The Enneagram

If you have ever rewritten a grocery list because the handwriting was "too chaotic," if rules are your love language, and if you have a resting face that says, "I'm not angry, just disappointed," you might be a 1w9.

If generic architecture makes you ill feeling misunderstood is your entire personality, you might be a 4w5.

We tend to treat our Enneagram type like a Zodiac sign: a fixed label we wear on a t-shirt. "I'm a 7, I love parties!" or "I'

A characteristic struggle for Nines is Sloth (or Acedia)—not necessarily physical laziness, but a spiritual or psychological "checking out."

A characteristic struggle for Eights is Lust—not necessarily in a sexual sense, but a lust for intensity, excess, and expansion. They often feel that they need to push boundaries to feel alive.