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Tritypes have been bugging me for a long time. I really dislike the idea that you can pick and choose between each of the centers. It's sloppy and inelegant and for this reason just seems wrong to me. So I started playing around with the enneagram, and couldn't help but notice something. The object relation, harmonic, and social styles all create tritypes, and they all lead to a connection of every single point in the enneagram. (Try it out for yourself.)
I could make this long, but I won't. To keep it short and sweet, I have reached the conclusion that there are three possible tritypes for each enneatype:
126, 147, 135 (compliant, frustrated, competent)
261, 258, 279 (compliant, rejected, positive)
378, 369, 351 (assertive, attached, competent)
459, 471, 468 (withdrawn, frustrated, reactive)
594, 582, 513 (withdrawn, rejected, competent)
612, 693, 684 (compliant, attached, reactive)
783, 714, 792 (assertive, frustrated, positive)
837, 825, 846 (assertive, rejected, reactive)
945, 936, 927 (withdrawn, attached, positive)
All three of these give a very distinct, particular flavor to the core type. When you add the tritype of your wing, it gets even more distinct and particular. I will use myself as an example. I relate to the social style structure of my type the most, which is withdrawn. This is quite obvious because the only three types I've considered as potential core types for myself are 4, 5, and 9. Through lots of introspection and study I have reached the conclusion that I am a nine, and that my wing must be a one because I also relate to the frustrated object relation quite a bit, despite the fact that I am an attachment type. (My attachment style takes precedence over my frustration. I will adapt for the sake of harmony vs leave a situation, although I will be stewing about it, ha.) For this reason, I am a withdrawn nine with a tinge of the frustrated one. I can write it out, in tritype form, like so- 945/147.
I think this explains a lot of differences between types. For example, there are the more assertive sevens, and there are the more positive sevens, as well as more frustrated sevens. This really seems to run across the board for all core types.
This is a good source for the social styles, harmonics, and object relations- http://www.fitzel.ca/enneagram/index.html
Thoughts?
I could make this long, but I won't. To keep it short and sweet, I have reached the conclusion that there are three possible tritypes for each enneatype:
126, 147, 135 (compliant, frustrated, competent)
261, 258, 279 (compliant, rejected, positive)
378, 369, 351 (assertive, attached, competent)
459, 471, 468 (withdrawn, frustrated, reactive)
594, 582, 513 (withdrawn, rejected, competent)
612, 693, 684 (compliant, attached, reactive)
783, 714, 792 (assertive, frustrated, positive)
837, 825, 846 (assertive, rejected, reactive)
945, 936, 927 (withdrawn, attached, positive)
All three of these give a very distinct, particular flavor to the core type. When you add the tritype of your wing, it gets even more distinct and particular. I will use myself as an example. I relate to the social style structure of my type the most, which is withdrawn. This is quite obvious because the only three types I've considered as potential core types for myself are 4, 5, and 9. Through lots of introspection and study I have reached the conclusion that I am a nine, and that my wing must be a one because I also relate to the frustrated object relation quite a bit, despite the fact that I am an attachment type. (My attachment style takes precedence over my frustration. I will adapt for the sake of harmony vs leave a situation, although I will be stewing about it, ha.) For this reason, I am a withdrawn nine with a tinge of the frustrated one. I can write it out, in tritype form, like so- 945/147.
I think this explains a lot of differences between types. For example, there are the more assertive sevens, and there are the more positive sevens, as well as more frustrated sevens. This really seems to run across the board for all core types.
This is a good source for the social styles, harmonics, and object relations- http://www.fitzel.ca/enneagram/index.html
Thoughts?