quickly find your enneagram type part 2

okay, i'm assuming you read part 1 and picked two statements--one from the ABC group and one from the XYZ group--that best represent you. not how you'd like to be, but how you are.

if you haven't done that, go to part 1 and do it. you should have a combination of letters like AX or BZ.

here's the key:
AX=7 the enthusiast
AY=8 the challenger
AZ=3 the achiever
BX=9 the peacemaker
BY=4 the individualist
BZ=5 the investigator
CX=2 the helper
CY=6 the loyalist
CZ=1 the reformer

this is the simplest way of determining your type that i know of. it's not infallible. we humans often tend to see what we want to see and have blind spots. if you're not sure, ask those who spend the most time with you for help.

if you get into this, there are a whole slew of books and workshops you can partake of.

remember, enneagram types are set by early childhood. it seems to be the common human destiny that we are born free and open, and early on, something happens--who knows why, perhaps it's genetic--and we get fixated and develop in a particular way, seeing ourselves and the world through a major filter.

enneagram work is about discovering our filters and transcending them. it can be painful at times and also very, very liberating.

there are also wings, directions you go in stress and in health, levels of development, and instincts, which make the enneagram an infinitely fascinating and complex tool for self-discovery and personal growth.

warm wishes on your journey!