Enneagram Ones – Anger – Irritated
feeling irritated that there’s a difference between ‘what is’ and ‘what’s right’. It is a chronic dissatisfaction with how things are.
Enneagram Twos – Pride – Being indispensable
feeling more important than one actually is. It is about doing things for other people in order to feel better about yourself.
Enneagram Three – Self-Deceit – False image
deceiving yourself as to who you really are by trying to be someone else. It is about becoming what others admire or value.
Enneagram Four – Envy – Lacking
constantly comparing yourself to others and only noticing what you are lacking or don’t have. It is a constant sense of inner deficiency, wishing for what is “missing” and comparing yourself to someone who has it.
Enneagram Five – Avarice – Closed heart
closing your heart to receiving and giving. It means hoarding one’s time, knowledge, energy and resources out of fear of having nothing.
Enneagram Six – Fear – Anticipation
of apprehension, tension or uneasiness suggest that something is wrong, but the source of danger is not obvious. The heart constantly anticipates the worst
Enneagram Seven – Gluttony – Wanting more
an excessive desire to consume whatever feels good. It is an insatiable and unrelenting need for constant stimulation of any kind – for people, places, experiences and things.
Enneagram Eight – Lust – Being Excessive
‘lust’ is excess; excessive energy and intensity. The craving for intensity spreads across all areas of life for an Eight, for which food, work and pleasure are only some of the ways it manifests.
Enneagram Nine – Sloth – Self-forgetting
doing every action, except the right one – the one that matters most to the Nine.
