Type 9 Initial Self-Belief: “I am not in unity as I am.”

Type 9 Compensation: "I must accommodate others' agenda and opinions in order to feel at ease and in harmony with them."

Type 9 Core Focus: Harmony comes from getting along with others and falling into comfortable routines. This requires that I accommodate others by finding common ground and minimizing my own agenda when around others as well as finding comfort and peace of mind for myself.

Personality characteristics that might arise from the type 9 core focus include:

• Loses sight of own agenda in favor of the agenda of others
• Smooths over conflict in order to keep the peace and feel more at ease
• Has difficulty establishing goals and following through on them
• Struggles with inertia: getting going or changing course once underway
• Gets lost in peripheral activities that don't serve the primary objective
• Avoids creating separation from people by going along to get along
• Supresses anger which may surface as stubbornness or passive-aggressiveness
• Finds it difficult to prioritize because everything can seem equally important
• Numbs themself through comfort seeking and getting lost in routine

9 wing 8 (9w8) - preferred 8 wing
Common Name: The Referee

• merges more with their surroundings
• can have angry outbursts then forget
• wants to keep things comfortable

9 wing 1 (9w1) - preferred 1 wing
Common Name: The Dreamer

• filters for the consensus opinion
• more reserved and less adventurous
• more of an observer and thinker

The Nine with an Eight-Wing: The Referee
People of this subtype mix the ability to be agreeable and to comfort others with endurance and strength. These people enjoy socializing and good times and are more attracted to losing themselves in sensuality and comforting routines that interfere with their ability to stay focused on significant goals.¹

The Nine with a One-Wing: The Dreamer
People of this subtype are imaginative and creative, often able to synthesize different schools of thought or points of view into a visions of an ideal world. They are less adventurous and more reserved than people of the other subtype, expressing anger with restraint and smoldering indignation.¹

Nine with an Eight Wing (1w9): More grounded and embodied, these Nines often exude a sense of laid-back cool. They are stubborn and quicker to anger when provoked.²

Nine with a One Wing (1w2): More lofty and idealistic, these Nines often manifest their attention to unity through ideas and imagination. They seem gentler on the surface.²

Nines with an Eight wing may be exhibit more personal power and take more control of situations.³

Nines with a One wing may be more punctual, discerning, and judgmental.³

Nines with an Eight wing (9w8) tend to be more confrontational than other Nines, but they are also quick to be conciliatory. More energized, confident, stubborn, outgoing and inner-directed than the 9w1s, 9w8s have more access to anger and express it more openly if they or others are threatened.⁴

Nines with a One wing (9w1) are more critical, orderly, introverted and passive-aggressive than other Nines. Because of their concern about matters of right and wrong they’re apt to be involved in peacemaking efforts or other social justice causes.⁴

Nines with a more developed Eight wing tend to be more outgoing, assertive, and antiauthoritarian.⁵

Nines with a more developed One wing tend to be more orderly, critical, emotionally controlled, and compliant.⁵

Nine With an 8 Wing
Can seem highly centered, take what they do seriously but remain unimpressed with themselves. 8 wing can bring a strong internal sense of direction.⁶

Nine With a 1 Wing
Tend to have been “model children.” Instinctively worked to please their parents by being virtuous, orderly, and little trouble.⁶

¹Book: The Wisdom of the Enneagram

²Book: The Modern Enneagram

³Book: Bringing Out The Best In Yourself At Work

⁴Book: The Road Back to You

⁵Book: The Enneagram Made Easy

⁶Book: The Enneagram Movie & Video Guide

Enneagram Type with Wing Test
This is a very short test that determines your most likely type and preferred wing.
Select from paragraphs, similar to the method used by the
Essential Enneagram Test as found in The Essential Enneagram book.
Use when you want to know your type and preferred wing.

Enneagram Type Preference Test
This test produces a scored list of all nine types.
Questions are forced-choice, similar to the method used by the Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indictor (RHETI).
Use to determine type, wings, gut/heart/head types, and tri-center.

Enneagram Wing Comparison Test
This test compares the two wings of any type, producing a score for each wing.
Use when you know your type but not your preferred wing.

Enneagram Type Comparison Test
This test compares any two types, producing a score for each.
Use when not sure which of two types is your primary type and which is your preferred wing type.