What Do Serpents Represent?

Historically, serpents and snakes represent fertility or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. The ouroboros is a symbol of eternity and continual renewal of life.

What do serpents represent in the Bible?

The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as well as a symbol of fertility, life and healing.

What does a snake symbolize negative?

Snake symbolism also stands for something evil, negative, and even of caustic words or innuendoes of people around you. Since they shed their skin, they also symbolize transformation and rebirth.