Most Likely Enneagram and Instinctual Variants For Your MBTI Type (+Figuring Out Your Enneagram Type)
This is just for reference of what the most likely Enneagram types are for each MBTI type, but remember that any MBTI type can be any Enneagram type. (very important!!!) It’s an incredibly common misconception that certain MBTI types can’t be certain Enneagram types and that is in fact false. Yes it would be rare and odd to see an INFP 8, but it’s certainly not impossible and there are always exceptions. There is no technical correlation between Enneagram and MBTI, just similar traits between certain types of each system. When choosing an Enneagram type, choose based off of the fear that drives you. Many people when they are starting out on Enneagram will choose a type solely through common behaviors of the types. Whilst this can be a useful guideline on finding your type, the Enneagram is all about the fear that commonly drives you. This can ultimately manifest in different ways in each person, especially if you are a countertype version of your type, which in that case your behaviors would be irregular compared to the typical person of your type. Whether you are a countertype or not is generally determined by instinctual variants, I’ll attach a little guideline here now:
If your sp corresponds to your 1, 2, or 3, you are a countertype.
If your sx corresponds to your 4, 5, or 6, you are countertype.
If your so corresponds to your 7, 8, or 9, you are countertype.
It’s also worth noting that each enneagram type in your tritype corresponds to a variant. Another example here:
Say your tritype is 9w1-4w5-7w6, and you are a so/sx/sp. You would be a countertype 9 and a countertype 4. That means that your behavior will be varying levels of irregular for your enneagram type, however it’s most notable and generally talked about with 6′s.
With all of that being said, I’ll now go into the most common enneagram types and instinctual variants for each MBTI type based on surveys I’ve found and tallied.
ISFJ: 6w5, 2w3, 2w1, 9w1 | sp/so, so/sp
ESFJ: 2w3, 2w1, 6w5, 6w7 | so/sx, sx/so
ISTJ: 1w9, 1w2, 6w5, 5w6 | sp/so, so/sp
ESTJ: 8w9, 8w7, 3w2, 1w2 | sp/sx, sp/so
ISTP: 5w6, 5w4, 9w8, 6w5 | sx/sp, sp/so
ESTP: 8w7, 8w9, 7w8, 3w2 | sx/so, so/sx
ISFP: 9w1, 9w8, 4w5, 6w5 | so/sx, sx/sp
ESFP: 7w8, 7w6, 2w3, 3w2 | so/sx, sx/so
INFJ: 4w5, 5w4, 2w3, 2w1 | so/sp, sp/so
ENFJ: 2w3, 2w1, 3w2, 3w4 | sx/so, so/sx
INTJ: 5w6, 5w4, 1w9, 1w2 | sp/sx, sp/so
ENTJ: 8w7, 8w9, 3w2, 3w4 | sx/so, sp/sx
INTP: 5w4, 5w6, and significantly less common 9w1, 9w8 | sp/sx, sp/so
ENTP: 7w8, 7w6, 8w7, 8w9 | sx/so, so/sx
INFP: 4w5, 4w3, 9w1, 6w5 | sp/sx, sp/so
ENFP: 7w8, 7w6, 4w3, 4w5 | sx/so, so/sx
If you research and find that your Enneagram type happens to deviate from these most common types, you shouldn’t worry about it too much if it seems to fit your fears. Remember, it takes a lot of introspection to figure out the fear that truly drives your actions, so it may take some time to find an Enneagram type that suits you. It’s not something that you will probably be able to figure out in a day, but you will be able to figure it out through consistent introspection of your actions. I’d recommend doing some deeper research on countertypes, instinctual variants, and the fears that lead each type.
