Type 8 is assertive, confident, and kind of aggressive -- maybe not physically, but they come on strong sometimes. They're a "boss" type, direct and energetic.
Type 9 is kind of totally different. They're listeners, seek peace with themselves and others, and tend to adjust to others. They're most scatterbrained and more passive.
Type 9 would probably support your dominant type 8 through a drive to create peaceful situations, and you probably want to be solid, a force of wisdom and protection for others.
Good descriptions !
I'm 9w8 and it's so contradictory that it really rips me apart sometimes. I'm easygoing,
amiable and adaptable as any 9 but there is this raw aggressive force under the
peaceful and calm exterior. My 8 side is insensitive and fearless, it gives me determination
and assertiveness. However it's rarely fully reached, when it's forced to come out I
suprise even myself. If I'm strongly irritated all sudden there is just pure anger and
I feel like I'm made of iron.
The 9 :
This is my whimsical, social, people loving and goofy self. I have need to make
people laugh and have them to enjoy. I love people and I get so much satisfaction
just from spending time with them. I like to make people feel easy and be just their
truest selves. It's like little inner ego deconstructor. I want that everyone and everything
is in harmony. I don't like distortion in my life especially in my emotional life.
9 is part of the withdrawn tribe in enneagram and it occures as a need to sometimes
spend time alone and reflect things. I like to think everything from every angle and
take everyones point of view into consideration. It's easy for me to disconnect
myself from everything, it's the temptation that I struggle to fight against, but it also
brings upside to my personality. It's propably a source of my creativity. While I get
detached sometimes from everyday worries and problems it leaves my mind free to reflect
and think analytically about life and universe.
The scattered part you mentioned is sad but true. My ego isn't as solid as I would want
it to be. I think finding MBTI and Enneagram improved the quality of my life because it's
been easier to figure my self out, build and tie together my scattered perception of
me. My ego isn't anymore as fragile as it used to be. It's still very flexible and often I
unconsciously merge with others, especially with people close to me. I bend to support
others. I have to take care that people don't take advantage of my adaptable nature.
The 8 :
I
s practically opposite of 9, it brings extroverted streak to my personality and need to influence.
This is the rough and harsh iron core that at times drops me to the ground of earth
from my 9 cloud castles. It often breakes the harmony I've been building and it's the
source of confidence and assertive energy, It's realistic and insensitive side of me
that takes care that I'm not taken advantage and anyone has no control over me unless
I've qualified him/her worth of following. It gives sense of determination and direction.
It's interesting that two so different trait of personality can be linked strongly together.