Enneagram Type 5

Enneagram Personality Type 5

Author Labels

Seeking Wholeness through Isolation, The Observer, The Investigator, The Wise Person, The Synthesizer, The Observer Parent, Observers, The Program of Knowledge with Withdrawal, The Watcher

Oscar Ichazo's Ego-Stinge

Fixation: Stingeness
Trap: Observer
Holy Idea: Holy Omniscience
Passion: Avarice
Virtue: Detachment

Center of Intelligence

Head-Based, Thinking

7 Sins + 2

Avarice

Negative Potential

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Defense Mechanism

Isolation

Karen Horney Type

Withdrawn (Detached) Type

Subtypes/Variants

4-wing or 6-wing

*Instincts

  • (sp) Self-Preservation
    • my home, my castle, hideout
  • (sx) Sexual, Intimate, One-to-One
    • confidence, trust, supreme love
  • (so) Social
    • totem, identity, secret societies 

 *Instinct labels taken from instinctual subtype chart at Enneagram Explorations