Enneagram Type 9 - The Peacemaker

Core Motivation: To create harmony and avoid conflict

Type 9 Overview

Type 9s are receptive, reassuring, complacent, and resigned. They are driven to maintain inner and outer peace.

Core Motivation: To create harmony and avoid conflict

Core Fear: Loss of connection or fragmentation

Type 9 Strengths

  • Calm and peaceful
  • Accepting and non-judgmental
  • Excellent at seeing multiple perspectives
  • Patient and steady
  • Natural mediators and peacemakers

Type 9 Weaknesses

  • May avoid conflict at all costs
  • Can become passive or complacent
  • May struggle with assertiveness
  • Can become numb or disconnected from themselves
  • May procrastinate or avoid important tasks

Growth Tips for Type 9

  • Practice assertiveness and expressing your needs
  • Engage with conflict constructively
  • Develop a stronger sense of self and priorities
  • Take action on important goals
  • Stay connected with your own desires and values