The most primary triad categorization of the Enneagram where each group is focused on how we experience the world.
Instinctive 189
- Represented in the body by the gut
- Basic emotion is anger/rage—Ones repress, Eights act out, and Nines deny
- Basic need is for control or autonomy
- Experience the world through the present with what's happening right now
Feeling 234
- Represented in the body by the heart
- Basic emotion is shame—Twos repress, Threes deny, and Fours act out
- Basic need is for self-worth
- Experience the world through the past with what has happened
Thinking 567
- Represented in the body by the head
- Basic emotion is fear/anxiety—Fives act out, Sixes deny, and Sevens repress
- Basic need is for security and safety
- Experience the world through the future with what might happen