personally im a fan of dahniwitchoflight's analysis

< https://dahniwitchoflight.tumblr.com/post/134405250722 >

her theory is that there are 6 manners of interaction with the aspects which form 3 respective pairs:

Destruction & Creation
Manipulation & Comprehension
Application & Relocation

([active] and [passive] []action])
Prince and Bard destroy
Maid and Sylph create
Witch and Heir manipulate
Mage and Seer comprehend
Knight and Page apply
Thief and Rogue relocate

to my knowledge the classes are also mostly based on the jungian archetypes, which i do wanna properly study sometime again (i do not remember much from school philosophy class)

of these i can only place some with confidence unfort but its a fascinating scaffold imo
and can provide a decent foundation to understand the classes more overall

i dont think its a perfect match ultimately but still interesting

i dont know how much stock we can put solely into the characterisation of classes in the comic but i could see how certain configurations lend themselves for interpretation of different class pairs

ie the witch/sylph idea (tho i dont think one should take kanayas comment too much to heart) since sylphs in the comid have been... rather meddlesome and """annoying""" to quote some characters
that could work for the manipulation approach, in that the sylph tries to convince others to interact with their aspect in a certain way

but i do think dahnis theory is more fitting still

in part bc one of the most priminent acts of a sylph we have seen have been "healing" adjacent powers
aranea healed wounds, and unlocked (or maybe forced) (her idea of) the best form of a character
and her plan was to "heal" an entire timeline (which i still think is cool as fuck; i cannot understand how so many people in the fandom hate her so much (i guess its just bc of the trauma of causing the GAME OVER timeline ish but still))

she brought forth ""fortune"" in others and to me that very much supports the creation sorting

and kanaya as well tried to create a "better space" (room) for vriska
as well as "fixing" or "creating" means of proliferation of both the universe and her species

meanwhile the Heir inherits and is beholden to their aspect
and is Manipulated by it in extension
john is avoidant and oblivious, and also free (this is not to be read as character bashing, i think its one of the most important parts of john and i love him for it)

anyway i probably wont be able to phrase all of this much better than dahni herself did
and i also kinda am a little spent on brain power atm
so i just really recommend reading her post that ive linked at the top