What Is an Enneagram Wing?

What Is an Enneagram Wing?
The wings are the Enneagram style numbers of either side of our core Enneagram style; in basic wing theory, 9 and 2 are wings for Ones; 1 and 3 are wings for Twos; 2 and 4 are wings for Threes; 3 and 5 are wings for Fours; 4 and 6 are wings for Fives; 5 and 7 and wings for Sixes; 6 and 8 are wings for Sevens; 7 and 9

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Similarly, you may ask, how do you know your Enneagram wing?

Wings. Your (dominant) wing is indicated by the higher score of one of the types on either side of your basic type. For example, if you test as a Two, your wing will be One or Three, whichever has the higher score. The second highest overall score on your Enneagram test is not necessarily that of the wing.

Subsequently, question is, what is a 9w8? 9w8 - Seeking Peace and Power - Awakened Nines with an 8 wing have a modest, steady, receptive core. They are charged by the dynamism of 8 - when focused on goals they often have great force of will. Get things done, make good leaders. May have an animal magnetism of which they are only partly aware.

Also question is, can you have both Enneagram wings?

Yes. A wing is the Enneagram Type on either side of the core type. A person will have two wings.

What does it mean when your wings are balanced?

Balanced wings would mean that you feel the influence of both wings. According to Riso and Hudson's wing theory, each type is influenced by the wing on each side, but fall closer to one side than the other.

Related Question Answers

What is the rarest Enneagram type?

The rarest Enneagram type is type four the Individualist. Part of the reason you don't meet a lot of Types four's is that they tend to keep to themselves. They often are introverts. You are more likely to encounter a type four in a small group or one on one situation.

What was Jesus Enneagram number?

It is conceived that Jesus was a personality type Nine on the Enneagram for lots of reasons but mainly because he shows oceans of patience in all his endeavors and then he snapped, per se, in the temple with the money changers — classic examples of the Nine personality.
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