Unit 7: Instincts, Passions and Subtypes

Understand what happens when we are in our most reactive state

Why it’s so important to push the pause button

There are three versions of each Enneagram type, called subtypes. While people of the same Enneagram type have identical mental and emotional patterns, we have more variation in our subtype-based behavioral responses. Most people have one dominant subtype, while others have two highly active subtypes.

This unit explores the three subtypes of each type and how these three type variations are formed.

ENNEAGRAM BOOKS

Read about types dynamics

Information presented once

Application imagined

Knowledge about subtypes

ENNEAGRAM EXPERIENCES

Observe type dynamics

Concepts revisited in multiple ways

Application practiced

Subtypes in action

What’s Inside: 4 engaging, gamified activities to augment your understanding of instincts, passions, and subtypes

The three instincts
Type-based passions
How passions and instincts create subtypes
The 27 Enneagram subtypes

Plus
A 30-minute ‘candid conversations’ video with Enneagram teachers Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Peter O’Hanrahan, and Milton Stewart

One-year subscription
$27 per unit | $180 for the complete eight-unit set

Enneagram Experiences works on computers, tablets, and smartphones. For the best experience, we recommend using a computer or tablet. If using a smartphone, we recommend turning it sideways, in the landscape position.

Learn more about the other units

Unit 1: Discover Your Type
The Enneagram Typing Process

Unit 2: Understand the System
The 9 Enneagram Types

Unit 3: Learn the Ego Structures
Ego Ideals and Defense Mechanisms

Unit 4: Explore Wings
Enneagram Wings

Unit 5: Understand Arrows
Enneagram Arrows

Unit 6: Work with the Centers
Centers of Intelligence

Unit 7: Explore the Deep Drivers
Instincts, Passions, and Subtypes

Unit 8: Transform Your Patterns
The Lower and Higher States