Analysis for Lauren Elizabeth, 13 June 2002

This is how you described the room:

I awake in a beautiful four poster bed that is draped with white sheets pulled to the finely detailed carved bedposts so that I have full view of the warm comfortable room. The fire in the bedrooms fireplace is still glowing small flames as the newly morning winter sun is making itself known across the floor. My feet fall upon a beautiful woven wool rug woven with dark rich colors. The room is furnished with beautiful paintings framed in gold of English countrysides, fox hunts, and loved ones. I smell fresh biscuits and brewed coffee wafting from the kitchen downstairs. I walk to the french doors and open them to allow the cool morning breeze to caress me. The white sheer curtains on the doors billow out toward the room. I let in the fragrance of magnolias and honeysuckle as the golden rays of the sun kisses me good morning. Feeling blessed by my creator, I swiftly go down the beautiful winding staircase to greet my loved ones for the beginning of a new day.

The initial room is the subject’s childhood. What interests us here is the general atmosphere of the room, in addition to the level of furnishings described by the subject. Note the extremely inviting surroundings of the room. This suggests a childhood filled with joy. The significant detail in the description of the room tells us that the subject has rich, lasting memories of childhood.

You wanted to stay in the room.

The subject did not want to grow up.

This is how you described the forest:

The trees are thick and tall. The foliage is bright and dark. The ferns brush my legs as I walk on the moist green moss and dirt. The sun rays are shining from above in soft wide ribbons throughout the magical looking forest. I can hear a brook babbling over rocks and sometimes the song of a bird will awake the quiet of the forest.

The forest is growing up, and the trees are those adults with whom the subject interacted at that time. Tall trees imply that the adults had a strong influence on the subject. A well-lit forest tells us that the subject had considerable freedom at this time.

This is how you described the path:

The path is barely visible as it follows the forest. It is easily navigated because I know this forest. I know the visible markers that help guide me... trees, rocks, curves and bends of the brook...I would not want the forest paths to be made overtly visible. I would want the forest to always look untouched by human presence.

Adolescence is represented by the path through the forest. Poor visibility of the path tells us the subject was often confused by the changes brought on by adolescence. The lack of evidence of fellow travelers suggests strong feelings of isolation at that time. Note that the subject does not want the path to appear to be used frequently: a desire to tackle adolescence alone? That the path is free of obstructions indicates that the subject had no problems during adolescence.

This is how you described the water:

The water is natural. The water is clear and cool. The water runs over small and large rocks and pools in a clear deep pool as it cascades from a waterfall.

The water is the subject’s sexuality. What interests us here is the clarity of the water (representing attitude) and its movement (representing libido). Rushing, violent water indicates a powerful, vigorous, and quite possibly compulsive sex drive. Clear water tells us that the subject has no issues regarding sex.

When you came to the water, you went around it.

The subject is not interested in new sexual experiences.

This is how you described the cup:

The vessel is made of tanned leather with a leather strap attached to it. There is still moisture from the water on it.

The vessel, or specifically the practicality of the vessel, is how the subject approaches marriage or bonding. A practical container indicates that the subject is pragmatic when it comes to questions of marriage.

You took the cup and filled it.

The subject is interested in marriage, and sex will be a significant part of that relationship.

This is how you described the key:

The key is a skeleton key made of silver. Rather large key that looks like it would unlock a large thick wooden door to a castle that belonged to earlier ancestors full of family treasures and heirlooms waiting for me to move in to keep it alive.

The key is the ideal career for the subject. What interests us here is how the key appears (representing how others view the career) and what it may open (representing the subject’s goals for the career). That the key opens a castle suggests that the subject hopes the career leads to power. The treasure, however, suggests the subject prefers material gains; the familial aspect suggests that the subject would like a career that preserves a family tradition. Old-fashioned keys suggest that the subject desires a traditional career.

Whew. This overloaded the AI. Given the choice between treasure, power, and personal, it chose to make the key worthless. Never thought it was possible to provide too much information.

You confronted the bear.

In a crisis, the subject prefers the direct, no-nonsense approach.

When you came to the wall, you jumped over it.

The wall represents death: by jumping over it, the subject not only acknowledges death but has come to accept its finality.