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December has reached Hogwarts Castle and it's grounds in full force and in many places behind the stone walls, the cold seeps in like a ghost in the night but not the Divination Tower. Despite the hieght and tower windows, the Divination classroom and office have not been warmer. Professor Elwood's window coverings matched with the roaring fires in the grates have kept the place at a stuffy yet comfortable temperature for learning.
When you enter the classroom you will find Professor Elwood sitting at her desk waiting for the kids to enter. You may notice that on the wooden desk before the blonde Professor there is a bowl of stones, both mundane and semi-precious, glittering in the candle light.
Please take a seat and wait for the lesson to begin.
Gosh daaarn iiiit. She was gonna talk 'bout the sun stone. Pouty face. Blue flicked through the textbook quickly, searching for another stone. She did it so fast she got a PAPER CUT. NOOOOOOES. But Blue, cause she was brave like that, answered the question despite the pain. "Umm, Professor, I think the fire stone is um heat and passion." Heat was probably wrong and it felt like she was missing some thing else.
Sarcasm was NOT appreciated. Only when she, the Professor, did it. She had used it when doing that part of the last lesson to make a point of how dressing WASN'T really the most important part just what many people thought.
"No Miss Odessa, we are not making jewelry. And I am glad you remember the superficial mistake that many people make when thinking about Divination."
Callie looked at the Ravenclaw girl, Aspen Odessa, the one some of the other Professors had mentioned in passing for being rather bright.
Aspen tucked down into her chair, trying to conceal her grin. She didn't know WHAT had gotten into herself lately. Maybe she was possessed? She should look that up later.
She made a vow not to speak in this class again.
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Now onto the question that would lead them into further understanding. "A few of you mentioned planets and other things being represented by the stones but they also represent other things much like the numbers in an Arithmancy reading. There are 13 of them in total and I would like you to please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent."
And then she promptly broke it.
"The Universe," Aspen spoke with a quiet, slightly bored tone. "It represents how small and insignificant we all really are in a comparative way. We're a speck, a flicker."
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Um, um, um.
Gosh daaarn iiiit. She was gonna talk 'bout the sun stone. Pouty face. Blue flicked through the textbook quickly, searching for another stone. She did it so fast she got a PAPER CUT. NOOOOOOES. But Blue, cause she was brave like that, answered the question despite the pain. "Umm, Professor, I think the fire stone is um heat and passion." Heat was probably wrong and it felt like she was missing some thing else.
Ah well.
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....and again, Aspen was tickled. A first year talking about FIRE and PASSION. It was too much, she actually giggled. Out loud. Maybe it was the heat?
No, really, demon possession. At least that'd be interesting...
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Alyssa tried to remember what she had read about Lithomancy and what the 13 stones represented. When she remembered she raised her hand and said,"Professor one of the 13 stones is the Mars stone which represents - courage, defensive magic, battle, or conflict."
So there were 13 stones. Sarah wondered if in other countries there were more. "There is the Air stone which represents Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration". she said. She was an airy fairy person at times, and
reality is often cruel to her after her countless daydreams and planning.
Stones, this seemed rather interesting. Crossing her legs underneathe her desk, the red head listened intently to the lesson. So the Professor was going on about some divination done with stones. Ness pouted as she tried to remember the word the Professor had used. What was it again? Or right it was 'Lithomancy'. The red head immiediately jotted this down on some parchment, now she would hopefully remember.
Hmmm..13 stones. The pout on Nessie's face grew. Surely she'd know at least one right. Then she remebered someone once talking to her about this or well a certain stone at least. "Um..Professor, I think there's a stone Venus and if I remember correctly its associated with love, fidelity and happiness?" It was more of a question, cause Nessie herself wasn't too sure if it was true or not. Hopefully it was and hopefully she hadn't made a full of herself by talking utter rubbish.
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Now onto the question that would lead them into further understanding. "A few of you mentioned planets and other things being represented by the stones but they also represent other things much like the numbers in an Arithmancy reading. There are 13 of them in total and I would like you to please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent."
Okay... the thirteen stones.
Thinking about it, Nora actually read something about those! You know, since Divination was not an easy subject and Nora was such a curious little creature, she liked satisfying that disturbing curiosity of hers. "There is the Moon," she said with a hand in the air, "and it represents inspiration, intuition, and psychic ability." Too bad the last one didn't start with an I, so they could be called the three I's. It would have been cool, and easier to remember.
Louisa found this interesting. More interesting than wearing Gypsy clothes and pretend to be fortune tellers any ways. Hearing other students' answers, she quickly looked down at the textbook and shot her arm in the air. "There's Saturn stone, too, professor." Louisa looked up into the woman's face with an amused smile, "Represents longevity, protection, and purification."
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Lithomancy...right, the prefect marking down the correct word in his notes. At least he had been on the right track with the correct idea if not the correct spelling and pronunciation. Gideon listened to the rest of the students ideas and answers, several of them the same as him guessing the subject they would be working on correctly. And then when Professor Elwood moved on to explain a little more about the subject he had to say it certainly sounded interesting even if he wasn't normally one to be too into the idea.
Gideon turned to the subject in their textbook to try and pick a stone to answer the latest question with, listening to those appeared more knowledgeable on the subject who were already answering. "Theres the water stone which represents compassion and healing."
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QUOTE=DanialRadFAN01;11077490][color="#15899FF"]"Great guesses everyone but those of you who said Lithomancy are correct. Today we are going to learn how to perform this sect of Divination and how do a basic reading." She allowed the stones to fall out of her hand and back into the bowl. "Firstly to do a reading you will need a stone set that we will take care of in just a moment. The actual process of doing the reading is like what some of you mentioned before by tossing the stones into a circle made of string that will act as our field." She paused to allow them to copy it down if they wanted.
"Once the stones are in the feild we will read them by their position. Now before we get too far ahead of ourselves into the actual reading, let's stay focussed on the stones. If you notice I have both semi-precious and regular stones mixed together in this bowl, varying in different colors." She lifted the bowl for them to see the variety. "So unlike Gem Divination like Miss Greingoth mentioned, the stones you chose to represent the ones in your set can be more of a personal preference rather than a locked in, regulated pattern."
Now onto the question that would lead them into further understanding. "A few of you mentioned planets and other things being represented by the stones but they also represent other things much like the numbers in an Arithmancy reading. There are 13 of them in total and I would like you to please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent."[/QUOTE]
Oh, hmm. Well, at least Sierra had mentioned Lithomancy. That had to count as correct, right? She thought so. She eyed Aspen, who'd brought up looking the part. She had to admit that even though her answer was wrong, it was still smart of her to remember that last lesson. She got a special mention for it, at least. Ravenclaws...
...and then she heard her name, causing her to sink just a little in her seat. Thanks for pointing out my mistake, PROFESSORRRRRR! Hmph. From that point on, she listened to the description of what they really were doing. She wouldn't suggest the wrong answer again. Why couldn't Hollingberry have gotten singled out anyway?!
"There's the stone for Jupiter," she said, raising her hand. "It represents good fortune, expansiveness, and a gain of wealth and money." Sounded good to her.
Joăo didn't quite get how they would let them fall without getting them into the air first, hence the throwing into the air, but he let it pass. He wasn't going to question the logic behind this class, because there was none.
So. Stones. Lovely.
Only, he didn't know anything about them. Lovelier.
Sitting there, taking notes was the only possible activity for him, so he just did that.
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Honestly, Stella was already half lost, almost like she would have been in an ancient runes lesson. Of course, that used stones too, at least some of the time, but she flicked through her textbook quickly as she continued to take notes. She didn't want to not participate, now that she was in the class. She was hyper-aware of the fact there were other Ravenclaws who had possibly given, well, interesting answers, though, so she put some thought into if she wanted to make a guess this time around. Shefound herself raising her hand anyway, which meant that she needed to speak. She'd look stupid if she didn't, at least.
"What about Mercury? That stone represents intellect, communication, media, and even education, among other things," she said, lowering her hand hesitantly. She really wasn't entirely sure of her answer. It was said now, though, and she couldn't take it back. So back to just quietly taking notes and hoping she hadn't looked like an idiot.
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Merlin's beard! So Ella had actually been on the right track? O__O Cool beans! Apparently she wasn't as out of the loop when it came to Divination as she thought. That was a relief. And as for the 13 stones, Ella tried to decide on one so she could share its meaning. How about the air stone? The second year had read a bit about that one. "Professor, there's the air stone. It has to with wishes, inspiration, and erm-dreams!"
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Stones....huh...
Well, Lily wasn't all that knowledgeable in stones, so this was going to be a tricky class. Quietly, as the rest of her classmates answered the question, the redhead pulled out her textbook and her parchment and started to take notes. As people answered, Lily copied what they said into notes.
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Air stone-wishes, inspiration, dreams
Mercury stone-intellect, communication, media, etc.
Jupiter stone- good fortune, gain of wealth, expansiveness??
water stone-healing, compassion
Saturn stone- longevity,protection, purification
Moon- inspiration, intuition, psychic ability
Venus stone- love, fidelity, happiness
Mars stone-courage, defensive magic,battle, conflict
Spirit stone- needs of self, communication with divine
Fire stone- heat, passion...
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Oakey followed along with the class as much as he could and to his surprise he was understanding it little by little. He looked at the pile of stones that was sitting in front of Professor Elwood. He took to his text book and listened to some of the responses, He read the thirteen different types and settled on the one he liked the most. Professor He spoke up raising his hand There is the Universe Stone, it represents our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level.
Addie didn't get this type of divination, she enjoyed the dress up as fortune tellers and build wagons version. Now divination was getting hard. Addie tried to think back to reading her divination textbook. There was stuff in there about Lithomancy wasn't there. Something about planets being stones maybe? Addie was thinking about it a lot. Why hadn't her mum prepared her for this??? Then one popped into her head, Venus, love, beauty, etc. Just like the Roman goddess Venus. Addie raised her hand. "Professor isn't one Venus, and it stands for love and beauty." Right? Maybe.
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Kurumi remained silent as her classmates listed off stones and their meanings. Since Kurumi had never actually studied any of this, she was sort of out of the loop when it came to possible meanings. However, as it became clear that they were simply stones that represented the planets, she felt a little more at ease. She knew about that, especially since the ones mentioned were, for the most part, associated with days of the week and that was something that was taken rather seriously in the culture she grew up in. Jotting down some notes, Kurumi couldn't help but think of a few questions and slowly raised her hand - especially since she was pretty sure that all thirteen had already been mentioned, so there was no need to repeat answers.
"Professor, why 13?" she asked, cocking her head to the side as she tried to make some sort of FACTUAL connection. "I know in some ancient cultures and beliefs that the number can represent a powerful solar symbol and ancient Egyptians believed there are thirteen steps upon the ladder that leads to eternity and when you reach that step you attain spiritual completion..." She was sort of just rambling off facts right now, grabbing at straws for some sort of connection, but she actually was genuinely curious as to why 13 stones as opposed to 12 or whatever other number.
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Annabelle was hearing everyone's responses. She copied them all down into her book, she remembered the last stone that not everyone mentioned yet. Or at least she thought..."Professor isn't there the universe stone?" she asked unsure that her answer is right. "The universe stone is our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level." She heard one of her classmates ask about why was it only original 13 stones? She was curious about the answer too.
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Oh! Well, look who showed up: his Alchemy partner! Paulie threw Stella a characteristic lopsided smile as the girl claimed a seat beside him. "Hey," he greeted simply. His eyes wandered suddenly, though, when he felt someone looking at him. And someone WAS looking at him. Glaring, more like it.
Aspen Odessa.
But, because he was in class and because he was a Hogwarts leaderrr, he only narrowed his eyes at the girl who had blew her top at him in Charms. Maybe if he caught her as they walked out of class, he would taunt her with a line or two about Cornelius and/or Joao.
The corners of his lips upturned slightly at Pirate Elwood's response to his theory. Perhaps Scabior WAS using his abilities to beat them to the Great Hall. You never know.
Anyway. He began jotting down his notes - chicken scratch if you ever saw it. It seemed as though all the other students had already contributed the thirteen different types of stones, though, so Paulie didn't want to be redundant. OR look like he wasn't paying attention to his classmates. Hence, he simply finished listing the thirteen stones and their meanings and resolved to answer her next question before everyone else beat him to it.
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SPOILER!!: Elwood
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SPOILER!!: Student Answers and Replies
Locating energy? Professor Elwood thought for a moment over the Slytherin girl's answer but had to shake her head. "Not exactly, but a good guess."
Calista turned and called on the Gryffindor Prefect she had just met a few minutes ago and listened to his answer, which was slightly off. Perhaps he had just mispoke?
"Not litmacy but Lithomancy. Close enough though, perhaps you just read the word wrong?"
Oh the ideas children come up with. Callie couldn't help but smile.
"No, unfortunately these stones will not help us find our lost things but wouldn't that be nice?"
"Yes, that's a really good way of putting it Kurumi!"
She should have known the Prefect would see what it was they were doing, the blonde had heard that Professor Jenkins had done lots of handson stuff with them in Runes. She didn't catch the marbes comment though.
"Excellent thoughts Miss Bishop, we will be tossing these stones and dechipering their shapes and position." It was quite the guess but correct. The young Hufflepuff was actually on the right track.
"Good Miss Potter." Another well researched answer from the Hufflepuff girl. She even got the part where things were represented.
"It certainly does have to do with Lithomancy Miss Reed." Callie nodded at the Slytherin because really it had EVERYTHING to do with Lithomancy.
Bird Patterns?
Callie looked at the girl for a minute trying to think of how that would be used for that. Did they throw the stones at the poor birds?! "No, that is not what these stones are for but good guess."
"A talisman is a great guess and would definately be fun, but not what we are doing today Mister Vickers." She nodded politely at the boy before moviing on to the next student.
"Gem stone Divination is a good idea and is very similar to what we are doing but we are going to stick with the basic Lithomancy for this lesson. Gem stone Divination not only has a few different ways to read the stones it also, the name sort of gives that away, only uses gem stones and is more strict with what stone can be used as which." She would keep in mind the other variations and such for furture lessons possibly or to add to her notes for them to look at.
"Yes, good." She nodded at the Hufflepuff boy and his answer.
"Lithomancy is what we are doing today, what you read about is correct." She grinned proudly at the Ravenclaw and turned to the next student.
Hmmm....
"Well, we won't be making the stones spark, but we are reading them. Their position when the fall is what will make up our readings." The young girl was definately interested it seemed.
Watching the Gryffindor girl searching in her book, she nodded when she found the answer and gave it. "Good work, yes, Lithomancy is what we are going today."
This boy made Calista laugh.
After a small chuckle, the Divination Professor spoke to him, reassuring him that they were not going to be building anything else for a while. "No, we won't be building any patios, but you may certainly do that in your off time if you'd like."
"That is correct Mister Kim." Callie nodded at the Slytherin's answer.
"Lithomancy is what we are doing today but usually it isn't used for daily readings but for a longer period of time. There are some smaller readings for shorter periods of time but they typically aren't as accurate." The Gryffindor had been on the right track.
Sarcasm was NOT appreciated. Only when she, the Professor, did it. She had used it when doing that part of the last lesson to make a point of how dressing WASN'T really the most important part just what many people thought.
"No Miss Odessa, we are not making jewelry. And I am glad you remember the superficial mistake that many people make when thinking about Divination."
Callie looked at the Ravenclaw girl, Aspen Odessa, the one some of the other Professors had mentioned in passing for being rather bright.
"Yes, Lithomancy is correct." The Divination Professor nodded at the Gryffindor.
"Not an energy persay, but just for a reading." Although energies did help power Divination. Good guess.
"That is the basic idea, yes. Although we sort of just let them fall, throwing won't be necessary." Callie certainly didn't want them to throw rocks in her classroom, there were too many things to be broken doing that; kids might get hurt too.
"Great guesses everyone but those of you who said Lithomancy are correct. Today we are going to learn how to perform this sect of Divination and how do a basic reading." She allowed the stones to fall out of her hand and back into the bowl. "Firstly to do a reading you will need a stone set that we will take care of in just a moment. The actual process of doing the reading is like what some of you mentioned before by tossing the stones into a circle made of string that will act as our field." She paused to allow them to copy it down if they wanted.
"Once the stones are in the feild we will read them by their position. Now before we get too far ahead of ourselves into the actual reading, let's stay focussed on the stones. If you notice I have both semi-precious and regular stones mixed together in this bowl, varying in different colors." She lifted the bowl for them to see the variety. "So unlike Gem Divination like Miss Greingoth mentioned, the stones you chose to represent the ones in your set can be more of a personal preference rather than a locked in, regulated pattern."
Now onto the question that would lead them into further understanding. "A few of you mentioned planets and other things being represented by the stones but they also represent other things much like the numbers in an Arithmancy reading. There are 13 of them in total and I would like you to please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent."
OCC: So please only give ONE stone and it's meaning so everyone can participate.
EDIT: Yes, I know I've seen some sites that say 16 stones but we are going with the original 13. I will make a definate list before we move on.
He nodded his head, making a talisman would've been awesome, but the blank face returned when the Professor said they were were tackling Lithomancy... which he had no clue what it was about. He continued scribbling on his parchment, listening to the Professor and what the other students were saying who seems to know a whole lot more than he did. When the Professor asked what stones meant what even his quill fell silent. Those stones meant something? The only thing he remotely knew about stones were those that supposedly corresponded to people's birthdays which he didnt put much stock in
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Silvia wrote down a few notes. Okay, so Lithomancy was divination with stones, and each of the thirteen stones represents something. But what they were called and what they represented she had no clue. The young Ravenclaw really didn't know anything about Lithomancy, or many forms of divination for that matter, seeing as she had never really studied or thought much of the subject before. She had only chosen to take it this year on a whim and to see how things went. So for now she settled for just taking notes.
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[color="#15899FF"] "Great guesses everyone but those of you who said Lithomancy are correct. Today we are going to learn how to perform this sect of Divination and how do a basic reading." She allowed the stones to fall out of her hand and back into the bowl. "Firstly to do a reading you will need a stone set that we will take care of in just a moment. The actual process of doing the reading is like what some of you mentioned before by tossing the stones into a circle made of string that will act as our field." She paused to allow them to copy it down if they wanted.
"Once the stones are in the feild we will read them by their position. Now before we get too far ahead of ourselves into the actual reading, let's stay focussed on the stones. If you notice I have both semi-precious and regular stones mixed together in this bowl, varying in different colors." She lifted the bowl for them to see the variety. "So unlike Gem Divination like Miss Greingoth mentioned, the stones you chose to represent the ones in your set can be more of a personal preference rather than a locked in, regulated pattern."
Now onto the question that would lead them into further understanding. "A few of you mentioned planets and other things being represented by the stones but they also represent other things much like the numbers in an Arithmancy reading. There are 13 of them in total and I would like you to please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent."
OCC: So please only give ONE stone and it's meaning so everyone can participate.
So he was right about Lithomancy. It's good that he can still recall some of his Divination knowledge, however the tiny problem within it is that, Jonathan couldn't really grasp Divination as a subject. He finds it hard to understand the every single detail of each stone, card reading, etc... It's harder than what people really think. Well, to him it is difficult.
Please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent.
Jonathan thought of this through. What were they again? The professor did mention about the planets and technically some students already did. Jonathan raised his hand recklessly without even thinking it "The Water stone, professor" opppps. What did it mean again? Jonathan took a tiny time to give it a thought and finally remembered "It's reconciliation, cleansing and healing" he said in a more confused tone, not really sure if that answer is correct. But it's worth the try. Definitely.
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SPOILER!!: The Catch Up
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"Hello everyone and welcome to Divination Lesson Two on this cold dreary day. Thankfully we have some heat built up in this tower so we won't freeze to death while trying to learn." Surely the poor Slytherin kids were happier than the rest having a respite from their no doubt frigid dungeons.
As she greeted them all she stuck a hand into the bowl of stones and pulled out a handfull, and held it out for them to see. In her palm were some clear shiney stones, a few red ones, a dark blue one, and some regular looking brown ones. "Does anyone have any idea what we might use these stones for in a Divination lesson?" Not a hard question just a thinker
Nerida smiled at Professor Elwood, to be honest she loved Divination, but this cold was going to kill her. Eyeing the stones she suddenly thought so something she had read. Professor is it Lithomancy, I read that you can tell the future with stones.
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Now onto the question that would lead them into further understanding. "A few of you mentioned planets and other things being represented by the stones but they also represent other things much like the numbers in an Arithmancy reading. There are 13 of them in total and I would like you to please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent."
OCC: So please only give ONE stone and it's meaning so everyone can participate.
EDIT: Yes, I know I've seen some sites that say 16 stones but we are going with the original 13. I will make a definate list before we move on. [/color]
Nerida eyebrows furrowed. She had read about the stones in that book...Oh yes, the fire stone..Professor, I believe there is a Fire stone. The fire stone represents Passion, willpower, and outside influences. Is this right? To be completely honest she had read the book a long time ago, she found it in her father's office. So she could have been wrong.
SPOILER!!: Nerida's Notes
Lithomancy~Divination using stones
To do a reading you need a stone set.
To do the reading: Toss the stones into a circle made of string that will act as the field. Once the stones are in the feild read them by their position.
There is 13 stones in the stone set. Each of the thirdteen stones represents something.
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Nigel was hoping that his answer could have a little truth in it. But after hearing everybody else said Lithomancy. He knew he was wrong. But couldn't there be a spell that helped you find lost things. There just had to be, they were in Hogwarts after all. Well whatever, Nigel started taking notes on everything she said and wondered if he made up a stone would it be alright.
"Professor, There is the Sun Stone and it represents power, energy and life." He wondered if there actually was a sun stone
"Very good, the sun stone is certainly one and like you said represents power because of it's nature of being the most powerful object in our solar system." She nodded as she wrote it on the board, starting her list.
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Oooh. Indy knew this. With a big smile on her face Indy thought for a few moments before she raised her hand. She was really liking divination. It was so cool. She was hoping they'd to build funky wagon's again another time. Hopefully this time she wouldn't like nearly die though. Because that would be pretty tragic. Oh yes. Back to the question. Figuring that her hand was already iin the air Indy just started talking. "The Earth stone..." She mused with a smile before she continued. "It represents security of home, family and friend."
"Excellent! Wouldn't want to forget the stone dedicated to the planet we inhabit now would we Miss Hutchinson?" Callie smiled at the little girl before adding it to the list on the board.
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Um, um, um.
Gosh daaarn iiiit. She was gonna talk 'bout the sun stone. Pouty face. Blue flicked through the textbook quickly, searching for another stone. She did it so fast she got a PAPER CUT. NOOOOOOES. But Blue, cause she was brave like that, answered the question despite the pain. "Umm, Professor, I think the fire stone is um heat and passion." Heat was probably wrong and it felt like she was missing some thing else.
Ah well.
BEAM.
Heh. Passion such a...strange topic to discuss in a classroom full of kids.
"Yes, but don't forget willpower and outside influences. Good." The Ravenclaw was basically right, definately good work from a first year.
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Aspen tucked down into her chair, trying to conceal her grin. She didn't know WHAT had gotten into herself lately. Maybe she was possessed? She should look that up later.
She made a vow not to speak in this class again.
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And then she promptly broke it.
"The Universe," Aspen spoke with a quiet, slightly bored tone. "It represents how small and insignificant we all really are in a comparative way. We're a speck, a flicker."
Despite the obvious sarcasm she had just heard escape Miss Odessa's mouth, Callie was appreciative of the correct answer coming next. "Very good. Although it doesn't have to seem so depressing, it mainly shows us our place in the grand scheme of things." Another stone to add to the master list.
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Oichi raised her hand and responded, "Theres the spirit stone professor. It represents the needs of self and for communication with the divine.".
"Yes, the spirit stone is a nice little stone that we use to predict future relationships we may or may not have with those who have passed." With a few taps of the chalk, it too was added to the Professor's board.
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88
Alyssa tried to remember what she had read about Lithomancy and what the 13 stones represented. When she remembered she raised her hand and said,"Professor one of the 13 stones is the Mars stone which represents - courage, defensive magic, battle, or conflict."
The Hufflepuff was right. "Good, seems fitting no? What with Mercury being known to also represent war?" The blonde woman added it to the list.
What would Hufflepuffs know of war? heh.
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Originally Posted by Princesspower
So there were 13 stones. Sarah wondered if in other countries there were more. "There is the Air stone which represents Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration". she said. She was an airy fairy person at times, and
reality is often cruel to her after her countless daydreams and planning.
The air stone one of her personal favorites. "Yes, it's quite the lovely stone. I always look forward to seeing where that one lands." She grinned dreamily and added it to others on the board.
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Stones, this seemed rather interesting. Crossing her legs underneathe her desk, the red head listened intently to the lesson. So the Professor was going on about some divination done with stones. Ness pouted as she tried to remember the word the Professor had used. What was it again? Or right it was 'Lithomancy'. The red head immiediately jotted this down on some parchment, now she would hopefully remember.
Hmmm..13 stones. The pout on Nessie's face grew. Surely she'd know at least one right. Then she remebered someone once talking to her about this or well a certain stone at least. "Um..Professor, I think there's a stone Venus and if I remember correctly its associated with love, fidelity and happiness?" It was more of a question, cause Nessie herself wasn't too sure if it was true or not. Hopefully it was and hopefully she hadn't made a full of herself by talking utter rubbish.
"Good, Venus is represented with love. Being that the planet was named after the goddess of the same thing and our own planet and Venus being sisters, it only seems fitting." She nodded slowly and put it on the list. Good Hufflepuff.
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Okay... the thirteen stones.
Thinking about it, Nora actually read something about those! You know, since Divination was not an easy subject and Nora was such a curious little creature, she liked satisfying that disturbing curiosity of hers. "There is the Moon," she said with a hand in the air, "and it represents inspiration, intuition, and psychic ability." Too bad the last one didn't start with an I, so they could be called the three I's. It would have been cool, and easier to remember.
"Great job Miss Reed. The moon, although it is not a planet, is very important to our readings." She smiled at the Slytherin before adding it too, to the list.
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Louisa found this interesting. More interesting than wearing Gypsy clothes and pretend to be fortune tellers any ways. Hearing other students' answers, she quickly looked down at the textbook and shot her arm in the air. "There's Saturn stone, too, professor." Louisa looked up into the woman's face with an amused smile, "Represents longevity, protection, and purification."
Calista recognized the Ravenclaw Prefect from her last lesson and from around the corridors and smiled as she answered correctly. "Good work Prefect Carter, Saturn is the seventh planet but by no means any less important."
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Lithomancy...right, the prefect marking down the correct word in his notes. At least he had been on the right track with the correct idea if not the correct spelling and pronunciation. Gideon listened to the rest of the students ideas and answers, several of them the same as him guessing the subject they would be working on correctly. And then when Professor Elwood moved on to explain a little more about the subject he had to say it certainly sounded interesting even if he wasn't normally one to be too into the idea.
Gideon turned to the subject in their textbook to try and pick a stone to answer the latest question with, listening to those appeared more knowledgeable on the subject who were already answering. "Theres the water stone which represents compassion and healing."
"Good job, water has always been related to Healing throughout many forms of magic, especially Divination." The Divination Professor nodded quickly and added it to the list on the board.
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QUOTE=DanialRadFAN01;11077490]"Great guesses everyone but those of you who said Lithomancy are correct. Today we are going to learn how to perform this sect of Divination and how do a basic reading." She allowed the stones to fall out of her hand and back into the bowl. "Firstly to do a reading you will need a stone set that we will take care of in just a moment. The actual process of doing the reading is like what some of you mentioned before by tossing the stones into a circle made of string that will act as our field." She paused to allow them to copy it down if they wanted.
"Once the stones are in the feild we will read them by their position. Now before we get too far ahead of ourselves into the actual reading, let's stay focussed on the stones. If you notice I have both semi-precious and regular stones mixed together in this bowl, varying in different colors." She lifted the bowl for them to see the variety. "So unlike Gem Divination like Miss Greingoth mentioned, the stones you chose to represent the ones in your set can be more of a personal preference rather than a locked in, regulated pattern."
Now onto the question that would lead them into further understanding. "A few of you mentioned planets and other things being represented by the stones but they also represent other things much like the numbers in an Arithmancy reading. There are 13 of them in total and I would like you to please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent."
Oh, hmm. Well, at least Sierra had mentioned Lithomancy. That had to count as correct, right? She thought so. She eyed Aspen, who'd brought up looking the part. She had to admit that even though her answer was wrong, it was still smart of her to remember that last lesson. She got a special mention for it, at least. Ravenclaws...
...and then she heard her name, causing her to sink just a little in her seat. Thanks for pointing out my mistake, PROFESSORRRRRR! Hmph. From that point on, she listened to the description of what they really were doing. She wouldn't suggest the wrong answer again. Why couldn't Hollingberry have gotten singled out anyway?!
"There's the stone for Jupiter," she said, raising her hand. "It represents good fortune, expansiveness, and a gain of wealth and money." Sounded good to her.[/QUOTE] "Jupiter is a great answer Miss Greingoth, the largest of our planets and a great stone to see in your readings no matter how far out." The Slytherin Prefect was on the ball!
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Honestly, Stella was already half lost, almost like she would have been in an ancient runes lesson. Of course, that used stones too, at least some of the time, but she flicked through her textbook quickly as she continued to take notes. She didn't want to not participate, now that she was in the class. She was hyper-aware of the fact there were other Ravenclaws who had possibly given, well, interesting answers, though, so she put some thought into if she wanted to make a guess this time around. Shefound herself raising her hand anyway, which meant that she needed to speak. She'd look stupid if she didn't, at least.
"What about Mercury? That stone represents intellect, communication, media, and even education, among other things," she said, lowering her hand hesitantly. She really wasn't entirely sure of her answer. It was said now, though, and she couldn't take it back. So back to just quietly taking notes and hoping she hadn't looked like an idiot.
"Yes, Mercury is very important!" Professor Elwood added it to the list quickly before going on. "This tiny planet is representing so many fine things for our self improvement and and communication with others we wouldn't want to leave it out."
No indeed.
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Merlin's beard! So Ella had actually been on the right track? O__O Cool beans! Apparently she wasn't as out of the loop when it came to Divination as she thought. That was a relief. And as for the 13 stones, Ella tried to decide on one so she could share its meaning. How about the air stone? The second year had read a bit about that one. "Professor, there's the air stone. It has to with wishes, inspiration, and erm-dreams!"
Callie smiled at the excited Puff before nodding at her answer. "Yes, very good the air stone is a very useful one."
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Oakey followed along with the class as much as he could and to his surprise he was understanding it little by little. He looked at the pile of stones that was sitting in front of Professor Elwood. He took to his text book and listened to some of the responses, He read the thirteen different types and settled on the one he liked the most. Professor He spoke up raising his hand There is the Universe Stone, it represents our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level.
"Great point! The Universe is so large we wouldn't want to foget out place." She nodded at the boy and went to the next raised hand.
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Lithomancy...
Addie didn't get this type of divination, she enjoyed the dress up as fortune tellers and build wagons version. Now divination was getting hard. Addie tried to think back to reading her divination textbook. There was stuff in there about Lithomancy wasn't there. Something about planets being stones maybe? Addie was thinking about it a lot. Why hadn't her mum prepared her for this??? Then one popped into her head, Venus, love, beauty, etc. Just like the Roman goddess Venus. Addie raised her hand. "Professor isn't one Venus, and it stands for love and beauty." Right? Maybe.
"That is true Miss Coral, and usually this stone is one of the prettiest physically in most set." Just a suggestion for her so she can find a pretty stone.
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Annabelle was hearing everyone's responses. She copied them all down into her book, she remembered the last stone that not everyone mentioned yet. Or at least she thought..."Professor isn't there the universe stone?" she asked unsure that her answer is right. "The universe stone is our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level." She heard one of her classmates ask about why was it only original 13 stones? She was curious about the answer too.
"Yes, that is correct." The Universe stone was a popular one it seemed. She smiled at the Hufflepuff just the same and continued to the next student.
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So he was right about Lithomancy. It's good that he can still recall some of his Divination knowledge, however the tiny problem within it is that, Jonathan couldn't really grasp Divination as a subject. He finds it hard to understand the every single detail of each stone, card reading, etc... It's harder than what people really think. Well, to him it is difficult.
Please tell me one of the stones and what you think it would represent.
Jonathan thought of this through. What were they again? The professor did mention about the planets and technically some students already did. Jonathan raised his hand recklessly without even thinking it "The Water stone, professor" opppps. What did it mean again? Jonathan took a tiny time to give it a thought and finally remembered "It's reconciliation, cleansing and healing" he said in a more confused tone, not really sure if that answer is correct. But it's worth the try. Definitely.
"That is correct, Mister Kim. The water stone is vastly important to our readings." She gave the Slytherin boy a happy nod and turned to see who was next.
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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight
SPOILER!!: The Catch Up
Nerida smiled at Professor Elwood, to be honest she loved Divination, but this cold was going to kill her. Eyeing the stones she suddenly thought so something she had read. Professor is it Lithomancy, I read that you can tell the future with stones.
Nerida eyebrows furrowed. She had read about the stones in that book...Oh yes, the fire stone..Professor, I believe there is a Fire stone. The fire stone represents Passion, willpower, and outside influences. Is this right? To be completely honest she had read the book a long time ago, she found it in her father's office. So she could have been wrong.
SPOILER!!: Nerida's Notes
Lithomancy~Divination using stones
To do a reading you need a stone set.
To do the reading: Toss the stones into a circle made of string that will act as the field. Once the stones are in the feild read them by their position.
There is 13 stones in the stone set. Each of the thirdteen stones represents something.
"The fire stone is an excellent answer." The Ravenclaw girl was perfectly right.
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Kurumi remained silent as her classmates listed off stones and their meanings. Since Kurumi had never actually studied any of this, she was sort of out of the loop when it came to possible meanings. However, as it became clear that they were simply stones that represented the planets, she felt a little more at ease. She knew about that, especially since the ones mentioned were, for the most part, associated with days of the week and that was something that was taken rather seriously in the culture she grew up in. Jotting down some notes, Kurumi couldn't help but think of a few questions and slowly raised her hand - especially since she was pretty sure that all thirteen had already been mentioned, so there was no need to repeat answers.
"Professor, why 13?" she asked, cocking her head to the side as she tried to make some sort of FACTUAL connection. "I know in some ancient cultures and beliefs that the number can represent a powerful solar symbol and ancient Egyptians believed there are thirteen steps upon the ladder that leads to eternity and when you reach that step you attain spiritual completion..." She was sort of just rambling off facts right now, grabbing at straws for some sort of connection, but she actually was genuinely curious as to why 13 stones as opposed to 12 or whatever other number.
When Professor Elwood called on Kurumi Hollingberry she had expected to hear a name of one of the 13 stones but instead was met with a question. That was a good question. Calista herself did not really have much practice in Lithomancy herself but had done her research before deciding to tackle it for a lesson, and it so turned out that she had an answer for the Prefect.
"Prefect Hollingberry brings up a good point, perhaps one that you all were wondering as well: Why does our reading include 13 stones?" She paused and returned from the board to her seat on the front edge of her desk. "Firstly let me just say that there are a few different types of Lithomancy readings where some use only 3 stones and another 16, but why 13 for ours?" She pointed at the list they now had on the blackboard behind her.
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1. The Sun - power, energy and life
2. The Moon - inspiration, psychic ability and intuition
3. Saturn - longevity, protection, purification
4. Venus - love, fidelity, happiness
5. Mercury - intelligence, self-improvement, overcoming bad habits
6. Mars - courage, defensive magic, battle, conflict
7. Jupiter - money, justice, prosperity
8. Earth - security of home, family and friends
9. Air - Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration
10. Fire - Passion, willpower, outside influences
11. Water - Compassion, reconciliation, healing and cleansing
12. Spirit - Needs of the self, communication with the Divine
13. The Universe - our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level
"The planets and heavenly bodies listed as the first eight on the list are just shy of being incomplete." Yes, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were missing--she didn't believe all that dragon dung about the latter no longer being a planet, in her eyes she just saw that as the big men being mean to the young a weak. Anyways.... "If you think about it, it make sense. One thing was that 13 was an ancient Holy number so it's no suprise really as to why that number was decided but in addition, back when Lithomancy was first started, in Ancient times when the Greek and Roman civilizations were young, how far could the naked eye see into the night sky? There were no telescopes. This is why only the moon, the sun, mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter and saturn are listed, most of which, hopefully you have noticed, are named or possess qualities of the two civilzations' gods." Yes, they were getting a little history but that never killed anyone. "However, some more recent studiers of the subject include the later discovered planets but we will be sticking with the original stuff."
Tossing a strand of hair out of her face, Callie began again. "Now as for the last 5, they are typically up to the reader and are usually earth bound things like elements or at least something to do with human beings. For the sake of keeping things sane, we are all going to use the same five personal rocks."
Once she had established some background on the rocks Professor Elwood decided they needed to move on. "So now that we have talked about the things we will use to do the reading, why don't we talk about what we will be casting them into. The feild, some call it, is made up of a string made out of whatever material you'd like placed on a flat surface. Typically the circle feild should be no larger than a foot wide to ensure a decent gathering of stones." She paused as she tried to think of how to phrase her next question.
"The reading field is seperated into sections, does anyone have an ideas as to how many and what they stand for?" Definately an intermediate question but she felt they could handle it.
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Kurumi's hands flew over her parchment as she attempted to write down every detail to Professor Elwood's speech. Kurumi was interested in the historical significance behind it, the facts as it were. Those made sense and it probably came off that Kurumi was showing a genuine interest in Divination. So sorry, not the case really. Kurumi didn't have the Inner Eye and all that. It gave context to what they were doing as well...an ancient form of Divination as it were. Which was sort of interesting if you looked at it as reenacting things from the old days. Which is how Kurumi would have to do this in order to take things even remotely seriously.
When Professor Elwood proposed her next question, the Gryffindor was instantly reminded of her Divination OWL and the Natal chart they had had to draw up. That had been divided into 12 sections, representing the zodiac and therefore the months of the year. Could it be that the same sort of principals applied here? Raising her hand, Kurumi ventured an educated guess. This was NOT to be confused with guess work. It had educated in the expression. "Professor, do these readings sort of relate to Natal Charts? Perhaps the space is divided up into 12 sections with each representing passing time...in weeks or days perhaps?"
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But Blue, cause she was brave like that, answered the question despite the pain. "Umm, Professor, I think the fire stone is um heat and passion." Heat was probably wrong and it felt like she was missing some thing else.
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