What it means

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In order of the questions, with further explanations/ interpretation in brackets:

The person you're walking with is the most important person in your life at this point.

The size of the animal that jumps out at you represents the way you perceive problems/ challenges in life (the most typical answer is tiger/lion, so scale accordingly if you picked a much smaller animal, like a rabbit, or a much larger one, like an elephant)

The way you deal with the animal represents how you handle problems/challenges in real life. Do you attack it, play with it, stare it down?

The fence around the house represents whether you distance people. If you had a fence, you tend to keep them at a distance.

The size of the house represents your ambitions (Rather obviously :)).

The dining room is supposed to be a symbol of personal satisfaction: If you mentioned food/ flowers/fruit etc. in your description, you're generally a happy, satisfied person.

The material the cup in the backyard is made of symbolizes the strength of your relationship (with the person you're walking with). Typically, the cup is made of china/ porcelain. Stronger materials- wood, metal- imply stronger relationships.

What you do with the cup represents the way you handle this relationship in your life. For example- if you choose to keep it outside your door rather than bring it indoors, it might imply that you don't let this person into your 'inner life'.

Walking on out, the size of the water body is scaled to your 'basal' desires- material, sexual, financial, etc. Here, I think the scale is more in terms of one's own perceptions- did you visualize a small pond or a view of the ocean?

How wet you get (or how close to the water you are) when you cross it shows how far you will go to achieve your desires.

Imagine this.

A pop personality quiz a friend shared with me several years ago. I was surprised by how accurate it was (and still is). Relax, and visualize the scenarios that follow as fully as possible. Don't put too much thought into it- just your instinctive, first response answers. I'll post the explanations in a few days. Of course, feel free to share your responses in the comments, though you don't have to :)


You're setting off for a walk in the woods. Who are you walking with?

As you walk, an animal leaps out of the bushes at you. What animal is it?

How do you react to it?

You continue along your walk and come to a clearing in the woods, where you see your dream house. Does it have a fence around it?

On a scale of 1-10 (5 being average), going from small to large, how big is your house?

You walk into the dining room of the house. Describe the room.

You wander out into the backyard, and find a cup-like vessel lying there. What is it made of?

What do you do with the cup?

Continuing on, you reach the end of your property, where there is a water body. What kind of water body is it (pond/stream/ocean) ?

If you had to, how would you cross this water body?