Introductory guide
How to read Enneagram assessment results
Try using the first type number in your results as a starting point for comparing close candidates, rather than as a conclusion.
The first candidate is a hypothesis
The top candidate reflects the pattern that was comparatively closest to your current responses. It is not a value that proves your entire personality or an unchanging identity.
Read the top candidates together
Read the core motivations, fears and patterns of attention of the first candidate and the next one side by side. What matters more than the order of the scores is which descriptions have recurred at different times in your life.
Look at the differences rather than the scores
Do not interpret score differences as accuracy or probability. Reading comparisons of the different reasons for choosing the same behavior can help you narrow down the candidates.
Check again in everyday life
For a few days, record moments involving conflict, decisions or pressure to perform. Returning to the type descriptions after considering what you were trying to protect in those moments can help you read the results more calmly.
Related reading
See the type descriptions
A result is closer to a starting point for observing your actual experience than a conclusion that settles a type number.