Bartender

A bartender in a dream represents a syrup vendor or a sherbet salesman. All of them organize their bar with colorful bottles and different sizes of drinking glasses. Their drinks vary between the sweet and sour, cold and hot or dry. A bartender in a dream also could represent a craftsman in his shop, a business¬ man in his office, a confidant, or someone who exposes others’ secrets and troubles for a price, or one who keeps a secret for a price.

When a bartender appears as a character in your dream, examine the situation that unfolds to see if you are 'escaping' or not taking responsibility for something related to the dream. Since everyone in a dream is personifying aspects of you, the bartender can represent the side of you that enables a type of dysfunctional escapism. Food and drinking in a dream symbolize fulfillment and if you are drinking alcoholic beverages, you are sedating your awareness. See also Alcohol.