The nine horses have no names. That is the first rule. You do not name something you are not sure exists. But they have shapes. They have temperaments. And people, it turns out, tend to map onto one of them with uncomfortable precision.
Question 1: It is 3am. You are awake. Why?
A) You never really sleep
B) Something woke you up
C) You are waiting for something
D) You fell asleep at 9pm and this is just how your body works now
Question 2: Someone tells you a secret. What do you do with it?
A) Keep it perfectly, because you understand its weight
B) Tell one person, who you trust completely, who tells one person
C) Forget it immediately, which feels suspicious even to you
D) Write it down somewhere and then lose the paper
Question 3: You find a door in your house that you do not remember being there. You:
A) Open it immediately
B) Take a photo first
C) Close the door behind you and do not mention it
D) This has happened to you before
Question 4: What is your relationship with the number nine?
A) It appears more than it should
B) You had not thought about it until just now
C) Unfavorable
D) You are not going to answer that
Tally your answers and read the full interpretation in the Playground. The ninth horse, for what it is worth, has no corresponding answer. If you found yourself wanting to choose options that were not listed, that is your result.
