What's the Enneagram?
And How Do I Use It?

The Enneagram Symbol and the 9 Personality Types

A remarkable tool for self-knowledge and transformation, the Enneagram reveals with great clarity and detail nine distinct personality types. The word, "Enneagram," comes from ancient Greek. "Ennea" means nine and gram refers to the symbol you see to the left.

The exact origins of the system are unclear. However, the modern Enneagram traces its roots back to a number of ancient wisdom traditions, which gave rise to Christinaity, Judaism, Islam, Hermetic, and Gnostic traditions.

In the 19th Century, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff brought the Enneagram symbol and the quest for self-knowledge to the modern world. Today, the Enneagram owes its personality typology to Bolivian Psychologist Oscar Ichazo and Chilean Psychologist Claudio Naranjo. Many brilliant scholars, psychologists, and other professionals have contributed to the depth and astonishing insights that the Enneagram offers to seekers of truth.

How The Enneagram Benefits You

Once you've identified your personality among the nine types, you can use the information to become more self-aware. With awareness, you can change old habits and enhance your joy, peace, and well-being.

You may be saying, "I'm not a number and I don't want to be put in a box." Unfortunately, all humans are conditioned. In childhood, we learn set patterns of behavior from parents, teachers, siblings, and society — even biology plays a part. A lot of these behaviors become automatic - we're not even aware of them. And if we're not aware, we are run by our old ways of thinking and doing.

All conditioning isn't "bad." But through study and self-awareness practices, the Enneagram gives us new choices and unveils a way to live a richer, more present, and fulfilling life.