there is an icon there that shows the lanterns with the correct way connected to each other.

you have to find a way to add this at the game table.

for example: lets say that up and left at the table it has the Fire lantern. Fire has two other lanterns that are connected with it. Thunder and Earth. that means that next to the Fire you can add either Thunder and then Water etc, or Earth and then Wind etc

the same goes when you want to add a lantern down from the first added lantern

the story of this event is that you have to make the correct line of the lanterns at the game table: Fire-Earth-Wind-Water-Thunder OR the opposite of course that is

Fire-Thunder Water-Wind-Earth

the maximum times that i was able to add was, 3 times at one try.

i hope that this will give you some help.