Hmmm

[oceantheorem]

I suppose this is fairly accurate. The first time I took it, it said I was an Eight, but that was clearly wrong. It gave me Six the second time; that's the first result beneath the cut because it seemed much closer, so I assumed it was correct. Then I decided, ah hell, I'll take it a third time and see what happens (all this is just from changing my answer on the first question), and it gave me Four. So that's beneath the cut too.
The weird thing is that Six feels like it describes what would be the WHOLE me, even though bits are inaccurate, while Four feels like it's 100% accurate but only describes one side of me.

I decided to bold specific bullets that I identify with.
Because, you know, it's nearly 1 am on a weeknight and of course I'm not sleeping.

Your Score: 6 - the Questioner

Thanks for taking the test !

you chose CY - your Enneagram type is SIX (aka "The Loyalist").

"I am affectionate and skeptical"

Questioners are responsible, trustworthy, and value loyalty to family,
friends, groups, and causes. Their personalities range broadly from reserved
and timid to outspoken and confrontative.

How to Get Along with Me

• Be direct and clear.



• Listen to me carefully.



• Don't judge me for my anxiety.



• Work things through with me.



• Reassure me that everything is OK between us.



• Laugh and make jokes with me.



• Gently push me toward new experiences.



• Try not to overreact to my overreacting.

What I Like About Being a SIX

• being committed and faithful to family and friends



• being responsible and hardworking



• being compassionate toward others



• having intellect and wit



• being a nonconformist



• confronting danger bravely



• being direct and assertive

What's Hard About Being a SIX

• the constant push and pull involved in trying to make up my mind



• procrastinating because of fear of failure; having little confidence
  in myself



• fearing being abandoned or taken advantage of



• exhausting myself by worrying and scanning for danger



• wishing I had a rule book at work so I could do everything right



• being too critical of myself when I haven't lived up to my expectations
  

SIXes as Children Often

• are friendly, likable, and dependable, and/or sarcastic, bossy, and
  stubborn



• are anxious and hypervigilant; anticipate danger



• form a team of "us against them" with a best friend or parent
  



• look to groups or authorities to protect them and/or question authority and rebel



• are neglected or abused, come from unpredictable or alcoholic families, and/or take on the fearfulness of an overly anxious parent

SIXes as Parents

• are often loving, nurturing, and have a strong sense of duty



• are sometimes reluctant to give their children independence



• worry more than most that their children will get hurt



• sometimes have trouble saying no and setting boundaries

4- the Individualist

Thanks for taking the test !

http://is3.okcupid.com/users/986/276/9872769248634057572/mt1117662069.jpg

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR (aka "The Romantic")

"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

• Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.


• Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.


• Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.


• Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling
  melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.


• Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!

What I Like About Being a FOUR

• my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level


• my ability to establish warm connections with people


• admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life


• my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor


• being unique and being seen as unique by others


• having aesthetic sensibilities


• being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What's Hard About Being a FOUR

• experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair


• feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved
  


• feeling guilty when I disappoint people


• feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me


• expecting too much from myself and life


• fearing being abandoned



• obsessing over resentments


• longing for what I don't have

FOURs as Children Often

• have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original games


• are very sensitive


• feel that they don't fit in


• believe they are missing something that other people have



• attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.


• become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
  


• feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents' divorce)

FOURs as Parents

• help their children become who they really are


• support their children's creativity and originality


• are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings



• are sometimes overly critical or overly protective


• are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy

Discover the 9 Types of People

Harper
SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages

You liked the test?

so S P R E A D I T ! tell everyone!!!
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you wanna know MORE?

so check out, what Wikipedia says about your type...



...even more you'll find in Google

or do you prefer to

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You are not completely happy with the result?!

You chose BY

Would you rather have chosen:

AY (EIGHT)

CY (SIX)

BX (NINE)

BZ (FIVE)

Link: The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test written by felk on Ok Cupid

Comments

[marblespire.livejournal.com]

Ungh. Please don't take the OKCupid test. Please please please. It's a crappy test, don't trust it. Use the one at Enneagram Institute (http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/dis_sample_36.asp), if anything. Please please please.

Speaking only for myself, I thought I was a Four for a long time, and a Two for a little while. Then my friend suggested Six, and it was a good analysis. I'm a Six. Maybe it's the same chart for you.

Good ways to find out: check out the stuff on Integration and Disintegration (IE Stress and Security Points), and also see what you can find about parental treatment and how it relates to typography. And finally, keep in mind that the Enneagram is not scientific at all; it's a useful guideline for goal-setting and personal growth, but it should not be considered factual in any way shape or form. (Of course, neither should the Myers-Briggs. If anyone ever tells you, "Oh, you're an INFP [or whatever] so you should do this," tell them to shove it. Myers-Briggs is as trustworthy as fortune-telling.)

[oceantheorem.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks for the info.
I'm really not that interested in the final say of the quiz, to be honest. I like taking them and seeing which different answers they give me, and analyzing how closely they resemble who I am at the time of the test-taking. But I feel like I'm too mercurial for these tests to be accurate in the long-term, or even over a week, so I generally forget about them right after I take them. Even the respectable ones. Even for purposes of goal-setting and personal growth.
But ah, well, they're fun to take. :-P

[fieryminge.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I took the OKCupid one and got a Six too. I also checked out the one marblespire linked to.... It came up as a Six as well (closely followed by a Nine). Very interesting. There is a lot more integrated information on the EI site, but both tests seemed fairly accurate for me.

[oceantheorem.livejournal.com]

Huh. Next time I get bored I might mosey on over there and take the "real" one.