Katherine Fauvre: Why Does the Introverted Enneagram Type 6 Often Mistype as Type 5?

October 28, 2022 Guest User

Question: Why does the Introverted Enneagram Type 6 often Mistype as Type 5?

Katherine: Special Notices: FWIW The test has been specially programmed to detect the specific patterns that only the type 6 and type 9 use. This pertains to the patterns they use when taking testing instruments. So, this pattern will show up in all testing instruments.

I took the time, energy, and money to add these patterns to the test because so many people mistype. Having said that, it is predominantly the type 6 and type 9 that miss out on the strategies that ease their anxiety and suffering.

Test-takers receive the special notices to help them recognize the possibility that they may have type 6 or type 9 in their Tritype® or in some cases that they may have both type 6 and type 9 in their Tritype®.

The asterisks notify the test-takers that their choices were consistently inconsistent in a very specific manner. This programming was based on tens of thousands of participants. I had this programmed into the test because most people are unaware of key aspects of each of the 9 Enneagram types that were lost in the dissemination of the Enneagram.

The significance of these special notices depends on how many the test-taker received. Each notice points to a different but very particular pattern. The programming stops at seven, even if the test-taker has demonstrated additional patterns. So in v8 test-takers will not receive more than seven notices.

Identification with the Enneagram Types and Tritypes®:
The Enneagram is the only personality typology that is NOT based on identifications and behaviors. Instead, the Enneagram is based on motivations and defense strategies. Behaviors can give us a starting point to consider. The descriptions may or may not match or seem to match but in the end, test-takers need to observe whether or not they actually use the defense strategies of the types in their Tritype®.

So in the case of type 5, one would recognize that they use retentiveness, withholding, and isolation to safely navigate their world. In the case of the 6, one would recognize that they use reactivity, rebellion, and projection to safely navigate their world.

If you have type 9 in your Tritype® you can test in a very similar pattern that the 6 does.

The primary Enneagram types identify the focus of each center. The Hexad types are variations of the primary types. So, it is interesting to consider the shock points and three forces at work with the primary types.

The 3 is the first shock point that is initiating force, the 6 is the oppositional force that sees the other side of every situation, and the 9 is the inclusive integrating force that sees all points of view. All three seek the balance of their respective wing types.

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More on Tritype® here:
Katherine created a test that has been programmed to pick up particular patterns that the types use.
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Katherine Fauvre: What would an INTP with Enneagram Tritype® 359 be like?

May 20, 2022 Guest User

Question: What would an INTP with Enneagram Tritype® 359 be like?

Katherine: The INTP with the 953 or 593 Tritype® is much more common than the INTP 359. This is because the 3 has an extroverted defense strategy. But it can happen.

When the 3 is truly introverted and is the INTP, the 3 is more 5ish and may have good math and science skills.

Having said that, the INTP 359 is more hesitant and held in than most 3s. Also, the INTP 359 may at first mistype as a 5.

People seem to catch mistyping errors when they look at their Enneagram Tritype® in conjunction with their MBTI or vice versa.

But when both are accurate, we have the process style of the MBTI combined with what motivates the process, our Enneagram type and Tritype®. The only thing missing is the instinctual stacking.

The intellectual 9s with 5 in the Tritype® often mistype as 5s.

Many 9s mistype as 5s at first. This is because both 5 and 9 are more introverted, withholding, and conflict avoidant. It is the smart or intellectual 9 with 5 in the Tritype® that identifies with 5.

But 5 and 9 have two very different defense strategies.

The 5 is taciturn and probing, focusing on gathering the data needed to fill the inner emptiness they feel.

In contrast, the 9 is mellow and easygoing, focusing on the comforts needed to fill the inner separateness they feel.

To find your type, Tritype® and stacking go to: https://enneagramtritypetest.com

Katherine Fauvre: What are Tritypes®? Is Tritype® a Thing? Are Tritypes® Real? How the Enneagram Type 6 can Determine their Elusive Heart Type in their Tritype®

May 16, 2022 Guest User

Question: What are Tritypes®? Is Tritype® a Thing? Are Tritypes® Real? How can the Enneagram Type 6 Determine their elusive Heart Type in their Tritype®?

Katherine: Yes, they are! Enneagram Tritype® is a revolutionary concept that significantly advances Enneagram study revealing that we use not just one, but rather three types; one from each center of intelligence: Head (5,6,7), Heart (2,3,4), and Gut (8,9,1) and, although one Enneagram Type is dominant and the most influential, you also use two other types in a specific stacking order. Find your potential Tritype https://enneagramtritypetest.com

Tritypes® are not something to believe in or not; they simply exist. Enneagram Tritype® is based on 26 years of research, hundreds of coaching sessions and interviews, and tens of thousands of Enneacards Test results. Most importantly, your Tritype® combination identifies key aspects of your personality, which, when understood, can illuminate your path to greater self-awareness and a more fulfilling life.

Read more about Tritype® here: or if you need to take my Enneagram Tritype® Test first, go here: https://enneagramtritypetest.com. Then let's discuss your potential Tritype®.

Did you know you have 3 Enneagram Types that you use in a specific stacking order?

• Learn how you use all 3 centers of intelligence, not just one

• Discover your Tritype’s Life Mission, Innate Strengths, Focus of Attention, and Blind Spot www.katherinefauvre.com/tritype

• Learn the basic needs and concerns of the 27 Tritype® combinations

The three types within your Tritype® intersect, creating a unique defense strategy and focus of attention that becomes a type unto itself. The high side of this intersection is that it gives your life direction, focus, and purpose. The low side of this intersection is that it creates a blind spot, which narrows your ability to accurately self-assess, and may keep you locked in self-defeating patterns.

Tritype® explains the distinct differences of those sharing the same Enneagram Type. For example, the 874 is a fast-paced, optimistic, creative, and emotional type 8, whereas the 826 is a more dutiful, loyal, and helpful type 8. Additionally, Tritype® explains why those sharing the same three Enneagram Types have a natural affinity for one another. For example, the 126, 162, 216, 261, 612, and 621 are all focused on helping and being supportive of others regardless of which type is dominant.

So, what is your potential Tritype®? Did you receive any special notices?

from someone on Reddit
“I know I have 6 (pretty sure I am a 6 core with a 7 wing) and 9 in my tritype but unsure of my image fix. I see characteristics of all the image types in my personality even though it’s not my main motive. Though I’ve heard it can be hard to identify your last fix because you hardly use it.”

from Katherine:
Yes, because it is what happens when the 3 types combine as they create a type unto itself. So you may have 3 in the Tritype® if you have 6 and 9 and don't see your image type... because it is the third adapting type.

The 369 Tritype®, in any order, tries to be the ideal, boy or girl next door, company man or woman, the pleasant, likable person that adapts to the people or situations at hand to remain being seen as a good role model...(even if they are counter-culture because they adapt accordingly). They are trying to hold both expressions of their center but secretly feel opinionated in ways they can only express with others that feel the same way. They fear they would be rejected if they share their opinions without first reading the person in front of them to judge if they can.

FYI it is not just the fixation. It is the "full type" passions, fixations, and convictions. This is one of the main differences between tri-fix and Tritype®

Katherine Fauvre: What is the Most Common Tritype®? Is the 369 Tritype® the Most Common Tritype®? Why is the 369 Tritype® called the Primary Tritype®?

April 20, 2022 Guest User

Question: What is the most common Tritype®? Is the 369 Tritype® the most common Tritype®? Why is the 369 Tritype® called the Primary Tritype? Who do the 3s, 6s, and 9s, not see their Type or Tritype®?

Katherine: Yes, the 369 Tritype® is the most common. This is because they are made up of the primary type in each center and as such, they are wired to track behaviors and then adapt their behavior accordingly.

The 3 adapts their behavior to avoid being unimpressive. Instead, they show their best side by giving a good impression and image.
The 6 adapts their behavior to avoid being targeted or blamed. Instead, they show their friendly side to be included and seen as likable.
The 9 adapts their behavior to avoid being separate from others. Instead, they show their easygoing side and will go along to get along.

The 369 Tritype® is the most adaptable type. Through their wing types, they reach all 9 types faster than any other Tritype® which is why they are the 'core' types and core Tritype®. They are commonly known as:

3 is the chameleon, beaver, or peacock becoming the industrious 'ideal' person.
6 is the everyman or everywoman, the boy or girl next door becoming the friendly 'likable' person.
9 is the shapeshifter, an easy-going person becoming the pleasant and 'accepting' person.

The 369s and 369 Tritype®:
The 3, 6, and 9 seem to hide in plain sight so to speak. Why? Because they naturally adapt to people and situations to be admired, to belong, and be accepted.

In your Tritype®, you can have all primary types, all hexad types, or a combination of primary types and hexad types.

The more primary types you have in your Tritype®, the more adaptable and even-keeled you are. The 369 Tritype® has the well-rounded types that have the defense strategies that adapt to succeed. They are the traditional problem solvers but as a result, they are less individualistic.

The more hexad types you have in your Tritype® the more creative and individualistic you are. The 478 Tritype® has the most specialized types that have the defense strategies that are independent. They are creative problem solvers but as a result, they are less adaptable.

Also:
The more primary types you have in your Tritype®, the closer you are to the core Tritype® of the 369. And as such, the more adaptable and dependent you are on others.
The more hexad types you have in your Tritype® the further you are from the core Tritype® of the 369. And as such, the more individualistic and independent you are.

Mathematically speaking:
The most common Tritype® is the 369. It is at the center and as such, the starting place of all of the Tritypes®.
The least common Tritype® is the 478. It is at the furthest point from the center or 'core' primary Tritypes®.

Katherine Fauvre: What is the Difference Between a 584 and a 514 Tritype® in the Enneagram?

April 3, 2022 Guest User

Question: What is the difference between a 584 and a 514 Tritype® in the Enneagram?

Katherine: The 584 Tritype® is more likely to just speak out about their views. They are very intellectual, philosophical, and passionate. They are also strong in their opinions due to the intensity of the 8 and the 4 in the 548 Tritype®.

The 514 Tritype® is more inhibited and focused on appropriateness. All 5s need to be knowledgeable. And all 5s are sensitive. So, the 1 and 4 in the 514 Tritype® increases sensitivity and the need to be knowledgeable and accurate. The 514 needs to be factual and conceptual but also needs to be mentally and emotionally prepared as well as rehearsed before giving their opinions. This is because the 514 Tritype® has a greater sensitivity to shame than the 548 Tritype®.

This is why the Tritype® Archetype is more important than the three individual types in your Tritype®. ;) The shared values of the three types in a Tritype® will amplify or minimize some aspects of the types creating a type unto itself that is more specific.

Katherine Fauvre: Enneagram Types, Tritypes®, Instinctual Types and Home Furnishings

January 21, 2022 Guest User

©1995-2022 Katherine Chernick Fauvre: Originator of Tritype®

How to Design Your Home Based on Your Enneagram - Article for Redfin.com by Ryan Castillo 1-4-22
To see Katherine’s post and what other Enneagram professionals said about the types and home furnishings can be found here: https://www.redfin.com/blog/enneagram-home-design/

Katherine’s tips on how to design your home based on your Enneagram Type:
”All Enneagram Type 8s want to express themselves in an individualist and bold manner. However, a Type 8 that has the cool coloring of a winter, refined features, and is the priest archetype will like more refined and decorative furnishings like the Art Deco period, whereas a self-preservation Type 8 that has the warm coloring of an autumn, rugged features, and is the warrior archetype will prefer more substantial furnishings with less decoration like the early American period. – Katherine Fauvre Consulting”

Enneagram, Types, Tritypes®, Instinctual Types and Home Furnishings
©1995-2022 Katherine Chernick Fauvre
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The 5 is taciturn and probing, focusing on gathering the data needed to fill the inner emptiness they feel.

In contrast, the 9 is mellow and easygoing, focusing on the comforts needed to fill the inner separateness they feel.

The Enneagram term is now mainstream. It is being used to describe furniture choices according to type. I feel it is important to note that much more than type needs to be considered when selecting furnishings. Having said that, each Enneagram type does want a certain type of energy in their home furnishings and accents.

For example, Enneagram Type 8s may like symbols of war as accents, whereas Enneagram Type 3s may prefer sports as a theme. Enneagram Type 4s may prefer items that are rare and/or unusual, and Enneagram Type 2s may prefer heart themes.

My research has shown that Social Instinctual Types tend to like creating a home that can host others and like accent items that symbolize people and bonds of friendship like open hands and bowls that have hands all around them. Ideally, home furnishings should be based on the instinctual stacking and Tritype® stacking. For example, body types and self-preserving types want to be comfortable, heart types want to make a good impression and show their sense of style, and head types want to show that they are focused on others.

So, all choices for home furnishings are best when based on an individual’s taste, interests, type, Tritype® instinctual type, coloring, body type, archetypes, and so much more…

Having worked with individuals for many years, I discovered that all Enneagram type 8s want to express themselves in an individualist and bold manner. However, an 8 that has the cool coloring of a winter, refined features, and is the priest archetype will like more refined and decorative furnishings like the Art Deco period, whereas a self-preservation 8 that has the warm coloring of an autumn, rugged features, and is the warrior archetype will prefer more substantial furnishings with less decoration like the Early American period.

Katherine Fauvre: Why does Katherine Teach Micro-Expressions with the Enneagram?

January 21, 2022 Guest User

Question: Why does Katherine teach Micro-Expressions with the Enneagram?

Katherine: Micro-expressions are brief, involuntary facial expressions shown on the face of humans according to emotions experienced. Micro-expressions are often unconscious. These can reveal emotions that are being concealed either deliberately or unconsciously, and they are very brief in duration, lasting only 1/25 to 1/15 of a second.

Micro-expressions have been extensively studied by Paul Ekman, whose original research was based on the claim made by Charles Darwin, who stated humans share universal facial expressions. In 1967, Ekman sought out to test Darwin’s claims and studied a group of people in New Guinea who would not have had the opportunity to learn expressions by contact with outsiders or the media. Ekman found evidence that there are 7 emotions that have a universal expression.

Katherine teaches expressions, micro-expressions, and body language because it is one of the more visual ways that we can observe key features of the 9 Enneagram Types and 27 Tritypes®. She teaches the lexicon, preferred adjectives, and vocabulary used by the types as well, for the same reason.

Katherine studied micro-expressions and the emotions attached to these long before she learned about the Enneagram. As a result, when Katherine learned about the 9 Enneagram Types, she could easily see the clusters of emotions each type seemed to use more frequently than others. Through her research studies, Katherine discovered that each type over-identifies with and tends to use some emotions more frequently than others.

The display of expressions and masking of expressions and micro-expressions cluster into patterns that are indicative of the defense strategy of each Enneagram type. In doing so, the expressions of each type reveal important aspects of their focus of attention, making it easier for one to identify which types are most likely in the Tritype® and to identify the lead type.

Using the Enneagram and micro-expressions together is very powerful because the attentional patterns of the types will be reflected in the way each type expresses the 7 universal emotions of anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise, disgust, and contempt. For example: types 1, 4, and 7 all overuse the micro-expression of contempt, whereas the 6 overuses the micro-expressions of fear and surprise.

Tips on Typing

Katherine uses a checklist of 12 categories (Behavior versus Motivation, Intuitive Hit/Gut Reaction, Self-awareness, Testing Instruments, Instinctual Type, Tritype®, Lexicon Language Use, Micro-expressions, Visual Archetypes, Energy, Meaning, and Emotional Maturity) to consider when helping someone type themselves. She has discovered that it is very helpful to learn to recognize the different ways the types express or try to conceal their emotions. Micro-expressions are a category Katherine works with because these reveal the inner workings of the types as well as the defense strategies of the types.

Sensing, feeling, and recognizing one's own expressions helps the types know when they are moving into limiting beliefs, negative emotions or impulsive reactivity, and micro-expressions reveal a great deal about the way the types manage their emotions. As such, Katherine has found that knowing micro-expressions and what they usually indicate greatly enhances one's ability to identify the types and better understand oneself.

To learn more about the Enneagram and Micro-expressions, Katherine is teaching a 10-week online course, Micro-expressions and the Enneagram 10-week Masterclass: Advanced Series 1.0, beginning 2-1-22. To learn further and to register, click to be directed to the course description and registration link: Register here

Katherine Fauvre: How Can I Understand the Nuances of the Sexual Instinctual Type?

February 28, 2021 Guest User

Question: How Can I Understand the Nuances of the Sexual Instinctual Type?

Katherine: The Intimate Instinctual Type is often not fully understood. Many friendly social types and those regularly sharing selfies are generally not the intimate instinctual type.

FWIW it really depends on what the selfies include, what is being shown, and why...as well as how frequently they are posted.

Generally speaking, it is the friendliness of someone with the social instinct that regularly posts. Most commonly, it is the ENFP extroverted social 6 that regularly shares their life.

The addiction for the intimate type is to the bonding chemicals that are released when the intimate types are up close and personal. This happens when the types reveal themselves in the manner of quid pro quo. It arises from closeness created by deep conversation and connections.

Remember to consider that the intimate instinctual type is seeking a single devoted partner and/or mate with whom they can share their secret innermost thoughts and feelings. They also need their intimate to do the same in equal measure.

The intimate wants to bear witness to their mate, to hear their innermost thoughts, and to have their mate long to hear theirs. It is about the secrets and most intimate, emotional aspects of life, Aspects they would never share in a public medium like FB or in a selfie that would be seen by the many rather than the one.

Katherine Fauvre: How to Find Your Tritype®: Enneagram Tritype® Archetype Research

February 23, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

How to find your Tritype®: Enneagram Tritype® Archetype Research
Special note: This is a response to someone stating what the 461 Tritype® is by using a reference to Personality Cafe. The problem is that my information on the Tritypes® has been altered on Personality Cafe, so is not an accurate source.

Actually, most of my intellectual property on Tritype® has been misstated. And in so doing, important aspects of the Tritypes® are missing, which has naturally led to errors and misunderstandings as to what constitutes Tritype®. This is especially true when my descriptions have been modified by those who do not understand the fundamental principles of Tritypes®. This is an easy mistake because the dissemination of the Tritypes® was via the written word by those that have not had a chance to study with me.

In addition, those posting on various sites have, at times, felt that aspects of what I have written about their hypothetical Tritype® did not apply to them, so usually assume it was incorrect, and, modified it ;) The Enneagram type that needs this modification is the type 6. When we focus on behaviors, there will never be a description that is completely accurate. What the 6s do not know is that the error is due to their understanding of the defense strategies of the types and due to the complexities of the type 6.

The type 6 knows what they are “not” and proactively voices it but not what they “are” because “it depends” on the situation. I understand the desire to make descriptions match personal experiences. The problem is that this is usually the case for the type 6 in general because their defense strategy tracks behaviors and inconsistencies rather than motivations.

So, the type 6 identifies with the behaviors of a type. So, there is a 1ish 6, a 2ish 6, a 3ish 6, a 4ish 6, a 5ish 6, a 6ish 6, a 7ish 6 an 8ish 6 (cp6), and a 9ish 6. ;) They are the 1 that is not judgmental, the 2 that does not “give to get,” the 3 that is not a showboat, the 4 that is not envious, the 5 that is not unemotional, the 7 that is not flighty, the 8 that is not too assertive, the 9 that is not checked out, etc.

This is perfectly natural for the type 6 because they usually do not recognize that their need to be prepared, certain, safe, and secure is often due to a hidden “fear of fear” itself. They can assume that their need for caution and defensive action is normal but actually varies according to one’s Enneagram Type, Tritype®, Instinctual Types, and Subtypes.

Anyone can be a coward or afraid given the right circumstances, but only the type 6 is afraid that they could be caught off guard, hesitate, and or be in a situation that causes them to feel anxious and apprehensive.

Tritype® Research
However, what is noteworthy and of interest is that 23 research studies have revealed that this is the case when type 6 has mistyped as other types. Once the test-taker recognizes that their head type is type 6 and HAS the fuller description of the type 6, they no longer feel this way. There is no need to say that something is incorrect. ;) experience. But I have found that these variables are due to not having identified their accurate Types and, as such, their Tritype®.

I suggest that when one is mistyped, he or she will always say that they are “not” ____ rather than seeing the overall qualities of a type, rather than individual words. It is hard for the type 6 to see the “Gestalt” of a type.

To more fully understand Tritype®, one needs to look beyond the three types. Recognizing that each type uses three types is still the starting point, but to identify one’s Tritype®, one needs to evaluate what happens when those three types merge to create a new type unto itself.

It is important to note that just combining the three preferred types, one from each of the three centers, is not enough to explain the attentional patterns of each of the 27 Tritype® Archetypes or to confirm which Tritype® is dominant. We can theorize about which type we identify with most in each triad, but the focus of attention of the Tritype® emerges as a result of what happens when these three types merge and, in effect, become one type, which is the Tritype®.

This is because the characteristics of all three types influence one another. As a result, some characteristics are amplified, while other characteristics are minimized by the characteristics of the two other types within the Tritype®. These distinct differences explain why each of the 27 Tritypes® is unique.

The defense strategies of the types within the Tritype® combine, creating a unique focus of attention with a shared worldview.

Research also suggests that the common theme found among the three types within an individual’s Tritype® identifies that individual’s archetypal life purpose and a critical blind spot to self-awareness. In addition, the shared view of the types in an individual’s Tritype® gives important clues as to what is needed to live a more conscious and meaningful life.

More on Tritype® here: https://enneagramtritypetest.com

Lexicon and Language of Enneagram Type
Also, greater accuracy comes when one pays attention to the vocabulary and the lexicon used by the types themselves. So, it is important to read descriptors written about the Tritypes® from the types themselves.

478 Tritype® Example
For example, the 478 Tritype® Archetype has the three “creative" Enneagram Types that are focused on authenticity, individuality, and following their own muse, one from each triad (478). This combination can also be seen as the unconventional non-conformists for the same reasons.

The 478 Tritype® also includes two types that seek what is interesting and unusual (4,7), two types that share the line of intensity and authenticity (4-8), and two types that are extroverted and assertive (7,8), and two types that are opinionated and outspoken (4,8) thus creating a Tritype® that is innovative, creative, outspoken, intense, assertive, and deep with an original personal sense of style.

A key feature that is minimized in the 478 Tritype® is the 4s extreme self-consciousness, especially when the 4 is in the third position.

The self-confidence and “can do” qualities of the 8 and 7 decrease the intensity of the anxiety and self-consciousness experienced by the type 4.

The 4 in the 478 Tritype® adds more access to emotional and intellectual insights than the other two Tritypes® with 7 and 8; 278 and 378 Tritypes® respectively. This increases the 478’s ability to respond with more sensitivity and emotional depth.

514 Tritype® Example
The 514 Tritype® does not see themselves or describe themselves as fussy, pretentious, and fastidious. In fact, these words are antithetical to the 514 Tritype®. Nor are they “highly demanding of their environment.” Instead, the 514 is trying to be unseen in their environment in order to be able to study and observe people and situations without being seen…so standing out is not a part of the type 5s defense strategy. However, what is accurate is that this 514 Tritype® is highly intellectual with an amplified need to be logical, rational, and methodical.

Some of the paragraph below is closer to the key features of the 514 Tritype®. But the negative comments are irrelevant as any type that is unhealthy could behave in a critical, rejecting manner and is not indicative of type or Tritype®.

“Idealistic and principled, is true of these 5s but … “very criticizing and rejecting of people and situations that do not meet their standards – many would call them fastidious.” is describing behaviors rather than motivations and truer of the 614 Tritype® than the 514 Tritype®.

“To a certain extent, they believe themselves to be superior and different from others - misunderstood but brilliant. Indeed, their intellect, insightfulness and logical thinking, as well as their physical and emotional fragility contribute to an overly cerebral image.”

This 514 Tritype® is definitely more inhibited and self-conscious, as well as private, and intellectual (5,4) and idealistic (1,4) and insightful (5,4). The 514 Tritype® is focused and thorough due to the (1,5,4) arrogant and condescending reactions rather than superior (5,4). Accurate, right, and correct (5,4,1) and more focused on their own idea of ethics than other 5s because of the (1,4) and (1,5).

So, the 514 Tritype® is the Tritype® that is most inclined to over-prepare (5,1) and fall into a style of response that is characterized by delays due to the inhibitions (5,1,4) and perfectionist qualities that emerge as a result of the shared values that are amplified. The 514 Tritype® hesitates and may anxiously continue to gather information and delay taking action. However, what is meaningful and noteworthy, is that the 514 Tritype® combines the 5s analytical complexity with the 4s emotional complexity, but they struggle with taking action due to the combination of the (1,5,4). The reason for this is due to the amplifications of the (4,1) line. A common look-a-like is the 954 and the 964. This is why it is essential to see what qualities are amplified, minimized, neutralized, or negated.

415 Fastidious
In contrast, the self-preserving 415 with the 4w5, 1w2, and 5w4 does describe themselves as fastidious.

Special notice: EQ2 Enneastyle Questionnaire 2021 is Now Ready
Both are interesting, of course, and I have certainly included both aspects in my 23, ongoing research studies. In fact, I have the latest EQ2, Enneagram Questionnaire 2 Enneagram Research Study, up now, and I would love your participation. EQ2 Research Study | From the Creator of Tritype®

Just make sure to answer with the first thing that comes to mind rather than overthinking, asking others, or using a thesaurus as it defeats the purpose of finding additional nuances of the language of type.

I am expanding on the work I did in 1995 as to how the 9 types and three instinctual types and ultimately the Tritypes® see themselves as well as how they see the other types.

If you need to take the Tritype® Test, go to https://enneagramtritypetest.com. Be sure to pay attention to any notifications you receive in your test results as the test has been programmed to detect the sensitive, elusive, and emotionally complex type 6s that are identified as other types.

As Promised
I have been repeatedly asked to teach Tritype® again, so I am teaching two 10-week Tritype® 1.0 and Tritype® 2.0 trainings beginning April 1, 2021. And I will follow with a Tritype® 3.0, an even more advanced training on Tritypes® later in the year. You can find out more here www.katherinefauvre.com/

Katherine Fauvre: Trialectics, Types, Dialectic Behaviors, and Counter-types

February 8, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

Trialectics, Types, Dialectic Behaviors, and Counter-types
When Naranjo mentioned counter-types, it was to simply explain why the cp6 could seem like an 8, based on their behaviors, but still have the fears they might be afraid of as the 6.

He said that the cp6 was more counter-phobic than the self-pres 6 but that all 6s would naturally be both phobic and counter-phobic at one time or another. I asked if there were other counter-types, and he said to a degree, there were ways in which the types could be counter to the "stereotype" of the type...

He was teaching about the way in which the fear of the Enneagram type merges with the fear of the instinctual type to create a more specific focus of attention.

So, if the cp6 has a fear of fear itself, he or she would be in denial of their fear and instead become what he called a "proof junkie" to convince themselves and others that they are strong and/or beautiful and not afraid. This was also why he felt 6s had so much trouble self-typing and accepting their typing sessions.

They would need to focus on becoming strong and/or beautiful to conceal their fear in order to be seen as desirable. Instead of cowering, they learned mind over matter and moved into the fear to manage the adrenaline that needs to be discharged in 3-5 minutes.

The anxiety and buildup of a looming negative anticipation of facing a sense of dread that threatens to overwhelm the 6, or a potential or projected negative belief about something that can go wrong, is exhausting to the 6 because a projected fear also undermines the reputation of the 6 as a competent leader. So the cp6 will impulsively react by jumping into the source of their fears as quickly as possible to get it over with as soon as possible.

But as I mentioned above, he also said that all cp6s would naturally have times when they are phobic, and the phobic 6 would have times when they are cp6. He talked about the counter-types when asked why the 6 had a counter-phobic type? And do the other types have counter types?

He said yes simply because it is a defense strategy, not absolutes. So, the sx4 feels more entitled and demonstrates more angry envy than the so4 and sp4, but all three still suffer from having low self-esteem. The sx4 has counter-envy in this way, whereas the sp4 has more counter-envy in their ability to endure like the 1 but that all three types suffer from a painful sense of lack.

His answer was in response to people wanting clear absolutes in that the Enneagram needs to be studied by comparing and contrasting the types rather than by making one of his hypotheses to be absolute. He stressed the difference between a dialectic system of behaviors and the Enneagram, which is based on Ichazo's Trialectics® motivations.

So, he quickly mentioned the ways the types could be counter to their type. But he also mentioned more than one type that could have counter-aspects that made them appear to be different from their type.

For example, he said that the social 8 was the counter-type of 8 in one way and the sexual 8 was the counter-type in another.

He mostly stressed that the types were fluid and moving between their wings and lines of connection at all times in patterns of 3, which was in keeping with Ichazo's Trialectics®.

Instead, he felt it was more important to base type on the motivations of the types and dominant instinct together rather than the behaviors as behaviors create a bigger problem.

Katherine Fauvre: INFP 9

February 6, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

INFP 9
The INFP 9 often mistypes as a 4 when they are first introduced to the Enneagram. This is because the characteristics of the INFP and Type 4 share many of the same descriptors.

If someone has the INFP and the Tritype® of the 945, 946, or 947, this would happen naturally. The Tritype® that most commonly identifies with the INFP is the 945.

Once both systems are more fully understood, the 9 with the INFP has all of the 9 gifts and defenses of the 9. The gifts of type 9 are that they are: agreeable, open, gentle, accepting, allowing, kind, caring, quiet, loving, mediators that can see all points of view. The struggles of the 9 are: resistance, stubbornness, passivity, indifference, withdrawing, unresponsive, withholding, inaction, disinterest, and neglect.

The INFP personality type is often described as the mediator as well. So the INFP 9 is even more of a mediator than the type 9 with different MBTI. I find that the INFP 9 tends to be the introverted, kind, idealistic, creative, type 9 that has a drive to make the world a better place. This is especially true if the INFP 9 is the social/sexual 947 Tritype® or 937 Tritype®.

Katherine Fauvre: Who Taught About the Instinctual Types, Subtypes, and Intimacy?

February 4, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

Questions: Who taught about the Instinctual Types, Subtypes, and Intimacy? Are the Instinctual Subtypes considered the lower functioning mimics of the three centers of intelligence also originally known as instinctual triads? “What is the special way the Instinctual Types change and can appear to be like another instinct when dating?”

Instinctual Mimicked Drives
”Hi Katherine, I’m looking for some clarification... I’ve heard you teach around what triads the instinctual drives represent (mimicked) in the three centers of intelligence …

Subject: Instinctual Mimicked Drives

Message: I’m hoping you can shed some light on some confusion I have around the SP, SO, SX mimicked centers of intelligence. I’ve heard you teach that SP mimics the Body centre of intelligence (891), SX mimics the Heart centre (234), and SO mimics the Head centre (567) in the Gut level instinctual drive. And I’ve also heard elsewhere that SP is the head triad, SO is Heart, and SX is Body. Is it possible that these are both true but in different ways, or is there another explanation?

Kind regards,
Matt

1st Example
Gut Centre - SP
Heart Centre - SX
Head Centre - SO

2nd Example
Gut Centre - SX
Heart Centre - SO
Head Centre - SP

Is it possible that both are true or is there another reason for the different teaching approaches?”

Katherine: Yes, both are true but in different ways. There is a time when the instinctual stacking appears to be different but actually is not. It can be seen when the types seek intimacy and closeness and when seeking a mate.

So, to a degree, there is a predictable way each of the three instincts and each of the 9 types behave when they are in search of a mate and/or closeness and intimacy with a friend.

He or she will predictably take on some of the values and behaviors of another instinct to insure his or her primary and fundamental needs will be met.

Once he or she has secured a mate, he or she will then go back to his or her innate, primary instinctual values and way of life, ideally with their chosen mate. The hope is that his or her mate will join his or her world.

Sadness arises when the mate no longer wishes to share the world of the dominant instinct’s making because it may not match their own world long-term.

In the initial dating process, all instinctual types behave in a light-hearted, flexible manner as their more "ideal self" for one to four months. Thereafter, each person returns to their preferred instinct and the innate focus of attention of their dominant instinct.

This can cause some confusion for mates if they were attracted to and/or attached to a person that appeared to be more outgoing or may have appeared to be a homebody at first, but at the core really wants to spend more time romantically, sharing intimacies, at home, out and about, with friends, and/ or any of the above.

Sexual/Intimate:

A focus on coupling, pair-bonding, intimacy, closeness, and a sense of being desirable to the desired mate

The sexual instinct becomes subtly more social when dating someone special.
The sexual types are happiest in a shared romantic scenario with their mate at home or being in the world as a couple.
This is because they most enjoy being able to talk deeply about the closeness they share with one another; “the one” that is their “twin" and other half.
However, when seeking a mate, the sexual type will be focused on going out and being more social to meet people to potentially find “the one.”
According to sexual types, they seek more group activities to find “the one” with whom they can find an intimate attachment.

Survival:

A focus on resources, protection, safety, security, and a sense of physical well-being.

The survival instinct becomes subtly more sexual when dating someone special.
The self-preserving type is happiest in the comfort of their home, where their resources are always available.
This is because they most enjoy time spent with their partner at home or in places that are familiar.
However, when seeking a mate, the survival type becomes more focused on their sexual instinct and dresses in a more attractive and seductive manner to draw in a potential mate.
According to survival types, they "sparkle up” by putting more attention on the way they look.

Social:

A focus on finding others, groups, community, society, and sense of belonging.

The social becomes subtly more self-preserving when dating someone special.
The social type is happiest when they find others that share their vision of the world and for the world.
This is because they most enjoy time being with others and sharing their activities with their mate.
However, when seeking a mate, the social type becomes more self-preserving-aware of their partner’s ability to provide and will focus on a potential mate’s ability to provide to ensure financial security and status.
According to social types, they pay attention to whether or not their potential partner can provide the resources that ensure social status.

Katherine Fauvre: How Do I Tell If I’m an Enneagram 4 or 5?

February 2, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

Question: How do I tell if I’m an Enneagram 4 or 5?

Katherine: The type that asks for help determining if they are a 4 or 5 usually has the 694 or sometimes the 964 Tritype®. What is key is the way the question was phrased.

The way type 6s mistype as other types and other Tritypes®

23 research studies
I began studying lexicon use, the words we use to describe ourselves and others, in 1970. Since then, I have conducted 30 research studies, 23 of them with the Enneagram types, Tritypes®, Instincts, and Subtypes, beginning in 1994. I have now worked with and interviewed over 100,000 people with the Enneagram types alone.

Type 5 vs Type 4
5s are impersonal and unemotional

I have learned that the 5 truly does have a defense strategy that does not ask others for help, especially in a public forum. They do not personalize a question in this manner. Instead, they need to become their own expert by gathering the data in an impersonal way.

4s are personal and emotional

The 4 will not ask either because they want personal rapport, and they know they are emotional. They will comment on the internet because it can be incognito, and they are very self-referencing.

9s with the 954 or 964 Tritype®
9s can wonder if they are a 4 or 5 but will generally include the 9 because they have pride in the fact that they are enduring and do not have pride. ;)

6s ask this question
“How do I tell if I’m an Enneagram 4 or 5?”

6s ask this kind of question regularly. It is personal and vague. 6s reach out and ask questions, and generally in several places, to see how many people say the same thing. The more that say the same thing, the more likely the 6 will value it… unless they want to be another type. ;)

However, it is extremely common for the 6 to reach out for help, and it is also the way this question was asked that is very common for the Type 6.

When someone asks this question, they are often the 694 or the 964 because the 4, 6, and 9 all tend to doubt, but in three different ways.

The sensitive, elusive, emotionally complex type that overthinks is the type 6.

The one type that does ask the question above is the type 6 because they know that they are emotional and can see themselves as the smart, sensitive 5. They are usually the type 6 with the 5 wing.

Unlike other typology systems, the Enneagram system is based on motivations rather than behaviors. This can make it tricky for the 6 to accurately type themselves and others because their defense strategy is meant to track behaviors.

Doubt
The 5 and 4 are opposites. As I mentioned above, the 5 knows they are the 5 because they have the most unemotional defense strategy and do not ask others to give them feedback. And the 4 knows they have an emotional defense strategy and will ask about themselves.

But the 5 does not doubt that they are a 5, and the 4 does not doubt that they are the type 4. The 6, however, does doubt they are the 4 and/or the 5.

The 6 doubts their own typing and the typings of others. They generally never feel quite certain about their types until they recognize they are the 6.

Doubts are normal for the 6 and a part of their defense strategy.

The Enneagram type 6 has the greatest difficulty determining their type because they are meant to track behaviors in every given situation. So, they ask a lot of questions of others to help them land on their Type, Tritype®, Instinctual Type, and Subtype. But it takes time…Once the 6 knows they have the 6 defense strategy, they begin to rapidly integrate old problems and see them in new ways. If the 6 does not realize their Enneagram type is in constant motion it can take longer as they may continue to see their struggles as issues of behavior rather than see the motivation for the behaviors.

6s and creating change
Enneagram 6s do not succeed at unpacking their deeper personal work until they have accurately typed. 6s do not like change, but when they are ready they may still struggle because is not easy for 6s to identify their motivations. Once they have identified their core issues and have tagged the ages they were when they first felt a strong emotion they begin to take giant leaps towards creating the change they want to see in their life. With this knowledge, they can track the way their defense strategy operates in real-time and begin to intervene on their own behalf when they feel stuck in rigid beliefs, negative emotions, and repetitive behaviors.

The interventions for the types will not work because they are not focused on the 6’s hidden “fear of fear” itself.

6s need to explain the way they are, unlike the type they think they are ;)

This is, of course, because the type they have identified with has a different defense strategy than the 6.

If the 6 types according to their behaviors or perception of their behaviors, they don’t see the benefit of using their type other than to identify what they are feeling or have felt at any moment in time. They may also use it to describe the ways they have felt hurt or intimidated by others.

When Mistyped
6s need to explain. In particular, they need to explain how they are the 1 that does not have resentment, the 2 that does not give to get, the 3 that does not need an audience, the 4 that does not have envy, the 5 that is not unemotional, the 7 that is not scattered, the 8 that is not aggressive, the 9 that is not checked out, etc.

This is because they are not the type in question.

It can take 20 or more years for the average 6 to correctly type because their defense strategy is focused on tracking behaviors rather than motivations.

9s struggle too
This can happen to the 9s as well. They usually identify a little bit with all of the types until they realize they are the 9 that wants to be successful without having to live a life that is overly stressful. If the 9 has the social instinct and has the 937 Tritype® Archetype, they are much more ambitious.

They still would like their life to be simple and comfortable rather than stressful and complicated. Obviously, some jobs they might want to do are stressful at times, like being a doctor or an attorney, but they will quickly find the type of practice that allows them to follow their own style.

Enneagram Tritype® Test v8
So, to help the 6s and some 9s, I paid to have the type 6 and type 9 patterns programmed into the test to help them accurately type from the beginning.

In my latest Enneagram Tritype® Test, https://enneagramtritypetest.com, I have focused on the 6s and 9s testing patterns to help them identify their type. Many 6s and some 9s struggle because they identify with one of the other types. So, there are nine types of the 6 and nine types of the 9. This way, they have a much better chance of finding their Truetype.

Katherine Fauvre: Optimal Distribution of the Types and Instincts in Teams

February 1, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

Optimal Distribution of the Types and Instincts in Teams
I have found that the teams and organizations that do not have all three centers represented and all three instincts represented do not have the big picture. It is a problem because it creates a hidden blind spot that weakens whatever project the team is working on. If the team knows what aspect they are missing, they can ask for feedback from those that have the missing perspective. It greatly improves the outcome of the project.

For example, if a team is organized to put rewards in place for an organization to build trust and rapport, they need to know what the three instinctual types want.

With one organization of 3k employees, the team leaders did not have a social or sexual instinctual type on the team. The team naturally came up with rewards were based on self-preservation concerns. The planned rewards included more vending machines, large modular tables, and a few large sofas for employees to sit on during their breaks. After learning about the Enneagram, I suggested a quick email survey be sent asking what the employees would like to have in their break room to promote trust and rapport.

The socials wanted to be acknowledged and have organized opportunities to meetup. They also wanted large round or rectangular tables for five or more.

The sexuals wanted to have some small tables for two and some chairs and loveseats instead of just having large round tables and sofas.

The self-preserving types also wanted lights that could dim. 😉

It was an easy fix: modular tables of 2 and 4 that could be grouped or separated as needed, modular sofa elements that could also be grouped or separated as needed, and a weekly email flyer that notified the teams of planned meetups with one flyer a month that introduced new people and honored employee contributions.

They did get their dimmers... eventually.

Katherine Fauvre: Integration and Disintegration - Points of Enneagram Type

January 22, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

Integration and Disintegration - Points of Enneagram Type
According to Oscar Ichazo and Claudio Naranjo, the type, lines, and wing types are like pistons that are constantly in rapid motion following the law of three; type plus two lines of connection and type plus two wings.

When healthy, we see circumstances with an open heart, open mind, free of rigid convictions.

When unhealthy and suffering, we are overly passionate with a closed heart, fixated with a closed mind, and definite about our gut convictions.

We always use our type with both lines of connection at all times and our type with both wings....as well as with our Tritype® and instinctual stacking. But we often identify with one wing more than the other, but they are omnipresent.

We have two integration points and two disintegration points, but they are always used in conjunction with the type following Ichazo's trialectics and the law of three.

So we will see the high side and low side of all potential combinations of three.

More on Tritype® here:
Katherine created a test that has been programmed to pick up particular patterns that the types use.
Take the Test here: https://enneagramtritypetest.com
General Information: www.katherinefauvre.com/tritype
YouTube: Katherine Fauvre | Creator of Tritype®

Katherine Fauvre: What are Enneagram Wings? Do we have both Wings? What is Wing Theory?

January 11, 2021 Katherine Fauvre

Questions: What are Enneagram Wings? Do we have both Wings? What is Wing Theory?

Katherine: What many do not know is that key aspects of the Enneagram were lost in the dissemination of the Enneagram because the first authors of books about the Enneagram were not the creators of the system.

The authors of the earliest Enneagram books also did not study directly with Oscar Ichazo, the creator of the Enneagram of Personality, or to study with Claudio Naranjo, who was the person who filled in much about the type descriptions and was the first disseminator and creator of the Subtypes.

I did have a chance to attend week-long intensives with both and to certify with the first three Enneagram Certification Programs.

It may help to know that I learned from both of the creators of the Enneagram and from those who taught for them. I learned from them that people have both wings because the type itself emerges as a result of the tension between the two wings.

Later, as a result of my 22 research studies on the Enneagram, it became apparent that one wing is expressed outwardly and the other is expressed inwardly, but both wings are omnipresent.

More on Tritype® here:
Katherine created a test that has been programmed to pick up particular patterns that the types use.
Take the Test here: https://enneagramtritypetest.com
General Information: www.katherinefauvre.com/tritype
YouTube: Katherine Fauvre | Creator of Tritype®

Katherine Fauvre: ENTP Female 8 - How do I Stop Attracting Type 2s that give the Silent Treatment?

December 14, 2020 Katherine Fauvre

Question: ENTP Female 8: How do I Stop Attracting Type 2s that Give the Silent Treatment?

Katherine: 8s and 2s often pair up. They both like to have power but go about securing it in complementary ways. Conflicts can arise when either type is upset with the other. But the question is, “Why the silent treatment from the 2s?”

FYI: anyone could potentially use the silent treatment as a defense strategy.

I would suggest that you might be happiest with someone that is healthy, flexible, and does not over personalize what you say or that uses the silent treatment.

Do you have the 368 Tritype®? Many female 8s, and cp6s that are ENTPs, also have the 863 Tritype®. Sensitivity is not their greatest strength, but it does not mean that the 863 does not care. They care a great deal, but they are hardwired to instantly go into action before they have had a chance to even think about it.

The cp6 with the 683 Tritype® does not want to be "in trouble" with anyone and has a fundamental fear of being "blamed for something they did not do.” So, they can find that apologizing for something they never intended makes them feel uncomfortable.

For what it is worth, in my studies, the head types (5, 6, 7), and, in particular, the 6s and cp6s, are the types that worry about the silent treatment from a heart type. They just don't like not knowing what to expect and/or how to get out of trouble with the person that is being silent.

Also, the discomfort you mention about the silent treatment is your reaction to the silent behavior. Head types are most inclined to focus on the behaviors of people in every situation and alter their responses based on what is happening in any given moment, or has happened, or might happen, tracking what could happen again...

For your own process, you may want to look at your discomfort and any estimations or projections you may have of your partner or friend.

Most people who use the silent treatment as a defense strategy are painfully sensitive and might not have learned how to "self soothe" as a child. People who worry about feeling uncomfortable when someone is giving the silent treatment may have had a parent, sibling, or friend who used that strategy and may not have been taught how to manage the pain that surfaces when cut off from someone.

How to get back in sync with a partner that uses the silent treatment? 😉

Often the partner that accidentally said or did something that caused the offended partner to respond with the silent treatment is truly caught off guard by being given the silent treatment, and their defense system also goes on red alert. So, for them to say they are sorry for saying or doing something that they did not mean to do or that came off as insensitive seems difficult for them because they usually meant no harm.

If this is true for you, all you need to say to your partner is:

"You mean the world to me, and I am so sorry that I said/did __________ and that it came off as insensitive. I care about your feelings, and I am sorry that I accidentally said something that was thoughtless and hurt your feelings." Or “When I said ___________, I never meant to hurt you. I am very sorry that I accidentally did."

Don’t know your Tritype®?

Katherine Fauvre: How do I Tell the Difference Between Type 3 and Type 9?

December 14, 2020 Katherine Fauvre

Question: How do I tell the difference between Type 3 and Type 9?

Answer: Observe the need to “do” and achieve. Both 3 and 9 want to do well, but the 3 is a type that is driven to be the best, and that must achieve, do, and become someone important. The 9 is more laid back and the type that needs to be someone that is at ease, comfortable and harmonious.

Threes are go-getters. They are literally “on the go” all of the time. They also need affirmation from others and to know that others see and admire their successes and accomplishments. In my research studies, threes shared that they need to be the best at what they do or need to change what they are doing. They not only need to be the best; they need to look good doing their best. They want people to be impressed with them, and they want to know that people are jealous of what they have, are doing and have accomplished. They want others to see them as competent and successful. The result is that they feel that they are only as good as their last win or achievement. They have pride in being the best.

Nines are easy going. Even when they are driven to achieve, they want to be known as the kind, nice person that is humble and wise. They want harmonious situations and to avoid conflict. They are also indecisive. They become indecisive when they need to choose a side. They are afraid that if they choose one side over the other side, they will be separate from the person whose side they did not pick. This is upsetting to the nine, but they manage their distress by telling themselves that it does not matter. The result is that they shut down their feelings and take things in stride to be at ease with their disappointments. They have pride in not having pride or needing anything.

More on Tritype® here:
Katherine created a test that has been programmed to pick up particular patterns that the types use.
Take the Test here: https://enneagramtritypetest.com
General Information: www.katherinefauvre.com/tritype
YouTube: Katherine Fauvre | Creator of Tritype®

Katherine Fauvre: Why do Type 4s feel Hatred?

November 17, 2020 Katherine Fauvre

Question: Why do Type 4s feel hatred?

Katherine: One reason is because the 4-defense strategy is organized to seek beauty, refinement and ideal circumstances. It is also designed to notice what is missing, what is perceived to be of the utmost importance, and to go in search of it for a sense of fulfillment.

The 4 self-image is built on a construct that emerged at a very young age and is based on what they could say or do like little adults. They were given attention for what they possessed, such as beautiful eyes, what they could say or do at a very young age, such as being remarkably articulate, and/or by what they accomplished that was impressive and different, such as playing Mozart on the piano.

Their sense of self is built on these things... as a golden child with a remarkable 'adult-like' ability. The problem comes when other children begin to catch up in the areas that the 4 once excelled. What was once a guaranteed way of being seen as precocious gradually becomes closer to the norm.

Like all children, 4s love the attention they receive for their special giftedness. They learn to identify with the ways they were seen as superior to other children of the same age. But when the 4 grows in age and experience, the 4 begin to see others admired for stellar attributes they do not possess. With this awareness, they feel an irreparable sense of loss.

The recognition of losing their elite role and status is devastating to the 4. They don’t know what happened or why it happened. They just know that they are no longer seen as remarkable for their age as they once were. And nothing is more painful to a child than losing the attention they once possessed.

The confusion comes when they are confronted with the reality that people seem to value whatever is newly extraordinary and that attention wanders away from the 4 to others. When the 4 no longer feels they are as extraordinary as they were as a young child, they can feel that they have become the tragic, gifted, golden child that did not fulfill their destiny and the expectations that others had of them.

They can begin to feel angry and unjustly denied what others were given and feel robbed of their role and identity through no fault of their own. They forget that they still possess qualities that others do not.

Each 4 has a refined and distinct sense of aesthetics and an artistic sensibility that continues throughout their life. But this gift is forgotten the moment they see others admired for an attribute that they long to possess. They are able to see quality in the details of most everything but feel lost, angry, and disoriented when they identify something that is missing.

On a personality level, it helps the 4 when they remember that they have these unique and innate abilities and their own talents and sense of individuality. This, in turn, helps the 4 maintain a sense of self that is elite.

But their defense strategy is also designed to focus on what is missing, and whatever they feel they are missing is perceived as essential. And, as with all of the nine defense strategies, the internal struggle begins anew.

The 4s hatred of another's gift is unintentional. When they see in another what they do not possess, they instantly feel fundamentally inadequate. They feel a painful, acute sense of lack that turns into chronic frustration. This leads to hatred of others that possess what they do not and self-hatred for being inadequate and not possessing what is admired in others and valued in life.

Hatred is turned inward as self-hatred and then shoots outward to others so that the 4 can manage the painful self-consciousness of being flawed and/or defective, but it ricochets back to the 4 and lands as further self-loathing.

As adults, 4s try to stay emotionally safe by maintaining an image of themselves that reflects the elite status they perceived they once had as a young child. This is different for each 4. Even if the childhood was filled with sadness and pain, the 4-child will carve a distinct image of themselves from their sense of childhood losses.

The 4-defense strategy will hold on to the image of being ‘elite among the many’ to avoid the overwhelming feelings of despair that are always lurking just under the surface. The way out is through the defense strategies of the 4-personality structure. Trying to not use innate defense structures of the 4 creates a lot of unnecessary suffering and distress.

The 4s naturally focus on their spiritual sense of self and long for reunion with their sense of source. Using their innate intuition and spiritual gifts, the 4s can follow their attention to move to their inner journey and discover that which they are not.

When the 4 reaches the stages of anger and chronic frustration and the resulting hatred of self and others, the 4 has the opportunity to keep going through to the other side of the rage and pain rather than going ‘into it’ and being trapped re-experiencing the original pain and sense of loss.

If the 4 can allow the journey through to the other side, the identity built on a temporal sense of self that is at once, both significant and lacking significance, it can grow into a sense of self that is luminescent and omnipresent. Rather than being identified with being denied and spinning into disorientation, the 4 can reach a new sense of equilibrium that is continually in a state of being and becoming.

When the 4 can remember that they are not what they possess that is unique, and they are not whatever they think they are, not what they do, and not who they should be, they will remember their true self, which is already exquisitely unique and eternally connected to the source of everything in the universe for which their personality has longed.

More on Tritype® here:
Katherine created a test that has been programmed to pick up particular patterns that the types use.
Take the Test here: https://enneagramtritypetest.com
General Information: www.katherinefauvre.com/tritype
YouTube: Katherine Fauvre | Creator of Tritype®

Katherine Fauvre: Enneagram Rainbow Tritypes® | 279 vs 379 | Creator of Tritype®

January 22, 2020 Katherine Fauvre

Enneagram Rainbow Tritypes® | 279 vs 379
I call the 279 and the 379 the Rainbow Tritypes®. These Tritypes® like colorful events, colorful people, and multi-colored images. Both Tritypes® are diverse and accepting and generally love people. They enjoy friendly and easy relationships. They seek positive experiences, imagery and quotes in journals, calendars and/or posters. They are our cheerleaders in life and set the templates of what is possible, fun and achievable together.

These two Tritypes® are very similar at first glance. Because of these similarities, the 279 Tritype® and the 379 Tritype® can be lookalikes and mistaken for one another. However, the difference between the 3 and the 2 is important.

The 279 Tritype® is the most relational Tritype®, and the 379 is the most positive Tritype®. 379 Tritype® is even more positive than the 279 Tritype®. Both Tritypes® care about people, but the 379 Tritype® focuses more on their actual achievements, and ideally with people, whereas the 279 Tritype® focuses more on relationships and the time shared with others.

The 279 Tritype® needs easy relating and positive encounters...they try to smooth things over, so people are happy and easier to be around. ;) They focus on okay-ness. The 379 Tritype® needs to "be" an exemplar of what is positive. They are like a handful of colorful balloons. They also love images of rainbows and balloons regardless of which type leads.

Both Tritypes® avoid conflict, and both want to be upbeat...but how and why?

279 Tritype®
The 279 feels the need to be happy, relaxed, content and sharing experiences with others that are fun and interesting. They are known as the one that is always smiling, the great guy or woman that everyone likes because they are so kind, happy, considerate, helpful and easy to be around. Unconsciously they feel it is their responsibility to keep up this image and to work hard to keep people happy as well so they can be happy and at ease.

If someone is unhappy, they have trouble shaking it off, so they keep trying to help the unhappy person with encouragement and teasing. If that doesn’t work, they shut down because it just feels too painful. When those with the 279 Tritype® feel this despair, they also feel shame when they are not the ideal happy, easygoing person that everyone loves to be around.

This is because their defense strategy believes that everyone loves a happy, funny and cheerful person, not someone that is negative or needy (2), someone that is upbeat, entertaining, and fun, not someone that is sarcastic or easily bored (7), someone that is kind, easygoing, agreeable and accepting, not someone that is dull or indifferent (9).

When this happens, the 279 Tritype® seems to be overly happy and tells others not to worry. Everything is fine when maybe it is not. They are pushing for okay-ness to manage a very real fear that things aren’t okay, and they don’t know what to do or how to make it better. So, they pretend… to survive the overwhelming underlying distress they are feeling if you or they are not feeling happy.

379 Tritype®
The 379 Tritype® feels the need to be motivated, positive, efficient, and successful. They are known as the quietly ambitious, successful, fun-loving ambassadors of goodwill. They are the achievers with the soft touch that care about others. Unconsciously, they feel it is their responsibility to look, feel and act like the ‘ideal’ exemplar of the multi-faceted all-around good person that smart, kind, successful, and likable. Not only do they need to meet that ideal for themselves, but they also need to help others do the same.

This creates a great deal of pressure. So, the 379 Tritype® struggles when they have a disappointing experience, don't achieve a goal, miss an opportunity and/or have an off moment with others. They feel anxious stress that they suppress. They are quick to deny painful emotions in favor of pseudo-happiness and instead turn lemons into lemonade more than any other Tritype®.

So, when a painful experience is acute and needs time to heal, the 379 Tritype® can become impatient and be very hard on themselves for being down. Like the balloons, their happiness becomes deflated. When those with the 379 Tritype® feel this despair, they also feel a sense of inner emptiness that they feel they must hide from others. This is because their defense strategy believes that everyone loves a winner, not a loser (3), someone that brings people up and not down (7), and someone that is content, not complaining (9).

When this happens, the 379 Tritype® can seem to be bouncing all over the place and overly positive. If a situation turns sour or is less than positive, this Tritype® can choose to ignore the change in energy and insist that everything is still great and that all things are possible. The 379 Tritype® is attempting to have a positive view to manage very real sadness and disappointment that their ideal expectations are only moments that are inconsistent and are fleeting at best. So, they pretend.

Working with the Rainbow Tritypes®: 279 vs 379 in General
These two Tritypes® are trying to reframe their negative emotional states into positive learning experiences to remain interesting and fun to be around. When in pain, the 379 Tritype® can come across as shallow due to their efforts to be positive when they feel negative. Done to excess, they can feel like empty calories to themselves and to others.

When they are down, their world becomes bleak and gray and devoid of color. It is an opportunity for introspection and growth, of course, but for this Tritype®, it is extremely difficult to do because it means embracing the bleak and the gray which their Tritype® is defended against. But, until they grieve whatever loss they are experiencing or have experienced in the past and let in the pain in small doses, their world will remain bleak with a broken façade.

Most pretend they are happy to remain likable and safe, but friends and loved ones read that something is amiss. This is when you can remind them that when they identify and name the pain (tag it), their world will become colorful again and that their ambitions and upbeat personality will return and feel real.

Working with the 279 Tritype®
When working with the 279 Tritype®, it is really important to help them remember that everything actually will be okay again when they better understand uncomfortable situations by talking about them. Remind them that they will feel happier and more content after they have had the discussion about their hidden sadness and the pain they avoid. Once they have found their center, you can begin the journey of working on the more flexible self-image they need to cultivate in order to more fully heal.

Remind the 279 Tritype® that the deadness they are secretly feeling and the effort that it takes to go through the motions is exhausting, and the attempts to fake it until they make it are also exhausting. Help them begin to see that the fear of being cut off will actually begin to subside when they take steps to let in what they avoid. It must be in tiny steps, though, as the defense strategy is wired to be upbeat and will go on tilt and stop engaging and start pretending when they don’t feel upbeat. If they are not upbeat, they will be overlooked and unimportant.

The good news is that the 279 Tritype® will feel more relaxed and connected to themselves, which feels better than just okay. They feel the need to have everyone be okay to avoid the painful feeling of being disconnected or separate from others. They remember many times when they were really looking forward to just being with people they cared about and how they love people, and just being together, having a good time that is stress-free. They are often the glue that makes it easy for different types of people to come together. They love to make others happy and share in the happiness others experience. When those with the 279 Tritype® are feeling stressed, it helps to understand that they also feel shame and need to be reminded that they are a really nice, easygoing person that everyone does love to be around.

Working with the 379 Tritype®
When working with the 379 Tritype®, it is really important to help them remember their amazing ability to see what is positive, possible, and harmonious in any given situation. Help them reconnect to themselves via their accomplishments. The disconnection happens when they feel that they are seen as less than the ideal exemplar of whatever image they have of themselves. Once they have found their center, you can begin the journey of working with them on the greater depth of emotions they need to cultivate and bring into awareness to more fully heal.

Help them begin to see that the fear of being uncool and un-fun or unsuccessful will actually begin to subside when they take steps to let what they avoid and are so good at concealing. It must be in tiny steps, though, as the defense strategy is wired to be a winner that has it all and will instantly deliver an artificial image to hide behind to feel safe when they are not positive. This is because if they fear if they are not upbeat, they will be overlooked and seen as unimportant and uncool.

The good news is that the 379 Tritype® will feel more positive, upbeat, and good-natured when they are connected to themselves. They act as if not to be insincere but to hide their sadness when they feel down. They lose their motivation to do, be, and become. This is crushing because they want success and seek stardom even when it is in understated ways. Help them to remember who they are, all of who they are, and what they have already accomplished that others haven’t.

They love people and the energy that comes from being connected to others. They like color in every form. They love projects and are very ambitious and can accomplish a great deal. But, they need the affirmation that comes from others to, in turn, have the confidence they need to share their inspirations with everyone they meet. Like the flowers that turn to face the sun, 379s need to be inspired and be inspirational, and when they have it, they share their enthusiasm with the world.

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