Enneagram Type 3

Enneagram Personality Type 3

Author Labels

Success through Appearances, The Performer, The Achiever, The Motivator, The Succeeder, The Effective Person, The Star, The Organizer Parent, Achiever, The Program of Achievement with Emphasis on Image

Oscar Ichazo's Ego-Van or Ego-Go

Fixation: Vanity
Trap: Efficiency
Holy Idea: Holy Hope
Passion: Deceit
Virtue: Truthfulness

Center of Intelligence

Heart-Based, Feeling
Note: Unlike types 2 and 4, type 3 has difficulty with this center

7 Sins + 2

Deceit

Negative Potential

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Defense Mechanism

Identification

Karen Horney Type

Aggressive Type

Subtypes/Variants

2-wing or 4-wing

*Instincts

  • (sp) Self-Preservation
    • security, accumulating, scarcity
  • (sx) Sexual, Intimate, One-to-One
    • masculine or feminine role, ideal
  • (so) Social
    • prestige, achievement, accolades

 *Instinct labels taken from instinctual subtype chart at Enneagram Explorations