What does it mean to dream about branch?
A branch often pictures an offshoot of growth, a direction taken, or a connection between the main trunk of a life and its reaching parts.
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 look at what the branch did, whether it bore fruit, broke, or offered a hold. A reaching branch can carry a wish to extend toward something, while a snapped one may stand for a hope cut short. The action matters more than the branch alone.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might read the branch as one path of the self's growth, an offshoot from the central tree. Each branch is a way the psyche reaches out, and pruning or breaking can mark a direction given up. A green branch may speak of life carried outward into new territory.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Under continuity, branches tend to follow waking thoughts about choices, family lines, or how a project has spread. A new branch may mirror an opportunity opening up, while a dead one can track a closed-off path. Consider which direction of your life the branch seemed to picture.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
The branch served across cultures as a token of peace and goodwill, the olive branch offered to end a quarrel. A golden bough granted safe passage to the otherworld in old story. So the branch carries reconciliation, passage, and the reaching growth of life.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Bulfinch; Frazer).