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*PhoenixRising* · 01-23-2013, 11:03 PM

SPOILER!!: those who answered 'what IS Arithmancy'

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Originally Posted by Poolicious

Arithmancy.

Messer had to drag himself from the comfort of Hufflepuff common room to Arithmancy classroom. He ADORE Professor Hadley but he just never really fond the subject. Numbers is not his things. Yup definitely not his things.

As the fourth year found an empty seat, he read the board and he pulled out all the supplies he need for the class from his bag. Then before he knew it Professor Hadley already asked them the first question. What is one thing you already know about the subject of Arithmancy Messer raised his hand "Its a study about numbers?" Duh!

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella smiled at Hadley, happy to her that Pao was doing well and happy at home. Her smile widened a bit when her head of house mentioned he'd miss playing Quidditch here. "We'll miss him playing here, he was a brilliant keeper." But that was nothing Hadley didn't already know, yeah?

Folding a piece of parchment, Ella created herself a name tag as instructed and placed it on her desk so it could be seen easily. She smiled a little as she'd added a very small elephant in the corner just cause. What?! She was Ellaphant, after all.

What did Ella already know about Arithmancy? Hmmm. Well it was all about numbers, yeah? Her hand shot up and she waited to be called one. "Professor, Arithmancy is the study of numbers and their magical properties." Text book definition, yup.

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora

Beezus managed a genuine smile towards the Professor when the woman congratulated her on being Prefect. "Thank you, Professor." The one good thing about this lesson was that it was taught by Professor Hadley. This one fact had minimally lifted her spirits up. She'd have to get her act together on this subject sooner or later, no? She was a fifth year now. Moreover---

..Oh. Class was starting.

Brushing her thoughts away, Beezus did as they were instructed, taking a parchment and folding it in thirds before neatly scribbling her name on it's side. There. A namestand. Not that it was necessary for the woman though. They've known each other for almost five years now. That must mean she should be more enthusiastic towards numbers now, yea? Sadly, no. She worked with them when required, but as much as she can, she avoided numbers. Those never fail to make her head hurt.

Too much for that.

A question was asked. In response, Beezus raised her hand, "Professor, it deals with numbers," Nuuuuuumbeeeers. "...it's properties, meanings and how it influences a person's life." There were no REAL numbers presented yet. No headache yet. Good.

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Originally Posted by Enigma

And now time had come for another of her favourite class to start. Arithmancy and Potions currently dominated Ira's list of interesting subjects, so coming to Arithmancy class, she was all happy and cheerful.

So sitting on one of the side benches with her bag at her side, she tapped her fingers lightly on the desk. Fishing out her parchments and quills and textbook, she kept it on the desk, and the class had started. Good!

Raising her hand, she answered, a bit distracted, "Professor, Arithmancy is study of numbers," nodding towards Beezus, "Yeah, it studies how numbers affect a person's life and behaviour."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Jory took a piece of parchment and folded it as was instructed- in thirds. After he had done that, he wrote his name and placed it on his desk facing the Professor. He was sure she knew his name. Anyway, moving on.

The badger raised his hand. "Arithmancy is the study of numbers. From these calculated numbers, we can tell about a person's life.''

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa waited for class to start and once Professor Hadley stood up and started her introductions, she stopped reading and began listening to her. What is one thing I know about the subject of Arithmancy?

Alyssa raised her hand and replied. "Professor it deals with numerical calculations , and using either the Pythagorean or Chaldean method, a person's birthdate can guide that person on how to best use their abilities to help them along their road to future."

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah listened through all the greeting... She liked it when professors took the time to devote personal attention, although brief to students. Yet she did not know her name... Well Sarah knew everyones names and she was working on knowing all their birthdates too... although it was difficult as Hogwarts was so big and people were not going around proclaiming their birthdays. Unless there was a party, which Sarah was rarely invited to. Yet she knew that the birthday of the muggle studies professor was October 4th, the divinition professor was January 21,Mika was bron on October 30th (which was soon), Lafay was February 29 (where this February baby got her pessimism from surprised Sarah), Scabior was July 6th, Cassia was June 27th, Theo was born on July 6th (the only reason Sarah knew when Mr. Grumpy was born because he shared a birthday with another Mr. Grumpy - Scabior, must have been something with July 6th about that) and the Arithmancy proffessor was born th 2nd of April.... these were just birthdays of professors and random students that she knew off hand, yet she knew many more, either by asking the person or asking around or by just using observation and investigations. If one would ask her when a person she knew was born she would tell them As Sarah was very into birthdays...
As she thought she tried to follow instruction and after a try or two she had folded it took make a name stand on which she wrote:

Now onto the question, "Arithmancy is the study of numbers and their hidden messages and mysteries" she said upon raising her hand

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Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa

Ah, so the first question is what do we know about arithmancy. After what went down with divination, should I even be here? Eh, this subject can be fun, abet difficult, and it is more extreme speculation then this is true, thats final. I can handle this. Oichi raised her hand responded, "I know arithmancy has to do with numbers and what they may mean to our future and overall being.".

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Congrats on the badge? What badge? She had always been... oh no, wait... she wasn't captain anymore. That still took some adjusting even though they were pretty well established into school now. Nodding a little to the Professor, she smiled and said, "Thanks ma'am." Hopefully she was doing a half decent job with the badge. Yeah. That. And she was glad that Hadley enjoyed her summer. It was warm and really nice... what was there NOT to like about the summer?

Once she was all settled in her seat and class had started, Selina was did as she was told and folded the parchment so that her name was visible for Hadley. Although, she had to admit that she didn't really need to do that. Hadley knew her name... she had just welcomed her into class by name.

But she did it anyway because she was told to and stuff.

Raising her hand, she said, "Arithmancy deals with numbers, ma'am." Right?

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

Belle smiled when her head of house welcomed her. She was glad she knew she was attempting this subject. Belle then folded her paper into a name tag stand. She wrote, "Annabelle Lecium." But she knew her name but it was for the others that didn't.

Then the professor asked what does she know about Arithmacy. Belle had no idea. But Belle raised her hand, "I heard it was challenging and it involved using numbers."

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva gave a weak smile to Ethan as he sat down, but before she could say anything else class was beginning. Professor Hadley made her introduction and Minerva grabbed a piece of parchment.

She then put up her hand, "Professor, Arithmancy is the study of numbers and calculations. With the different calculations you can find different meanings behind them. For example a life number has a calculation." Minerva put her hand down, she had never been great at explaining this class, but it was one of her weakest so she figured she would keep trying.

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Originally Posted by Macavity

Right...name plate.

Ellura took a spare bit of parchment out and did as Professor Hadley suggested, folding it in thirds before writting on it.

She then placed it on her desk facing out so the professor and anyone else for that matter , could look at it and see her name. Now as for the question posed to them, there was only one thing Ellura could think to give as she raised her hand. "It has to do with reading stuff through numbers."

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Originally Posted by lemon

Alice scrawled down her name on the name plate quickly, before adding what she knew about Arithmancy to the answers of her classmates. "It's a form of Divination, too, Professor. I think." Did that mean Elwood was good at it, too? Could the Divination professor understand all the different kinds of studies in her field? Good question. She would ask about it later. Maybe.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Now for the first question of class. "It's a form of divination using numbers. Some say it's more accurate than the typical forms of divination studied elsewhere in this castle...." Not naming names, nope.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

There you go. No need for year and house right? It would be obvious cos she was wearing a Slytherin uniform and the year... Hadley can count right? After all, this WAS Arithmancy where they had to deal with lots of numbers. A lot, seriously.

And then the question was thrown at them. Gosh. Kat raised her hand. "It is the study of numbers and its magical properties." Yeah, like what Ella said. "It can also be used in predicting the future, only with the use of numbers." So why can't they just squeeze Divination AND Arithmancy together? Kat could think of a cool name for it. Divinatmancy? Aritmination? Ok... not helping at all. Sighs.

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Originally Posted by Eriin

Addy did as directed and folded her paper and all that jazz. Once she had scrawled her name and house and yada yada on the paper she placed it beside her textbook and folded her hands in her lap very primly.

"Well it deals with numbers. And the influence of the magical properties of numbers in your life or some such something." Right. She didn't REALLY know. Nor did she care. She was POSITIVE it dealt with numbers. And probably magic, though. Right?

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

For a moment, she'd almost written her zodiac sign and life number, but thought that would be a bit much. And besides, it was always more fun when people tried to figure those out about other people in their own time.

She raised her hand to best describe what Arithmancy meant to her. "Arithmancy is the study and breakdown of numbers and their combinations and orders. It's used to decipher things like personality traits, codes, and even the ways to break curses." She left out the part about her being completely terribly at curse breaking though, and also how cracking codes went completely over her head last year. She had been a first year, yes, and was able to do the simple code deciphering but she had definitely floundered at anything intermediate. She sighed a little at the memory of feeling so lost in a subject. It wasn't a feeling she appreciated.

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

SPOILER!!: nametag

As far as she knew, Professor Hadley already knew her name, but Kendall had obliged her with making a nametag anyhow. Using the special pink ink that Jeremiah had given her before she had left to catch the Hogwarts Express. If she was going to establish who she was, she wasn’t going to do it halfway, even if she was planning on going back to a pencil for the actual lesson. That and she was hoping that they weren’t going to be starting off where they’d left off last term, since she really didn’t want to have to face acromantulas again this term. The chances that they were going to be tossed into dark mazes filled with scary things were slim, especially with not one but two people sitting in to observe the lesson, but it was still possible. She just didn’t feel like the professor was the type to do that to theme again. She didn’t know that though. Therefore, the opening question of the lesson had made her feel ten million times better, and she raised her hand.

“Arithmancy is the study of numbers, in every way possible. Normally it’s just using numbers to try and figure stuff out about our own lives, or other people’s, but they also can tell us about the nature of curses, or they can be used to pass messages in code,” she answered, before a question came to mind. Based off of a conversation she had had with Patrick over the summer regarding runes, but she had thought of something else. “Can numbers be used kind of like runes, too? As in, can certain numbers, if they’re painted on things, give whatever it is, or give us some sort of advantage?” If they could, maybe they could add numbers into all their little details that were going to make the hideout last forever. Of course, that depended on if Professor Hadley even understood what she was asking.

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Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Christmas listened to the professor's question and wrote down her name on a peace of parchment

Christmas raised her hand and said "The study of arithmancy is the break down of numbers in any way possible"

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Originally Posted by Fira

Aritmancy...

This looked like it was going to fun. Richard liked numbers. Yeah, that he did. Numbers were good. He even had a favourite and lucky number. In his ex school he had not taken any class about Arithmancy so he was curious about this one. Yeah...he was curious about what his favourite and lucky number meant too. Maybe the professor, Hadley, would tell him later.

Picking up a parchment, he quickly wrote down his name, folded it and put it on his desk just like the professor wanted it to be.

Yeah....that looked nice. Once he was done, he focused his attention back on the professor woman. Hmm...what did he know Aritmancy? Not a lot since he had not taken the class before but he had one thing to say ''I know Arithmancy studies the magical properties of numbers. It sometimes might like divination but numbers, but not divination exactly.''

Right?

Hadley nodded as she listened to the students speak up with what they knew on the subject; most seemed to offer up that they knew what the definition of the subject was. Which was correct, yes, even if she hadn't directly asked that. Though she had hoped at least some of them knew more than just that it dealt with numbers and was a form of divination.

"Yes, Arithmancy is the study of numbers. Yes, it is a form of divination," she confirmed, writing those two things on the board; 'study of numbers' and 'divination'.

SPOILER!!: Curse-breaking related answers

Oh look! At least some of them remembered the lessons last term. She nodded. "Yes indeed! Arithmancy is very useful in curse-breaking tasks and decoding messages." Though they wouldn't be doing that this lesson, sadly.

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Originally Posted by jujune29th

Sophie smiled when professor Hadley welcomed her back to Arithmancy. She had missed the numbers indeed, and of course, being taught by their Head of House! But apart from those things, she didn't really miss the subject. She wasn't sure whether she just didn't believe in the theoretical part or it was because she couldn't quite comprehend it.

Anyway, there she was! And there was a question already! Her hand shot up in the air. "There is a lot of calculations and number stuff!" Which she really enjoyed, yeeep! But the rest... she had no idea.

"Some require more calculations than others, but yes, this can be true also of Arithmancy," Fina said, amused by Sophie's answer.

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Originally Posted by Emzily

This lesson was a snore-fest, but Theodore was still here, hoping that this would be the year that he would grasp even a tiny bit of understand of Arithmancy. It was hard. Even harder than regular muggle maths that he struggled with years ago.

Anyway, the first question was easy peasy. "It's... hard." Only because EVERYONE else was saying numbers. Theo didn't like to be mainstream, nope.

Fina bit her lower lip to keep from laughing too hard at Theo's answer. His simple and very blunt answer. "Arithmancy is definitely one of the more challenging subjects here at Hogwarts, yes. It doesn't require fancy wand movements or incantations, but it requires something else. It requires you to think." So basically, if you weren't prepared to think, then you were in the wrong class.

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Originally Posted by Talikins

Ahh! Back in Hadley's class, this made Nessie quite happy.

The red head already seated, listened as the Professor began with her introduction. Of course the newbies, they needed a welcome. Nessie looked around to see which faces did not look familiar from the previous year. There were quite a few, yet there were also a few faces missing.

But back to Arithmancy. What did she know about it? She raised her hand. "Professor, I know that your Soul Urge Number reveals your inner thoughts and secrets. It tells you what your heart wishes for." She remembered doing these calculations a while back, but the real reason she chose to say this was because of what had been on her mind lately. Still it applied to Arithmancy. So it was good enough, yes?

"Soul urge or else sometimes called your Heart's Desire Number, but yes. Very good, Renesmee." Fina nodded at the redhead captain.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

By now Lex could only manage a small smile at the Professor's response. Relaxing summer? Is that why she felt it was okay to return to school with the evil plan of giving her a brain overload? Pffft. She knew Puffers weren't as good as everyone was saying they were! That plan didn't sound very nice.

She gave the Professor a questioning look at the mention of name tags. She already knew her name...was the name tag necessary? Yet another thing she might have question but thought better of so instead she did the name plate making thing and scribbled her name on it. There! Now she definitely wouldn't call her Alexis; horrid name that one.

Ahem. Her hand was raised to answer this question. "It's a subject that involves headaches and long hours spent down in the common room trying to make heads or tails of the homework, resulting in little sleep and an even worse headache."

NOD.

Uh what?!

Fina stared at the second year for a moment to make sure she wasn't joking.

"Miss Cambridge." Because that answer required use of her surname, not informalness like Alexa. "If you're getting headaches and losing sleep over the homework, then I strongly urge you to seek me out for greater assistance." That went for anyone of course, not simply the second year, but since she brought it up . . .

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Originally Posted by Erik Vinteren

So she was another female who already knew his name, heh. Erik was finding that these British women were oddly...interested in him, whether he wanted them to be or not.

A tiny smirk twitching his lips, the blonde man murmured, "As you vish," to the professor and settled into a seat in the back. He pulled a parchment book out of his pocket and ripped out a page, making his own little nametag for her.

Vhat? She said to blend in. When that was done, Erik settled back into his seat and watched to see how the lesson would go.

He always had enjoyed Arithmancy.

She gave a subtle smile to Erik at his comment of 'as you vish', and then proceeded to blend in. Good, good. The less she noticed she was be observed, the more accurate the evaluation would be, yes?

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Sierra was so not ready for a seventh year of Arithmancy. This class was literally punishment for her, but she endured it. Just one more term. This one right here. She spent a few moments doodling out her name.

Sierra Hope Greingoth

She looked over at that man, the one who seemed to be showing up everywhere. Who kept letting him in anyway? ...and why was he filling out a card?

Anyway...what did Sierra know about Arithmancy? It was boring. She hated it. She thought it was useless. She was ready for class to be over. Yup, that about summed it up. "I know we go through a lot of steps to get some numbers that usually tell us more about our life or our future," she said, raising her hand.

"Yes, that is correct." Pity though you couldn't give some examples of those numbers, but oh well. "Some have more steps than others, but regardless of how many steps a calculation has, all of them require a keen sense of awareness."

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

Hearing her last statement, Atticus couldn't help but chuckle. So she remembered his struggles with the subject, did she? Then again, he had been rather awful, at least in his opinion, so maybe it was memorable for that.

Ah, and it appeared Mr. Vinteren was here to evaluate as well? Interesting. It seemed he was sitting among the students though, but whatever worked for him, Atticus supposed.

And now the lesson was starting. Excellent.

Penelope was surprised to see Atticus appearing in this lesson figured she probably should've expected it at some point. And at least it wasn't a class like Charms or Transfiguration so he wouldn't see her fail completely or anything. That was good.

And now it was starting. And they needed to make name tags/stands/things? Okay. Penelope did that fairly quickly, scribbling down her name and then setting it on the corner of her desk.

Now for the question. One thing she knew about Arithmancy?

Her hand went up. "We usually have to pair letters with numbers and then add them together to find out stuff." Yeah, that was about it.

"We do, yes. And we can use one of two systems to pair off letters with numbers, which I believe Miss Potter mentioned as using the pythagorean or chaldean number systems."

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel knew that there was a little divination in arithmancy. But before he answered. He should make his little name tag.

Now back to the question "You can predict the future with numbers in arithmancy". Nigel wondered if they had statistic about how well it predicted correctly. This was a math class after all. Magical Math, But Math none the less.

"Yes, Arithmancy can be used to predict the future." Which brought her to another point of interest that someone else brought up. What was that Kendall asked? About painting numbers on things.

"Miss Quinn brought up a good point; can you paint numbers on things to sort of give that thing the traits associated with that number?" Fina reiterated the question. "Yes. Some Arithmancers do believe strongly in the power of numbers, and that the vibrations associated with that number will bring about good - or sometimes bad - fortunes to the wearer." Perhaps later on in the term they can experiment more with this phenomenon.

"The most important step towards beginning to understand Arithmancy is to be able to analyze and interpret people and to be able to draw interpretations and conclusions from various calculations. This is the basics of understanding Arithmancy. Once you can understand how to use numbers towards drawing interpretations from people, then you've accomplished a lot. That and understanding the power behind numbers."

"Having said that, what are some of the number calculations used to analyze and interpret people?"

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PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 58,870 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia Adara Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Montmorency (#301199) Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da) Ravenclaw Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Third Year x12 x8	YesJess! \| Captain Goggles \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers SPOILER!!: those who answered 'what IS Arithmancy' Quote: Originally Posted by Poolicious Arithmancy. Messer had to drag himself from the comfort of Hufflepuff common room to Arithmancy classroom. He ADORE Professor Hadley but he just never really fond the subject. Numbers is not his things. Yup definitely not his things. As the fourth year found an empty seat, he read the board and he pulled out all the supplies he need for the class from his bag. Then before he knew it Professor Hadley already asked them the first question. What is one thing you already know about the subject of Arithmancy Messer raised his hand "Its a study about numbers?" Duh! Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Ella smiled at Hadley, happy to her that Pao was doing well and happy at home. Her smile widened a bit when her head of house mentioned he'd miss playing Quidditch here. "We'll miss him playing here, he was a brilliant keeper." But that was nothing Hadley didn't already know, yeah? Folding a piece of parchment, Ella created herself a name tag as instructed and placed it on her desk so it could be seen easily. She smiled a little as she'd added a very small elephant in the corner just cause. What?! She was Ellaphant, after all. What did Ella already know about Arithmancy? Hmmm. Well it was all about numbers, yeah? Her hand shot up and she waited to be called one. "Professor, Arithmancy is the study of numbers and their magical properties." Text book definition, yup. Quote: Originally Posted by xXxPandora Beezus managed a genuine smile towards the Professor when the woman congratulated her on being Prefect. "Thank you, Professor." The one good thing about this lesson was that it was taught by Professor Hadley. This one fact had minimally lifted her spirits up. She'd have to get her act together on this subject sooner or later, no? She was a fifth year now. Moreover--- ..Oh. Class was starting. Brushing her thoughts away, Beezus did as they were instructed, taking a parchment and folding it in thirds before neatly scribbling her name on it's side. There. A namestand. Not that it was necessary for the woman though. They've known each other for almost five years now. That must mean she should be more enthusiastic towards numbers now, yea? Sadly, no. She worked with them when required, but as much as she can, she avoided numbers. Those never fail to make her head hurt. Too much for that. A question was asked. In response, Beezus raised her hand, "Professor, it deals with numbers," Nuuuuuumbeeeers. "...it's properties, meanings and how it influences a person's life." There were no REAL numbers presented yet. No headache yet. Good. Quote: Originally Posted by Enigma And now time had come for another of her favourite class to start. Arithmancy and Potions currently dominated Ira's list of interesting subjects, so coming to Arithmancy class, she was all happy and cheerful. So sitting on one of the side benches with her bag at her side, she tapped her fingers lightly on the desk. Fishing out her parchments and quills and textbook, she kept it on the desk, and the class had started. Good! Raising her hand, she answered, a bit distracted, "Professor, Arithmancy is study of numbers," nodding towards Beezus, "Yeah, it studies how numbers affect a person's life and behaviour." Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory took a piece of parchment and folded it as was instructed- in thirds. After he had done that, he wrote his name and placed it on his desk facing the Professor. He was sure she knew his name. Anyway, moving on. The badger raised his hand. "Arithmancy is the study of numbers. From these calculated numbers, we can tell about a person's life.'' Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa waited for class to start and once Professor Hadley stood up and started her introductions, she stopped reading and began listening to her. What is one thing I know about the subject of Arithmancy? Alyssa raised her hand and replied. "Professor it deals with numerical calculations , and using either the Pythagorean or Chaldean method, a person's birthdate can guide that person on how to best use their abilities to help them along their road to future." Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah listened through all the greeting... She liked it when professors took the time to devote personal attention, although brief to students. Yet she did not know her name... Well Sarah knew everyones names and she was working on knowing all their birthdates too... although it was difficult as Hogwarts was so big and people were not going around proclaiming their birthdays. Unless there was a party, which Sarah was rarely invited to. Yet she knew that the birthday of the muggle studies professor was October 4th, the divinition professor was January 21,Mika was bron on October 30th (which was soon), Lafay was February 29 (where this February baby got her pessimism from surprised Sarah), Scabior was July 6th, Cassia was June 27th, Theo was born on July 6th (the only reason Sarah knew when Mr. Grumpy was born because he shared a birthday with another Mr. Grumpy - Scabior, must have been something with July 6th about that) and the Arithmancy proffessor was born th 2nd of April.... these were just birthdays of professors and random students that she knew off hand, yet she knew many more, either by asking the person or asking around or by just using observation and investigations. If one would ask her when a person she knew was born she would tell them As Sarah was very into birthdays... As she thought she tried to follow instruction and after a try or two she had folded it took make a name stand on which she wrote: Now onto the question, "Arithmancy is the study of numbers and their hidden messages and mysteries" she said upon raising her hand Quote: Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa Ah, so the first question is what do we know about arithmancy. After what went down with divination, should I even be here? Eh, this subject can be fun, abet difficult, and it is more extreme speculation then this is true, thats final. I can handle this. Oichi raised her hand responded, "I know arithmancy has to do with numbers and what they may mean to our future and overall being.". Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Congrats on the badge? What badge? She had always been... oh no, wait... she wasn't captain anymore. That still took some adjusting even though they were pretty well established into school now. Nodding a little to the Professor, she smiled and said, "Thanks ma'am." Hopefully she was doing a half decent job with the badge. Yeah. That. And she was glad that Hadley enjoyed her summer. It was warm and really nice... what was there NOT to like about the summer? Once she was all settled in her seat and class had started, Selina was did as she was told and folded the parchment so that her name was visible for Hadley. Although, she had to admit that she didn't really need to do that. Hadley knew her name... she had just welcomed her into class by name. But she did it anyway because she was told to and stuff. Raising her hand, she said, "Arithmancy deals with numbers, ma'am." Right? Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 Belle smiled when her head of house welcomed her. She was glad she knew she was attempting this subject. Belle then folded her paper into a name tag stand. She wrote, "Annabelle Lecium." But she knew her name but it was for the others that didn't. Then the professor asked what does she know about Arithmacy. Belle had no idea. But Belle raised her hand, "I heard it was challenging and it involved using numbers." Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva gave a weak smile to Ethan as he sat down, but before she could say anything else class was beginning. Professor Hadley made her introduction and Minerva grabbed a piece of parchment. She then put up her hand, "Professor, Arithmancy is the study of numbers and calculations. With the different calculations you can find different meanings behind them. For example a life number has a calculation." Minerva put her hand down, she had never been great at explaining this class, but it was one of her weakest so she figured she would keep trying. Quote: Originally Posted by Macavity Right...name plate. Ellura took a spare bit of parchment out and did as Professor Hadley suggested, folding it in thirds before writting on it. She then placed it on her desk facing out so the professor and anyone else for that matter , could look at it and see her name. Now as for the question posed to them, there was only one thing Ellura could think to give as she raised her hand. "It has to do with reading stuff through numbers." Quote: Originally Posted by lemon Alice scrawled down her name on the name plate quickly, before adding what she knew about Arithmancy to the answers of her classmates. "It's a form of Divination, too, Professor. I think." Did that mean Elwood was good at it, too? Could the Divination professor understand all the different kinds of studies in her field? Good question. She would ask about it later. Maybe. Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Now for the first question of class. "It's a form of divination using numbers. Some say it's more accurate than the typical forms of divination studied elsewhere in this castle...." Not naming names, nope. Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife There you go. No need for year and house right? It would be obvious cos she was wearing a Slytherin uniform and the year... Hadley can count right? After all, this WAS Arithmancy where they had to deal with lots of numbers. A lot, seriously. And then the question was thrown at them. Gosh. Kat raised her hand. "It is the study of numbers and its magical properties." Yeah, like what Ella said. "It can also be used in predicting the future, only with the use of numbers." So why can't they just squeeze Divination AND Arithmancy together? Kat could think of a cool name for it. Divinatmancy? Aritmination? Ok... not helping at all. Sighs. Quote: Originally Posted by Eriin Addy did as directed and folded her paper and all that jazz. Once she had scrawled her name and house and yada yada on the paper she placed it beside her textbook and folded her hands in her lap very primly. "Well it deals with numbers. And the influence of the magical properties of numbers in your life or some such something." Right. She didn't REALLY know. Nor did she care. She was POSITIVE it dealt with numbers. And probably magic, though. Right? Quote: Originally Posted by DecemberMoon For a moment, she'd almost written her zodiac sign and life number, but thought that would be a bit much. And besides, it was always more fun when people tried to figure those out about other people in their own time. She raised her hand to best describe what Arithmancy meant to her. "Arithmancy is the study and breakdown of numbers and their combinations and orders. It's used to decipher things like personality traits, codes, and even the ways to break curses." She left out the part about her being completely terribly at curse breaking though, and also how cracking codes went completely over her head last year. She had been a first year, yes, and was able to do the simple code deciphering but she had definitely floundered at anything intermediate. She sighed a little at the memory of feeling so lost in a subject. It wasn't a feeling she appreciated. Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger SPOILER!!: nametag Kendall Lily Quinn As far as she knew, Professor Hadley already knew her name, but Kendall had obliged her with making a nametag anyhow. Using the special pink ink that Jeremiah had given her before she had left to catch the Hogwarts Express. If she was going to establish who she was, she wasn’t going to do it halfway, even if she was planning on going back to a pencil for the actual lesson. That and she was hoping that they weren’t going to be starting off where they’d left off last term, since she really didn’t want to have to face acromantulas again this term. The chances that they were going to be tossed into dark mazes filled with scary things were slim, especially with not one but two people sitting in to observe the lesson, but it was still possible. She just didn’t feel like the professor was the type to do that to theme again. She didn’t know that though. Therefore, the opening question of the lesson had made her feel ten million times better, and she raised her hand. “Arithmancy is the study of numbers, in every way possible. Normally it’s just using numbers to try and figure stuff out about our own lives, or other people’s, but they also can tell us about the nature of curses, or they can be used to pass messages in code,” she answered, before a question came to mind. Based off of a conversation she had had with Patrick over the summer regarding runes, but she had thought of something else. “Can numbers be used kind of like runes, too? As in, can certain numbers, if they’re painted on things, give whatever it is, or give us some sort of advantage?” If they could, maybe they could add numbers into all their little details that were going to make the hideout last forever. Of course, that depended on if Professor Hadley even understood what she was asking. Quote: Originally Posted by Saz Hale Christmas listened to the professor's question and wrote down her name on a peace of parchment Christmas raised her hand and said "The study of arithmancy is the break down of numbers in any way possible" Quote: Originally Posted by Fira Aritmancy... This looked like it was going to fun. Richard liked numbers. Yeah, that he did. Numbers were good. He even had a favourite and lucky number. In his ex school he had not taken any class about Arithmancy so he was curious about this one. Yeah...he was curious about what his favourite and lucky number meant too. Maybe the professor, Hadley, would tell him later. Picking up a parchment, he quickly wrote down his name, folded it and put it on his desk just like the professor wanted it to be. Yeah....that looked nice. Once he was done, he focused his attention back on the professor woman. Hmm...what did he know Aritmancy? Not a lot since he had not taken the class before but he had one thing to say ''I know Arithmancy studies the magical properties of numbers. It sometimes might like divination but numbers, but not divination exactly.'' Right? Hadley nodded as she listened to the students speak up with what they knew on the subject; most seemed to offer up that they knew what the definition of the subject was. Which was correct, yes, even if she hadn't directly asked that. Though she had hoped at least some of them knew more than just that it dealt with numbers and was a form of divination. "Yes, Arithmancy is the study of numbers. Yes, it is a form of divination," she confirmed, writing those two things on the board; 'study of numbers' and 'divination'. SPOILER!!: Curse-breaking related answers Quote: Originally Posted by THE Govoni Doing as instructed, Dylan pulled a single piece of parchment and folded it. Uncapping his inkwell, the Slytherin dipped his quill and began writing...Yes, he was totally Doodling his name... ...Then he was setting it up on his desk and making it all impressive-looking. The Captain blamed his Attention-Deficit Disorder...It was what made him such a great Seeker. ...And then they were being asked about Arithmancy. What IS Arithmancy? Why did the Professors always start out with this? Redundant. "A study of numbers....that is used for things like...Curse-breaking. It's also a form of Divination, if you get technical." And they were, right? Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Even though he was sure Hadley knew who he was, Alex pulled out a piece of paper, folded it in to a name tag, and wrote his name down in fancy handwriting. Because why not right? Now, one fact about Arithmancy? It's boring. No, he wouldn't say that. He always tried to humor Hadley because she WAS his head of house. Plus he'd never intentionally let a teacher know how much he despised their classes, that was just RUDE. He raised his hand. "Arithmancy can be used to decode riddles or hidden messages," he explained. "Like in that lesson we did last term!" Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura smiled at the Professor. "I know that Arithmancy can be used to crack codes, which is awesome." Laura really did like that fact and now she couldn't wait to answer the next question. Oh look! At least some of them remembered the lessons last term. She nodded. "Yes indeed! Arithmancy is very useful in curse-breaking tasks and decoding messages." Though they wouldn't be doing that this lesson, sadly. Quote: Originally Posted by jujune29th Sophie smiled when professor Hadley welcomed her back to Arithmancy. She had missed the numbers indeed, and of course, being taught by their Head of House! But apart from those things, she didn't really miss the subject. She wasn't sure whether she just didn't believe in the theoretical part or it was because she couldn't quite comprehend it. Anyway, there she was! And there was a question already! Her hand shot up in the air. "There is a lot of calculations and number stuff!" Which she really enjoyed, yeeep! But the rest... she had no idea. "Some require more calculations than others, but yes, this can be true also of Arithmancy," Fina said, amused by Sophie's answer. Quote: Originally Posted by Emzily This lesson was a snore-fest, but Theodore was still here, hoping that this would be the year that he would grasp even a tiny bit of understand of Arithmancy. It was hard. Even harder than regular muggle maths that he struggled with years ago. Anyway, the first question was easy peasy. "It's... hard." Only because EVERYONE else was saying numbers. Theo didn't like to be mainstream, nope. Fina bit her lower lip to keep from laughing too hard at Theo's answer. His simple and very blunt answer. "Arithmancy is definitely one of the more challenging subjects here at Hogwarts, yes. It doesn't require fancy wand movements or incantations, but it requires something else. It requires you to think." So basically, if you weren't prepared to think, then you were in the wrong class. Quote: Originally Posted by Talikins Ahh! Back in Hadley's class, this made Nessie quite happy. The red head already seated, listened as the Professor began with her introduction. Of course the newbies, they needed a welcome. Nessie looked around to see which faces did not look familiar from the previous year. There were quite a few, yet there were also a few faces missing. But back to Arithmancy. What did she know about it? She raised her hand. "Professor, I know that your Soul Urge Number reveals your inner thoughts and secrets. It tells you what your heart wishes for." She remembered doing these calculations a while back, but the real reason she chose to say this was because of what had been on her mind lately. Still it applied to Arithmancy. So it was good enough, yes? "Soul urge or else sometimes called your Heart's Desire Number, but yes. Very good, Renesmee." Fina nodded at the redhead captain. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo By now Lex could only manage a small smile at the Professor's response. Relaxing summer? Is that why she felt it was okay to return to school with the evil plan of giving her a brain overload? Pffft. She knew Puffers weren't as good as everyone was saying they were! That plan didn't sound very nice. She gave the Professor a questioning look at the mention of name tags. She already knew her name...was the name tag necessary? Yet another thing she might have question but thought better of so instead she did the name plate making thing and scribbled her name on it. There! Now she definitely wouldn't call her Alexis; horrid name that one. Ahem. Her hand was raised to answer this question. "It's a subject that involves headaches and long hours spent down in the common room trying to make heads or tails of the homework, resulting in little sleep and an even worse headache." NOD. Uh what?! Fina stared at the second year for a moment to make sure she wasn't joking. "Miss Cambridge." Because that answer required use of her surname, not informalness like Alexa. "If you're getting headaches and losing sleep over the homework, then I strongly urge you to seek me out for greater assistance." That went for anyone of course, not simply the second year, but since she brought it up . . . Quote: Originally Posted by Erik Vinteren So she was another female who already knew his name, heh. Erik was finding that these British women were oddly...interested in him, whether he wanted them to be or not. A tiny smirk twitching his lips, the blonde man murmured, "As you vish," to the professor and settled into a seat in the back. He pulled a parchment book out of his pocket and ripped out a page, making his own little nametag for her. Vhat? She said to blend in. When that was done, Erik settled back into his seat and watched to see how the lesson would go. He always had enjoyed Arithmancy. She gave a subtle smile to Erik at his comment of 'as you vish', and then proceeded to blend in. Good, good. The less she noticed she was be observed, the more accurate the evaluation would be, yes? Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Sierra was so not ready for a seventh year of Arithmancy. This class was literally punishment for her, but she endured it. Just one more term. This one right here. She spent a few moments doodling out her name. Sierra Hope Greingoth She looked over at that man, the one who seemed to be showing up everywhere. Who kept letting him in anyway? ...and why was he filling out a card? Anyway...what did Sierra know about Arithmancy? It was boring. She hated it. She thought it was useless. She was ready for class to be over. Yup, that about summed it up. "I know we go through a lot of steps to get some numbers that usually tell us more about our life or our future," she said, raising her hand. "Yes, that is correct." Pity though you couldn't give some examples of those numbers, but oh well. "Some have more steps than others, but regardless of how many steps a calculation has, all of them require a keen sense of awareness." Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl Hearing her last statement, Atticus couldn't help but chuckle. So she remembered his struggles with the subject, did she? Then again, he had been rather awful, at least in his opinion, so maybe it was memorable for that. Ah, and it appeared Mr. Vinteren was here to evaluate as well? Interesting. It seemed he was sitting among the students though, but whatever worked for him, Atticus supposed. And now the lesson was starting. Excellent. Penelope was surprised to see Atticus appearing in this lesson figured she probably should've expected it at some point. And at least it wasn't a class like Charms or Transfiguration so he wouldn't see her fail completely or anything. That was good. And now it was starting. And they needed to make name tags/stands/things? Okay. Penelope did that fairly quickly, scribbling down her name and then setting it on the corner of her desk. Now for the question. One thing she knew about Arithmancy? Her hand went up. "We usually have to pair letters with numbers and then add them together to find out stuff." Yeah, that was about it. "We do, yes. And we can use one of two systems to pair off letters with numbers, which I believe Miss Potter mentioned as using the pythagorean or chaldean number systems." Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel knew that there was a little divination in arithmancy. But before he answered. He should make his little name tag. Now back to the question "You can predict the future with numbers in arithmancy". Nigel wondered if they had statistic about how well it predicted correctly. This was a math class after all. Magical Math, But Math none the less. "Yes, Arithmancy can be used to predict the future." Which brought her to another point of interest that someone else brought up. What was that Kendall asked? About painting numbers on things. "Miss Quinn brought up a good point; can you paint numbers on things to sort of give that thing the traits associated with that number?" Fina reiterated the question. "Yes. Some Arithmancers do believe strongly in the power of numbers, and that the vibrations associated with that number will bring about good - or sometimes bad - fortunes to the wearer." Perhaps later on in the term they can experiment more with this phenomenon. "The most important step towards beginning to understand Arithmancy is to be able to analyze and interpret people and to be able to draw interpretations and conclusions from various calculations. This is the basics of understanding Arithmancy. Once you can understand how to use numbers towards drawing interpretations from people, then you've accomplished a lot. That and understanding the power behind numbers." "Having said that, what are some of the number calculations used to analyze and interpret people?" __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯