5
Enneagram Type 5
The Investigator
Fives are alert, insightful, and curious. They are able to concentrate and focus on developing complex ideas and skills. Independent, innovative, and inventive, they can also become preoccupied with their thoughts. At their best, they become visionary pioneers, often ahead of their time, able to see the world in an entirely new way.
Core Desire
To be capable and competent
Core Fear
Being useless, helpless, or incapable
Core Motivation
To possess knowledge, to understand the environment, to have everything figured out
Key Traits
Analytical and perceptive
Independent thinker
Innovative and inventive
Objective and curious
Private and self-sufficient
Knowledge-seeking
Wings
Your wing is one of the two types adjacent to your core type, adding unique flavor to your personality.
Recommended reading
All Types