Metaphorical cards (also known as Metaphoric Associative Cards or MAC) is a projective psychological visual tool that works by bypassing rational thinking to access emotional clarity. Each image functions as a mirror — surfacing thoughts and feelings from your unconscious.
How to use
- Set an intention or question you'd like to explore.
- Draw intuitively — pick a card number from the deck and look at it without overanalyzing.
- Notice what comes up. Ask yourself:
- What do you feel when you look at this card?
- Where does your eye go first — and why?
- Where do you avoid looking — and why?
- What do you notice in your body when you look at this card?
- What story does this card tell? What is its moral?
- How does that story connect to your own situation?
- Who is the main character, and how are they feeling?
- What are they doing, and what is driving them?
- How did they get here — and where are they headed next?
- If this card held something useful for you, what might that be?
- If this card could speak, what would it say?
Keep in mind
- There are no wrong answers.
- This is not fortune-telling — it is a tool for working with the unconscious.