In general, I take an approach that does not regard any type as being moderate or centered. I contest that no Enneagram type represents a symetrical relation to all others as the phlegmatic temperament would.
The system I put together was based on the notion that while each variable had three values, none of those values are simply in the middle of a continuum. Rather than having two sides with one value inbetween, I would depict my variables as triangles, with three points equally different from each other.
If such a system is followed, then neautrality cannot exist, and as an added note, the Nine and the Eight would indeed be very different.
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