Descriptions should be read straight through then consulted at need. Continuing referral to the Table of Four Faculties and diagrams is encouraged. Try to see the entire symbol in its mechanism rather than a collection of 28 types. It may take a long time to appreciate all the various gyre movements, but a sense of dynamic opposition should always inform your view of the Phases. True conditions result from acceptance of inner nature.
False elements manifest from a desire to be one's opposite.
Primary Phases should not pursue false dreams in the Mask and more than Antithetical Phases should seek mastery of the Body of Fate. These abstract concepts become clear with study of the individual Phases and examples. Most important is careful reflection upon your own life and Phase. Next, do the same for those close to you. Direct observation and experience are the foundations of knowledge.