What 'The Cube Test' Tells You About Your Personality 

Funny…I was thinking “wtf is a ladder doing here” Spot on.

"I've been through the desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert, you can remember your name 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain."

My dad was really into that test when I was young. It was more like a fun game to us. I remember my dad asking my mother about the horse and she said "No it's not a single horse, it's a whole herd of them! Can't even tell how many there are. They are strong, wild and untamed." 😂 I also remember a friend telling me that his cube was made of cheese. 😆

I saw the storm in the distance coming my way, but I knew it would bring water that the desert desperately needed and cooler temperatures. So it gave me a sense of relief, peace and gratitude 😅 did anyone else feel this way?

Wasn't prepared for her to read my entire life lol.

I was low key attracted to that horses vibe and now I know why 😂

Question: How does the way you were taught about the concept of a desert influence your answers? Like what if you didn't imagine a lot of flowers because it is a desert and as far as I know, not much grows in a desert?

This actually made me feel more optimistic, specifically about my love life. My horse was a decent distance away, just standing still calmly with no bridle or saddle, and in my notes describing the horse I wrote "like it's waiting for something, but not impatient." I'd like to think that this means my future partner is out there, patiently waiting to meet me when we are both ready. It's a nice thought. 😊

"what color is your cube?" Black "What is the cube made of?" *Black*

So... I just watched Loki, and I couldn't help to imagine the tesseract as my cube lol

Since I was in a desert I envisioned a storm that was actually large and dark, but which was coming to nourish the life I knew was all over the desert with waves of moist cooler air. Also I used this exercise to write a story that I will share with my writing group on Monday.

The desert seemed endless and made me feel isolated. There was a lot of cactus and some had pink flowers on them. Other than that all the life was hidden. My cube was the size of a small room and it was about 15-20 ft in front of me. It was made of really dark green scales… and there was a doorway but the inside was pitch black. The vibe it gave off was repelling and I did not want to know what was inside the dark, scaly cube. The ladder was made of aged bamboo and it was built onto the cube. It went all the way up to the roof, though I had the strange feeling that if I climbed up onto the roof it might fall through and into the cube. I had no intention of entering that damn thing. The storm was coming and it was going to be POWERFUL and wild. The horse was a gelding. He didn’t spook at the storm. He just stood next to me, calmly. I felt support and peace from him. He was grayish white and was bridled and saddled, ready to carry me away from the storm lol. I felt alone in the desert and intimidated by the cube and whatever was inside of it. The raging storm that was headed straight for me made me restless and uneasy but, the horse brought peace and I felt like I would be ok because he was there and saddled and I wasn’t completely alone. Very strange scenario that my brain just created.

i love it that i was holding my cube feeling intrigued, how i loved it, wanted to figure it out without breaking it and how i never wanted to let it go

I dont know... I'm sceptical. Its a desert! Of course its going to be vast and empty most of the time. The question itself already provokes a specific answer.

My desert had a carnival in it. My cube was levitating transparent glass. The ladder led to the cube hovering 9 feet above the ground. I get on cube and levitate to heaven? My tornado was in the distance and almost made me have a heart attack. My one rose was growing under the ladder and was disappointed with me.

well, im pretty screwed, cause my dessert is only sand, i’m a 3 m3 empty glass cube with a wooden ladder leaning on its side, which i originally observed from 50m, but i got closer and closer to it, and didn’t have the patience for the horse part 😅😂

Lmao my horse was just chilling way off in the distance. Ok horse. Edit: I've gotten an astonishing amount of replies to this. Hey everybody, I'm glad y'all can relate. I've done this exercise a couple of times since posting this, and uh, let me just say that things can change pretty quickly. So if you're hoping for love and romance and are discouraged by what your subconscious is telling you, don't worry. It'll come! Big hugs from your local internet dork.

I don't think this exercise works for people who grew up in the desert.

If you do a google image search for desert, you'll learn that the search engine itself is a pessimist.

Wow, that was so cool to do. I imagined a small cube but it was so pretty and almost transparent. When I tried looking into it it started to sparkle from within and became warm and glittery. I felt so connected to that little cube. What a cool exercise!

"Now imagine a cube" Me imagining myself inside of this giant transparent cube 🤡

"Close your eyes.." People with aphantasia: That's a lot of nothing! :')

Thanks for this! I have recently come out of a long bout of severe depression, and my "answers" to this exercise were mostly positive and healthy.

This video revealed I have a very healthy balance of life. I’m thankful lol. It wasn’t always like this! Blessings to everyone on their journey! 💗💗💗

Hi there random person, we may not know each other, but i wish you all the best in life. Whatever it is that you are trying to achieve in life, i hope you get it, i hope you become the best version of yourself, and i hope you find happiness. Good luck fellow human being.

Me imagining myself sitting on that horse 😂😂😂😂

This blew my mind. She actually touched on every detail I thought of during the visualization.

Beautiful! You're exceptionally powerful, sophisticated, heart-touching, innovative & compassionate!

This guy once tried this on me as a pick-up “line” at a party. I told him very early on onto the test/story that I was a psychologist and I also wasn’t interested. The test definitely worked because by the end I’m pretty sure we both knew we were the most unlikely match of all time.

Hilarious after listening to your interpretation of the horse, as I've largely given up completely on finding a relationship, so this horse is literally a walking skeleton eating trash, but the fact that it's walking around and subsisting off of something in the world, means I still hold that desire somewhere in me.

Silver: dignity, graciousness, justice, discerning, unbiasedness, sleekness, ornate, industriousness, quiet wealth, perseverance, patience, and emotionality" Love it!

Well the problem I had with this test was that I was asked to imagine a dessert and so I did... by definition it is a vast wilderness... Then imagine a cube, because I grew up when that word triggers a strong relationship with the "Rubik's Cube" so there was one those... The ladders, well I have them around my house, so just I imagined one that I already had. Flowers: was the Hibiscus because I just ordered the tea from Amazon, and it came from Egypt they had pretty pictures of them... Anyway, the images were just ready-made things in my day-to-day life... does this make it a valid test? I'm not sure, because now that I understand what the *interpretation* of the *interpretation* was intended to reveal... maybe it reveals more about the psychologist's world view and (his/her) assumptions about people's world view... as I think about that, suddenly I see a reflection of a reflection... How fascinating.

When she asks how large the cube is, my mind instantly thinks in practical terms. Like, if this is a vast desolate desert, a tiny little toy cube wont be easily found, and thus is irrelevant, so my mind instantly made it about the size of a smallish shack/house. And when asked to describe what the cube looked like and such, it had a painted metal feel, like a car, but when she asked how close I was to it, my mind instantly backs away and sees it afar. Like a scene from a film where I'm approaching something over a horizon. To get out of the sun and maybe access water or help. And the flowers make sense next to the cube since they'd be lined on the side and planted by someone, whoever lived in the cube or built it. Flowers in a random spot in the desert are good as dead. I know I'm supposed to let go and 'free' the mind to see whatever, nomatter how silly or random, but its very hard.

I imagined finding a Rubik’s cube in the same desert that the avatar gang got stranded in

You are so amazing. You really help me rationalize when I am going back into depression. I can do better and focus on what I want. Thank you for letting me see myself.

Hello, I'm a 17 year old, after watching your video, it made me reflect a lot of how I view a lot of things, it made me think of things in life that I wanted to do and wanted to take. It really hit me hard after doing the exercises, because it's basically accurate to the point that realizing that, yeah, that's my nature, that's what I want. Thank you very much for the wonderful video, I learned a lot.

I found this book in the 90’s, always used to do “The Cube” with people. It’s funny how enough time has gone by that I forgot a lot of the details, but even with knowing the main points, my whole scene was completely different from before! It is interesting how what we want and our sense of self can change so much.

the accuracy has left me speechless.

Wow. This interpretation grew more correct and intriguing with every item. I'm definitely going to remember my scene and look into this further. Thank you!

My cube was a clear crystal. Kind of like a jewel that maybe someone lost one day and the universe brought me to it. Doing the exercise it felt like I just found treasure. It felt amazing that in this miles and miles of sandy wilderness , every sand dune constantly changes with the winds, it so easy to get lost and here, just by chance I stumble across something so beautiful. And, just at the right time it gives a sense of calmness and serenity.

I loved this exercise!… My cube was holographic like… magical is what my mind thought about it and I couldn’t comprehend what it was made of… my safe haven from this large deserted place that I do feel so lonely in. I am that large extraordinary cube I envisioned ✨

What if you felt indifferent or apathetic about the number of flowers lol

Cube test...outstanding, this has primed me to look further into my test results, thank you.

Sublime. Thank you. This is going to go viral for my project. Thank you.

My horse was wondering what the f*ck it was doing in the middle of a desert and how hot it is and I felt pity for it the entire time. =))

When i imagined my cube, it was the same one as the thumbnail- im that easily influenced 😂

This was very good and right on! And yes, as Teal Swan explained - or did I take it for granted? - things will change as life changes, situation changes etc. This is more about your subconscious than about your personality. I think this will be one of my regular to go tools every time I need to check with my subconscious.

That was a great exercise. I am exactly who I want and where I want to be. Thank you.

I did this test when I was a teenager, about 15 years ago, my friend "tested" me with a simplified version of it. I love how my pictures/answers are almost exactly the same as before. The only partial difference is in the cube (it's not completely different, but a tiny bit) Also, the answers are pretty great and optimistic (with realism). After a hard time, I really needed this

My images are influenced by media more than personality, I imagined what is logical and practical.

That was really interesting. Overall, the meanings seem to fit really well with my life. Thank you for sharing this test.

every time I watch one of your videos Im amazed of course but I always end up realising so much more about myself, and for that I thank you :)

I don't know whether you read comments or not , but just this , I love you Teal , whatever self healing i could do and feel better about myself is because of you , I am from India ,growing up lot of emotional needs were not met , I had a tough childhood and lot of issues with parents as well, I am healing myself and becoming a better person because of you .

I'm an artist. I'm actually working on a cube I made out of clay. Each side is painted in polarity of the other. The first side I painted was the desert. The other is of tall cliff islands. I painted each side in different painting styles. Hollow . A sculpture of a flat Cowboy Sheriff Cat sits on top of the cube like a bale of hay of about 2 inches in each dimension. I live in the desert 🏜. The ladder is hand made and super old wood leaning on the opposite side of the house where the cube is. A spotted horse around the bend. It is our neighbors. Beautiful horse. Say he's mine. A storm is coming. Snow. I love snow. The flowers are solar flowers. 3. This is insightful. Spot on . Thank you

Wow-za. This was just the boost to undo my painters block. This really got my imagination and creative juices flowing again. Thank you kindly 💝

I was introduced to Teal Swan this morning and this is the first video I watched. In my meditation, my cube was made of quartz, semi-see through with the bottom right side of it glowing yellow. Then Teal used the example of a cube with yellow stones in it and I was like, “what! Omg did she hypnotize me to see that?” I am impressed and mystified!

My partner and I did this together, and while our desserts and cubes where diffrent our own unique way, our horses where exactly the same, beautiful white horse not tied up, no saddle and standing infront of us looking to the right. Amazing and comforting to know subconsciously and consciously where both on the same page in our relationship.

ONE 🌺 single flower... So distant and so on a pedestal and “higher” than me.

My dearest darling Teal Swan, I've missed u so much. 🌹🤗💖U're one person whose teachings I go back to in my mind when life gets too heavy. U have taught me, this is all an illusion and that I can get rest and peace in the most unlikeliest spaces. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🙏🙏🙏

The desert was vast, with just a few cacti and geographic features. Although my cube was large, it was nothing compared to the desert. My horse was white, with no bridle or saddle, and about 50 - 100 feet away. Just standing there looking at me, with a breeze tousling his mane. He seemed that he was about to move toward me. My cube was hollow, thin, and like a hologram, but not see-through. It had a metallic shimmer, but seemed ephemeral and had no solid substance. I could have put my hand right through it. About 20 ft x 20 ft, and golden yellow. The ladder was wooden, leaning up against the cube, and was just long enough that i could climb it and get on top of cube. The storm was medium sized, coming towards me, but still a ways off. It was going to bring rain. The flowers were bright hot pink-fucshia, and were cactus flowers.

I personally feel like you did great at giving instances! You covered almost everything I saw in my vision except I do need to research my cube a little more, but that’s it! This was really cool & I thank you! 💝

I love this test. I was given this long ago,along with a "walk through the woods" test, I call it. Who are you walking with? You cross an animal,what is it? How do you interact with it? There's a house,is there a gate or fence around it? Etc. Anyone remember this test?

That was amazing, I am sharing and want you to know, I have just found you and am so enjoying your teachings. Thank you for all you do. n

Loved this exercise✨My cube was a non transparent black & purple color with a soft velvet exterior. My ladder was purple and glittery. My horse was big, black & beautiful with no bridle, no saddle and not tied up. It was just chilling by the house. Storm was far out and not that significant, but was probably going to pass through, but be very cleansing. I had 3 white roses and they were next to the horse🤍

What an awesome exercise. There is a whole space there in my mind now, like a control panel for my reality. Thank you Teal Swan

Thank you for this @TealSwan 🙏 I really appreciate your help in learning more about myself with this exercise. I think and feel that it was extremely accurate and very valuable to me in my journey. 🙏❤️🕊️

That was so interesting, and a lot of fun. My cube was not quite a liquid but transparent and gel-like in consistency. Through it I could see the red and orange hues of the dessert. The horse was running towards me on a ledge, above my perspective and the plain which held the cube. The horse had a rope but no saddle, and stopped at the edge of the ledge, overlooking the plains. It didn't feel condescending, more like an invitation. The ladder was thin, wood, and leaned against the cube, right to the top. The cube was taller than me, probably stood 2-3 meters tall. I saw a giant windstorm in the distance, glowing orange and whipping dust around. An occasional thin lightning bolt descended through the cloud. It was far away but large and unmoving, and made me nervous. It seemed like the storm had two potential forms: that it would consume me with dust and I wouldn't be able to breathe, or that it would break and turn into rainfall. The flowers were small and growing through cracks in the plain. As I thought of them I forgot the anxiety about the storm and knelt down to examine how they grew so resiliently through the cracks. They had small white blossoms but I knew these were not fragile plants.

I can't stop laughing. I wrote everything down in a notebook and this is literally what i wrote down: "brown horse. He's just chilling, black mane, very cartoonish, a little silly and looks kinda dumb. I wanna pet it" I imagined it right next to the cube facing it. Love it, describes my boyfriend perfectly (JK)

Nope, I just don't want to be in a desert! If this took place by a river... my perception would be VERY different!

Thank you for sharing and doing what you do!

Thanks Teal, fascinating video and as Someone who knows myself very well I can how this exercise can help One to listen/interpret some subconscious drivers!

My cube was made of a mysterious sort of floating plasma material. You couldn’t see inside it because it was reflecting the image of the desert around it. My mind is blown unpacking what this actually means for me....

I got so triggered that my cube is small, empty and transparent. 😂

As I did this exercise, I had trouble at first visualizing the cube in the desert--like the cube doesn’t fit in to this scenario. Once I was able to visualize the cube, the cube was in front of me, and fairly large, but in relation to the desert, the desert is still pretty massive, as it doesn’t matter which way I turn I only see the desert. The desert is pretty barren, I just see sand, a few cacti with varying colors of the cactus flowers showing on some, but not all. Also the cube, is fairly large, as when the ladder was added to my vision, it is leaning against the cube and stopped at the top of my cube, so if someone were to climb that ladder the could make it to the top of my cube, and they could look inside the cube, and the cube has things in it, but it is not transparent for all to see. My cube is white and made up of material that a refrigerator is made up of, which gives me the impression that although you can’t see through the cube, it is still accessible and and will open up and allow people to see and/or go inside the cube. Because my cube has things in it, but not full, I imagine that means that I’m fairly balanced when it comes to caring what people think and how well people understand me. Although Ii can be misunderstood, with given time, and a little effort, the misunderstandings can be resolved. Since people can climb my ladder to get tongue top of my cube, and they can look in to my cure, they will be able to discover who I am and once they look in to the cube, they will find that I am safe and I welcome and invite people to come in…they will feel safe, comfortable, and attainable. (There are stairs in the cube and music is playing and there are places to relax and enjoy the contents of this cube.) Since the ladder is leaned against my cube and reaches the top of the cube, I have attainable goals and I am focused on achieving my goals. When I nut the horse in my vision, I envisioned a black stallion facing the cube on this back two legs as if he’s showing me that he is a bit wild & free but still focuses on me. He does not have a bridal but does have a saddle and is quite beautiful, even from a distance. He is not in my cube, but is isn’t too far away either. So I interpret that to be I do not feel the need to control him but I do want his attention on me and he iscasse and offers security. My flowered are planted around my cube and decorating my cube nicely in an assortment of varying colors, the most prominent being pink & purple and lots of green, and there were a layer of white rocks protecting their nesting place. So, although I have a good number of friends & family I like them close as they are an extension of me and I love and care about them deeply. Since I did see several around the desert on cacti, I have several friends that are not as close, but I know they are there and they are true. Which is very accurate to how the people in my life are. Because the main group of flowers are structurally places in rows, I tend to have people come and go in my life and there is trauma in relation to some people. This is also quite accurate! The storm- I struggled a little bit with placing the storm and determining the type of storm, but settled with a storm that is fast approaching, but is a bit in the distance. I chose a thunder storm and can see lightening in the sky all around me, but I am not scared of this storm and I enjoy watching storms and lightening. So I feel anxious about the approaching storm and I will enjoy parts of it, even though there quite a few elemental risks. The storm is not here yet, but it’s on its way. This exercise was actually quite fun and informative! Pretty darn accurate too! Thanks for sharing! I felt since you shared, you might want to see how people did with the exercise, their interpretation of the exercise and some feedback. I would be interested to know what your thoughts are on the way I visioned this exercise and some feedback about the way I interpreted it. Thanks again!

I'm enchanted with your language. You speak marvelously well! Loved to head that

My cube was an irridescent purple yellow and made out of something ethereal or primordial like plasma and when I ran my fingers through it, it felt otherworldy. The whole damn place was like an acid dream. Still, I recently heard you say 'It's no measure of success to be a healthy individual in a profoundly sick society' and it has recently become my personal mantra. And this too shall pass :)

Oh my gosh, I did this twenty years ago and have never been able to find anyone who knows what I am talking about when I mention it. I still remember my results from long ago, and it was all quite accurate.

This was awesomeeee ❤️ Thanks! 🤍

Namaste, it's awesome of yourself to share this, I saw the docu seri, and I stand by your methods and found the interpretation they casted to be misleading maybe I'm wrong but as any good Guru would say is find the answer in your heart it never lies. I truly trust my heart ❤️ One soul on your team. Namaste Roman

It's been 15 years since I did this test, too long ago to remember what the symbols meant. I did remember my old horse being a pegasus back then( mythical creature was the perfect description of that aspect of my life!) Neat to see how much change there has been.

Couldn't resist sharing what I wrote down! So funny... the desert part is a bit dramatic. 😂 normally i'm quite optimistic. DESERT: vast, hot, dry, no plants, struggling to survive. CUBE: large icecube that never melts, it comforts, cools and hydrates, makes me happy. I'm hugging it and feel strongly bound to it. It's transparent when I rub away a thin outer layer of fog. LADDER: sturdy wood, beautiful but old, lays next to cube & is same height as cube. If I use it to climb on top, something magical will happen (transformation/enlightenment?) HORSE: dark brown, distant, galloping quickly towards me, without saddle or reins. It could be my way out of the desert. I feel I need to make a choice: climb on top of the cube or wait for the horse and ride out of the desert. STORM: far off in the distance, stationary, very dark & rumbling, thunder and lightning, scary, mysterious. Part of me is drawn to it, but I prefer to stay safe next to my cube. FLOWER: 1 small fragile white daisy, growing directly next to cube (getting water supply from it). I have a strong need to protect/nurture it. It represents a small glimmer of hope. It looks up to me, I'm it's hero/protector. It depends on/is attached to me in the same way I feel towards my cube.

beautiful moment of stillness and insight for me thanks Teal xo

I can't be the only person who imagined the desert at night. Also, the ladder being my friends makes a lot more sense that being my means to achieve any goal. I'm unemployed and living at my mother's but I have the best friends in the entire planet. My ladder was made of beautiful stone, like in some old European monument. What shocked me a little was the horse part. Mine was free, but standing there chewing on something, looking at me. Free to go, but with his attention on me, and I had the thought "and if he was away doing his horsie things, he would come back if I called it". Don't know about the rest, but this felt like my current relationship a lot.

Teal just basically called me out for going through life like Ozzy Osborne when the show was still running “Wtf is this?” “Why am I here?” 😂😂😂😂

My desert was a huge vast desert with nothin living in it but me. Just sand. My cube was made of rubber and it was small and blue. I was holding it. My ladder was very tall and was sticking up towards the sky. It was very stable, and was about ten feet away from me and the cube. The horse was far away, but running in the same direction as my ladder. The horse only had a saddle. There was a huge storm. It was far away, but I could tell it was slowly coming my way. The storm had lots of wind and lightning and rain. All of the flowers were underneath it. There were not many, but there were not few. They were pink. I was very small compared to this world.

Thank you for you! I love your content.❤🌱🌞

I had a great time, haha! Thank you! Interestingly, my picture was a complete oppoite of how I feel and where I see myself, the goals, the partner (horse), literally every single thing was the opposite! Makes you think...

"The ladder represents the path towards you goals." My cube was my size, transparent, from unbreakable glass and my goal was to get inside of it and explore it, not getting on top of it. And I did get inside of it. No ladder. So, it depends of the goals :) And the desert is supposed to be a desert, which means a lot of send with some bushes here and there, and maybe a snake somewhere. No abundance of flora and fauna. This is an educational, realistic perception of a desert and has nothing to do with being optimistic or pisimistic. Flowers can be better arranged in rows or other simetrical patterns. It just means that this person is organized.

I want to know what Teal imagined.

I couldn't imagine any storm, so just went with light breeze. Interesting video.

Thanks so much for this i love these tests 💗

Dude, I watched "The Cube" when I was still a child. That has me traumatized still today! 😣😵

This exercise was very interesting and I enjoyed doing it. The results were so bang on - thank you Teal Swan for this knowledge.

My storm was covering the whole Desert but I was grateful that it was raining

I was happy with my choices! When you described what each of them meant. No bridle or saddle for my horse!

this was a really interesting exercise! my desert was very large, flat, and barren. It felt uncomfortable. my cube was visible in my path ahead, about the size of myself. it was a deep velvet black and almost intangible - like fuzzy around the edges. the ladder was made of red wood and laying next to the cube. the horse was a dusty white, running near me, without any gear on. the storm was a rain shower behind the cube crawling slowly towards me - the flowers were tiny, delicate purple blooms coming up from the rain.

The most beautiful "thought experiment" ever...!

This was very interesting, as always, coming from you. Thank you. Namaste.

I have been disturbed and upset with my life purposes "like I was lost" but thanks this exercise open my eyes and it was like u show my whole life in this video ❤ I'm stunned and overwhelmed

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