What does it mean when you dream about a cow that is hurt?

This dream's meaning depends on your own attitude toward cows. That might seem odd until you consider that a butcher would regard a cow quite differently from the way a member of PETA would think of a cow. Again, there are cartoon cows and dairy cows, money cows (sources of easy income) and "cows" as a derogatory expression for women in general.

> Using the idea of a "money cow," your dream suggests that something you expected to provide a source of easy income has been damaged or jeopardized. Alternatively, if the "cow" represents the beef industry, the dream might reflect your anxiety about the discovery of horse meat in the global food system.

> Remember that this dream is somehow about YOUR feelings. The cow represents something specific in your own experience that has some sort of cow-like qualities.