Nine Types
Inspired by the Enneagram, with our own questions.
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What it measures
The Enneagram sorts people into nine types by what drives them: the want underneath the behavior, and the fear that comes with it. Two people can both stay up finishing a project, one to be admired for it and one to avoid letting anyone down, and land in different types.
Our statements score all nine types at once, so you see your top type, the one that came second, and how far apart they sit. The report also names your wing, the stronger of the two types beside yours on the circle.
There is very little research behind the Enneagram, and we rate it that way. It is a good way to start noticing your own motives, and a poor way to make decisions about anyone else.
Three of the questions
- I feel hurt when the care I give goes unnoticed.
- I like to keep my options open instead of committing early.
- I need to see how people act over time before I trust them.
What you get
- Your type, with a full portrait of what drives it and what it costs you
- Your wing, and your second voice when it comes from elsewhere on the circle
- How your type tends to look at its best and under stress
- Scores for all nine types, so you can see the close calls
Where it comes from
We wrote the statements for this site, eight for each type, from the core wants and fears described across Enneagram writing. They have not yet been tested on a large group of people, so your scores show how strongly you agreed, with no comparison to other people yet.
Who owns the original
The nine-pointed figure has roots in early twentieth century teaching associated with G. I. Gurdjieff, and the personality types were developed by Oscar Ichazo and Claudio Naranjo and popularized by many authors. Commercial Enneagram tests, such as the RHETI, belong to their publishers. We are not affiliated with any of them, and our questions are our own.