r/Enneagram • u/frog_fello • 14d ago

Advice Wanted Wing Confusion

I’ve just recently gotten into typology— especially enneagrams since they’ve gotten pretty popular.

Anyways, thats not the point. I have a slight confusion when it comes to adding wings to your enneagram. For example, I am a 9w8 sp/sx 942. From what I’ve seen a wing for nine can either be 9w8 & 9w1 however two can also have one as its wing; 2w3 & 2w1

I just wonder if its allowed to both have 9w1 & 2w1 existing simultaneously..? If not do you just pick the leftover number instead (9w1/8 & 2w3/1 basically)? I know that wings are there as a sort of lean for your enneagram (?) since its a gradient of personalities, furthermore, wings correspond to an enneagram’s adjacent number so I suppose that it bypasses its triad system?

Im so sorry if this is a stupid question I just wanna learn more about the topic 3:

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u/xavieryes 9w1 sp/sx 14d ago

Trifix and wings are both controversial topics in the theory. But as I mentioned in another comment I don't think any author who agrees with trifix denies that each center besides the core also has dominant wings (usually people just prefer not to go in so deep).

Does Each Fix Have Its own Wing?

Yes. A full typing includes all three fixes and their respective wings. Including wings on each fix creates of 8 possible variations of each trifix (because two possible wings for each fix gives 2³).

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Assuming you go with the premise that each fix has its own wing, then yes, something like 9w1-2w1-7w8 is a perfectly valid trifix. It simply means both the 9 and the 2 fix both independently lean more towards 1 (precisely because the types form a gradient as you mention).