If you have seen an owl on your shoulder in a dream: You should not let small problems grow, it is useful to keep your troubles to yourself. To see an owl on your shoulder in your dream denotes weakening, increasing problems and suffering, being an unhappy, irrational person and turning your life upside down. Chasing an owl over the shoulder in a dream is interpreted as pessimism and the dark clouds on your head not dispersing for a long time, suffering and being sad.