I always thought mages diverted their aspect while seers guided towards their aspects, like how Sollux always seemed doomed but never really died or how Meulin was never in a healthy relationship while Rose guided them to their best possible outcome and Terezi used her powers to guide the retcon

Eh, Sollux did die a lot though? Like. Constantly. Dying and half dying left and right. Probably one of the characters that’s died the most all things considered.

You’re making a very false equivalency here though- A Seer of Light could just as easily lead someone astray through their knowledge of the situation, or lose themselves in their pursue for Knowledge. A big theme of Sollux and Doom is acceptance, but even considering just the meaning of the Aspect- Of course if you know Doom you’re going to try and prevent Doom, who wouldn’t? It’s more of an Aspect Divergence than a Class Divergence.