Order of stones:
1, 2
Stone (death)
Stone (horror)
Stone (lust)
Stone (despair)
Curse
Rules
Power
Time
Nothing
Anyway. Let's say we have distributed the stones by vision. Next, we go south-west-north-east. Well, we insert "nothing" into position 9. Then comes what Castor suggested: curse + rules. Most likely, it is arranged in circles after all. Logically, first the inner one, then the outer one. So, Castor said, let's start from the south towards the south. That is, from 5 to 8 and from 1 to 4. Again, it is unclear why exactly like that.
In the process, another thought arose.
Brightwin
Sweet memories turn into nightmares
Larian
The dead crave to see the light
Darkiria
Kings demand the most important thing
Laithia
A wise man never shares his experience
In general, I don't quite understand Castor yet )