Introduction to the Enneagram Test:
The Enneagram, derived from the Greek words “ennea” (nine) and “gramma” (written or drawn), is a dynamic personality system that identifies nine primary types. Each type represents a distinct pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving, rooted in core motivations, fears, desires, strengths, and weaknesses. While it can be applied to personal growth and understanding, it also serves as a potent tool for character development in fiction.
Whether you’re crafting a new protagonist for your next bestseller, diving into an introspective journey, or simply seeking to understand the motivations of those around you, the Enneagram offers a detailed map, charting the multifaceted terrain of personality. Unlike many personality tests that confine you to predefined categories, the Enneagram celebrates human fluidity. It recognizes our dominant traits, but also the influences that can mold and shift us over time.
Taking the Enneagram Test: A Comprehensive Guide:
1. Understanding the Structure:
• Core Motivations: Uncover what drives actions and decisions. It might be the pursuit of knowledge, the need for peace, or a yearning to be loved and needed.
• Core Fears: Each individual or character harbors underlying fears— from fearing the ordinary to dreading conflict and confrontation.
• Core Desires: Ascertain the aspirations and yearnings. Whether it’s achieving success, expressing creativity, or extending a helping hand, these desires shape paths and ambitions.
• Core Weaknesses: Every character has vulnerabilities. It’s essential to recognize whether they avoid confrontations, struggle with self-worth, or any other weaknesses to offer depth and relatability.
• Core Strengths: Celebrate empowering traits. Recognizing strengths, be it empathy, ambition, or creativity, is pivotal in shaping journeys and relationships.
2. Selecting and Rating Responses:
• You’ll be presented with nine distinct options for each of the five categories.
• Choose up to 3 options that resonate the most. However, if you find yourself torn between a few, there’s flexibility to select 4.
• Rate each selection based on its resonance, providing a nuanced touch to dominant traits.
3. Engaging with the Test Emotionally:
• The Enneagram test is designed to elicit introspection and evoke a spectrum of emotions. It’s essential to be in touch with how each statement makes you feel.
• Whether a prompt evokes pride, vulnerability, or nostalgia, use these feelings as guiding beacons. They often provide deeper insights and enrich the character profiling process.
By the test’s conclusion, you’ll be equipped with a detailed profile, shedding light on the dominant Enneagram type and potential secondary influences that add layers to the personality in question.
My Enneagram and Jungian Function Results TLDR; If you’d like to see the actual results you can find it after the conclusion.
Interpreting My Enneagram and Jungian Function Results: A Personal Exploration
Navigating the results of the Enneagram test intertwined with the Jungian functions gave me a detailed, multifaceted insight into my psyche. Let’s dive deep into this exploration:
1. Enneagram Type Breakdown:
Dominant – Type 1 (The Perfectionist): My drive to ensure what’s right and just is evident in my daily life. The underlying fear of being wrong, combined with the desire to constantly improve, is both my motivation and sometimes a source of self-induced pressure.
Auxiliary – Type 5 (The Investigator): My intellectual curiosity is undeniable. This thirst for knowledge and understanding resonates deeply with me, reinforcing my natural inclination to research and analyze before making decisions.
Tertiary – Type 2 (The Helper): The Helper traits in me come alive when interacting with those dear to me. My drive to support others, paired with my need to be loved, often shapes many of my relationships.
Inferior – Type 6 (The Loyalist): My score here speaks to my value for loyalty and trustworthiness, even if it’s an underlying current rather than a dominant force in my personality.
2. Motivations, Fears, Desires, Weaknesses, Strengths:
While I’ve always perceived myself as someone with a strong moral compass (The Reformer’s dominant strength), it’s enlightening to see the Helper’s attributes reflected so dominantly in both my fears and strengths. The Investigator’s attributes reaffirm my introspective nature and desire for comprehensive understanding.
3. Jungian Function Overview:
Thinking Extroverted (Te): My highest score. This aligns with my tendency to organize, prioritize efficiency, and seek structured logic in my external environment.
Thinking Introverted (Ti): Close behind Te, Ti exemplifies my pursuit of precision, particularly in language and expression. It explains my inclination to analyze and classify nuanced details.
Sensing Introverted (Si): My respect for tradition and past experiences plays a pivotal role in my decision-making, reminding me to value the lessons from history.
The subsequent functions, from Feeling Extroverted (Fe) to iNtuition Extroverted (Ne), offer a gradient of my personality attributes, with my spontaneous and brainstorming tendencies being on the lower spectrum.
By interpreting my results, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of my core motivations, fears, and strengths. This introspective journey has equipped me with insights that will undoubtedly influence my personal growth and interactions moving forward.
For those keen to delve deeper into individual Enneagram types, wings, and more, explore our dedicated post [Link to the dedicated post].
Conclusion: Your Enneagram Journey Awaits:
Embarking on this introspective Enneagram journey has been illuminating for me, revealing facets of my character I was previously unaware of. I encourage you, dear reader, to take this test for yourself. The insights you’ll gain, whether for personal growth or character development, are invaluable. Remember, understanding oneself is the first step towards growth and positive change. Dive in, and let the Enneagram be your guide.
TLDR:
My Enneagram and Jungian Function Results
Enneagram Type Breakdown:
• Dominant: Type 1 (The Perfectionist)
• Score: 20
• Perfectionists are driven by a strong desire to do what is right and just. They fear being wrong or bad and seek to improve themselves and the world around them.
• Core Motivation: Desire to do what is right and just.
• Core Fear: Being wrong or bad.
• Core Desire: To improve themselves and the world around them.
• Core Weakness: Self-criticism and judgment of both themselves and others.
• Core Strength: High standards and strong sense of morality.
• Auxiliary: Type 5 (The Investigator)
• Score: 20
• Investigators are motivated by a thirst for knowledge and understanding. They fear incompetence and ignorance and seek to analyze and comprehend the world around them.
• Core Motivation: Thirst for knowledge and understanding.
• Core Fear: Incompetence and ignorance.
• Core Desire: To analyze and comprehend the world.
• Core Weakness: Withdrawing from others.
• Core Strength: Intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge.
• Tertiary: Type 2 (The Helper)
• Score: 15
• Helpers are motivated by a need to be loved and needed. They fear being unwanted or unloved, and their desire is to care for and assist others.
• Core Motivation: Need to be loved and needed.
• Core Fear: Being unwanted or unloved.
• Core Desire: To care for and assist others.
• Core Weakness: Over-identifying with others needs.
• Core Strength: Empathy and compassion for those around them.
• Inferior: Type 6 (The Loyalist)
• Score: 13
• Loyalists are motivated by a desire for security and support. They fear being without guidance and rely on trustworthy people and systems.
• Core Motivation: Desire for security and support.
• Core Fear: Being without guidance.
• Core Desire: To rely on trustworthy people and systems.
• Core Weakness: Anxiety and doubt.
• Core Strength: Loyalty and commitment to values and relationships.
Jungian Function Overview:
• Thinking Extraverted (Te)
• Score: 21
• Te is oriented towards organizing the external world, prioritizing efficiency, productivity, and structured logic.
• Thinking Introverted (Ti)
• Score: 19
• Ti seeks precision, such as the exact word to express an idea. It notices the minute distinctions that define the essence of things, then analyzes and classifies them.
• Sensing Introverted (Si)
• Score: 15
• Si draws upon past experiences and stored data to form perceptions. It values tradition, stability, and the lessons of history.
• Feeling Extroverted (Fe)
• Score: 10
• Fe prioritizes the emotional needs of others and seeks harmony in interpersonal relationships. It values societal norms and tends to prioritize group harmony over individual needs.
• Feeling Introverted (Fi)
• Score: 9
• Fi is focused on internal values and how one feels about them. It evaluates things based on how well they align with personal beliefs and values.
• Sensing Extroverted (Se)
• Score: 7
• Se focuses on the immediate context, experiencing and noticing the external environment in vivid detail. It is highly attuned to sensory experience and is often spontaneous.
• iNtuition Extroverted (Ne)
• Score: 4
• Ne sees possibilities of what could be, often leading to bursts of inspiration. It enjoys brainstorming and thinking outside the box.