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offers a free test that takes maybe five minutes. It costs $12 but generates a five to six page report on your results, so you get your money’s worth. Great question! The Enneagram Institute offers an online test that’s really good. Is fear the emotion right at the surface for you? You might be a Five, Six or Seven. Knowing the triads is a good way of narrowing down your number. Sevens fear the inner world and try to escape their negative emotions. Sixes exhibit the most fear and anxiety and turn to outside sources to help them make decisions. Fives fear the outer world and retreat into their inner world. Twos control their shame by focusing on making sure others like them and they are seen as good, Threes deny their shame and strive for success, and Fours control their shame by focusing on their uniqueness.įives, Sixes, and Sevens are in the Head or Fear Triad. Twos, Threes, and Fours and in the Heart or Shame triad. Eights externalize their anger, Nines try to forget their anger, and Ones internalize their anger. This is where we react from, but in different ways. As a One, I feel shame and fear, but I’m in the Anger triad and anger is the emotion always accessible to me.Įights, Nines and Ones are in the Gut or Anger triad. While any type can feel any of these emotions, one tends to be dominant, the emotion that’s always at hand.

Each triad is governed by an emotional theme. Each group is governed by a prevailing intelligence center, a place where we tend to react from. The Enneagram numbers are grouped into triads-three groups of three. I lean on and borrow traits from my wings when I need support, when I need things that my dominant type has a hard time supplying.

But I can display the characteristics of a Two in certain relationships and situations. My Nine wing is the most dominant-while I’m always a One and those characteristics are at the forefront of who I am, I display a lot of tendencies of a Nine. Most people usually only have one dominant wing. That means that I will tend to display a lot of characteristics of these numbers. The numbers on either side of my type are Nine and Two. Wings are the numbers on either side of your type. The Enneagram is a web of connections, showing that despite our differences, we are all connected, leaning on each other’s strengths and weakness to make us whole. The line that starts at Seven and points to One indicates that I take on the patterns of a Seven when I am at my healthiest. The line that starts at One and points to Four, indicates that I take on the patterns of Fours when I’m stressed. When we are stressed or unhealthy, we take on some of the characteristics of another number, and the same when we are healthy. Those lines represent the connection between the numbers. The titles I’ve used here come from Ian Morgan Cron’s book The Road Back to You. While these titles can be a bit reductive, they’re a helpful summary of each type.

Each number around the circle is a different personality type. I know the image looks sort of like a pentagram, but here me out. The Enneagram can be used as a casual personality test, yes, but if used properly and thoughtfully, it can help us chip away the masks of our personality to see who we truly are and how God wants to use us. Huertz writes in The Sacred Enneagram that the Enneagram is a sacred map back to ourselves, back to who God intends us to be. With this knowledge, the Enneagram can be used a means of transformation and connection with God. Ichazo focused on the idea that each spot on the Enneagram has a Passion (used in the same way we use the Passion of Christ), a Virtue, a Fixation, and a Holy Idea. Ichazo took tons of different ancient ideas about the Enneagram and consolidated them into the practice used today. The Enneagram Institute has a very thorough overview of the history of the modern Enneagram, but I’m just going to give you some highlights. While the Enneagram symbol is old, we’re talking Pythagoras-old, the current usage of the Enneagram actually began in the 1960s, with Oscar Ichazo. The Enneagram is based on a symbol, a circle with 9 points around it, and each point corresponds to a different personality. But I’ve never loved any test like I love the Enneagram. From the Meyers-Brigg to Buzzfeed’s Which Office Character are You, I’ve taken just about all of them. I’m fascinated by how a series of multiple-choice questions can help reveal who we are.

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