The Instinctual Variants are based on three primary instincts that motivate human behavior: the Self-Preservation Instinct, the Social Instinct, and the Sexual Instinct. Thus, each Enneagram type has three variations based on the three possible dominant instincts. For example, a Six could be a Self-Preservation Six, a Social Six, or a Sexual Six, and each of these Sixes would have a noticeably different set of concerns.
