The Enneagram · Beyond your number

Nine types.
Twenty-seven ways
to understand the pattern.

Each Enneagram type takes on a different expression through self-preservation, social, and one-to-one instinct. Subtype helps bring the picture into focus.

Type 2 · One-to-One

The Enchanter

Pursues one person at a time with warmth and intensity; generous, hard to refuse, and pushy when it isn’t returned.

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Type 3 · Self-Preservation

The Producer

The modest achiever. Works relentlessly, wants to be good rather than to look good; the vanity is in having none.

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Type 3 · One-to-One

The Muse

Succeeds by being desirable and indispensable to key people; the image is built for someone, not for a crowd.

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Type 5 · One-to-One

The Alchemist

The romantic Five. Searches for one person or ideal worth full trust; intense in one relationship, withdrawn everywhere else.

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Type 6 · Self-Preservation

The Ally

The warm, careful Six. Handles fear by making friends and building alliances; loyal, hesitant, wants protection.

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Type 6 · One-to-One

The Defier

The counterphobic Six. Meets fear by going toward it: bold, contrarian, intimidating; doubt shows as challenge.

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Type 7 · Self-Preservation

The Epicure

Practical and networked. Pleasure with a plan; builds the alliances that make sure there is always a good option.

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Type 9 · Self-Preservation

The Stoic

Merges with routine and comfort rather than with people. Concrete, practical, steady; stubborn under the calm.

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Type 9 · Social

The Glue

The energetic Nine. Hard-working, involved, holds the group together at their own expense; the least Nine-like Nine.

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Type 9 · One-to-One

The Twin

Merges with one important person: takes on their views, moods and pace, and can lose track of their own.

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