The Enneagram Model

The Enneagram Model

• A model symbolizing the unfolding of human consciousness, rooted in Sufi mysticism
• Identifies nine major personality types, each with its own characteristics
• Each type organized around a chief feature of character or passion

Personality Types

• Each person is born with one type, but can identify with aspects of other types
• Three kinds of intelligence or intuitive information reception: belly-based, emotional, and head-based
• Each type characterized by three emotional predispositions:
  • Types 1-8-9: belly-based, predisposed to anger
  • Types 2-3-4: emotional, predisposed to not knowing
  • Types 5-6-7: head-based, predisposed to fear

Type Interactions

• Each type connected to others by lines indicating influential types in stressful or secure situations
• For example, a Nine type under stress behaves like a Three, and in a secure situation, like a Six

Wings and Subtypes

• Each type has two adjacent wings, each with a complementary second side to the personality
• Wings can exert equal influence, or none at all
• Each type consists of three subtypes relating to issues in: intimate & one-to-one relationships, social relationships, and self-preservation