The passions of the Enneagram are unconscious emotional motivations, often described as "emotional vices", that distort the perception of reality and drive each type's behaviour to run on "autopilot".
They act as the ego's driving force for dealing with the world.
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Type 1: Anger - A repressed anger that turns into constant frustration with the imperfections of the world and of oneself. It shows itself as an inner demand for perfection and moral correctness.
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Type 2: Pride – The unconscious belief that one has no needs, but is able to meet everyone else's needs. The pride lies in seeing oneself as indispensable and generous.
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Type 3: Self-deception – An excessive focus on outward image, status and success. The passion lies in "selling" a successful image, often disconnecting from who one really is in order to be, or appear to be, what society values.
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Type 4: Envy – The constant feeling that something essential is missing in oneself that others have. It shows itself as a focus on loss, melancholy and the search for a unique, misunderstood identity.
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Type 5: Avarice – The desire to hold on to and save one's resources (time, energy, knowledge and emotions). Type 5 fears depletion and withdraws from the world to protect themselves from outside demands.
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Type 6: Fear – Constant vigilance and anticipation of dangerous scenarios. The passion shows itself as a relentless search for security, certainty, alliances or trustworthy authorities.
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Type 7: Gluttony – An insatiable search for intellectual stimulation, pleasures and future options. It is the desire to keep the mind busy with projects and positive ideas in order to avoid pain, boredom and limitation.
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Type 8: Lust – The pursuit of excess, intensity and control. Type 8 wants to dominate their surroundings and avoid vulnerability at all costs.
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Type 9: Indolence – Not physical laziness, but rather a "laziness about oneself". It is the resistance to taking a stand and prioritising one's own wishes, and the squandering of one's own energy in order to keep the peace and avoid conflict.
In the Enneagram, the path of spiritual and psychological growth involves recognising when the "passion" is in charge and transmuting it into its respective Virtue, which is the balanced state of the essence.
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