Lack of Attention Spent on the Self, Resulting in Inaction
*Counter-type*
SP
Self-Preservation Focuses on basic necessities for survival - food, shelter, safety of the physical being, warmth, creature comforts, keeping away from danger, etc.
Appetite
Finding a sense of comfort in the world through satisfying their physical needs. Find satisfaction in activities such as eating, reading, watching television, sleeping, or working. Merge with the experience of satisfaction of their needs. Focus on ensuring a certain rhythm occurs in life. Unpredictable or complex activities might cause discomfort.
SX
Sexual / One-to-One Focuses on relationship with one other party; forming intimacy in relationships, not with many people at one go, but with one particular person at each point in time.
Union
Have a sense of “being” by merging themselves with someone else. Might sacrifice own desires and take one another’s feelings and agenda when merging. Kind, gentle, tender, and sweet. The least assertive of the Nines. Empathetic and sensitive to others. Sexual Nines would prefer to go through life with a partner than going through it alone.
SO
Social Focuses on belonging to bigger community, what everyone else id doing, influence in a group, group processes, etc.
*Participation*
Express the passion of laziness (sloth) through merging with groups. Working hard at the group interests, prioritizing the group’s needs above their own. Need to participate comes from their deeper feeling of not belonging to the group. Work twice as hard to support to ensure they belong. More outgoing and energetic. Make very good leaders. Unselfish, and able to handle a lot. Work hard and accomplish a lot without showing stress of it.
