# Enneagram test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 1999, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117 "1999-11-14T23:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/1 "1999-11-14T23:10:00Z")
With all the personality tests popping up in MPSIMS, I wondered how many of you have heard of enneagrams. I know okatym and some other posters talked about it some [here](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001246.html). Here’s an [enneagram test](http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/~becca/enneagram/rheti/) to see what your personality type is. It’s a sampler of a test produced by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson. They wrote _Personality Types_, which I heartily recommend. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/2 "1999-11-14T23:13:00Z")
Will someone tell me why I can’t get my URL commands to work right? Enneagram Test [http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/~becca/enneagram/rheti/](http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/~becca/enneagram/rheti/) okatym’s thread [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001246.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001246.html) ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/3 "1999-11-14T23:14:00Z")
The link didn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/4 "1999-11-14T23:14:00Z")
simul-post…i’ll try the new ones! ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/5 "1999-11-14T23:21:00Z")
Yep, they work OK ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/6 "1999-11-14T23:23:00Z")
I’m split equally between: The Artist. The intuitive, reserved type. and The Generalist. The enthusiastic, productive type. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/7 "1999-11-14T23:33:00Z")
Since I started it, I should say what my personality type is, I guess. I’m an Artist. The Riso/Hudson book talks about “wing” types, which are types that are next to one’s main type that also influence them. That said, I have a Thinker “wing”. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/8 "1999-11-14T23:34:00Z")
I did one of these years ago…the result said that I was a 5, with tendencies toward 8, which was supposedly a constructive thing to be. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/9 "1999-11-14T23:43:00Z")
My mom (who, with a psych degree AND a card-carrying New Ager, is… um… formidable 😉 ), is a great proponent of the Enneagram and considers it to be a great predictor of future actions. I am rather less convinced of its validity, but then every book on the Enneagram I’ve read makes the various types sound like raving psychotics. FWIW, she claims I’m mostly a 1, while this test says I’m mostly type 5. Dunno. Take it with whatever dosage of salt you find it requires… * * * Shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/10 "1999-11-14T23:54:00Z")
I scored an 8 in Type 5: The Thinker, 5 each in Type 3: The Motivator, Type 4: The Artist, Type 6: The Skeptic, and Type 9: The Peacemaker, 3 each in Type 1: The Reformer and Type 8: The Leader, a 2 in Type 7: The Generalist, and a big fat zero in Type 2: The Helper. Actually, that sounds a lot like me… * * * God is dead. -Nietzsche Nietzsche is dead. -God Neitzsche is God. -Dead ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/11 "1999-11-15T00:44:00Z")
All these test sites that have suddenly appeared here… what’s the point of them? How are we improved by knowing what category we should be forced under? I dunno, it all seems totally pointless. * * * -PIGEONMAN- Hero For A New Millennium! [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - updates every Wed & Sat ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/12 "1999-11-15T00:57:00Z")
I don’t take it seriously, either, but I always found stuff like this to be fun. I mean, I know what my personality’s like, I know about how smart I am, and I definitely am aware of my “impurity”, but it’s interesting to see it confirmed. It’s also interesting when you know it’s waaaaaay the hell off. Besides, it’s a great way for people who, for the most part, exist to each other only as words on screens to get to know each other better. * * * God is dead. -Nietzsche Nietzsche is dead. -God Neitzsche is God. -Dead ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/13 "1999-11-15T01:20:00Z")
I think it is fun to see how you compare with your friends on personality tests. It’s interesting. Type 1 – 5 Type 2 – 6 Type 3 – 4 Type 4 – 4 Type 5 – 4 Type 6 – 1 Type 7 – 8 Type 8 – 4 Type 9 – 0 ## Wow, it thinks I’m productive… – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/14 "1999-11-15T01:46:00Z")
Am I the only one who got negative scores in most of the sections? I got a 5 in the Thinker, a 3 in the 1st section (can’t remember what it is), and most of everything else was in the -1 to -3 range, except for a big fat -7 in the Helper. 🙂 I guess this means I’m an ice bitch, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/15 "1999-11-15T01:47:00Z")
My scores : Type 1: The Reformer. The rational, idealistic type. **Score : 3** Type 2: The Helper. The caring, nurturing type. **Score : 7** Type 3: The Motivator. The adaptable, success-oriented type. **Score : 3** Type 4: The Artist. The intuitive, reserved type. **Score : 4** Type 5: The Thinker. The perceptive, cerebral type. **Score : 3** Type 6: The Skeptic. The committed, security-oriented type. **Score : 6** Type 7: The Generalist. The enthusiastic, productive type. **Score : 3** Type 8: The Leader. The powerful, aggressive type. **Score : 0** ☹ Type 9: The Peacemaker. The easygoing, accommodating type. **Score : 6** So I guess I’m a skeptic, peacemaking helper. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/16 "1999-11-15T03:08:00Z")
Ok, for what it’s worth: **1-** -Reformer - 3 points **2** - Helper - 0 points 🙂 **3** - Motivate 4 points **4** -Artist - 4 points **5** Thinker - 5 points \*\*6 \*\* Generalist - 3 points **7** Leader - 8 points **8** Peacemaker - 4 points The one about the helper is definately true. But was anyone else annoyed/disturbed by question #28: I tend to be a) Detached and preoccupied. B) Moody and self absorbed. Ummm, wouldn’t anyone with any self preservation skills ( Or at least some ounce of intelligence answer A or nothing at all?) As for the _Improved Test_ Here’s the results and I’m not sure, but I think the indications are that I’m going postal soon. You be the judge: **1** _Reformer_ 1 **2** \* Helper\*\*\*-\*\*8 **3** _Motivator_ 3 **4** \*Artist \* 10 **5** \*Thinker \* 10 **6** \*Skeptic \* \*\*-\*\*10 **7** _Generalist_ \*\*-\*\*6 **8** \*Leader \* 4 **9** _Peacemaker_ \*\*-\*\*1 ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/17 "1999-11-15T03:27:00Z")
I took the test and I’m a bit surprised at what it had to say: type1 - 2 type2 - 5 type3 - 3 type4 - 4 type5 - 6 type6 - 3 type7 - 2 type8 - 4 type9 - 7 So, according to this specific test, I’m a peacemaker, and leaning towards being a thinker. Fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/18 "1999-11-15T04:04:00Z")
Type 1 - 3 Type 2 - 4 Type 3 - 0 Type 4 - 6 Type 5 - 6 Type 6 - 5 Type 7 - 6 Type 8 - 2 Type 9 - 4 So what’s that make me? ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/19 "1999-11-15T04:50:00Z")
I think the test is just intended as a starting point, Sanibel. You should probably read some of the other pages at the site to get a better idea of what type you are. The thing I like about the enneagram system (theory?) is that it doesn’t say one type is better than another. There are different levels of health/unhealth within each type. Granted, I got most of what I know from the aforementioned book, and the website probably doesn’t go into as much detail. (Wow! Reading a book! What a novel idea! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 1999, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enneagram-test/11117/20 "1999-11-15T05:21:00Z")
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