Seeing a tiger in your dream, symbolizes repressed feelings or emotions that frighten you. Alternatively, the tiger represents female sexuality, aggression, and seduction.  If the tiger is in a cage, then it suggests that those repressed feelings/emotions are on the verge of surfacing.  Dreaming that you are attacked by a tiger means overwhelming gloom and disappointing failures. You may find yourself distressed and tormented by rivals.  Dreaming that you ward off or kill a tiger means that you will be exceedingly successful in all your endeavors. It is an indication of your good health, vitality, and vigor.  Seeing rugs made of tiger skins, symbolizes a life of luxury and ease.