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*PhoenixRising* · 01-18-2012, 02:17 PM

SPOILER!!: those who mentioned Agrippan and Chaldean

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Professor Hadley looked nice and rested. He hadn't really seen her much since the Start of Term feast and wondered what she had been up to, but to be fair he hadn't ventured the Arithmancy classroom much either so it was on both of them.

The question asked made Auggie sit up straighter cause he knew this one! His hand shot into the air and he began to spill out the answer. "Professor Hadley the two methods for studying Arithmancy are Agrippan which is when the 26 letters of the alphabet are assigned numbers ranging from 1 to 9 and then the Chaldean method is pretty much the same thing but you dont use the number 9."

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa thought about the possible answer to the question and raised her hand to answer,"Professor, the two major method are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. The difference between the two is that the Number 9 is not used in the Chaldean method for calculations."

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Originally Posted by tomewitch

Beezus tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear as she watched the other students arrive, she did not have the chance to greet Professor Hadley when she came in for she was very nervous. Nervous of the fact that it was the first Arithmancy lesson of the term. But then again, when it has something to do with Arithmancy, she's always nervous for she's not in good terms with numbers.

As the first question was asked, she raised her hand and attempted to answer. She did try to study about the subject during the summer. "Professor, the two methods are called the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. They are almost the same except for the fact that the Chaldean method doesn't make use of the number 9," the eaglet said.

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Originally Posted by nups21

Ira was a little excited for the Arithmancy class. Though a little hard work was required, it was okay-dokay. After greeting the professor, she settled herself on a desk in a little far corner of the room. However interesting the class may be, she better be out of the normal view of the professor's eye.

Then the first question was asked. Two methods for studying Arithmancy? Ira just knew the names of two methods but didn't remember how they actually worked. She raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, the two methods of studying Arithmancy are Agrippan and Chaldean.." Difference between them? She knew just one point. She added, "Also the main difference between the is that one uses number 9 and other doesn't." Ira didn't know which used and didn't!

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Arghhh! WHY ME?!

That's what Sierra wanted to call out. Arithmancy was her least favorite subject, and it always ended with her wanting to either all pull all her hair out or scream out in agony one. She hated numbers. To her, they were about as interesting as a flobberworm. Why, oh why, had she signed up for another horrifying year again?!

Oh. Right. Her father's fiancee had thought being more well-rounded would make for a better Minister's daughter. She took a few seconds to mentally convince herself she was going to live through this, and then she raised her hand. "The two methods are called the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. The Agrippan Method assigns the numbers one to nine to all the letters of the alphabet, but the Chaldean Method only uses the numbers one to eight," she explained.

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya quickly thought back to what she had looked over the previous night before the lesson, to try and remember something for the lesson. She thought she would be here to learn, this time, not to participate, but already she knew something and raised her hand, glad to be able to participate, "Professor I believe the two methods are the Agrippan method which uses numbers 1-9 and then there is the Chaldean method which is similar to the former method, but only uses numbers 1-8, and some of the letters are assigned differently," she said.

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Originally Posted by Squishy ♥

Amelia was pretty sure that she could remember the basic names for the Arithmancy methods, though she was always better at the actual calculations than she was at the explanations.

She raised her hand now. "There is the Agrippan method, which uses the 26 letters of the alphabet, as well as the numbers 1 - 9. Each letter is assigned a number in order. There is also the Chaldean method, which is similar but only uses the numbers 1 - 8." She wasn't so sure about that method, because she hadn't really used it before. "I think there is also a matter of some letter differences between both methods," she added as an after thought.

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Originally Posted by MyPatronusIsaMoose

Oakey was super happy to see his chocolates sitting on the Professor's desk. She must be eating them. Why else would they be there?

Oakey raised his hand to answer Hadley's question, Professor, the two types of Arithmancy are Agrippan and the Chaldean. I guess a major difference between the two would be that the Chaldean method doesn't use the number 9 He looked at his new quill, oh how he was excited to use it. He never felt this excited to take notes before.

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

No, he was not at the front, mainly because by the time he'd arrived the seat next to Kurumi was already taken, so he decided to seat next to Keefer instead. He would've taken a seat next to Ellie...but a little bit of focusing was required for the class, no?

Either way, his hand was raised, "The Agrippan method and the Chaldean method. The first uses the Latin alphabet AND the number 9. The second excludes the number 9...and it's not the exact same lettering either." So, yeah, they were different, but the assignment of numbers to letters was pretty much the same.

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Originally Posted by HOPEendures

Bah! Numbers and math and all that horrible, complicated, hard to learn, jazz. She didn't have a problem with numbers...just math. Jezzabelle sighed from her seat. At least she could try her best with the non math related questions. She raised her hand and said, "The Agrippan method is one of the two that uses all of the letters of the alphabet designating each of the to a number from one to nine. Then you have the Chaldean method, which is just like the Agrippan method except it uses the numbers one to eight." Wow that was all a mouthful, wasn't it?

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Originally Posted by affy7ann

Tayla took out her parchment, quill, and ink. She wasn't very good with numbers, but she did like Arithmancy and tried her best to do well.

Hearing Professor Hadley's question, Tayla raised her hand and answered.

"The two methods used in Arithmancy are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. In the Agrippan Method, the letters of the alphabet are assigned numerical values from one to nine in a certain order, while in the older and lesser known Chaldean Method, the number nine is not used and the letters are assigned numbers in a different order."[/COLOR]

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

Kennedy refrained from sighing. This wasn't one of his top courses because all the number thing confused him, but he figured that it would do well to come and hopefully benefit him in his O.W.Ls...which he couldn't wait to do.

He made a small dot on his parchment, ready to write down the first of what he expected to be long notes. After that, he raised his hand, "There's the Agrippan, which consists of the letters A through Z and the numbers one through nine," he said, pausing and then continuing, "Then there's the Chaldean method in which the number nine is not used and does not consist in using all alphabetical letters."

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Originally Posted by sevensnared

When most of the class looked clueless and uninterested, Hades looked quite enthusiastic to the lesson. Nevertheless, he won't move up to the front seat. His seat was comfortable enough.

The first question came and Hades took some time to think before he slowly raised his hand. "There's the Agrippan and Chaldean methods. The Agrippan method uses up until the number nine in the calculations, but the Chaldean method uses only up to eight." It was the most basic question of Arithmancy. Whoever took the lesson, but can't answer it, shame on them.

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Originally Posted by Orla

LuLu... liked Arithmancy.. But it seemed other students thought otherwise about the subject... The sign was they weren't answering.. She kinda had the same problem at first but she got the hang of it her hand went into the air ''The methods are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method, the main difference between the to is that the Chaldean Method doesn't go any higher than the number eight, But the Agrippan Method goes 1-9 and can use all the letters of the alphabet,''

It sounded okay.. To her anyways

Well that was slightly odd. The first few people who answered the question totally went more complicated than she would have expected. At least terms of knowing the terminology. "You're correct, yes, but a bit more technical." Not that those technical terms weren't important. They might need them for exam purposes, but everyday world? Laymen terms were just as, if not more valuable. Which of course was why they had to know both.

SPOILER!!: those who chose more layman terms like Pythagorean!

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella raised her hand. She had just read about this in common room. "Professor there's the Pythagorean method and the-the...Chaldean method? The difference is the use of the number 9!" Phew

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Resting her chin on her hand, Louisa was observing the professor very closely as she greeted her students rather dutifully. Hmm. It seemed that the bad temper she had when she caught them at the library was still on. The clumsy ponytail she had behind her head proved it.

Oh well. She wasn't going to spend another night in that dungeon. Taking her eyes off the professor's face, Louisa busied herself with arranging her quill and parchment for when the lesson would start.

And it did.

Raising her hand, a bit lazily, at the usual first question, she spoke, "There are two systems to practice Arithmancy, professor. The Pythagorean method which includes the number nine, and the Chaldean method that doesn't include the number to represent letters." Easy.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva put her hand up. "Professor Hadley the two systems of Arithmancy are Chaldean and Pythagorean. The difference between the two is the number 9."

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

Silvia was excited for Arithmancy class; it sounded so fun. She had already read up a little on the subject before school had started, and it was one of several classes that she had been looking forward to most.

She raised her hand, "The first is called Pythagorean method, and it assigns numbers one through nine to each letter. The other is Chald-something...oh yes, Chaldean method, I think, and it doesn't use the number nine."

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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

Justin had remembered from last term that they had studied about two different method to arithmancy. " Professor, There were two methods, the Pathagorean and Chaldean methods . "

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Originally Posted by EW_FAN

Harvey watched as the professor shut the door and started the lesson. He got ready for the lesson. She started off asking them a question as part of a review.. Harvey put up his hand "The two major methods in existance are the Pythagorean Method and the Chaldean Method. The Major distinction between the two is that one of the methods the Pythagorean Method uses the number 9 whereas the other method, the Chaldean Method does not use this number." he answered the question.

"Yes, the Pythagorean system is the more widely used terminology for the Agrippan Method," Fina replied as those who all added this to their answers instead of Agrippan. She was actually willing to bet that those who learned mathematics in the muggle world learned about good old Pythagoras, with little knowledge of who he really was, of course. "Due to the fact that the Pythagorean Method is more common, we will mostly be working with that. So unless I tell you otherwise, then that is the system we use."

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at the Professor. "Is that numbers and letter?" Laura had no idea what Arithmancy was.

"Those aren't methods..." Fina commented at hearing a rather different suggestion about the two methods. "BUT, I will say that numbers and letters are what you use when dealing with the methods of Arithmancy. As mentioned by some of your classmates, you assign the letters A through Z to the numerical values of 1 through 9."

SPOILER!!: And of course, always those who add way more to the question ;D

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Smiling at August and the Hufflepuff that set beside him, Kurumi also nodded her head in Gideon's direction as the lesson began. Sitting back for a bit, Kurumi listened as others answered and then raised her hand to try and add a little to the discussion. The main bits had already been said, so there really wasn't too much to add.

"The two methods are the Agrippan method and the Chaldean method. As everyone has already said, the major distinction between the two is the use of the number 9. Both are also based on the Latin alphabet, although the Arippan is based on an older version of it, and the Chaldean method partially equates Latin letters with letters of the Hebrew alphabet." Just, you know, a little random fact to add to the pot. "So, in a sense, the numbers do not line up as neatly as we are used to in the Agrippan method. For example, W, which as a value of 6 in the Chaldean method, is not immediately followed by X. Instead, it's value isn't 7 but 6."

Which is why she liked the Agrippan method a little better. It flowed easier and you didn't have to remember exceptions.

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

Keefer began scribbling madly. He was not going to miss anything in this class this year. Not a single thing. Ok, maybe one or two things.

He wracked his brain, trying to remember five years' worth of Arithmancy lessons. He raised both hands as usual before replying. "Professor Hadley, I seem to remember the Agrippan and Chaldean methods, but for some reason the Pythagorean method rings a bell as well. I know that the Chaldeans had an issue with the number 9, for some reason. Perhaps it's somehow related to their use of a base-60 number system.." he trailed off. Struggling to find his train of thought, he finally continued. "And the Agrippan, or perhaps Pythagorean, method assigns the numbers 1-8 AND 9 to each letter of the alphabet."

So that was most likely at least partially wrong, but after all, it was the first lesson of term. He wasn't expected to know everything yet. Right?

Then two students, rather than adding more about the Pythagorean method - in which they used - they elaborated about the Chaldeans. And Josephina had to smile at this because of how rare it was that students actually knew a bit about the other method. Perhaps if she did teach a lesson using that method, she would have to keep Keefer and Kurumi in mind.

"Yes, you're both correct. The Chaldeans used a method that is not as widely known and definitely doesn't seem to line up as nicely as things do with the Pythagorean method."

But moving on because they spent just a bit longer than she expected on the two methods. "The numbers 1 through 9 each have unique symbolic meanings that correspond to the evolution of a person's life. So does it really come as a surprise to you that on some days you might feel certain vibes? Whether these vibes are color related or characteristics, they might be felt at different times in each of us, which could perhaps be attributed to whatever number is yours that day." She paused a brief moment. "Sometimes you might not understand why your friend says they are feeling strong... or feeling blue... Which is of course due to the nature of numbers. They are affective to each of us on a personal level; sometimes we feel their presence and other times we don't. Times when you may wish to pay attention to these days are when your number that day matches your life path or soul number, as what is a subtle influence in your life will become stronger as its added to the stronger influences in your life."

She paused as her glance fell on a couple of the newer students in the classroom who probably thought she was speaking French right now. "So let's backtrack just a bit off the daily vibes for a moment. Soul urge and Life Path numbers; what are they? How do you calculate them?" You know, since they were all related, it was a good idea to go back and review, yes?

ooc: my apologies. I meant to post again last night, but for some reason I just couldn't muster the energy at keeping my eyes open. Tis happens <3.

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"Professor Hadley the two methods for studying Arithmancy are Agrippan which is when the 26 letters of the alphabet are assigned numbers ranging from 1 to 9 and then the Chaldean method is pretty much the same thing but you dont use the number 9." Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa thought about the possible answer to the question and raised her hand to answer,"Professor, the two major method are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. The difference between the two is that the Number 9 is not used in the Chaldean method for calculations." Quote: Originally Posted by tomewitch Beezus tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear as she watched the other students arrive, she did not have the chance to greet Professor Hadley when she came in for she was very nervous. Nervous of the fact that it was the first Arithmancy lesson of the term. But then again, when it has something to do with Arithmancy, she's always nervous for she's not in good terms with numbers. As the first question was asked, she raised her hand and attempted to answer. She did try to study about the subject during the summer. "Professor, the two methods are called the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. They are almost the same except for the fact that the Chaldean method doesn't make use of the number 9," the eaglet said. Quote: Originally Posted by nups21 Ira was a little excited for the Arithmancy class. Though a little hard work was required, it was okay-dokay. After greeting the professor, she settled herself on a desk in a little far corner of the room. However interesting the class may be, she better be out of the normal view of the professor's eye. Then the first question was asked. Two methods for studying Arithmancy? Ira just knew the names of two methods but didn't remember how they actually worked. She raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, the two methods of studying Arithmancy are Agrippan and Chaldean.." Difference between them? She knew just one point. She added, "Also the main difference between the is that one uses number 9 and other doesn't." Ira didn't know which used and didn't! Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Arghhh! WHY ME?! That's what Sierra wanted to call out. Arithmancy was her least favorite subject, and it always ended with her wanting to either all pull all her hair out or scream out in agony one. She hated numbers. To her, they were about as interesting as a flobberworm. Why, oh why, had she signed up for another horrifying year again?! Oh. Right. Her father's fiancee had thought being more well-rounded would make for a better Minister's daughter. She took a few seconds to mentally convince herself she was going to live through this, and then she raised her hand. "The two methods are called the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. The Agrippan Method assigns the numbers one to nine to all the letters of the alphabet, but the Chaldean Method only uses the numbers one to eight," she explained. Quote: Originally Posted by Jessiqua Zhenya quickly thought back to what she had looked over the previous night before the lesson, to try and remember something for the lesson. She thought she would be here to learn, this time, not to participate, but already she knew something and raised her hand, glad to be able to participate, "Professor I believe the two methods are the Agrippan method which uses numbers 1-9 and then there is the Chaldean method which is similar to the former method, but only uses numbers 1-8, and some of the letters are assigned differently," she said. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ Amelia was pretty sure that she could remember the basic names for the Arithmancy methods, though she was always better at the actual calculations than she was at the explanations. She raised her hand now. "There is the Agrippan method, which uses the 26 letters of the alphabet, as well as the numbers 1 - 9. Each letter is assigned a number in order. There is also the Chaldean method, which is similar but only uses the numbers 1 - 8." She wasn't so sure about that method, because she hadn't really used it before. "I think there is also a matter of some letter differences between both methods," she added as an after thought. Quote: Originally Posted by MyPatronusIsaMoose Oakey was super happy to see his chocolates sitting on the Professor's desk. She must be eating them. Why else would they be there? Oakey raised his hand to answer Hadley's question, Professor, the two types of Arithmancy are Agrippan and the Chaldean. I guess a major difference between the two would be that the Chaldean method doesn't use the number 9 He looked at his new quill, oh how he was excited to use it. He never felt this excited to take notes before. Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhartian No, he was not at the front, mainly because by the time he'd arrived the seat next to Kurumi was already taken, so he decided to seat next to Keefer instead. He would've taken a seat next to Ellie...but a little bit of focusing was required for the class, no? Either way, his hand was raised, "The Agrippan method and the Chaldean method. The first uses the Latin alphabet AND the number 9. The second excludes the number 9...and it's not the exact same lettering either." So, yeah, they were different, but the assignment of numbers to letters was pretty much the same. Quote: Originally Posted by HOPEendures Bah! Numbers and math and all that horrible, complicated, hard to learn, jazz. She didn't have a problem with numbers...just math. Jezzabelle sighed from her seat. At least she could try her best with the non math related questions. She raised her hand and said, "The Agrippan method is one of the two that uses all of the letters of the alphabet designating each of the to a number from one to nine. Then you have the Chaldean method, which is just like the Agrippan method except it uses the numbers one to eight." Wow that was all a mouthful, wasn't it? Quote: Originally Posted by affy7ann Tayla took out her parchment, quill, and ink. She wasn't very good with numbers, but she did like Arithmancy and tried her best to do well. Hearing Professor Hadley's question, Tayla raised her hand and answered. "The two methods used in Arithmancy are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. In the Agrippan Method, the letters of the alphabet are assigned numerical values from one to nine in a certain order, while in the older and lesser known Chaldean Method, the number nine is not used and the letters are assigned numbers in a different order."[/COLOR] Quote: Originally Posted by Bubbles Kennedy refrained from sighing. This wasn't one of his top courses because all the number thing confused him, but he figured that it would do well to come and hopefully benefit him in his O.W.Ls...which he couldn't wait to do. He made a small dot on his parchment, ready to write down the first of what he expected to be long notes. After that, he raised his hand, "There's the Agrippan, which consists of the letters A through Z and the numbers one through nine," he said, pausing and then continuing, "Then there's the Chaldean method in which the number nine is not used and does not consist in using all alphabetical letters." Quote: Originally Posted by sevensnared When most of the class looked clueless and uninterested, Hades looked quite enthusiastic to the lesson. Nevertheless, he won't move up to the front seat. His seat was comfortable enough. The first question came and Hades took some time to think before he slowly raised his hand. "There's the Agrippan and Chaldean methods. The Agrippan method uses up until the number nine in the calculations, but the Chaldean method uses only up to eight." It was the most basic question of Arithmancy. Whoever took the lesson, but can't answer it, shame on them. Quote: Originally Posted by Orla LuLu... liked Arithmancy.. But it seemed other students thought otherwise about the subject... The sign was they weren't answering.. She kinda had the same problem at first but she got the hang of it her hand went into the air ''The methods are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method, the main difference between the to is that the Chaldean Method doesn't go any higher than the number eight, But the Agrippan Method goes 1-9 and can use all the letters of the alphabet,'' It sounded okay.. To her anyways Well that was slightly odd. The first few people who answered the question totally went more complicated than she would have expected. At least terms of knowing the terminology. "You're correct, yes, but a bit more technical." Not that those technical terms weren't important. They might need them for exam purposes, but everyday world? Laymen terms were just as, if not more valuable. Which of course was why they had to know both. SPOILER!!: those who chose more layman terms like Pythagorean! Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Ella raised her hand. She had just read about this in common room. "Professor there's the Pythagorean method and the-the...Chaldean method? The difference is the use of the number 9!" Phew Quote: Originally Posted by Magical Soul Resting her chin on her hand, Louisa was observing the professor very closely as she greeted her students rather dutifully. Hmm. It seemed that the bad temper she had when she caught them at the library was still on. The clumsy ponytail she had behind her head proved it. Oh well. She wasn't going to spend another night in that dungeon. Taking her eyes off the professor's face, Louisa busied herself with arranging her quill and parchment for when the lesson would start. And it did. Raising her hand, a bit lazily, at the usual first question, she spoke, "There are two systems to practice Arithmancy, professor. The Pythagorean method which includes the number nine, and the Chaldean method that doesn't include the number to represent letters." Easy. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva put her hand up. "Professor Hadley the two systems of Arithmancy are Chaldean and Pythagorean. The difference between the two is the number 9." Quote: Originally Posted by SilverDragon Silvia was excited for Arithmancy class; it sounded so fun. She had already read up a little on the subject before school had started, and it was one of several classes that she had been looking forward to most. She raised her hand, "The first is called Pythagorean method, and it assigns numbers one through nine to each letter. The other is Chald-something...oh yes, Chaldean method, I think, and it doesn't use the number nine." Quote: Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart Justin had remembered from last term that they had studied about two different method to arithmancy. " Professor, There were two methods, the Pathagorean and Chaldean methods . " Quote: Originally Posted by EW_FAN Harvey watched as the professor shut the door and started the lesson. He got ready for the lesson. She started off asking them a question as part of a review.. Harvey put up his hand "The two major methods in existance are the Pythagorean Method and the Chaldean Method. The Major distinction between the two is that one of the methods the Pythagorean Method uses the number 9 whereas the other method, the Chaldean Method does not use this number." he answered the question. "Yes, the Pythagorean system is the more widely used terminology for the Agrippan Method," Fina replied as those who all added this to their answers instead of Agrippan. She was actually willing to bet that those who learned mathematics in the muggle world learned about good old Pythagoras, with little knowledge of who he really was, of course. "Due to the fact that the Pythagorean Method is more common, we will mostly be working with that. So unless I tell you otherwise, then that is the system we use." Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the Professor. "Is that numbers and letter?" Laura had no idea what Arithmancy was. "Those aren't methods..." Fina commented at hearing a rather different suggestion about the two methods. "BUT, I will say that numbers and letters are what you use when dealing with the methods of Arithmancy. As mentioned by some of your classmates, you assign the letters A through Z to the numerical values of 1 through 9." SPOILER!!: And of course, always those who add way more to the question ;D Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Smiling at August and the Hufflepuff that set beside him, Kurumi also nodded her head in Gideon's direction as the lesson began. Sitting back for a bit, Kurumi listened as others answered and then raised her hand to try and add a little to the discussion. The main bits had already been said, so there really wasn't too much to add. "The two methods are the Agrippan method and the Chaldean method. As everyone has already said, the major distinction between the two is the use of the number 9. Both are also based on the Latin alphabet, although the Arippan is based on an older version of it, and the Chaldean method partially equates Latin letters with letters of the Hebrew alphabet." Just, you know, a little random fact to add to the pot. "So, in a sense, the numbers do not line up as neatly as we are used to in the Agrippan method. For example, W, which as a value of 6 in the Chaldean method, is not immediately followed by X. Instead, it's value isn't 7 but 6." Which is why she liked the Agrippan method a little better. It flowed easier and you didn't have to remember exceptions. Quote: Originally Posted by hpluvr037 Keefer began scribbling madly. He was not going to miss anything in this class this year. Not a single thing. Ok, maybe one or two things. He wracked his brain, trying to remember five years' worth of Arithmancy lessons. He raised both hands as usual before replying. "Professor Hadley, I seem to remember the Agrippan and Chaldean methods, but for some reason the Pythagorean method rings a bell as well. I know that the Chaldeans had an issue with the number 9, for some reason. Perhaps it's somehow related to their use of a base-60 number system.." he trailed off. Struggling to find his train of thought, he finally continued. "And the Agrippan, or perhaps Pythagorean, method assigns the numbers 1-8 AND 9 to each letter of the alphabet." So that was most likely at least partially wrong, but after all, it was the first lesson of term. He wasn't expected to know everything yet. Right? Then two students, rather than adding more about the Pythagorean method - in which they used - they elaborated about the Chaldeans. And Josephina had to smile at this because of how rare it was that students actually knew a bit about the other method. Perhaps if she did teach a lesson using that method, she would have to keep Keefer and Kurumi in mind. "Yes, you're both correct. The Chaldeans used a method that is not as widely known and definitely doesn't seem to line up as nicely as things do with the Pythagorean method." But moving on because they spent just a bit longer than she expected on the two methods. "The numbers 1 through 9 each have unique symbolic meanings that correspond to the evolution of a person's life. So does it really come as a surprise to you that on some days you might feel certain vibes? Whether these vibes are color related or characteristics, they might be felt at different times in each of us, which could perhaps be attributed to whatever number is yours that day." She paused a brief moment. "Sometimes you might not understand why your friend says they are feeling strong... or feeling blue... Which is of course due to the nature of numbers. They are affective to each of us on a personal level; sometimes we feel their presence and other times we don't. Times when you may wish to pay attention to these days are when your number that day matches your life path or soul number, as what is a subtle influence in your life will become stronger as its added to the stronger influences in your life." She paused as her glance fell on a couple of the newer students in the classroom who probably thought she was speaking French right now. "So let's backtrack just a bit off the daily vibes for a moment. Soul urge and Life Path numbers; what are they? How do you calculate them?" You know, since they were all related, it was a good idea to go back and review, yes? ooc: my apologies. I meant to post again last night, but for some reason I just couldn't muster the energy at keeping my eyes open. Tis happens <3. __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯