going on in your world under the surface.

Colors, emotions, and symbols are also all critical components in deciphering your dream and understanding possible interpretations. “Pay attention to how you feel in the dream, what the spider is doing, and how you’re reacting to the spider,” Wilson suggests. 

Spider symbolism in dreams can provide messages about changes you may need to create in your waking life, though according to Wilson, spiders dreams are generally a lucky sign. “It can mean your wish or dream is going to be fulfilled,” she says.

One interpretation of spider dreams is that you need to let something go, for example. “When a spider appears in your dream, it means you are growing but may be struggling with either letting go of a person or feeling, or you have finished with something but maybe not ready to accept it,” Mello adds. 

If you’re dreaming more specifically about a spiderweb, reflect on what spider symbolism may be trying to convey. “If you’re repeatedly dreaming of Spider in a web, or just the web alone, ask yourself, Where in my life am I feeling trapped or stuck?” Harmon-Luber says.

“The web is a symbol of balance, and spiders are a vitally needed contributor to ecological balance,” she says, adding that dreaming of a spider’s web could indicate a need for balance in our personal lives, such as work-life balance or an inner need for balance and reconnection with nature.

Check out this full guide to spider dreams for more information.