The enneagram is a tool that has helped people connect with their inner self and many relations around them. “The enneagram is divided into three triads: the head, the heart and the gut” (Levey). It shows what motivations and beliefs that go with a person. Knowing what enneagram numbers people are helps explain why people act the way they do. The enneagram has impacted the way people interact with others on a daily basis by learning about people on a deeper level. This tool has expanded over the years and has increased the number of people growing connections. In order to understand enneagrams, people have to know the background, the relationships it builds and the different types. 

To start off, the enneagram's history goes far back. Many people created the enneagram but one of the main contributors was Gurfijeff, he has been known for making the nine types on the enneagram circle. Another important attribute is Ichazo, he also had a huge impact on creating the enneagram. He was the one who taught the enneagram the most in school to his students. He taught that the enneagram was what showed the true passions of someone. The true fact is the enneagram has actually been around since the ancient school from the Sufis (“The Traditional Enneagram”). There are also many religions and philosophies behind the enneagram that develop the science behind the enneagram. The enneagram contains components of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Jaosim, Buddhism and ancient Greek philosophy (“The Traditional Enneagram”). The enneagram goes far back in time and is created from many different people which adds on to the credibility. 

To add on, the enneagram is a tool that helps people with building relationships and becoming one with themselves. There are nine numbers on the enneagram and everyone is at least one of the nine types. The number you are comes from how your childhood was and peoples ways in life now because of their childhood (“How the system”). The enneagram is a circle and multiple numbers connect to each other causing people to lean/ correlate with another number (Collins). These numbers not only help discover who they are but helps make connections with their peers around them.  “The Enneagram is a model of human psychology and personality theory that is based on the idea that each person has a unique and innate personality structure, or "essence," that shapes the way they see the world and themselves” (“What is the”).  Knowing what behaviors are bound to happen because of their enneagram lets them have a deeper understanding of why they act and react to situations around them. Being able to see everything about themselves in the enneagram can help you become a better person and know themselves better. Knowing how the enneagram helps on self discovery.

Lastly the enneagram numbers are very different in their personalities like their good and bad traits. The enneagram shows what trait a person has whether it is good or bad. (“How the Enneagram”). Type One is honest, eager, disciplined and type two is selfless, people-pleasing, and overprotective. To add on type three is adjustable, motivated, and aware. Full of emotion, dramatic, self-absorbed are all ways to describe type four. Type Five is insightful, innovative, uncommunicative. Then type six is delightful, responsible, anxious and type seven is spontaneous, flexible, and disorganized and type eight is confident, certain, and confrontational. Last type Nine is open-minded, reassuring, pleased with oneself. (“How the Enneagram”). Every number has traits that are specific to their number which helps define their number.

The enneagram has been around for a long time and has helped develop many peoples true understanding of themselves. This test has bloomed over the years becoming more popular. The more people that know their number the more the community around them more aware of why people act the way they do. The enneagram is an amazing tool to use and have in today's society.