Nine Personality Types
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The Enneagram is an Ancient System of 9 Personality Types
The Dinner Party is From The Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People Paperback – March 11, 1994
by Elizabeth Wagele (Author), Renee Baron (Author)
The word enneagram means a graph of nine. Each of the nine Enneagram personality profiles has a distinct, well-developed coping strategy for relating to self, others and the environment. Each of the nine types also has its own precise path to psychological and spiritual freedom.
Enneagram test to find out your type here... http://www.enneagram.com/enneagram_test.html
Dr. Helen Palmer's site also has individual people of each type discussing their type, which is wonderful.
Regular spiritual practice is a vital component of the Enneagram as a tool for spiritual conversion. The Inner Witness, which detects when we are acting out of reactivity rather than freedom and wholeness, grows with spiritual practice.
Take the Test to find out your Type (if you don’t know it yet)
The LA Times has an article about Enneagrams, believe it or not
Dr Helen Palmer names for each type (The Narrative Tradition):
9 Types of People:
The Perfectionist: Motivated by the need to live life the right way, improve oneself and others, and avoid anger.
The Helper: Motivated by the need to be loved and appreciated and to express your positive feelings towards others.
The Achiever: Motivated by the need to be productive, to achieve success, and to avoid failure.
The Romantic: Motivated by the need to understand your feelings and to be understood to search for the meaning of life, and to avoid being ordinary.
The Observer: Motivated by the need to know everything and understand the universe, to be self-sufficient and left alone, and to avoid not having the answer or looking foolish.
The Questioner: Motivated by the need for security, to feel taken care of, or to confront your fears.
The Adventurer: Motivated by the need to be happy and plan fun things, to contribute to the world, and to avoid suffering and pain.
The Asserter: Motivated by the need to be self-reliant and strong, to make an impact on the world, and to avoid being weak.
The Peacemaker: Motivated by the need to keep the peace, merge with others, and avoid conflict.
Type One: The Need to Be Perfect
Type Two: The Need to Be Needed
Type Three: The Need to Succeed
Type Four: The Need to Be Special (or Unique)
Type Five: The Need to Perceive (or Understand)
Type Six: The Need to Be Sure/Certain (or Secure)
Type Seven: The Need to Avoid Pain
Type Eight: The Need to Be Against
Type Nine: The Need to Avoid
Type One: Serenity
Type Two: Humility
Type Three: Truthfulness, Authenticity
Type Four: Equanimity, Emotional Balance
Type Five: Detachment
Type Six: Courage
Type Seven: Sobriety
Type Eight: Innocence
Type Nine: Action
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A Magical guide for the 9 Enneagram types
Knowing your Enneagram personality type can help you identify your best job or career, who you may be compatible with romantically, and/or how to become the best you that you can be.
For example,
Fours are romantic, creative, sensitive, individualistic and expressive. They do not enjoy routine and can be dramatic and intense. They might be well-suited for jobs or careers that involve writing or artistic expression, so they could be interior designers, graphic designers, musicians or other kinds of performers. There may be lots of actors and actresses who are fours or who have four as a subtype.
Check out some of these fun ways folks share the Enneagram
The Enneadogs on Twitter
Enneacats on Facebook
Enneacolors
(SARK)
Enneagram-astrology
The Philosophers Wheel
The Enneagram is a system of nine psychological types. The word enneagram is based on the Greek word for nine. It has become useful and popular because people can recognize their behavior and personality in the description of an Enneagram type, or perhaps in two or three of them. The goal of working with the Enneagram is to know the strengths and weaknesses of your personality. Each type has certain styles of behavior, both healthy and unhealthy. When a person recognizes the unhealthy aspects of their type, (s)he discovers self-imposed limits and ingrained reactions, and (s)he can go beyond these limits and reactions to become more healthy. People can also recognize the healthy aspects of their type, and awareness of this also helps them maximize this positive behavior.
People use astrology in very much the same way. Clients or students can see the predominant zodiac signs and planets in their horoscope, and thereby familiarize themselves with self-imposed limits or automatic reactions associated with those signs and planets, in just the same way as people do with Enneagram types. Astrology is in fact the oldest system of psychological types in the world. It makes me wonder, then, whether more modern typing systems (Enneagram, Jungian/MBTI, etc.) in fact owe something to the most ancient and venerable such typing system.
We plan to explore more here at Enneagram Persona-Lattes
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A Poem for Every Enneagram Type
Music for Each of the 9 Types
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