The Enneagram -
From one point of view, the Enneagram can be seen as a set of nine distinct personality types, with each number on the Enneagram denoting one type. It is common to find a little of yourself in all nine of the types, although one of them should stand out as being closest to yourself. This is your basic personality type.
Everyone emerges from childhood with one of the nine types dominating their personality, with inborn temperament and other pre-natal factors being the main determinants of our type. This is one area where most all of the major Enneagram authors agree—we are born with a dominant type. Subsequently, this inborn orientation largely determines the ways in which we learn to adapt to our early childhood environment. It also seems to lead to certain unconscious orientations toward our parental figures, but why this is so, we still do not know. In any case, by the time children are four or five years old, their consciousness has developed sufficiently to have a separate sense of self. Although their identity is still very fluid, at this age children begin to establish themselves and find ways of fitting into the world on their own.
Thus, the overall orientation of our personality reflects the totality of all childhood factors (including genetics) that influenced its development. (For more about the developmental patterns of each personality type, see the related section in the type descriptions in Personality Types and in The Wisdom of the Enneagram. There is a discussion of the overall theory in Understanding The Enneagram, 67-70).
Several more points can be made about the basic type itself.
Melissa & Tim Elliott along with Brother and sister in-law, Nate & Kerry Allen, are avid learners and advocates of The Enneagram. They share their own journey of struggle and success in using this incredible tool in their relationships and daily life.
Links:
https://www.enneagraminstitute.com
https://www.amazon.com/The-Wisdom-Enneagram-Psychological-Personality/dp/0553378201
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https://www.theroadbacktoyou.com
https://www.amazon.com/Road-Back-You-Enneagram-Self-Discovery/dp/0830846190
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