Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

So she was wrong? Well then, Selina had exhausted all of her Arithmancy knowledge know and it was probably best if she just kept her mouth shut and learned a thing or two. But numbers were so confusing. They could be manipulated in a million and seven different ways and the only things that Selina really knew what to do with them was add, subject, multiply and divide them. Everything else just made her head ache. It was like dealing with ickles all the time- she just had head aches.

Therefore, when Hadley asked her next question, Selina just drew her quill and waited for someone to say something- anything. And apparently the answer to the question was the maturity number. The redhead made sure to write that down. Maturity number. Good to know.

But then Hadley asked ANOTHER question that she did not know the answer to. She remembered now why she had always relied on Kurumi in this class. The seventh year was lost. How was it that students younger then her were so on top of this subject? All she could think of, which was not much, was the daunting idea that this class was only going to get more complicated as time went on. Arithmancy as a rule was a dizzying subject.

Raising her hand kind of slowly, because she was really hoping that Hadley did not notice her, she whispered, "Ma'am, I can't remember which one its for... but there is one calculation where you have to use all of the letters in your name." In fact, she was pretty sure that, you know, a lot of the calculations in Arithmancy used your name. Or was that wrong too?

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that her guess wasn't wrong after all. She listened as Professor Hadley gave her explanations to each reply before posing her next question. Since she had given the Maturity Number as her answer, she decided to attempt to answer how to calculate that. Raising her hand, she answered.

"Professor, the Maturity Number is calculated by using your birth Name plus your Birth Date. You can use either the Pythagorean Number System, or for a more accurate reading, the Chaldean Method to do your calculations."

She took a breath while trying to remember how the calculations worked.

"You add up the numbers of your birth name, each name having its own separate total. Then you start reducing each total until you get down to a single digit. Once you have that you add up all your subtotals together and repeat the reducing process until you end up with a single number.

You will do the same for the birth date. You get a subtotal for the day, month and year, and start reducing each total until you get to a single digit. Then you add the single digits together, using the reduction method process, until you end up with one single digit total.

Once you have both numbers reduced to a single digit, you add them both together and repeat the reducing process until you end up with one single digit number. That number is your Maturity Number."

Alyssa belatedly remembered that if either of her calculations ended with a master number that there was a different process to be used. So she continued with her explanation.

"In the event that either of your birth name or birth date ends up in a master number which is 11, 22 or 33, we stop reducing it to a single digit because master numbers have their own interpretations separate from the core numbers. "

There she had said it. Whether it made sense or not...or worse yet...whether her explanation was accurate, she would have to wait and see.

Originally Posted by Talikins

Focusing more on taking notes, not that there was many yet, Nessie remained fairly quiet. She knew most of what the class was talking about and was fairly interested in these calculations. She wasn't a number fan, but today she was just curious with what numbers they'd end up getting if they did end up doing this as the practical work for today.

With a pout, Ness decided maybe a little bit of input was needed. She raised her hand and waited her turn. Chapter eight. She had skimmed through her book before raising her hand. "Professor, To find your Heart's Desire or your Soul Urge number you use your full name and apply the correct number to each vowel of your name. You then figure out each of your names separately , like your first, last and possibly middle ones too." This was a lot for Ness to say, she was never much of a speaker in class, she preferred to write sometimes. Today she had no choice but to explain herself thoroughly. "After that you add them all together and achieve a single digit number, you then use that number as your answer." That was correct right? The red head looked up at Hadley.