quick and dirty enneagram

[falcongrrl]

Not surprised at the result, but including it here just in case anyone's curious...

I've heard it called "The Artist" and "The Individualist". I guess Romantic is okay, if they mean it in the Tchaikovsky sense more than in the Timeless Love Songs sense.



The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test

http://de.okcupid.com/tests/6711512663497470889/Quick-Painless-ENNEAGRAM

Your Enneagram type is FOUR (The Romantic)

"I am unique."

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!

What I Like About Being a FOUR

my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level
my ability to establish warm connections with people
admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
being unique and being seen as unique by others
having aesthetic sensibilities
being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What's Hard About Being a FOUR

experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved
feeling guilty when I disappoint people
feeling hurt or attacked when someone misunderstands me
expecting too much from myself and life
fearing being abandoned
obsessing over resentments
longing for what I don't have

FOURs as Children Often

have active imaginations
play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games
are very sensitive
feel that they don't fit in
believe they are missing something that other people have
attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents' divorce)

FOURs as Parents

help their children become who they really are
support their children's creativity and originality
are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed


Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele
The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
Harper
SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages

Comments

[virtualcourtney.livejournal.com]

I really like the Enneagram as a self-discovery (diagnostic, even) tool. I'm a five. Tim's a nine.

I think I would have guessed you were a four. You are so wholly invested--emotionally, especially--in your life, your self (in a good way!), and your experience of truth/divinity/beauty.

But I might have also guessed two, mostly because of your writings about Daniel and Eliie.

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I'm also a four, which is not surprising.

[ladybard65.livejournal.com]

I would have guessed you were a four from the descriptions. I'm a four, too.

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

I thought you would be, honestly. :-)