Dear Beryl

I had a strange experience one evening with trance-like state called sleep

paralysis". In this state I heard a voice while I saw a transparent

ghost-like vision of a black and white tarantula crawling around my torso and legs. What are some meanings of this animal. If possible, please give me some

keywords or other sites for me to observe in more detail if it is a broad subject. Thank you.

Andre

These creatures are associated with paralysis, with their poisonous venom .What do you associate with a tarantula? Is it male or Female? The area of your body that you are feeling this association, is it over the lower chakras? The second chakra is only a couple of inches below your navel, and that would be your sexual center. Fear is often associated with paralysis. This is a sexual description of the mating ritual of these creature.

"The tarantula's precarious courtship begins prior to coupling with the male spinning a sperm web. After completing the web, the male deposits droplets of sperm onto the surface. He then loads the bulbs of his pedipalps--short, leg like appendages near the mouth (top right)--with the sperm droplet and pursues a female.
After locating her, the male gently subdues her with caresses, then bends her backwards and inserts his palpal bulbs into her reproductive slit (illustration). Following copulation, the male scrambles away since females occasionally kill their suitors."

Another interesting point about them and their nature is "the secret realm of the tarantula often goes unseen." . Just like our unconscious fears and desires especially when it comes to sex .,

the black and white color is like ," the struggle between good and evil" right and wrong, guilt, yin and yang, as in the male and female energy, This yin yang could symbolize energy moving up through the legs and through the torso and if you have a lot of guilt or fear or other stuffed feelings it may come out of hiding as this creepy thing. At the root chakra is where our basic needs for survival are met , Let me know if this helps . But again it's a spider and they are also associated with hard work and power and if its over your root chakra , that's how you are in the physical world. You have to figure out what it means to you, but just feeling paralyzed , sounds pretty scary to me.