What is the best way for a deacon to perambulate the Lodge?

Circumambulation and processional movements generally follow the course of the sun 1. While certain station movements correspond to solar symbolism, circumambulations involving candidates across the Craft degrees move around the perimeter of the lodge room itself for practical purposes rather than serving as astronomical allegories 1.

Specific manual rubrics, step patterns, or floor instructions defining how a deacon should conduct a perambulation are not set down in these sources. Historical lodge accounts record that deacons accompanied candidates during perambulations, occasionally becoming the subject of dispute over their demeanor or attitude during the ceremony 2, but detailed ritual directions for the office are absent from the supplied texts.