For several years of reading enneagram literature I had myself pegged as a ‘Five’, probably a 5w4. Whenever I read the books, and usually I found the Riso/Hudson series to be most helpful, it seemed fairly obvious to me, and even to others that I was a Five, and that I possessed some characteristics of both Four and Six. The Four seemed to fit a little better, however, so I settled for 5w4, the ‘Iconoclast’ from Riso’s Personality Types.

At the same time, I have been doing personal t...

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