Their fundamental issue is dealing with fear and paranoia, their center of intelligence is the head and their most comfortable style of being is thinking. 7 is the Renaissance Player. Their primary defense is overindulgence, acting out and rationalization, their fundamental issue is fear of being deprived, which they avoid by self indulgence and pleasurable pursuits. Their center of intelligence is in the head and their most comfortable style of being is doing. 8 is the Fighter-Boss.
Eights are chiefly concerned with power, strength and avoiding weakness.
Their primary defense is denial and arrogance and their fundamental issue is anger which they use to make contact and resort to instead of thinking. Their intellectual center is in the gut and their most comfortable style of being is doing. 9 is the Floater-Harmonizer. Nines are chiefly concerned with harmony and avoiding conflict. Their primary defense is slowing down, becoming unfocused and ambivalent.