Dream meaning of bartender
A bartender mixes and serves drinks, and as a dream-character it can symbolize regulating the intake of alcohol or anything else intoxicating, literally or figuratively.
Think beyond alcohol and drugs. The consumption of certain foods such as chocolate can be intoxicating. Love can be intoxicating.
Bartenders deal with unruly patrons, and in this role a bartender can symbolize dealing with unruliness in your life, either in others or in yourself.
The symbolism is found in actions that are unruly, and the bartender’s reaction can say a lot about how you deal with unruliness or trouble.
Bartenders measure and pour drinks, and those actions can symbolize a “measured approach,” meaning precise, calculated, or deliberate.
A bartender can symbolize someone who sympathizes with difficulties.
It can be a visual pun for manning or defending a border or crossing.
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As a person, a bartender is a character aspect of your own personality. As the keeper of the liquor, this is the part of you that has access to the desire to medicate against difficult feelings or stress. Your relationship to this person in your dream is asking you to examine your relationship to escapism.