In topic: "aspect geometry (and how it makes me go insane)"

Monday, August 18th, 2025, 8:44 PM20 days ago

alright lets get to the continuation

*tiers of inversions

you might have noticed that i used "tertiary inverse" in the post above
this is the start of my aspect geometry, but mainly the scaffolding first

again: we take the aspect wheel


the aspect wheel; Light is circled and has 3 differently coloured lines going to other aspects; the longest line to Void, the next shorter one to Mind, and the shortest one to Heart


im going to use Light as example here

i assume we are all aware of opposites aspects being the opposite sides of the same coin, and that all aspects in the end are parts of a whole and thus the same
(they are called aspects, bluh)

if we again look at the quartering of the wheel from before (almost) every aspect will have three opposites, depending on which axis of symmetry we are looking at
we have the mirror symmetry for the primary inverse
> Light to Void

in this case followed by the vertical symmetry axis for the secondary inverse
> Light to Mind
and then by the horizontal symmetry axis for the tertiary inverse
> Light to Heart

whether horizontal or vertical takes the secondary or tertiary depends on where you start on the wheel

Space and Time and Breath and Blood are special bc they only have a primary inverse
(tho keep in mind that these statements are dependant on Space and Time being in the positions of "most important aspects" without which a session cannot work; if we are rotating the wheel to look at it from a different vantage point this will of course change)

these inversions have a special relationship with the aspect we are looking at
since they carry the same values in one of their variables

each of them is a coin with the pairs on the opposing sides
and thus each of them is incredibly similar to each other, while still being very different

we can see this in the relations in the comic as well

roxy and rose are in that way the same in opposite directions
as are terezi and rose or vriska
and so are rose and dirk

i am of the opinion that that is a big reason of ult!dirk taking both rose and terezi with him
and also why i believe that he fears them

another part we will follow up in the third part, where we will finally get into the actual shapes