What does it mean to dream about umbrella?
An umbrella usually stands for shelter and protection from trouble, so notice whether it kept you dry, turned inside out, or was nowhere to be found.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would read the umbrella as a cover and a defence held over the self, a shield against what falls from above. A broken umbrella can express anxiety about protection that fails.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might see the umbrella as the defences the self raises against emotional weather, the buffer between you and what pours down. Whether it holds can show how protected you feel.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Continuity ties the umbrella to waking thoughts about being prepared and protected from difficulty. A ruined or missing umbrella often echoes a real sense of being caught unguarded.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
The canopy held over king and priest marked rank and the shelter of the sacred, a roof of honour between the holy person and the sky. To be sheltered beneath it was to be set apart and shielded.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Frazer; Brewer).