The Enneagram isn’t a personality system.
It is a map for transformation.
Each of the nine types has a unique view of the world and this filter determines what you pay attention to, how you direct your energy, and ultimately how you tend to show up.Discover your patterns and learn rituals to work with them, not against them.
What is the Enneagram?
The Enneagram (from Greek ennea = nine, gram = drawing) is a dynamic system that reveals nine core strategies for navigating life. Unlike personality tests that box you in, it exposes the why behind your actions, your deepest fears, desires, and unconscious motivations.
Your type is formed early, does not change throughout your lifetime, but is adaptable in its expression. It’s the lens through which you see, and sometimes limit your world.
Whether you’re here after a typing interview or are brand new to the system, this page will give you a high-level view of all nine types and direct you to deeper explorations, rituals, and coaching insights tailored to your type.
The Nine Types at a Glance
(Each type’s name reflects its core longing.)
Type One - The Integrity Keeper
Type Ones are principled, purposeful, and driven by a deep desire to improve the world around them. They fear being wrong or corrupt and strive to be good, ethical, and right. Ones tend to be rational and idealistic types. They can be principled, purposeful, self-controlled, and perfectionistic. "I must live rightly and fix what’s broken."
Serious and straightforward during conversations
Attuned to practicality and frugality
Hardworking and diligent as employees and partners
Holds uncompromising personal standards
Rigidity in plans and decisions
Intense ability to concentrate
Natural talent for teaching and instructing
Center of Intelligence: Body/Gut
Core Fear: Being bad, wrong, corrupt, or unethical
Core Motivation: To be good, right, ethical, and above reproach
Growth Path: Softening self-criticism → embracing "good enough"
Type Two - The Love Seeker
Type Twos are empathetic, people-focused, and often put others' needs ahead of their own. Their fear of being unwanted drives them to become indispensable through love and service. Twos tend to be caring and interpersonal types. They can be empathetic, generous, people-pleasing, and possessive. "I’m loved when I’m needed."
Disarms with warmth, smiles, hugs
Notices needs before they’re spoken
Binds communities together through invisible acts of care
Gives more than they receive
Nurturing and patient
Struggles to want without guilt
Heals through touch—whether physical, emotional, or baked into cookies
Center of Intelligence: Heart/Feeling
Core Fear: Being unworthy of connection, unwanted, or unloved
Core Motivation: To feel loved and be needed
Growth Path: From overgiving → mutual relationships
Type Three - The Excellence Achiever
Type Threes are ambitious, adaptable, and image-conscious. They are driven by the need to be valuable and fear being worthless or a failure. Threes tend to be success-oriented, pragmatic types. They can be adaptive, excelling, driven, and image-conscious. "I matter when I succeed.""
Masters personal branding with intuitive social radar
Measures self-worth through accomplishments and accolades
Competes quietly with invisible scorecards
Projects polished first impressions effortlessly
Hustles for external validation while sidelining inner truth
Confuses being valued with being valuable
Warm, encouraging, and sees potential in people
Center of Intelligence: Heart/Feeling
Core Fear: Being worthless, mediocre, or a failure
Core Motivation: To feel valuable, admired, and successful
Growth Path: Slowly trading image → authentic worth
Type Four - The Depth Explorer
Type Fours are deeply feeling, introspective, and authentic. Fours guard their inner world against anything that might dilute their true sense of self. Their deepest fear isn't simply being ordinary, but having their identity contaminated by external influences. Fours tend to be romantic and withdrawn types. They can be expressive, self-reflective, and dramatic. "I must be uniquely me—or I’ll disappear."
Cultivates a signature aesthetic (in style, speech, or space)
Feel deeply the depth and beauty in life
Charm lies in their contradictions—both fragile and fierce, whimsical and wise
Honors melancholy as proof of depth, not just sadness
Guards their "true self" fiercely yet constantly refines it
Feels an inner absence they can’t name
Center of Intelligence: Heart/Feeling
Core Fear: Having their essence diluted by outside influences
Core Motivation: To be fully seen and loved as their authentic self.
Growth Path: Specialness as burden → Sacred service as freedom
Type Five - The Information Collector
Type Fives are cerebral, private, and seek knowledge to feel safe. They fear being depleted or intruded upon, so they carefully ration their energy and engagement. Fives tend to be self-contained, logical types. They can be perceptive, innovative, secretive, and isolated. "The world demands too much—I’ll master it observing from a distance."
Appears lost in thought or absentminded
Secretive with difficult-to-crack and rich inner world
Archives esoteric knowledge, building private intellectual arsenals
Gives insightful, well thought out responses
Thinks extensively before speaking
Clear boundaries between family, friends, and work
Withdrawn and extremely independent often finding safety in self-sufficiency
Center of Intelligence: Head/Thinking
Core Fear: Being helpless, overwhelmed, or incapable
Core Motivation: To be capable, knowledgeable, and competent
Growth Path: From isolation → engaged shared wisdom
Type Six - The Loyalist
Sixes tend to be committed, security-oriented types. They can be engaging, responsible, anxious, and suspicious.
Strong identification with a social group
Organized and well-liked
Good at managing finances
Excellent team player
Able to assess risk and problem solve
Clear communicators
Detail-oriented and precise
Type Seven - The Enthusiast
Sevens tend to be busy, fun-loving types. They can be spontaneous, versatile, distractible, and scattered.
Always on the go
Wide range of interests
Childlike enthusiasm and energy
Curious, sparkling eyes
Many ongoing professional and creative projects
Upbeat and optimistic; glass-half-full outlook
Well-liked and popular among peers
Type Eight - The Challenger
Eights tend to be powerful, dominating types. They can be self-confident, decisive, willful, and confrontational.
Independent and self-sufficient
Fierce and certain look
Determination and stamina
Very energetic and busy
Fiery passions and power
Stubborn and headstrong
Serious about control over the environment
Type Nine - The Mediator
Nines tend to be easygoing, self-effacing types. They can be receptive, reassuring, agreeable, and complacent.
Ability to diffuse conflict with ease
Calm, collected demeanor, and soothing voice
Likes to include everybody
Wide circle of acquaintances
Generally liked by most people
Falls asleep to their own agenda and wants
Fluid, slow movements, and gestures