Cockroach to Sparrow - Interpret my dream, please!

I have, "The Dreamers Dictionary," by Lady Stearn Robinson & Tom Gorbett.  It was an impulse purchase when buying another item. 
Sparrow.  These busy birds featured in your dream are harbingers of lean times ahead, unless you chased them away, in which case it signifies good business news.

Insects.  An obstacle dream. If you succeeded in killing them or otherwise getting rid of them, or if they didn't annoy you, it signifies that your difficulties will be easier to overcome than you anticipate. If the insects were identifiable, see also under seperate headings, bees, flies, etc.  Sorry, no cockroach in the text.

Cat.  A generally unfortunate omen indicating treachery and deceit among those you trust.  If you killed the cat, you will defeat the purpose of your detractors; if you chased it away, you may expect a sudden stroke of luck.  See also Animals.

Animals.  To see wild animals in your dream is generally a good omen pertaining to business, but the interpretation depends on their attitude; if they were calm, your affairs will prosper, but if they attacked you (or each other), you can expect some reverses.

The book only describes what it means if women as in several, were in your dream, or if the woman was pregnant.  If she was pregnant, you can expect an embarrassment of riches.  I suppose that is the British way of saying an exorbitant amount of riches.

Birds.  ... dead or injured birds are indication of coming worries...

I think that the important part is being rid of the cockroach.  All of the other symbols were perceived in a positive light.  So I would hazard to say that your difficulties will be easier to overcome than you anticipate.

Not long ago, I was arising from bed in the morning before being fully being awake, I don't remember whatever it was I was dreaming, but I was saying the words Prajapati and Prakriti.  Its probably not important, those words have come up in my studies.  Its just that I never get up before being fully awake, I know this because of the fact that I'm always reluctant to get up out of bed in the morning.

also, aren't cockraoches of the same family as beetles? maybe a reference to Kephra and the Sun at it's nadir?

I kind of read a reference to the fear and loathing of death/decomposition (dirty,disgusting roach) and how after recoiling from it the beastly protection instinct of "kill 'em before they reporoduce!"comes in the form of the cat (beast, bast, bastet). 

Once all "danger" is removed, however you see that the symbol of freedom (pleasant winged animal) has been hurt by the premature aggression of the fighting instinct. Or perhaps the tension and resolution of the fear and the fight are necessary precursors; perhaps those phases must be passed before you can realise the winged beast's import and assimilate it (ex-roach, now bird perching on you tenderly).

"...it's run down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible!  This....is an Ex-Cockroach!"

Once all "danger" is removed, however you see that the symbol of freedom (pleasant winged animal) has been hurt by the premature aggression of the fighting instinct. Or perhaps the tension and resolution of the fear and the fight are necessary precursors; perhaps those phases must be passed before you can realise the winged beast's import and assimilate it (ex-roach, now bird perching on you tenderly).

"...it's run down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible!  This....is an Ex-Cockroach!"
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Yes, the required heat before crossing the limen into heated space.  The fear and fight accomplished this, and Mencius surmounted the obstacle due to his good character and will, manifesting refulgent splendor.  More adagio on my part? maybe? :-)

Ex nihil nihilo fit.

..." if the feature of your dream was physical injury, it is a warning that you are surrounded by hostile forces and you must proceed very carefully in order to expose and thwart them." 

The wound was not on you in your dream.

Also Id like to say that dreams are a very personal thing and dream interpretation books and things like this usually, for me anyway, are totally off. Its ok if they work for other people, but dont believe what any dream book tells you. For example, I love Carlos Casenedas book about Dreaming, but I dont really believe it. I feel that Carlos was a dreamer at one point (dreamer not meaning heads in the clouds, but a real dreamer of worlds). His earlier books reflect that deep symbolic and dreamy quality.  I personally like H.P. Lovecraft for symbology, and you can read his stories alchemically as he did map out certain archetypal territories of the dream worlds, though he may not have known this during his life or thought that peoope would see his work as collections of grimoires.  I have actually experience one creature and an old woman during by dreams one night. I hadnt been reading lovecraft that long, but a Grand Master of the Esoteric Order of Dagon, an esoteric Order that studies Lovecrafts work, Gematria, Alchemy etc etc, told me to read "dreams of the witch house" after he heard about this experience I had. it was dead on. The entities I experienced that night were of the same demenor, did the same things to me they do in the story, and other "coincidences". 

I feel dream interpretations should done by the interpretor and feel out where it takes you. One thing I know to be true. THe more you share you dreams and have others read them, the more true they will become and manifest into your physical encounters in space and time.

Yikes, them's some big words, thar!

I think that dream symbols can be categorized as manifestations of archetypes.

Especially animals, of which tradition can attribute certain spiritual qualities to. Like the cockroach representing the shadow, fear, etc. The cat is a predator, in this case my guardian. The sparrow is the fear transformed into something of splendor, the result of my fear/shadow being neutralized.

And the fact that I saw the bird clearly labeled as "sparrow" is a clear indication that I am to get symbolic data from virtue of what sort of animal it is. It could have been a crow, fynch, or hawk... but it was very specifically a sparrow, and had a very affectionate attitude, seemingly because I saved its life.

Interesting that that cat protected me by getting the cockroach, but I had to save the sparrow from that cat. Also interesting that the sparrow was the same creature as the cockroach, but in a different form. The cat didn't know any difference, was going to eat the sparrow just the same.

I had a dream once about a spiritual humming bird that somhow broke its beak. It was like it existed between worlds, not wholey in one or the other. I woke up and turned on the tv and saw a show about a tribe in africa and their beliefs about a spiritual hummingbird who uses his beak to access the otherside. Hmmm. I cant sit here and say " this must mean that Im spiritually completely dirempt!" lol.  It was interesting though.  Your cat reminds me of the Cats of Ulthar in H.P. Lovecrafts Dream Quest of Unkown Kadath.  They are known to help and be kind to those who are kind and help them.