Enneagram:
Type Nine

The Peacemaker strives to bring harmony into the world.. The Peacemaker has a compulsive need to keep the peace, merge with others, and avoid conflict.

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Features:

The Gut Center: Moves against others - Out of touch with center
Original Loss: "I created too much conflict."
Problem Emotion: Anger
Decision: Always being peaceful and not rocking the boat allows you to survive and be loved.
False Claim: "I am always easygoing and content."
Four Adjectives: Peaceful and reassuring, but passive and neglectful.

Self-image: Nothing bothers me.
Compulsion: To always be calm and at ease.
Avoidance: Conflict.
Sin: Sloth - A self-forgetting laziness.
Gift: Can see all sides and create compromise and harmony
Eight Wing: More outgoing, assertive, and antiauthoritarian.
One Wing: More orderly, critical, emotionally controlled. and compliant.
Stress Point: 6 - Acts out of fear and suspiciousness, doubtful, fearful of catastrophe.
Security Point: 3 -Direct, moves into action, focused towards a clear goal, efficient, effective.

Crossing the River: Floats downstream with the current.
Affirmation: "I actively embrace all that life brings."


Adjectives for High Functioning Nines:

Un-self-conscious

Unpretentious

Good Natured 

Reassuring

Easygoing

Self-effacing

Supportive

Patient

Accepting

Receptive

Guileless

Gracious

  Adjectives for Average Functioning Nines:

Accommodating

Appreciative

Comfortable

Complacent

Minimizer

Genuine

Content

Protective

Peaceful

Resigned

Unifying

Adjectives for Low Functioning Nines:

Non-responsive

Self-Deprecating

Passive-Aggressive 

Disengaged

Repressed

Resigned

Fatalistic

Stubborn

Obstinate

Oblivious

Punitive

Lazy


Famous Examples of Nines:

Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Grace, Walter Cronkite, Walt Disney, Garrison Keiler, Sophia Loren, Genna Davis, Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Eric Clapton, Norman Rockwell, "Edith Bunker," "Marge Simpson."

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