Understanding Enneagram Personality Types

The Enneagram is a powerful personality framework that describes nine distinct personality types, each with its own core motivations, fears, desires, and patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Unlike surface-level assessments, the Enneagram reveals the "why" behind your actions.

Each type is represented by a number from 1 to 9, with no type being better or worse than another. Your Enneagram type reflects your core worldview and the unconscious motivations that drive your behavior, especially under stress.

Beyond the nine core types, the Enneagram includes wings (adjacent types that influence your personality), stress and growth arrows, and instinctual variants. This depth makes the Enneagram a rich tool for self-discovery and personal development. Wondering how the Enneagram compares to other frameworks? See our Enneagram vs. Myers-Briggs, Enneagram vs. 16 Personalities, and Enneagram vs. Big Five comparisons.