Many people who work with the enneagram see it as a system for describing nine basic personality types. Each of the nine points around the edge of the circle is said to represent a constellation of personality traits whose origin lies in a core motivation that’s unique for each of the nine types.

Personality describes the workings of the psyche at the level of the human ego. At the ego-personality level, conscious awareness is powerfully influenced by the limitations of the physical body...

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