Wings

The Enneagram works through motion.

Our internal experience is also, more of an ebb and flow rather than a static quality; in the same way that people have spectrums of moods, each fixation also orients itself around certain regions of the enneagram — each representing specific reactions to the needs of the core fixation.

Take for example, an individual that has the fixation of point 1, when faced with certain kinds of experiences that cause them disharmony, may direct their attention toward the next point or the previous point on the enneagram as a resolution point… A place where this conflict can find a resolution. This is the role and function of “wings” in enneagram. They show us a deeper layer of motion to personality.

So in the example of that Enneagram 1, they are surrounded by types 9 and 2. Both oriented toward positivity triad in some way — however the responses of the 1w9 and 1w2 are different in the sense that the 1w9 will deepen their “corrective” measures into matters of their own personal world, moving away from larger value assessments that a 2 wing would create. And in turn, the 1w2 will direct their resolution toward some matter of relevance to the wide ethical domain of behavior.

To truly understand how wings operate:

one has to understand how each fixation operates, and then find the similarities that are shared in those specific regions of experience that are illustrated by each wing area.

For example, There are many similarities shared between 1w9 and 9w1 as they share their range of experiences in the same region — however the core fixation, the unstable and emotionally charged aspect of the personality, will be different. And despite these changes, there will be a shared attitude of “looking into the self and finding corrective measures that benefit us.

Read more on each fixation’s wings on link to core types

The Enneagram is not just a personality system — it is a symbolic map of movement and transformation, rooted in esoteric mathematics, music theory, the law of octaves, the law of three, and the law of seven as taught by Gurdjieff.  *(Read more)*

Each of its 9 points represents a relationship to the core need/question of one of the three Centers of Intelligence (Body, Heart, Head),

Each point is situated between two adjacent types (its wings). Just as a musical scale naturally moves from one tone to the next, each type falls into one of the two adjacent expressions to stabilize or express its core motivation.

Each type expresses itself through an orientation toward one of its wings.

Wing Regions

coming soon…