Does a particular symbol mean a particular thing?
There are general meanings for archetypal energies/symbols that exist but they are precisely that, general. Often folk just focus on one particular symbol that appears in a dream and expect to know the meaning of their dream from that alone. This is not possible as many things need to be taken into consideration when interpreting a dream’s meaning and different symbols will mean different things to different people depending on their experiences. For eg. a cow may mean one thing to one person but if another was trampled by a cow at some moment in their lives the meaning will be entirely different. It is essential when working with dreams to look at the WHOLE picture not just a tiny fragment of it and to work out what all the symbols in a dream mean for you and you alone.
