The Enneagram is a fascinating model of the human psyche. Everyone should take the test at least once in their lifetime!
Used in therapy, business, and self-development circles, the Enneagram is a powerful tool that can increase your self-awareness, empower you with self-understanding, and increase your self-love.
Get ready to learn about your deepest strengths, weaknesses, and gifts!
How Does the Enneagram Work?
The word ‘enneagram’ is composed of the two Greek words ennéa (meaning nine) and grámma (meaning something written). And that is the crux of the enneagram: it reveals the nature of the human personality by dividing it into nine different archetypes.
The interesting thing about the Enneagram is that it possesses a number of different facets that help us to identify:
(1) what we desire more than anything else,(2) what we value the most, (3) what tempts us the most, (4) what causes us the most fear, (5) what our biggest fault is, (6) what our greatest virtue is.
The 9 Enneagram Types
The nine Enneagram types include:
- Type 1 – The Reformer
- Type 2 – The Giver
- Type 3 – The Performer
- Type 4 – The Individualist
- Type 5 – The Observer
- Type 6 – The Loyalist
- Type 7 – The Idealist
- Type 8 – The Challenger
- Type 9 – The Peacemaker
It is common to find a little bit of yourself in all nine Enneagram types. However, one or two of them should stand out for you as revealed by this test. These are your dominant personality types.
How Understanding the Enneagram Could Transform Your Life
The Enneagram Typology was first conceptualized by the mystic Gurdjieff and developed further by Oscar Ichazo and psychiatrist Claudio Naranjo.
There are several reasons why understanding your Enneagram type is so helpful:
- It helps you to become more objectively aware of your personality “blind spots”
- It assists you in developing more self-love by helping you to understand yourself more
- It encourages you to consciously work on parts of your personality that inhibit your ability to live a harmonious life
- It allows you to develop more awareness of your “higher self” (Soul) by deconstructing your personality
Keep in mind that the Enneagram is more of a system of transformation than a means of labeling and identification. But the beautiful thing about the Enneagram is that it encourages the development and liberation of the Soul underneath.
Take Our Free Enneagram Test!
Now that you have the important background information, it’s time to get started!
Find our what your Enneagram type is in our free test below. (Don’t forget to share what you got in the comments!) This is one of the best, free, and fast Enneagram quizzes out there with a description of your type at the end:
I came up Perfectionist but I don’t understand “At the core of The Perfectionist is the fear of making mistakes because the resentment they direct towards the world is often redirected to themselves.”.
Anyone can explain for me ?
Loyalist
Wow.
First time doing one of these and I’m blown away. The characteristics described of the Individualist have me nailed closer than anything I’ve ever perused and some of it blindsided me as something I need to ponder. I think they were stalking me lol. I have to reread that now actually..
Love and gratitude,
Matthew
Love and Much gratitude
I’ve got Type 2: The Giver.
It’s true and I think I want to change it. Is it possible? The truth is, since I was a kid, I always pleased other people rather than considering my own hapiness. It’s like I’ve been forced to please them but deep in inside myself I won’t do that. Then I regret because at the end I feel and see all the dissapointment, upset, sadness came to me. It’s good to take this test. At least I know how to overcome my inner problems from your guides. So that I wont let anybody to hurt me anymore and put my own happiness and satisfaction as priority because I deserve it. Thank you so much Aletheia!
I am Type 5, The Observer and The Investigator..
The Performer – although, I did answer this a little more in the space of who I was rather than were I am now. But that is a very achiever based thing to say eh! I think this is always my nemesis and I am wary of being the eternal people pleaser.
I came up a Perfectionist… ✌
things, thus I am going to
I think the test is a little difficult. There are a number of questions that have two questions in them. I am not ‘always’ this or ‘never ‘that. Those words do not belong in an assessment. I like the idea of this assessment, but I think the values need to be numbers on a scale, not yes/no… just my .02 cents.
I agree with a numeric value to answer the questions.
I have held specific characteristics in place for years, but then almost 2 yrs ago
my spouse of 24 yrs took his life, leaving me with our teens.
So for example, of course where I was a go getter, now not so much, still dealing with traumatic event lying on top of other things that I would much rather avoid all of it
I understand. I answered as who the person I am now. My change also occured from tragic circumstance that change the life of me and my children negatively I assumed, however, we have to trust and guard our thoughts.. on that mindset optimism abounds. I’m terribly sorry for your loss. My son received a 35yr prison sentence shortly after releasing from prison it’s such a tale of misfortune since the divorce and he’s special needs.. the sweetest kid biggest heart. People came out the woodwork praising my son when he was arrested 1st time. This time he was set up and innocent. I just got him back. I worry he will take his life in there. His release is my birthday 2052. Girl. Its hard. I understand
I agree that the questions are hard …..as they are so on opposite sides . I took the test 2 times and looked at the questions with a little different perspective and saw the answer change on a good handful of questions
first test type 8 Challenger
second time type 1 Perfectionist
I got five the first time i took this, but i feel like ive changed a bit since then. ive taken two today, and got 1w9 both times. fits pretty well, tbh, though i thought would be a 2w1 or atleast a 1w2
I certainly am an Individualist. Right on the money. For years I have always said when disappointing things have happened, that I am such a romantic! I seem to want to believe the fairy tale. And then I wake up! Trying now to figure out my shadows and change them to something positive.
Hi I would like to message you over the fact that your service is free. This has become a real problem to me this week as i learned that most of my classmates are 4’s “individuals”. see this is a problem merely because I offered to help them on their projects as my assignment. No one.. well.. for the most part no one wanted help from me and that really hit me hard as I felt left out and not needed. Maybe If they didn’t know their personality is “individualism” maybe they would have reached out. well in short to solve that i would suggest your website no longer offer a free test. maybe bump the price up to at least 50 cents. my classmates are college student and i believe that setting a price would solve my problem as many of them would stop taking it. thank you let me know what you can do!
I think. It’s no surprise that I’m a giver… But damn did it have to be so accurate it hurt. It hit. Every nail on the head and drove it in with one hit.
just about the weakest and most inaccurate assessment I’ve ever experienced. But, enneagram is very faulty to begin with.
Hola, mi nnombre es Adriana, vivo en Argentina y quiero decirles que me gustaría hacer el test de eneagrama pero Google no traduce esta parte al español, todo el resto del texto lo traduce pero el test no. Desde ya muchas
gracias
Gracias por dejarnos saber Adriana, voy a ver que puedo hacer al respecto si es possible con esto software traducirlo.
I tested on another website as a phobic 6w5, it’s absolutely true to me,I’m paralyzed by anxiety and fear, don’t know how to improve this
Same here! 6W5. It’s fascinating how accurate it is. I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts about all of the different types, and I could see myself being in any of them. But I’ve taken the test on 3 different websites, same result. I’m trying to find a way out of being a 6, haha.
I took the test but never received the results.
Thanks Jaggy for the comment. At the moment the Test results aren’t being emailed to you guys because someone users reported our email as Spam and they had to be paused so we can investigate why they thought they were spam. Don’t worry, once we decide how to proceed, the queue will send out.
Fascinating! I got the reformer. I tend to focus more on helping others make their lives better and direct anything “bad” on myself, especially since I grew up in a traumatic background. Even from a young age, I could see how things will play out and be correct, so I try to prevent some things from happening, to protect others from harm, like I experienced.
I’m learning that some things are meant to happen so we grow as individuals, appreciate the world, and learn from every experience, good or bad. We must learn to change because not only for survival, but to reach our true potential.
Is this typical of this type?
Thanks for having this amazing quiz and intriguing readings. I have learned a lot from this and will use this knowledge to help others.
Thank you Ailidh, yes that’s quite normal for the Reformer :).
As I said before you are doing a great job. Just one question? If you live in Perth. Australia why is your donation in American dollars?
Thanks Vivian for the kind words. Our website servers are located in Chicago, and more than 50% of our visitors are based in the U.S so it wouldn’t make sense to use AUD as a currency.