Free Enneagram Personality Test : What Personality Type Are You?

You have an emphasis on personal integrity and selfcontrol. Your attention goes toward seeing and correcting what is wrong, and doing the right thing.

You are known for your honesty, dependability and common sense.

You are responsible, so much so that you may resent other people who do not take life as seriously as you do.

You have high standards and tend to see the world in black and white, right and wrong.

It’s easy for you to be critical, of yourself as well as others.

You work hard at being right all the time. You are idealistic and will exert great effort to improve the world around you, which often puts you in the role of social reformer.

Your crucial elements of growth are to learn to accept your imperfections and tolerate other people’s points of view.

Basic Desire : To be good and honorable

Basic Fear : Being unethical or immoral

Communication Style : You appreciate punctuality, honesty, and being taken seriously.

You are a feeling-based type with a focus on relationship.

You excel at making connections and empathizing with the needs and feelings of other people.

You are usually good at supporting others and helping bring out your potential.

However, turning your attention toward yourself and knowing what you yourself need is much more difficult.

You want to be accepted and liked by others, and you will adapt or change yourself to earn this approval.

A bit like emotional sponges, you have to be very careful what you absorb from the people around you.

Getting angry or setting personal boundaries can be very hard to do, although you may have emotional outbursts to relieve the pressure.

While being a special person or earning the approval of others has its advantages, it doesn't substitute for being loved for oneself.

Basic Desire : To be loved completely

Basic Fear : Being unworthy of love

Communication Style : You need attention and encouragement; share ways in which you can offer support while thanking you for your hard work.

You are feeling-based types, but you channel your emotional energy into getting things done.

You take the initiative and work hard to accomplish your goals.

You are highly adaptable, and you excel at "feeling out" and meeting the expectations of others when that will lead you to success.

You like to stay active and on the go, so it's hard to stop or slow down.

Your focus on keeping up your image and achieving results can get in the way of personal needs and health.

American business is a particularly strong The performer culture where you get a lot of positive reinforcement for being productive and efficient.

A danger for you is concentrating on external praise or material rewards while losing contact with who you are inside.

It's difficult for you to step out of your roles, feel your own feelings, and decide for yourself what is important.

Basic Desire : To be worthy and important

Basic Fear : Being insignificant or useless

Communication Style : You prefer straightforward, honest communication; help you to feel valued and offer you specific tasks or goals.

You are feeling-based types who often experience a sense of longing and melancholy.

Something is missing for you, which can lead to a quest for wholeness through romantic idealism, healing, or aesthetics.

When you compare yourself to others, you experience feelings of envy.

You seek meaning and depth in your relationships, your work, or in a quest for personal creativity.

You are artist who excel at expressing universal human emotions in dance, music, and poetry.

While you seek to have a good image, it's most important for you to be authentic.

Often passionate, sometimes overly emotional, your attention moves back and forth from empathizing with others to your own inner experience.

You need time alone. The key to healing and growth for you is to balance sadness with the capacity for happiness and satisfaction, even if the relationship or the experience seems flawed or incomplete.

Basic Desire : To be authentically yourself

Basic Fear : Having no personal identity

Communication Style : You need emotional understanding and recognition of your personal identity; encourage your creativity and allow you space to recharge.

You are mental types who focus on intellectual understanding and accumulating knowledge.

You are often scholars or technical experts because of your keen perception and analytical ability.

Privacy and personal autonomy are very important to you, and other people may be experienced as intrusive.

The ability to detach from other people and from emotional pressure confers personal freedom, but may also create loneliness.

Some of you may be intellectually brilliant or knowledgeable, while feelings and relationships present an enormous challenge.

For others, family and friends are very important, but you will still need lots of time alone to pursue your own interests and re-create yourself.

You need to balance your tendency to withdraw or withhold from people by reaching out to others, even if this involves discomfort or conflict.

Basic Desire : To be useful and helpful

Basic Fear : Being incompetent or unskilled

Communication Style : You need plenty of time to yourself; appreciate your knowledge, express yourself logically, and ask direct questions.

You are mental types who use your perception and intellect to understand the world and figure out whether other people are friendly or hostile.

You focus on guarding the safety of the group, project or community.

You are good at anticipating problems and coming up with solutions. Knowing the rules and making agreements with other people is important, yet at the same time you tend to doubt yourself and question others.

You can oscillate between skepticism and certainty, rebel or true believer.

Some you are in the "cautious" mode; you hesitate, you worry a lot, and you procrastinate.

Other you prefer to stay in the "strength" mode: you rush into action and you seek to brace yourself physically or ideologically as a way of overcoming your fear.

As you learn to trust yourself as well as other people, you become more flexible and you develop the courage to act even in the presence of doubt or ambivalence.

Basic Desire : To be stable and secure

Basic Fear : Losing your security and support

Communication Style : You need to feel safe to express yourself; be supportive, direct, and appreciative of your logical decision-making.

You are mental types who are forward thinkers and forward movers.

You usually bring an optimistic and positive attitude to all of your activities.

You are interested in many different subjects. You don't want to be limited to doing one thing and you prefer to keep your options and possibilities open.

Although you can be excellent communicators, you are less concerned with image and other people's approval than other types.

It's most important to have fun, whether that's found in travel and adventure or more intellectual pursuits.

You are enthusiastic consumers of new ideas, new technology, and pleasurable experiences.

However, too much of a good thing can be a problem for you. Because your attention shifts so quickly, it's challenging for you to go into things in depth and to stay the course in work and relationships.

Slowing down, being in the moment, and learning to tolerate your own and other people's suffering – all can bring needed balance.

Basic Desire : To be fulfilled and happy

Basic Fear : Missing out on an opportunity or being deprived

Communication Style : You appreciate a positive, open-minded attitude; build a personal connection with you and listen intently to your out-of-the-box ideas.

You are a body-based type who tend to take charge of situations and step into a leadership role.

You are energetic and intense, and you can be intimidating at times to other people.

Impatient with rules and regulations, you like to do things your way.

By asserting control over your environment, you do your best to protect yourself and anyone else who is part of your family or group.

Fairness or justice is a high priority. If you feel wronged, you will fight back since in your experience weakness or vulnerability will precipitate an attack from the outside world.

The strength that are generated in this mission can be admirable, but also misapplied.

The challenge for you is to combine assertion and control with interdependency and cooperation, as well as learning how to curb your often excessive appetites.

Basic Desire : To be free, in control, and protected

Basic Fear : Being controlled or hurt

Communication Style : You want direct communication from others; be forward, logical, and strong when expressing thoughts and ideas with you.

You are the most basic and most numerous personality type.

You are the "salt of the earth" and the "glue" that holds the community together.

People of this type come in all shapes and sizes, but you share a common problem with inertia (or momentum).

Whether you are lazy in the traditional sense or hard workers continually on the move, "you" have a problem finding and staying with your own priorities.

It's hard to change directions or shift attention to what is most important. You "forget" yourself.

You excel at seeing all points of view. This can make it difficult for you to make personal decisions, but at the same time, you can be excellent mediators and peacemakers for others.

You seek harmony in your environment and will go to great lengths to avoid conflict (although at times championing others).

You are body-based types, with a strong gut sense of knowing, although you can also be out of touch with your bodies.

Basic Desire : To be at peace and stable

Basic Fear : Being separated from the world

Communication Style : You prefer peaceful interactions; encourage you to share your own thoughts and listen attentively, offering support and sharing feedback thoughtfully.