Enneagram Personality Type Quiz

What is the Enneagram system used for?

• To help people understand themselves and their motivations

• To predict the future

• To analyze dreams

• To study historical events

What is the core motivation of each Enneagram type?

• To be capable and competent

• To be successful and look successful to others

• To be good and have integrity

• To be unique and avoid being ordinary

Are spontaneous and motivated by a need to be happy. They never want to be tied down and are almost always full of energy. They never want to feel any kind of emotional pain or discomfort, so they do everything they can to keep themselves busy and having a good time.

• Type Four - the Individualist

• Type One - the Perfectionist

• Type Nine - the Peacemaker

• Type Seven - the Adventurer

• Basic fear: To be useless, helpless or incapable

• Basic desire: To be capable and competent

• Type Three - the Achiever

• Type Five - the Investigator/Observer

• Type 6 - the Loyalist

• Type 8 - the Challenger

Which Enneagram type is motivated by a need to always assert strength and control over others?

• Type Two

• Type Four

• Type Eight

• Type Six

Which Enneagram type is motivated by a need to always keep the peace and avoid conflict?

• Type Seven

• Type Five

• Type Nine

• Type Three

Focus on following the rules and doing things the right way. They are motivated by their desire to live the “right” way and to always avoid fault and blame.

• Type 1 - the Perfectionist

• Type 9 - the Peacemaker

• Type 3 - the Achiever

• Strengths: Committed, practical, witty, great in a crisis, always prepared

• Faults: Can be anxious and sometimes struggles with self-doubt

• Type 2 - the Helper

• Type 6 - the Questioner/Loyalist

• Typer 4 - the Individualist/Romantic

• Type 7 - the Adventurer

Always there to lend a hand and act as a support system for family and friends. They are motivated by their need to be loved and needed at all times.

• Type 9 - the Peacemaker

• Type 6 - the Loyalist

• Type 2 - the Helper

Self-assured, attractive, and charming. Ambitious, competent, and energetic, they can also be status-conscious and highly driven for advancement.

• Type 1 - the Perfectionist

• Type 4 - the Individualist/Romantic

• Type 6 - the Questioner/Loyalist

• Type 3 - the Achiever