5/13/05 Last night I dreamt that I was in a basement and saw four fish tanks in front of a wall. The top tank had beautiful tropical fish in it, as did the ones under it except the one on the bottom. The one on the bottom had a small dog and another animal I thought was a cat. The tanks were also flowing like a fountain, with the top tank overflowing water from its bottom into the tank below, and so forth. The bottom tank with the animals was not getting wet. Well, when I saw the "cat" I said, "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!" The cat turned around and I saw two white stripes down its back and realized it was actually a skunk! I yelled, "Oh My God!" End.
It seems like the cat changing into a skunk is your unconscious mind warning you that something in your life is not really what it looks like on the surface. This page has some information about animals in dreams.
Wow! I never looked at it from that perspective. Seeing the skunk was a surprise and a bit of a fright. It starts out to be an animal I like and don't fear. I also find it interesting that the animals were at the bottom rather than at the top. This probably does represent the lower or hidden depths of the unconscious. Thanks for the response. :wink: