Explore your core motivations, fears, and desires through the Enneagram framework.
The Enneagram is a dynamic personality system that describes nine distinct strategies for relating to the self, others, and the world. Unlike trait-based models, the Enneagram focuses on your core motivations — the unconscious drives that shape your behavior, fears, and desires. Understanding your type unlocks powerful pathways for personal and spiritual growth.
The Enneagram has ancient origins drawing from Sufi mysticism, Christian desert fathers, and Greek philosophy. Modern psychological application was pioneered by Oscar Ichazo in the 1960s and psychiatrist Claudio Naranjo in the 1970s, who connected the nine types to clinical personality patterns. Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson further developed the system with 'Levels of Development,' adding psychological depth. Today, the Enneagram is used by therapists, coaches, Fortune 500 companies, and individuals seeking deeper self-understanding.
Rate 12 statements about your motivations, fears, and behavioral patterns using a 5-point agreement scale.
Your responses are mapped to the nine Enneagram types and their core motivational structures.
Discover your dominant type along with wing influences and stress/growth paths.
Receive insights about your type's growth path and strategies for personal development.
Your dominant Enneagram type and its core motivation
Your primary fear — the unconscious driver you're trying to avoid
Your primary desire — what you're fundamentally seeking
How your type manifests at different levels of psychological health
Your growth and stress directions — paths to integration and disintegration
While the Enneagram is less empirically researched than the Big Five, growing studies support its validity. Research by Wagner & Walker (1983) and Newgent et al. (2004) found meaningful correlations between Enneagram types and established personality measures. The Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI) has demonstrated good test-retest reliability.
Take the Enneagram Core Motivations Test now and receive your personalized report with actionable insights.