If it's a real courtyard, it's actually surrounded by the house and might suggest that in some respects you are "trapped" in childhood: no real place to run.
A tiger is swift and ferocious; but a lion is "King of the Beasts" and a dog is "Man's best friend." Like Marcia, I think they represent that part of your "animal nature" that are determined to support, not undercut, your human ego.
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