There are 8 questions. Each answer maps to one of the five elements. The element with the highest score at the end is the primary result; the second highest is the secondary thread shown in the results screen.
Scoring: tally one point per element for each answer selected. Primary = highest score. Secondary = second highest.
| Q1 | When you picture your week ahead, what’s the first thing you feel? | Maps to |
| A | Tightness — like I’m already behind before it’s started | Wood |
| B | A vague dread or low hum of anxiety | Fire |
| C | Overwhelm — so much to hold for so many people | Earth |
| D | A quiet heaviness, like carrying something unspoken | Metal |
| E | Exhaustion, even at the thought of it | Water |
| Q2 | When you’re at your most depleted, what does your body do first? | Maps to |
| A | Tense up — jaw, shoulders, fists — like I’m bracing | Wood |
| B | Heart races or I can’t settle, even when I’m still | Fire |
| C | Stomach knots, appetite changes, can’t stop thinking | Earth |
| D | Chest gets tight, I sigh a lot, shallow breathing | Metal |
| E | I go cold. Everything slows. I just want to disappear into sleep | Water |
| Q3 | The emotion that tends to live just under the surface for you is: | Maps to |
| A | Frustration — at myself, at the pace, at what isn’t happening | Wood |
| B | Anxiety — a background hum I can rarely fully turn off | Fire |
| C | Worry — always thinking about what could go wrong for the people I love | Earth |
| D | Grief — for things lost, paths not taken, who I used to be | Metal |
| E | Fear — quiet, unnamed, a kind of dread I can’t quite locate | Water |
| Q4 | In your relationships, burnout most shows up as: | Maps to |
| A | Irritability — I snap before I even know I’m angry | Wood |
| B | Disconnection — I’m there but not really landing anywhere | Fire |
| C | Over-functioning — I keep giving even when I’m empty | Earth |
| D | Withdrawal — I go quiet rather than let anyone see the mess | Metal |
| E | Disappearing — I cancel, I isolate, I have nothing left to offer | Water |
| Q5 | When you finally get a moment alone, you typically: | Maps to |
| A | Fill it with productivity — resting feels like falling behind | Wood |
| B | Scroll endlessly — connection-seeking but never quite landing | Fire |
| C | Worry about what everyone else needs — even in the quiet | Earth |
| D | Sit with a sadness that has no name | Metal |
| E | Sleep, or stare — my tank is genuinely empty | Water |
| Q6 | The phrase that feels most true about your life right now: | Maps to |
| A | “I know where I want to go but I’m blocked at every turn” | Wood |
| B | “I’ve forgotten what it feels like to just… enjoy something” | Fire |
| C | “I can’t stop worrying. I take care of everyone except myself” | Earth |
| D | “Something in me is grieving and I haven’t had time to feel it” | Metal |
| E | “I am so tired in a way I can’t explain. The rest isn’t reaching me” | Water |
| Q7 | Sleep for you right now is: | Maps to |
| A | Hard to wind down — my mind is still running plans at midnight | Wood |
| B | Restless — I wake anxious or can’t fall asleep even when I’m tired | Fire |
| C | Disrupted by worry — racing thoughts about people or problems | Earth |
| D | Heavy but not restorative — I wake up still carrying something | Metal |
| E | All I want to do, but it never seems to be enough | Water |
| Q8 | What would feel like the biggest relief right now? | Maps to |
| A | A clear path forward — knowing what to do and having space to do it | Wood |
| B | Feeling genuinely light again — laughing and meaning it | Fire |
| C | Permission to stop holding it all — just for a while | Earth |
| D | Space to grieve or release something I’ve been swallowing | Metal |
| E | True rest — and someone to tell me it’s okay to stop | Water |