Enneagram Type 8

Enneagram Personality Type 8

Author Labels

Coming on Strong, The Protector, The Challenger, The Asserter, The Boss, The Top Dog, The Activator, The Confronter, The Powerful Person, The Advocate, The Protector Parent, Challengers, The Program of Self-Defined Justice with Arrogance, The Chief

Oscar Ichazo's Ego-Venge

Fixation: Vengeance
Trap: Justice
Holy Idea: Holy Truth
Passion: Excess
Virtue: Innocence

Center of Intelligence

Body-Based, Doing

7 Sins + 2

Lust

Negative Potential

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Defense Mechanism

Denial

Karen Horney Type

Aggressive Type

Subtypes/Variants

7-wing or 9-wing

*Instincts

  • (sp) Self-Preservation
    • satisfactory survival, territory
  • (sx) Sexual, Intimate, One-to-One
    • possession, surrender, devotion
  • (so) Social
    • comradeship, friends and foes

  *Instinct labels taken from instinctual subtype chart at Enneagram Explorations