Enneagram Types

Perfect people are worthy of love and respect.

Love and survival depend on giving to get.

Love and recognition are only for champions.

"Others enjoy the happiness that I have been denied."

"Love and respect are gained by practicing self-sufficiency."

"Love and protection are gained by vigilance and endurance."

"Frustration can be avoided by attending to positive options."

"Love and respect are gained by being strong and just."

"Love and belonging are earned by blending in with other people’s agendas."

Error

Own needs

Failure

The commonplace

Intrusion

Uncertainty

Discomfort and Pain

Vulnerability

Conflict

What is right or wrong. Correct or incorrect.

Needs of others

Tasks, Roles and Image

Best in what’s missing. Worst of what’s here.

What others expect. To blocking intrusion and detaching to observe.

Hazard

Positive possibilities in all things

Power and control

Environmental distractions. Primary distraction is other people’s wants & needs.

Resentment. Worried irritation at a world gone wrong.

Flattery. How to impact others by supporting their needs.

Vanity (Vainglory). Presenting a winning facade.

Melancholia. The sadness of life.

Detachment

Doubt

Planning

Balancing the scales of justice. Vengeance.

Indolence. Considers all sides of a question. Obsessive inner rumination.

Anger

Pride

Deceives self and others

Envy

Avarice

Fear

Gluttony

Excess (Lust)

Self-Forgetting (spiritual listlessness)

Serenity

Humility

Honesty

Equanimity (Emotional Balance)

Non-attachment

Courage

Constancy of purpose

Innocence (Receptivity)

Right Action

"I am good."

“I am helpful.”

“I am successful.”

“I am unique and special.”

"I am wise."

"I am loyal."

“I’m OK.”

“I am powerful.”

“I am peaceful.”

Perfection

Serving Higher Will

Hope

Spiritual Absorption

Omniscience

Faith

Participation in the full spectrum of being

Truth

Love

Honest, Responsible, Improvement-oriented

Helpful, Caring, Relationship-oriented

Energetic, Adaptable, Achievement-oriented

Creative, Empathic, Idealistic

Scholarly, Analytical, Self-Reliant

Bonded, Attentive, Perceptive

Optimistic, Fun-loving, Positive Visioning

Bold, Assertive, Action-oriented

Accepting, Calming, Steady, Bonded

Overly Critical, Rigid, Judgmental

Intrusive, Overly Dependent on Approval

Competitive, Overworked and Impatient

 Envy, Moodiness, Self-Absorption, Unrealistic

Withholding self from others, Emotionally detached, Isolated

Procrastinating, Reactive, Doubtful

Scattered, Impulsive, Self-Referencing

Domineering, Excessive, Controlling

Ambivalent, Forgets own agenda, Self-deprecating, Passive-aggressive