The Cross: a Personality Test That Will Reveal Hidden Truths about Your Self-Perception

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Anna LeMind, B.A.

Design a cross in a piece of white paper. The task is to sketch any shape, symbol, or anything that comes to your mind or has some meaning for you in each part of the page in the following order:

1) left top
2) right top
3) left bottom
4) right bottom

It is quite important to do it in this exact order because the questions we subconsciously make can only be answered in this way.

The real questions are:

So, depending on the sketch you made, it will be possible to get the answers from your subconscious to the above questions.

As you understand, things here are a bit more difficult than in the previous tests, since we should interpret the meaning of the sketched symbols.

If you don’t have any experience in interpreting symbols, then you will need to link each one to an emotion. So you will need to find what emotion is hidden behind each symbol. If you sketched, for example, a flower (which is common enough), then it may be associated with something auspicious and positive. But if instead of a flower you sketched a nail, then the emotions are the opposite.

Do not hesitate to share your results here so that we can help you interpret the symbols you sketched!

NOTE:

The given answers are completely subjective. Even if one answers that his family sees him, for example, as a tombstone, it doesn’t mean that this is the reality. The only certain thing is that this is the person’s opinion. So do not rush to judge anyone.

EXAMPLES:

It is very probable that you will notice that there is a common pattern in all 4 sketches. That may be a sign of depression. For example, one can sketch a well, a tunnel, a broken window, and a snake. The only sure is that this person is in a very difficult period and has a serious risk of depression.

A very difficult case is when someone sketches the same thing with small variations. For example, it may happen when someone chooses to put random numbers in all four parts. In this case, we need to ask him what these numbers meant for him. If the answer is ‘nothing’, then the person is either not ready to learn some things about himself, or his subconscious refuses to answer.

Essentially, the hidden question of this test is “How do I see myself inside me?” The way you think your family and the society see you give the answer to it, while the two following questions hide the question “How do I see myself in the outside world?”

Generally, this test will not give you much information about your or someone else’s personality, but the things it will reveal are extremely deep and important!

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  • I think this is really interesting. Because it was stated that I could add anything to the 4 sections, I chose my dogs for the first and I do consider them my family. Then I chose my 3 stray cats for the next section. No one I know understands my need to provide for them. In the next section I wrote my best friends' name and finally I entered Jesus and my deceased family and friends, all of whom I love very much.

  • I had $ on the top right, and half mood with star in the middle of it in the top left, circle in the bottom left and smily face in the bottom right. can't make sense out of it!

    • Maybe the $ symbol on the top right could mean that, in your opinion, other people think that money is extremely important for you. As for the second one, are you coming from a Muslim family? The circle in the bottom left may indicate that you are generally satisfied with your life and have everything you want since the circle may be interpreted as a symbol of perfection and wholeness. The last symbol could mean that you are in a happy relationship or simply are a positive person.. I may be totally wrong because, as the article states, you need to figure out what these symbols mean for YOU and what emotions they are associated with.

  • Yeah I found this exercise very interesting as well. For the bottom left I had a tombstone drawn, a snake, blood, and then also a sun. That is pretty accurate!

  • 1) a little girl
    2) a sun
    3) a house inside the world
    4) a winding road

    interesting!I don´t think society sees me as the sun

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