Evil Personified: Which Enneagram Type Is Satan?

Do you share a personality with the Devil?

Dan Foster
Backyard Church
Published in
8 min readMay 18, 2024

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Satan. The Devil. Lucifer. The Prince of Darkness. Beelzebub. The Father of Lies.

Call him what you like. The fact is most people of faith generally have a name for the personification of evil. Some even believe him to be a real, living being. But, even if you don’t, let’s assume for a moment that Satan — I’ll use that name for the sake of convenience — is actually a unique personage. That would mean he would have an equally unique personality.

Which got me thinking. If Satan took The Enneagram Personality Test, what personality type would he be? At the end of this article, I will take my best guess at answering that very question.

Do you share a personality with The Devil? Wouldn’t you like to know?

But before we get to that, here’s some background information that will be helpful if you are new to the Enneagram. If not, feel free to skip over this section.

What is The Enneagram?

The Enneagram is a personality profiling tool that has grown in popularity in recent years — becoming the personality test of choice for millennials. It explains why we behave the way we do and how we relate to others. The Enneagram identifies nine…

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Dan Foster
Backyard Church

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