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.
The Enneagram is also a highly psycho-spiritual model (meaning that it caters to human psychology and spirituality) that can support you on your spiritual journey.
Get ready to learn about your deepest strengths, weaknesses, and gifts in our free enneagram test!
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.
Our enneagram test (bottom of page) will help you to identify these different facets and what you need to pay attention to.
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 enneagram 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. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the Enneagram is that it encourages the development and liberation of the Soul underneath.
Enneagram and Spiritual Awakening
The power of the enneagram lies in its ability to lead us to higher awareness. By helping us to understand the root of our fixations and various neurosis, we learn about our ego structure and where it broke off from Divine consciousness (called the ‘Holy Idea’). We also learn what quality we need to develop in order to deepen our spiritual awakening journey.
In his Enneagram book Facets of Unity, A. H. Almaas writes,
The … view of the Enneagram is that each ennea-type fixation is the expression of a limited mental perspective on reality, and that each of the nine egoic perspectives is the direct result of the loss or absence of the enlightened perception of one of the Holy Ideas … Working with the Enneagram as part of a larger spiritual work, however, leads to a much deeper realization of truth and thus, a freedom from personality patterns.
Take Our Free Enneagram Test!
Now that you have the important background information, it’s time to get started!
Find out what your Enneagram type is in our free enneagram test below. (Don’t forget to share what you got in the comments!) This is one of the best, free, and fast Enneagram tests out there with a description of your type at the end:
What did you get?
Share your results!
1. All are One.
2. The dichotomy
3. The magic number
4. TETRAGRAMMATON
5. Five
6. The Hebrews
7. Luck
8. Infinity
9.
The result actually coincides with lab work which reveals I am biochemically undermethylated and perfectionism is a typical trait of undermethylated individuals amongst other things. Grateful for insight from multiple angles.
That’s an interesting correlation, thank you for sharing K.
The Perfectionists. What can I say other than I am a work in progress.
My Enneagram type is the Individualist.
I found the test hard also. The Giver. I knew it. :(. Being absolute empathic giving is more of ‘here’ please enjoy but take a step back out of my space. I grew the shell in childhood. I carry it to this day. Older . I can’t remember how I found this site but thankyou! I’m hoping still to find peace here.
Last time I took the test it was The Perfectionist.
This time I am The Observer, this fits perfectly with my current journey.
Putting into place healing and spiritual awareness, more grounding and Chakra aligning, meditation, self-love and kindness, shadow work, widening awareness and healing in Nature…….among other things in a total ‘work in progess’, has been my year.
My journey continues, I’ll never stop seeking and learning. What I’ve read and followed since joining your emails have been of great benefit to me and I thank you both for sharing all these things. I hope that others have been gaining as much insight as me.
Thank you so much for the kind words and sharing Red ♥
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Hmm.. I expected to turn out as a peacemaker since I consider myself a 9 in the Enneagram. But I know there is something about “the wings” in the enneagram structure and I thought I was a 9 with a strong 1 wing.. Perfectionism is a strong part of me, often I take on others strugggle and I often victimize myself. Courage, self compassion and self love are topics I work on these days..
Interesting to be listed as “Perfectionist.” I spent most of my imperfect disabled life (I’m 71, born hearing impaired) trying to conform to the perfectionism of mainstream society. After giving up some time ago I consider myself lucky: I’m happy and living a fulfilling life, striving for “continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” (Kim Collins)
I came out a perfectionist… spot on, sooo stressful (lol) Yes! I really need to learn serenity. And, resentment; yes again. Great test… seems like lots of perfectionists are seeking answers. Thank you for all your work Luna & Sol.
Thanks Meg!
I found this test a tad difficult. I’ve been changing so much on a spiritual level that some questions were 50/50 for me now where as before I would have completely been one or the other. I’m sure as my understanding grows from reaching within to become who I AM, my answers will change more.