What does it mean to dream about squirrel?
A squirrel often points to foresight and gathering, or to a scattered, restless energy that flits from one thing to the next.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud might read the hoarding squirrel as anxious saving against a feared lack, a wish to secure more than is needed. Its darting could picture restless, divided attention. He would ask your own associations.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
For Jung the squirrel can image provident instinct and the part of us that prepares for leaner times. Its constant motion may also mirror a mind that struggles to settle.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
In continuity terms a squirrel may echo recent busyness, planning ahead, or a feeling of being scattered. The dream often mirrors how prepared or how restless you feel.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
In Norse myth a squirrel runs up and down the world-tree, carrying messages and quarrels between its top and its roots. Folklore made it a busy, prudent gatherer.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Frazer and Brewer).