In old paintings the goldfinch sits by the infant Christ as a sign of the Passion and of the soul. Dream tradition reads it as joy that survives hardship and a bright spirit in a thorny place.
When this appeared in your dream, what were you feeling?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.