Dream relationship: Brother

A brother in a dream often represents oneself — sometimes the parts of oneself that the dreamer denies — and can illustrate to the dreamer what might happen to his or herself in that particular dream's scenario. Brothers can also be symbols for feelings of kinship, rivalry and pleasure of anger from the past.

For a woman, a younger brother can represent an extroverted yet vulnerable version of oneself. An older brother might represent authority or feelings of persecution. For a man, a younger brother can also represent feelings of vulnerability or oneself at an earlier age.