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What's Your Enneagram Type?

Took this again to see if it changed in the past 3 months. I don't think so.
Type 1
Perfectionism||||||||||||||||||76%
Type 2Helpfulness||||||||||||||||68%
Type 3Image Focus||||||||||38%
Type 4Individualism||||||||||||50%
Type 5Intellectualism||||||||||||||||66%
Type 6Security Focus||||||||||||||||68%
Type 7Adventurousness||||||24%
Type 8Aggressiveness||||||||||||48%
Type 9Calmness||||||||||36%
Accuracy:

typescoretype behavior motivation
138 I must be perfect and good to survive.
234 I must be helpful and caring to survive.
634 I must be secure and safe to survive.
533 I must be knowledgeable to survive.
425 I must be unique/different to survive.
824 I must be strong and in control to survive.
319 I must be impressive and attractive to survive.

Your main type is Type 1​
Your variant is social​
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Your main type is which ever behavior you utilize most and/or prefer. Your variant reflects your scoring profile on all nine types: so = social variant (compliant, friendly), sx = sexual variant (assertive, intense), sp = self preservation variant (withdrawn, security seeking). For info on the flaws of the Enneagram system click here.
 
I took the ennegram test on two occasions and I have 1 and 4 as my top two types. The first time I took this, type 4 came up 1 point above type 1. The second time I took it, type 1 came up 2 points above type 4 and a few others. They say that these two types are conflicting ones, and rare too. How should I interpret it?
 
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Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||||||| 68%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||| 60%
Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||||||| 66%
Type 4 Individualism |||||||||||||| 60%
Type 5 Intellectualism |||||||||||||||||||| 82%
Type 6 Security Focus |||||||||||||||||| 78%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||||| 88%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||| 40%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||||| 72%

Your main type is Type 7
Your variant stacking is sp/sx/so
Your level of health is very high

Harmony Seeking Idealist and Individualist - INFJ.
 
I'm more sure about my enneagram than I am my MBTI. The funny thing is, I find it very easy to type other people, I can usually guess their type them confirm it by getting them to take the test.
I very much relate to 4w3, this has remained consistent. When I first encountered Mbti, over ten years ago, I was convinced that I was INTP, I went with that type description, I don't know, I preferred thinking over feeling, because feeling hurts.
As I am a musician and singer, it's easy to type me as an extrovert, which in fact I am not, I am not a social person at all.
I type as ENFP sometimes too.
The other INFJ I know is enneagram type 2
He is also a musician and songwriter, his style can be compared to Cat Stevens.
I don't think 2s are as dark and cynical as us 4w3s
 
The other INFJ I know is enneagram type 2

I'm a 9w1. I have a friend who is trained in the Enneagram system and she typed me, although originally just as 9 but I am quite sure about the 1 wing. I am sure of this type as well as INFJ. I have typed INFJ every single time that I have taken a test. I have never had a different answer. So I am quite sure about both of these. I think both 9s and INFJs can be difficult to type because we can blend in and look like other types.

I can seem like an extrovert when I am very comfortable but I have understood the concept that I was an introvert when I was very young, because everybody else in my family is an extrovert (my mom was extremely extroverted) and I knew I wasn't like them and I would hide in my room for hours, reading and drawing. My mom thought there was something wrong with me because of that.

I have no musical talent whatsoever, but I do have some rhythm because I'm not bad at dancing. I very much admire people who can play music and sing because I can't. I wish I could. It looks like it would be fun when you're good at it.
 
Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||||||||| 78%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||||||| 66%
Type 4 Individualism |||||||||||||| 58%
Type 5 Intellectualism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Type 6 Security Focus |||||||||||||||| 68%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||| 48%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||| 70%

Type 2, so/sp/sx, health is very high.
 
I love this system! as much as i like MBTI. Both helped me understand myself from an objective point of view which i still lack sometimes. I even knew of the MBTI typology through the Enneagram.
Anyway, i'm a 4w5 Sx/Sp.
 
5
THE INVESTIGATOR
Enneagram Type Five

Enneagram Type Five
The Intense, Cerebral Type:
Perceptive, Innovative, Secretive, and Isolated
En Español: Tipo de Personalidad Cinco, El Investigador
In het Nederlands: Persoonlijkheidstype Vijf, de Onderzoeker
For more about the meaning of the arrows, see below.

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. They typically have problems with eccentricity, nihilism, and isolation. At their Best: visionary pioneers, often ahead of their time, and able to see the world in an entirely new way. :)

Basic Fear: Being useless, helpless, or incapable Yep, too accurate. I am kind of living my own nightmare right now.
Basic Desire: To be capable and competent
Enneagram Five with a Four-Wing: "The Iconoclast"
Enneagram Five with a Six-Wing: "The Problem Solver"
Key Motivations: Want to possess knowledge, to understand the environment, to have everything figured out as a way of defending the self from threats from the environment.

The Meaning of the Arrows (in brief)
When moving in their Direction of Disintegration (stress), detached Fives suddenly become hyperactive and scattered at Seven. However, when moving in their Direction of Integration (growth), avaricious, detached Fives become more self-confident and decisive, like healthy Eights. For more information, click here.

Examples: Siddartha Gautama Buddha, Albert Einstein, Oliver Sacks, John Nash (A Beautiful Mind), Stephen Hawking, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Georgia O’Keefe, Salvador Dali, Alberto Giacometti, Emily Dickinson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Agatha Christie, James Joyce, Jean-Paul Sartre, Susan Sontag, Stephen King, Ursula K. LeGuin, Clive Barker, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jane Goodall, A.H. Almaas, Eckhart Tolle, Meredith Monk, Glenn Gould, John Cage, Kurt Cobain, David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Jane Siberry, Trent Reznor, Tom York (Radio Head), Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Werner Herzog, Tim Burton, David Lynch, David Fincher, Jodie Foster, “The Far Side” Gary Larson, Annie Liebovitz, Bobby Fischer, “Wikileaks” Julian Assange, Aaaron Swartz, X Files’ “Fox Mulder,” Dr. Gregory “House”

Type Five Overview
We have named personality type Five The Investigator because, more than any other type, Fives want to find out why things are the way they are. They want to understand how the world works, whether it is the cosmos, the microscopic world, the animal, vegetable, or mineral kingdoms—or the inner world of their imaginations. They are always searching, asking questions, and delving into things in depth. They do not accept received opinions and doctrines, feeling a strong need to test the truth of most assumptions for themselves.

John, a graphic artist, describes this approach to life.

“Being a Five means always needing to learn, to take in information about the world. A day without learning is like a day without ‘sunshine.’ As a Five, I want to have an understanding of life. I like having a theoretical explanation about why things happen as they do. This understanding makes me feel in charge and in control. I most often learn from a distance as an observer and not a participant. Sometimes, it seems that understanding life is as good as living it. It is a difficult journey to learn that life must be lived and not just studied.”

Behind Fives’ relentless pursuit of knowledge are deep insecurities about their ability to function successfully in the world. Fives feel that they do not have an ability to do things as well as others. But rather than engage directly with activities that might bolster their confidence, Fives “take a step back” into their minds where they feel more capable. Their belief is that from the safety of their minds they will eventually figure out how to do things—and one day rejoin the world.

Fives spend a lot of time observing and contemplating—listening to the sounds of wind or of a synthesizer, or taking notes on the activities in an anthill in their back yard. As they immerse themselves in their observations, they begin to internalize their knowledge and gain a feeling of self-confidence. They can then go out and play a piece on the synthesizer or tell people what they know about ants. They may also stumble across exciting new information or make new creative combinations (playing a piece of music based on recordings of wind and water). When they get verification of their observations and hypotheses, or see that others understand their work, it is a confirmation of their competency, and this fulfills their Basic Desire. (“You know what you are talking about.”)

Knowledge, understanding, and insight are thus highly valued by Fives, because their identity is built around “having ideas” and being someone who has something unusual and insightful to say. For this reason, Fives are not interested in exploring what is already familiar and well-established; rather, their attention is drawn to the unusual, the overlooked, the secret, the occult, the bizarre, the fantastic, the “unthinkable.” Investigating "unknown territory"—knowing something that others do not know, or creating something that no one has ever experienced—allows Fives to have a niche for themselves that no one else occupies. They believe that developing this niche is the best way that they can attain independence and confidence.

Thus, for their own security and self-esteem, Fives need to have at least one area in which they have a degree of expertise that will allow them to feel capable and connected with the world. Fives think, “I am going to find something that I can do really well, and then I will be able to meet the challenges of life. But I can’t have other things distracting me or getting in the way.” They therefore develop an intense focus on whatever they can master and feel secure about. It may be the world of mathematics, or the world of rock and roll, or classical music, or car mechanics, or horror and science fiction, or a world entirely created in their imagination. Not all Fives are scholars or Ph.Ds. But, depending on their intelligence and the resources available to them, they focus intensely on mastering something that has captured their interest.

For better or worse, the areas that Fives explore do not depend on social validation; indeed, if others agree with their ideas too readily, Fives tend to fear that their ideas might be too conventional. History is full of famous Fives who overturned accepted ways of understanding or doing things (Darwin, Einstein, Nietzshce). Many more Fives, however, have become lost in the Byzantine complexities of their own thought processes, becoming merely eccentric and socially isolated.

The intense focus of Fives can thus lead to remarkable discoveries and innovations, but when the personality is more fixated, it can also create self-defeating problems. This is because their focus of attention unwittingly serves to distract them from their most pressing practical problems. Whatever the sources of their anxieties may be—relationships, lack of physical strength, inability to gain employment, and so forth—average Fives tend not to deal with these issues. Rather, they find something else to do that will make them feel more competent. The irony is that no matter what degree of mastery they develop in their area of expertise, this cannot solve their more basic insecurities about functioning in the world. For example, as a marine biologist, a Five could learn everything there is to know about a type of shellfish, but if her fear is that she is never going to be able to run her own household adequately, she will not have solved her underlying anxiety.

Dealing directly with physical matters can feel extremely daunting for Fives. Henry is a life scientist working in a major medical research lab:

“Since I was a child, I have shied away from sports and strenuous physical activity whenever possible. I was never able to climb the ropes in gym class, stopped participating in sports as soon as it was feasible, and the smell of a gymnasium still makes me uncomfortable. At the same time, I have always had a very active mental life. I learned to read at the age of three, and in school I was always one of the smartest kids in academic subjects.”

Thus, much of their time gets spent "collecting" and developing ideas and skills they believe will make them feel confident and prepared. They want to retain everything that they have learned and “carry it around in their heads.” The problem is that while they are engrossed in this process, they are not interacting with others or even increasing many other practical and social skills. They devote more and more time to collecting and attending to their collections, less to anything related to their real needs.

Thus, the challenge to Fives is to understand that they can pursue whatever questions or problems spark their imaginations and maintain relationships, take proper care of themselves, and do all of the things that are the hallmarks of a healthy life.
 
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6w5 sp

Though you will always see me testing highest as 1 and 5 on the tests.
 
I did this test yesterday and I got Type 4, sp/so/sx. I did this test again and I got Type 2, so/sx/sp. :m083: I feel like I am Type 2 more, I really like to help people. It worries me though, that I got ''unhealthy'' both times... :/
 
I did this test yesterday and I got Type 4, sp/so/sx. I did this test again and I got Type 2, so/sx/sp. :m083: I feel like I am Type 2 more, I really like to help people. It worries me though, that I got ''unhealthy'' both times... :/


Hi flower, I wouldn't worry about it telling you that you are in the unheatlhy range. I think that when it comes to the enneagram, getting to the healthy level means a great deal of soul searching and growing. You are very young, I would actually not expect anybody as young as you to be considered in the 'healthy' range, simply because I think it takes many years of getting to know yourself and identifying your negative patterns to be able to be able to release them completely to be in the healthy level. I think there are very few people that reach the 'healthy' level in the enneagram, most people are either in the 'unhealthy' or 'average' level. This just means that if you can identify your type than you can get some information that can help you see your negative patterns and some ideas on how to become healthier. It helped me see why I react the way that I do and to really come to terms with what motivates me. It's a tool for growth.

By the way, Welcome to the forum! You make me think of Spring.
 
Hi flower, I wouldn't worry about it telling you that you are in the unheatlhy range. I think that when it comes to the enneagram, getting to the healthy level means a great deal of soul searching and growing. You are very young, I would actually not expect anybody as young as you to be considered in the 'healthy' range, simply because I think it takes many years of getting to know yourself and identifying your negative patterns to be able to be able to release them completely to be in the healthy level. I think there are very few people that reach the 'healthy' level in the enneagram, most people are either in the 'unhealthy' or 'average' level. This just means that if you can identify your type than you can get some information that can help you see your negative patterns and some ideas on how to become healthier. It helped me see why I react the way that I do and to really come to terms with what motivates me. It's a tool for growth.

By the way, Welcome to the forum! You make me think of Spring.

Thank you for this reply and the welcome! Yeah, I'm very young still.. Still searching myself in this huge world. :) Good to know that it isn't anything to worry about but just a tool for self improvement.
 
Thank you for this reply and the welcome! Yeah, I'm very young still.. Still searching myself in this huge world. :) Good to know that it isn't anything to worry about but just a tool for self improvement.

I'm 44 and still searching, but I've come a long way and the enneagram has helped, so it's a good tool. Just try to enjoy the search for yourself along the way. It's the journey that matters...
 
Interesting. Took one on Socionics.com a year and a half ago. Just did this while sucking down oatmeal and got these results. Guess i'll have to do it a couple more times to be sure (haha)
Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||| 48%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||||| 66%
Type 3 Image Focus |||| 18%
Type 4 Individualism |||||||||||||| 58%
Type 5 Intellectualism |||||||||||||| 54%
Type 6 Security Focus |||||||||| 38%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||| 44%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||| 38%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||| 68%

type score type behavior motivation
9 34 I must maintain peace/calm to survive.
2 33 I must be helpful and caring to survive.
4 29 I must be unique/different to survive.
5 27 I must be knowledgeable to survive.
1 24 I must be perfect and good to survive.
7 22 I must be fun and entertained to survive.
6 19 I must be secure and safe to survive.
8 19 I must be strong and in control to survive.
3 9 I must be impressive and attractive to survive.

Your main type is Type 9
Your variant stacking is omni
Your level of health is average

Hmmmm - -
 
I'm 44 and still searching, but I've come a long way and the enneagram has helped, so it's a good tool. Just try to enjoy the search for yourself along the way. It's the journey that matters...

I agree with you that the journey is all what matters the most. I think the whole life is about searching and learning.
 
I've been at it for about a year now whilst managing every day life and in recent events in my head (events because I live life in my head a lot) I realized what my accurate tritype was and the greatest irony in all of it is, when I started it all, I thought I was a 6. Over time, others encouraged me to look deeper and so I disregarded it as a possibility. Since then, I know my instinctual varients, lived life and experienced a little more of my "stupid" and bounced about from 2 to 7 and this tri-type to that. Only to end up back where I started as a counter phobic 6w7 ... my tritype is 6w7, 2w1, 1w9 SX/SO. *sighs of relief*. In the process of accepting myself in all my neurotic glory. :p
 
Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||||| 52%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||| 58%
Type 3 Image Focus |||| 12%
Type 4 Individualism |||||||||||||||| 62%
Type 5 Intellectualism |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Type 6 Security Focus |||||||||||||| 52%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 66%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||||| 56%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||| 70%

Your main type is Type 5
Your variant stacking is sx/sp/so
Your level of health is above average

what's type 5??