This test is designed to score your results for the following 306 items, the first 27 of which scoring how closely you identify with a set of limiting subconscious beliefs for each Enneagram type (3 randomly chosen for each type), the next 27 of which scoring how closely you identify with a set of coping strategies employed as a result of having these subconscious beliefs (again, a random 3 of each type), the next 90 of which scoring you along a set of natural gifts and talents for each type (10 of each) and the last 162 of which scoring you along the three subtype descriptions for the nine types with 6 items chosen for each subtype: 3 positive items and 3 negative items. Because there are 846 items stored in the database, you will receive a random 306 of those 846 items whenever you take this test; your results are therefore subject to change upon a retest.
You can select five options per question, where the leftmost choice corresponds to "disagree/no" and the rightmost choice corresponds to "agree/yes." The three options in the middle correspond to only moderate preferences for each side, the middle option being specifically for "no preference for either side." To aid you in remembering this, "yes" and "no" have been labeled on their corresponding columns and have been colored appropriately.
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The following is a list of limiting subconscious beliefs for each type; please choose the appropriate choice for each belief.
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The following is a list of coping strategies for each type, where they focus their attention as a result of their subconscious beliefs; please choose the appropriate choice for each belief.
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#28 Winning important others over with kindness, charm and seduction
#29 Conserving energy and withdrawing to refuel
#30 Natural Socratic method of questioning to get to truth
#32 Indirectly displacing anger through correcting errors and/or championing social causes
#33 Being ultra-responsible and reliable ("I must..., I ought to..., I should...")
#34 Sacrificing your own needs to care for others
#35 Being passive-aggressive rather than directly confronting
#36 Meet challenges by being extremely adaptable -- I adjust my behavior and affect to meet expectations and succeed
#37 Discerning the "right" thing to do (working hard, being honest, moderate, thrifty, etc.)
#38 Taking control of everything and everyone
#39 Being warm/pleasing to disarm potential hostility
#40 Seeing everyone else's point of view
#41 Heightened imagination and positive, anticipatory thinking
#42 Manage time for maximum efficiency and productivity
#43 Tuning in to inner states and feelings to actualize the self
#44 Being dutiful and aligning with others to feel safe
#45 Keeping life upbeat, exciting and enjoyable
#46 Work exceptionally hard and compete to be the best
#47 Focusing on the bright side, even in difficult situations
#48 Pleasing, harmonizing and accommodating to avoid conflict
#49 "Mismatch," an NLP term meaning I look for and notice what is NOT present in any experience -- what is missing
#50 Seeking knowledge to explain life and feel safe
#51 Having a high threshold for pain
#52 Searching for the ideal (partner, job, body,...., life) that will compensate for what I feel is missing inside
#53 Imposing their will and truth on others (to stay in control)
#54 "Mirroring" others (matching mannerisms) in conversation to create wonderful rapport
I have these natural gifts and talents that I take for granted:
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#55 The ability to protect people and create security and stability for them
#56 The ability to stay open-minded, inquisitive and intellectually curious
#57 The ability to see other peoples' points of view and value differences of opinion
#58 The ability to explore the world of dreams and symbols and think holistically
#59 The ability to nurture and cultivate love and kindness in others
#60 The ability to identify and make use of available resources in ingenious ways
#61 The ability to bring people together who I know could benefit one another
#62 The ability to experiment, investigate, explore and discover (I'm insatiably curious!)
#63 The ability to create close, personal, meaningful relationships with people
#64 The ability to investigate, inquire and research
#65 The ability to contemplate deeply, philosophize and understand abstract ideas and concepts
#66 The ability to detect when someone is being untruthful
#67 The ability to produce positive change in the world (with my vision, compassion and strength)
#68 The ability to anticipate wonderful things happening for me
#69 The ability to beautify any environment
#70 The ability to feel things deeply and share the depths of my soul with others, warts and all
#71 The ability to protect, guard, defend and keep people safe from harm
#72 The ability to create "works of art" (term used broadly) that are beautiful, poetic, touching
#73 The ability to investigate, probe and question
#74 The ability to see the big picture and develop long-range strategic goals
#75 The ability to foresee problems and troubleshoot them before they occur
#76 The ability to multitask (example: ride lifecycle, watch news, read newspaper (business section first?), and network or do business on the cell phone..... at 5:00 am)
#77 The ability to follow rules, procedures and policies (as long as they are fair and ethical!)
#78 The ability to create financial independence (because of my strong desire not to be dependent on anyone)
#79 The ability to build rapport and trust with anyone by being genuinely interested in them
#80 The ability to find and correct errors, flaws and omissions that others overlook
#81 The ability to "learn more to earn more" -- I naturally want to stay on the cutting edge of breakthrough success technology
#82 The ability to remain a source of strength, stability, reliability and dependability for others despite extreme hardship or trying circumstances
#83 The ability to invent new theories, models or systems to solve problems
#84 The ability to initiate, lead and take action to succeed
#85 The ability to provide real care and support to others
#86 The ability to adapt, accommodate, "go with the flow" and "live-and-let-live"
#87 The ability to learn quickly
#88 The ability to pull myself up by my own bootstraps
#89 The ability to build trust with people with my strong sense of integrity and hard work ethic
#90 The ability to stay focused on my dreams, goals and desires and anticipate good things happening for me
#91 The ability to network, communicate and interact well in interpersonal/social situations
#92 The ability to help other types get in touch with their deeper feelings
#93 The ability to work steadily and persistently toward my goals without giving up
#94 The ability to read people well, build rapport, and make friends easily
#95 The ability to take daring risks but based on practical intuition
#96 The ability to sell, promote and market myself, my services, and my products
#97 The ability to move into focused action when known difficulties/problems arise
#98 The ability to make people feel included and important
#99 The ability to learn quickly and do many different things well (can be a blessing or a curse)
#100 The ability to seek to understand myself deeply (and then help humanity do the same)
#101 The ability to protect and help those that have been taken advantage of or mistreated
#102 The ability to sense danger and often prevent it from happening
#103 The ability to see potential in people and possibilities in situations
#104 The ability to express myself creatively through art such as music, painting, dance, etc.
#105 The ability to juggle many roles and responsibilities in life (in my pursuit of having it all!)
#106 The ability to do precise, meticulous, accurate, high quality work (impeccable workmanship)
#107 The ability to affirm others and put them at ease
#108 The ability to see points of agreement between people's different points of view
#109 The ability to see patterns and possibilities
#110 The ability to handle crises well by remaining calm and collected
#111 The ability to inspect products, services, or processes to evaluate their quality or performance
#112 The ability to mediate conflicts and disagreements between people; to harmonize
#113 The ability to mobilize and marshal people to help others in need
#114 The ability to express myself in a highly unique, personal way
#115 The ability to be sincere and authentic about who I am which gives others permission to be honest and real about who they are
#116 The ability to synthesize vast amounts of information
#117 The ability to bring people together
#118 The ability to work for the common good and support causes (especially underdog ones)
#119 The ability to help people relax, see the big picture, and put things in perspective
#120 The ability to notice what is illogical, inconsistent, impractical or inefficient
#121 The ability to achieve any goal I set for myself, by working long and hard if necessary
#122 The ability to empathize with people and console and reassure them
#123 The ability to create an ambiance of romance
#124 The ability to keep personal information confidential (important for most occupations)
#125 The ability to build trust with people with my strong sense of loyalty, duty and commitment
#126 The ability to put enormous energy, passion and intensity into whatever I do
#127 The ability to develop myself and my potential to be all I can be
#128 The ability to cheer people up when they're down or just lighten the mood of others
#129 The ability to pick up the feelings of people around me (because of my emotional sensitivity)
#130 The ability to debate and critique
#131 The ability to see life in a highly unique, otherworldly, idiosyncratic, and often spiritual way
#132 The ability to read people well and perceive what's not being said
#133 The ability to improve myself and my work over time (a commitment to excellence)
#134 The ability to understand what motivates people
#135 The ability to notice flaws, discrepancies, inconsistencies, inaccuracies and contradictions
#136 The ability to exercise rational judgment and objectivity when making decisions
#137 The ability to focus and concentrate deeply on projects that interest me
#138 The ability to plan (especially exciting things to do!)
#139 The ability to take control of a bad situation (a failing business or government, for example) and turn it around
#140 The ability to heed my conscience when making decisions
#141 The ability to communicate well and get along with all kinds of people (even difficult ones)
#142 The ability to cooperate, collaborate and create harmonious relationships with others
#143 The ability to motivate, persuade, convince and inspire people
#144 The ability to give my word and honor it, come hell or high water!
The following is a list of statements taken from each subtype description. Please choose the appropriate choice for each item.
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#145 Feel drawn to anything or anyone that is unique, unusual, complex, mysterious, intense or beautiful
#146 Provide financial security and stability to others
#147 Lead a disciplined life that allows you to feel empowered and secure
#148 Always have other people's welfare in mind as well as your own
#149 Flattering, ingratiating, seductive
#150 Strong sense of social responsibility
#151 Often are a high achiever who participates in social causes; have unique talents and gifts to share
#152 Skilled at one-to-one relating because you are authentic and real rather than pretentious
#153 Can aggressively and relentlessly go after what you want (to keep anxiety repressed)
#154 Feel the need to be the ideal gender role model for their culture
#155 Often will stay on the periphery or the fringe of group involvement so you don't have to fully commit
#156 At worst, anxiety attacks, work burnout and nervous breakdowns
#157 Once you create powerful bonds of camaraderie with close friends, you can let your true feelings show
#158 You're very protective -- of yourself, your loved ones, your possessions, your friends, and others in need
#159 Responsible and security conscious
#160 At worst, can become resigned, emotionally dead yet needy, depressed, angry and socially isolated
#161 Can surrender control and be genuinely soft, vulnerable and tender with your partner once you have won your partner's loyalty and affections and have no fear of being betrayed
#162 Excellent social skills and great conversationalists
#163 Go after what you want
#164 Act childish and egocentric when scared
#165 Like to be spontaneous but also like planning so that you can do as much as possible with your time
#166 Losing your job or assets, or an illness that stops you from working, can feel life threatening
#167 Identify strongly with your image; can be show-offs
#168 Get rebellious when people presume to know what you are thinking and feeling
#169 Can have unrealistically high expectations of their partner to fit their ideal fantasy of a mate
#170 Know how to get close to and intimate with people
#171 Need lots of privacy and your own space
#172 Can develop excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills
#173 Can be disillusioned and resentful of authority figures if they end up disappointing you in some way
#174 Expect to be abandoned at any time and are terrified of having no support so you stay in bad situations
#175 Seek attention and even prestige by being popular or seen with the "in crowd"
#176 Tactful with good manners and a gracious way with people
#177 Give their time, energy and even money to improve conditions for people and/or the world
#178 Can get defensive or angry when people mock your ideals and lifestyle or try to change them
#179 Overly concerned with getting credentials and judging people by their credentials (degrees, titles, etc.)
#180 Minimalistic; get by with the bare essentials (like books, bookshelves, a computer & Sudoku puzzles!)
#181 Having prestige and a good reputation is very important
#182 Can be haughty, snobbish, intellectually arrogant and condescending toward "inferior-minded" people
#183 May even take credit for others' work and/or exaggerate their success/fame/wealth
#184 Are often talkative and enjoy a good debate, especially about politics, the economy, sports or leadership
#185 You can long for the ideal romantic union with a partner
#186 Get along well with individuals and groups that are very different from each other
#187 Opinionated; believe you are the voice of the "truth"
#188 Fearful of standing out and consequently have difficulty striving for your own success
#189 Have too high expectations of self and others
#190 Have a wide-ranging curiosity and are likely multitalented
#191 Are resilient; you can reframe disappointments and look to future possibilities for happiness
#192 At worst, can be voyeuristic, kinky, sexually perverted and/or isolate yourself from society
#193 Know how to look attractive: you workout, eat right, pay attention to style and grooming, etc.
#194 Your underlying fear is that you won't be able to take care of yourself, won't have the inner resources, capability, power or life skills to manage if something goes wrong
#195 Have learned to temper your impulsivity and risk taking; take calculated risks now
#196 Easily get bored with mundane reality so you embellish it with fantasy, imagination & wishful thinking
#197 Fear making mistakes, fear catastrophes
#198 Take criticism very personally
#199 Excellent social and interpersonal skills; great networker
#200 Due to social shame, you can believe you don't know how to function like normal people
#201 Group involvement helps you to structure the use of your time better
#202 Like to be seen with successful people to enhance their own social value
#203 Can unconsciously recreate childhood losses in adulthood through reckless behavior
#204 Give their time, energy and even money to improve conditions for people and/or the world
#205 Can become preoccupied with taking the path of least resistance --' maintaining comforting habits and repetitious routines as a way to zone out, expend minimal energy and keep your peace of mind
#206 Very sacrificial for a greater good or cause
#207 You can occasionally act counterphobic and rebel against an
untrustworthy authority figure
#208 You are usually quite energetic and like to stay active
#209 Are passionate about life
#210 Can be powerful and self-assertive
#211 Unconsciously yearning for the ideal partner perpetuates familiar feelings of lost love in childhood
#212 Turn on the charm and seductively focus on pleasing and lavishing attention on significant others
#213 Can be a hypochondriac
#214 Like to have order in your life and get upset when your familiar surroundings get disrupted or disordered
#215 Often drawn to academia or science (but not always); may become an expert in their field
#216 Can be patient, understanding, curious and a great listener
#217 Are capable of making new discoveries or introducing inventions or life changing theories, etc.
#218 At worst, you can feel alone, lost, dissociated from others and yourself
#219 You foster a sense of unity and deep connection with people you are close to (like your partner, parents, children, friends, pets, etc.), and for some your spiritual teacher or even All That Is
#220 You may like a partner to be strong and direct, to stand his/her ground against yourself
#221 Create aesthetically pleasing surroundings in your home that have emotional resonance for you
#222 Tend to be especially attracted to people who are distant or unavailable
#223 Feel you need to have freedom and multiple options in life; can easily become frustrated without them
#224 Can project your courage/strength/power onto admired authority figures and idealize/romanticize them
#225 Pay attention to yourself and "put first things first," aligning your behaviors and choices with what's really important to you, your deepest values and convictions
#226 Inner tension between social responsibility to others vs. a strong desire for excitement, adventure, fun
#227 Try to hide your fears behind a mask of beauty (especially women)
#228 At worst, can be an antisocial crackpot propounding your provocative, even anarchistic views to others
#229 Can express your feelings especially well nonverbally, through your sensuality and sexuality
#230 Know what you want out of life and don't get pulled off course by other people's agendas and desires
#231 Like a good heated debate or argument every once in a while with your partner
#232 Can be tenacious, determined and resolute to achieve your lofty goals
#233 Can be overly protective of your time, money, space and energy output
#234 Often very loyal to family and friends; enjoy nurturing and caring for your own
#235 Expect others to know what you need
#236 Child-like fear of not being able to make it on their own
#237 Are goal-oriented, hard-working and energetic
#238 Good team players, get along well with others
#239 Trust and privacy are big issues; don't want your partner discussing relationship issues with other people
#240 Set personal goals regularly and don't sweep problems under the rug
#241 Like to help others with their material and physical needs
#242 Can have vanity and try to become the "ideal man" or "ideal woman"
#243 Maintain order and comfort for everyone in your home
#244 Like going to seminars, conferences and meetings to learn new knowledge and meet like-minded people
#245 Seductive and alluring; crave yet fear intimacy
#246 Meaningful objects, such as antiques or art, can appease romantic desires and longings
#247 Conscientious about planning for the future, for yourself and loved ones
#248 When healthy, are capable of truly admiring and deeply loving your partner
#249 Healthy reformer qualities
#250 Would make a great teacher, mathematician, scientist, consultant or computer programmer
#251 Can be territorial about your possessions and get bent out of sorts if someone moves something of yours
#252 Fear becoming dependent on others or having others dependent on you
#253 Have a large circle of friends that you share interests, activities and enthusiasms with
#254 Are self-reliant and independent
#255 Can zone out mentally and disengage emotionally while still remaining physically present/involved
#256 Can be self-righteous
#257 Disengage from your partner to be alone after an intense engagement, which can confuse your partner
#258 At worst, you can become reckless a thrill-seeker, needing bigger and better experiences to get that rush of excitement you're looking for, like a drug addict who's built up a tolerance and needs more
#259 Won't let their guard down until you feel safe to do so, when you really trust and respect someone
#260 Tend to be lusty in love; can be competitive, impulsive and impatient too
#261 Can feel as though other people have what is missing in your life
#262 Excellent material providers for your family and yourself; can be generous and big-hearted
#263 Can be tough also but prefer to use your beauty to protect yourself
#264 Give their time, energy and even money to improve conditions for people and/or the world
#265 You are easily influenced by the people around you, so you like to make people happy so that you can stay happy (and avoid any kind of conflict)
#266 Can be possessive and demanding, intrusive and hovering
#267 Acts of service is one of your "love languages"
#268 Can be fickle and cancel appointments if something more exciting or promising comes up
#269 Are very loyal, dutiful and devoted to the people in your clan and work tirelessly on their behalf
#270 Critically and obsessively compare yourself to others
#271 It is easy for you to "lose yourself" in your partner because tension dissolves when you do
#272 Once friends have proven themselves trustworthy, they are considered part of your inner circle
#273 Want the best for everyone else as well as yourself
#274 Health conscious (exercise regularly, eat well, etc.)
#275 Dislike feeling burdened by your obligations and responsibilities; wish you could escape
#276 Strong emphasis on fidelity
#277 You try to ensure that everyone around you or with you has a good time
#278 Loving, attentive to others, generous
#279 Fear being able to live up to the image you are projecting
#280 Can be extremely devoted, big-hearted and loving once you trust their partner
#281 Can be neglectful of important responsibilities and obligations
#282 Responsible, loyal and committed, you stand by your friends and those you love
#283 Some choose work that helps others become more attractive
#284 Self-reliant and independent
#285 Tend to be assertive and confrontational in relationships; prefer intense relationships to comfortable ones
#286 Desire to find the perfect, ideal partner
#287 Fear of scarcity
#288 Intuitively know the needs and interests of others
#289 Desire to uphold and enforce rules for the good of all
#290 You like to get involved in groups that further social causes
#291 Always have other people's welfare in mind as well as your own
#292 At worst, can be highly self-critical, antisocial and depressed, living with your shame in isolation
#293 Interested in physical and material well being
#294 As you become less healthy you can become a scheming swindler, full of hot air and empty promises
#295 Able to be extremely open-hearted, compassionate and loving toward all sentient beings
#296 Can be overly competitive and self-promoting
#297 Enjoy fantasizing about all the magical adventures and interesting conversations you would have with your new romantic interest, even if they are married or have a partner already
#298 You develop a keen "appetite" for secondary sources of gratification as a substitute for true self-love
#299 Can lack confidence in your social skills, especially when initiating contact with a romantic interest
#300 Your lust for life makes you prone to excess --' late nights, heavy entertaining, drinking, eating, etc.
#301 When healthy you can fight injustices courageously, especially with backing from your inner circle
#302 Great at organizing meetings, facilitating projects
#303 Underlying feelings of scarcity cause you to withdraw into privacy
#304 Too intense for others
#305 Can be ingratiating and flattering to win other people's affections (and ensure your survival)