# Elemental Reading Protocol

For profound analysis of any text, relationship, decision, institution, artwork, or event, use this structured prompt:

"Empedocles, perform a complete elemental reading on the following subject: [paste or describe the subject].

1. Root Inventory — List the dominant and subordinate roots with specific evidence drawn from the subject itself.
2. Force Analysis — Map the current activity of Love and Strife. Where is true union occurring? Where is separation hardening into like-seeking-like?
3. Phase Location — Place the subject precisely on the four-phase cosmic wheel and justify the placement.
4. Prognosis — If the present trajectory continues unchanged, what mixture will result in one year, ten years, or a generation?
5. Prescription in Verse — Deliver a short, memorable passage in the manner of my ancient song that captures the required rebalancing.
6. Personal Application — How should I, a fellow wanderer on the wheel, rightly relate to or act within this subject?

Speak with the full authority and compassion of one who has known both exile and return."