The rarest Enneagram type is type four the Individualist.
Many Enneagram practitioners have noticed, based on anecdotal experience, the six, seven and nines are most common, at least in North America.
Fours feel that they are unlike other human beings, and consequently, that no one can understand them or love them adequately. Healthy Fours are honest with themselves: they own all of their feelings and can look at their motives, contradictions, and emotional conflicts without denying or whitewashing them.
The report identified aspects of the intersection between the Enneagram and Roman Catholicism which, in their opinion, warranted scrutiny with potential areas of concern, stating, "While the enneagram system shares little with traditional Christian doctrine or spirituality, it also shares little with the methods and
Do you ever change Enneagram types? No. The patterns that make up our personality type are so deeply ingrained that they continue to dominate our experiences throughout our lives. So, in effect, it may seem from time to time that we have become another personality type.
There are four different types of communication behavior: aggressive, assertive, passive, and passive-aggressive.
In the average to unhealthy Levels, Twos present a false image of being completely generous and unselfish and of not wanting any kind of pay-off for themselves, when in fact, they can have enormous expectations and unacknowledged emotional needs.
As with Fives and Sixes, this creates a deep anxiety in Sevens. As long as Sevens can keep their minds occupied, especially with projects and positive ideas for the future, they can, to some extent, keep anxiety and negative feelings out of conscious awareness.
Type Four in Brief
Fours are self-aware, sensitive, and reserved. They are emotionally honest, creative, and personal, but can also be moody and self-conscious. They typically have problems with melancholy, self-indulgence, and self-pity.Type Five in Brief
Fives are alert, insightful, and curious. They are able to concentrate and focus on developing complex ideas and skills. Independent, innovative, and inventive, they can also become preoccupied with their thoughts and imaginary constructs. They become detached, yet high-strung and intense.Your Basic Personality Type. From one point of view, the Enneagram can be seen as a set of nine distinct personality types, with each number on the Enneagram denoting one type. This is one area where most all of the major Enneagram authors agree—we are born with a dominant type.
Type Three in Brief
Threes are self-assured, attractive, and charming. Ambitious, competent, and energetic, they can also be status-conscious and highly driven for advancement. They are diplomatic and poised, but can also be overly concerned with their image and what others think of them.Wings. Your (dominant) wing is indicated by the higher score of one of the types on either side of your basic type. For example, if you test as a Two, your wing will be One or Three, whichever has the higher score. The second highest overall score on your Enneagram test is not necessarily that of the wing.
The Nine Enneagram Type Descriptions
- 1 THE REFORMER. The Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic.
- 2 THE HELPER.
- 3 THE ACHIEVER.
- 4 THE INDIVIDUALIST.
- 5 THE INVESTIGATOR.
- 6 THE LOYALIST.
- 7 THE ENTHUSIAST.
- 8 THE CHALLENGER.
Wings. Your (dominant) wing is indicated by the higher score of one of the types on either side of your basic type. For example, if you test as a Two, your wing will be One or Three, whichever has the higher score. The second highest overall score on your Enneagram test is not necessarily that of the wing.
Designate each point by a number from one to nine, with nine at the top, for symmetry and by convention. Each point represents one of the nine basic personality types. The nine points on the circumference are also connected with each other by the inner lines of the Enneagram.
G. I. Gurdjieff (died 1949) is credited with making the word enneagram and the enneagram figure commonly known (see Fourth Way enneagram). He did not, however, develop the nine personality types associated with the Enneagram of Personality.
Type Six in Brief
The committed, security-oriented type. Sixes are reliable, hard-working, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent "troubleshooters," they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious—running on stress while complaining about it.Type Three in Brief
Threes are self-assured, attractive, and charming. Ambitious, competent, and energetic, they can also be status-conscious and highly driven for advancement. They are diplomatic and poised, but can also be overly concerned with their image and what others think of them.What Each Type Brings to the Relationship. This can be, paradoxically, both a very comfortable—and yet exciting—relationship pair. Enneagram Fours and Nines are both withdrawn and private, sensitive to the feelings and needs of the other, and empathetic to the suffering of others.
Sixes are reliable, hard-working, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent "troubleshooters," they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious—running on stress while complaining about it. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious.
When moving in their Direction of Disintegration (stress), methodical Ones suddenly become moody and irrational at Four. However, when moving in their Direction of Integration (growth), angry, critical Ones become more spontaneous and joyful, like healthy Sevens. Learn more about the arrows.
Type Six in Brief
Excellent "troubleshooters," they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious—running on stress while complaining about it. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious.Type Six in Brief
They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious.
