THE ENNEAGRAM

Understanding How People Think, React & Relate

Heart2 · 3 · 4
Head5 · 6 · 7
Gut8 · 9 · 1

9 types. 27 subtypes. Each with a distinct pattern for how they lead, follow, resist, and contribute. Map these patterns so that what was unpredictable becomes structured and solvable.

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Enneagram Groupings

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The Three Centres

How each type processes the world — through feeling, thinking, or instinct

Stances (Hornevian Groups)

How each type moves in relation to others — toward, against, or away

Instinctual Drives

The three survival strategies — each creating 9 distinct subtypes

Harmonic Groups

How each type copes when things don’t go as planned

The Nine Types

Heart Types — 2 · 3 · 4
2

The Helper

Heart Centre · Service

Generous, demonstrative, people-pleasing, and possessive. The belief that love must be earned through giving.

“You are wanted”

3

The Achiever

Heart Centre · Delivery

Adaptable, excelling, driven, and image-conscious. Without accomplishment, what are they?

“You are loved for being you”

4

The Individualist

Heart Centre · Creativity

Expressive, dramatic, self-absorbed, and temperamental. Creativity as a vehicle for identity.

“You are seen and loved for who you are”

Head Types — 5 · 6 · 7
5

The Observer

Head Centre · Insight

Perceptive, innovative, secretive, and isolated. Withdrawing to conserve energy and gather information.

“Your needs are not a problem”

6

The Loyalist

Head Centre · Vigilance

Engaging, responsible, anxious, and suspicious. Seeking certainty through loyalty and trust.

“You are safe”

7

The Enthusiast

Head Centre · Vision

Spontaneous, versatile, acquisitive, and scattered. Reframing suffering as opportunity.

“You will be taken care of”

Gut Types — 8 · 9 · 1
8

The Challenger

Gut Centre · Drive

Self-confident, decisive, wilful, and confrontational. Dominance as the default stance.

“You will not be betrayed”

9

The Peacemaker

Gut Centre · Harmony

Receptive, reassuring, complacent, and resigned. Going along to get along.

“You matter”

1

The Improver

Gut Centre · Integrity

Principled, purposeful, self-controlled, and perfectionistic. Driven by a relentless inner critic demanding correctness.

“You are good”