Arrows are relations between the motivation types, that say that one fixation goes to another in stress and to another in growth. This is how I see the arrows. My views differ from the traditional Enneagram doctrine
| Type/Triad | Stress Movement | Growth Movement |
| 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | 9 |
| heart | suppressed heart | expert |
| head | suppressed head | intense |
| gut | suppressed gut | positive |
| suppressed heart | expert | heart |
| suppressed head | intense | head |
| suppressed gut | positive | gut |
| expert | heart | suppressed heart |
| intense | head | suppressed head |
| positive | gut | suppressed gut |
| any type | (4*type)mod9 | (-2*type)mod9 |