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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.
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Kurumi slouched juuuuuuuust a little in her seat as the more historical and factual portion of the lesson seemed to come to an end in terms of these readings. Kurumi couldn't help but bite her lip to contain a giggle when Professor Elwood mentioned educated guesses when responding to people. Ahem. Still, Kurumi was somewhat glad that these readings related to Natal Charts because that meant she had some experience working with them even if she found it to be a load of rubbish. Honestly, a lot of good Divination had done her thus far. In all the readings in lessons she had done NONE of them had predicted anything. The only true reading she had gotten was from Selina and THAT was because Selina was special. So... yes... this subject... AHEM!
When the next question was posed, about pointers, Kurumi had to stop herself from saying something like 'the point to things that are important' because she really wasn't actually thinking. Instead, Kurumi just sat back in her seat and took more notes...or things that looked like notes at least.
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As her classmates chimed in and started describing what they thought a pointer was, Sierra raised her hand. Pointer. That seemed pretty self-explanatory. "It sounds like a stone that has a point to it, maybe a point that leads you in a certain direction or toward another stone," she suggested. She shrugged to herself. She really didn't know what a pointer was, but based on what they'd been talking about added to what she thought the word pointer meant, it all sounded good to her.
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Alyssa listened as the other students basically have the same answer that she was about to share with the class, but she raised her hand anyway and said,"Professor I guess the pointers are basically what they are called. Pointers are the edges, tips or other characteristics of a Stone that point in a particular direction or in different directions.".
Alyssa thought for a moment to best explain what she meant. "These pointers can be important when they are in a pattern or in a cluster of stones because the direction those tips or edges are pointing may possibly show the direction where the flow of energies, power, influence and the connection that particular stone has to the other stones in its cluster group."
Aspen had probably, at some point, read this. About pointers. She could have formed an answer good enough, but probably not cheery enough for the Professor.
SO, she didn't bother with answering this time either.
Nope, instead....Aspen, under her table, shifted her wand so that it was pointing at the Head Boy. Subtle to most, but the Head Boy could probably see. Then she mouthed to him, Pointer.
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SPOILER!!: Professor
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The next student to speak up was a young Slytherin girl, "Not quite Miss Burton, some would assume that 13 sections would be prudent because of the number of stones we are using, but sadly that is not the case. 12 sections are represented for the next upcoming 12 week period in the reader's or subject's life."
Calista crossed her legs and rearranged her skirts before moving on. "Very good answers everyone, even those who were not technically correct, I see the thought processes that went into those educated guesses." She grinned at them all, and made a mental note of those who were taking notes.
The warmth was definately creating a cozy learning environment and she was just glad she could wear sandals without her toes freezing off. Anyways back to teaching. "Many of you suggested correctly that our lithomancy reading field would be seperated into 12 sections that represent the upcoming 12 weeks of the reader or subject's life. Mister Vickers suggested a parent seperation class before that, 4 quadrants." She paused and went to the board to draw the diagram.
"This should help you better understand the concept. The black dividing lines are the 4 quadrants, the 12 green lines mark the one-week long periods." She sat the chalk back down into it's holder and returned to her seat.
Hopefully they were all copying this down, she understood it was more information than the last lesson but it was still all very important. "Before I set you loose to do something on your own, I am going to go over one more term and then ask you for your thoughts on another. When casting the stones into the reading field we will be studying where they fall, in what sections and in relation to others. So one of the important terms to think about when deciphering your lithomancy reading is the one called Cluster/s." The Blonde paused while they students wrote away. "Clusters are exactly what they sound like, they are groups of stones that have fallen closely together and seem to have something to do with each others." Yeah, easy enough. "So here's an example, say in my first section (the first week after the reading in my future) 2 stones fell directly beside each other, forming a cluster, Venus and Mercury. Now perhaps that means I will be able to communicate more freely with someone I love or perhaps they will finally approach me?" And no that had nothing to do with her pesonal life!
So now for their turn to answer something. "What do you think pointers are in a reading." If they thought about clusters they should hopefully get pointers.
Zhenya continued to write down what she was saying, and what the other students had already said. It started making a bit of sense to her. She drew the small diagram on her page and tried to think about the stones falling off the chart or all into the one section, but the Professor started talking about that too. Some of it just muddled inside her mind, but some she understood.
And pointers? She quickly thought about what it could mean, and raised her hand "Professor could pointers be when a stone points in a direction of a section?" she asked. But how many pointers were there in the collection of stones they used? All of them? Just a few?
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[spoiler="Smarty pants students who give answers"]"The latter Miss Eventide. Each of the 12 sections represent a week time span for the person's future." It seems more of the students had payed attention to their previous Divination Professors than she had thought.
So now for their turn to answer something. "What do you think pointers are in a reading." If they thought about clusters they should hopefully get pointers.
Nerida nodded so her answer was semi correct. She jotted down as the Professor explained, wow this was intresting stuff but she was sure confused. Clusters okay...She jotted down of what she could make of the Professor's example. Pointers?? Erm what were those.. Maybe the pointer is one of the rocks that has a point so when you drop it with the others, so it might show the direction of everything in a cluster or maybe it shows the starting point?
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.
Field is made of string/or other material that you place on a flat surface
Circle feild is no longer than a foot wide
Divided into 4 quadrants and then into 12 sectins that represent one week long periods
The Sun - power, energy and life
The Moon - inspiration, psychic ability and intuition
Saturn - longevity, protection, purification
Venus - love, fidelity, happiness
Mercury - intelligence, self-improvement, overcoming bad habits
Mars - courage, defensive magic, battle, conflict
Jupiter - money, justice, prosperity
Earth - security of home, family and friends
Air - Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration
Fire - Passion, willpower, outside influences
Water - Compassion, reconciliation, healing and cleansing
Spirit - Needs of the self, communication with the Divine
The Universe - our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level
Clusters: groups of stones that have fallen closely together and seem to have something to do with each others.
An example: In the first section (the first week after the reading in my future) 2 stones fell directly beside each other, forming a cluster, Venus and Mercury. Now perhaps that means I will be able to communicate more freely with someone I love or perhaps they will finally approach me?"
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Penelope honestly had no idea what any of this stuff was - big surprise - so she had continued to keep the silence she usually maintained during nearly every lesson she'd attended in the few months she'd been at Hogwarts. She was getting a little bit better about taking notes, though she still didn't take much. These professors talked too fast for her slow little hand, and then they wrote too much on the board so that if she tried to focus on writing she'd miss everything that was said.
Note-taking really wasn't for her, it seemed.
Now they were talking about something called pointers? Penelope, of course, didn't know what those were - especially since, as she didn't raise her hand to answer, even Kurumi didn't seem to know either, and Penelope was still convinced the prefect knew everything. Hm...
But...even if she didn't actually know the answer, the first year figured she could try giving an answer anyway. She did kinda want to get better at all this stuff after all...
"Pointers are," she began slowly, raising her hand, "the rocks that...point toward something?"
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Lily felt soo lost. She got the part about the 13 different stones... and the part about the four sections and about the 12 week sections... but what she didn't understand was how they were all related.. She even understood about the clusters... The second year figured that it would just be best to take notes for now and ask questions later... so that's what she did.
Onto the next question, though. Pointers... Lily raised her hand, figuring that an educated guess would be her best bet at understanding these things. "Would they be stones that point to a particular part of our future?" Like a certain week... or something like that...
All this Divination stuff was way too confusing to put together...
Annabelle was trying to understand the chart. She copied it down in her notebook and was thinking about what pointers were. Belle took a guess, she thought it couldn't hurt. "Professor aren't pointers used to see your future more clearly and help you interpret why things happen?" When she said aloud her answer she copied down more notes into her notebook.
SPOILER!!: Annabelle's Notes Continued
Lithomancy - Using stones The Sun - power, energy and life
The Moon - inspiration, psychic ability and intuition
Saturn - longevity, protection, purification
Venus - love, fidelity, happiness
Mercury - intelligence, self-improvement, overcoming bad habits
Mars - courage, defensive magic, battle, conflict
Jupiter - money, justice, prosperity
Earth - security of home, family and friends
Air - Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration
Fire - Passion, willpower, outside influences
Water - Compassion, reconciliation, healing and cleansing
Spirit - Needs of the self, communication with the Divine
The Universe - our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level Terms
Clusters: groups of stones that have fallen closely together and seem to have something to do with each others.
An example: In the first section (the first week after the reading in my future) 2 stones fell directly beside each other, forming a cluster, Venus and Mercury. Now perhaps that means I will be able to communicate more freely with someone I love or perhaps they will finally approach me?"
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Okay.. Paulie wasn't completely sure, but he believed he was officially participating in a GLARING contest. But then she looked more like she was just.. watching him. He got the sensation that Aspen was some tiger or something and he was her prey. Ahaaa. Was this 'wand-tapping' a threat? Paulie lifted his eyebrows slightly and smirked, as if daring her to do something. Because she wasn't gonna. Not right in the middle of divination.
Speaking of which, the Divination professor started talking about these things called 'pointers'. What were they? "I guess pointers point. They point to other stones and make a new correlation." That is what pointers sounded like to him. Or maybe pointers could be used to chuck at STALKING Ravenclaw girls.
..Ravenclaw girls who were now pointing wands at him from under their desks. He read her lips and lowered his eyes to her wand once more before returning her stare again. 'Do it,' he mouthed back, ever the instigator. Yes, Ravenclaw could definitely use another cut on their house points. He just had to make sure not to retaliate. You know... no SENDING HER TO THE CEILING DOING SOMERSAULTS.
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So now for their turn to answer something. "What do you think pointers are in a reading." If they thought about clusters they should hopefully get pointers.
Just when things seemed to be more understandable...
Errr... pointers?
"They are stones," Nora said after raising her hand, pretty much stating the obvious, "which are... pointy?" Ahh, Miss Obvious was there, to... point out the obvious! What would professor Elwood ever do without such a smart girl in class?
Evelyn sighed and noted down whatever the professor said as fast as she could. She didn't even bother to understand what was going on in class. There was something about quadrants and then...12 sections?..oh, yeah. The professor mentioned something about Clusters as well..but she continued to scribble the notes down on her parchment. AT least, taking down notes was something she was really good at.
She looked up when the professor went on to ask what pointers were? The Hufflepuff hesitantly raised her hand. "Are they stones that point towards another stone...or something? " So lame. At least, she tried.
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So now for their turn to answer something. "What do you think pointers are in a reading." If they thought about clusters they should hopefully get pointers.
Jory raised his hand. "Professor, the pointers are what point to the particular stone,'' he said. He wasn't too sure but that's what he figured.
Derrick sat in his seat listening.He slowly raised his hand.''Professor,the Pointers are what points to the other stone.''He smiled.Probably wrong but he didn't really care.He looked around listening to the other students answers.
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SPOILER!!: Elwood
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Oooh very good.
"Yes, excellent point. The circle reading field is firstly seperated into 4 quadrants and then later into 12 sections representing the 12 week long periods of the reading." She nodded. "But really, the quadrents are just blocked that way so that the subject of the reading knows that a collection of things that the stones represent may happen during that overall 3 week period."
Make sense? Hopefully.
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Calista crossed her legs and rearranged her skirts before moving on. "Very good answers everyone, even those who were not technically correct, I see the thought processes that went into those educated guesses." She grinned at them all, and made a mental note of those who were taking notes.
The warmth was definately creating a cozy learning environment and she was just glad she could wear sandals without her toes freezing off. Anyways back to teaching. "Many of you suggested correctly that our lithomancy reading field would be seperated into 12 sections that represent the upcoming 12 weeks of the reader or subject's life. Mister Vickers suggested a parent seperation class before that, 4 quadrants." She paused and went to the board to draw the diagram.
"This should help you better understand the concept. The black dividing lines are the 4 quadrants, the 12 green lines mark the one-week long periods." She sat the chalk back down into it's holder and returned to her seat.
Hopefully they were all copying this down, she understood it was more information than the last lesson but it was still all very important. "Before I set you loose to do something on your own, I am going to go over one more term and then ask you for your thoughts on another. When casting the stones into the reading field we will be studying where they fall, in what sections and in relation to others. So one of the important terms to think about when deciphering your lithomancy reading is the one called Cluster/s." The Blonde paused while they students wrote away. "Clusters are exactly what they sound like, they are groups of stones that have fallen closely together and seem to have something to do with each others." Yeah, easy enough. "So here's an example, say in my first section (the first week after the reading in my future) 2 stones fell directly beside each other, forming a cluster, Venus and Mercury. Now perhaps that means I will be able to communicate more freely with someone I love or perhaps they will finally approach me?" And no that had nothing to do with her pesonal life!
So now for their turn to answer something. "What do you think pointers are in a reading." If they thought about clusters they should hopefully get pointers.
Well looks like his wild guess wasnt so far off after all.He nodded his head dutifully, understanding now what the quadrants and the pie-sections (as diagrammed later) stood for. Four quadrants, each representing three weeks worth of forecasting, the whole circle containing twelve weeks or a quarter of a year.
He likes the organizational aspect of this mmhmm.
But the discussion moved onto the stones themselves, and Vickers was now back to scribbling those busily on his parchment. Clusters were clear enough indeed but Pointers?.... He stared at the stones, then at the diagram wheel on the board. Brows furrowed and another tentative hand goes up "Pointers... give some kind of direction or indication as to what the Cluster of stones mean and how they affect each other and yourself at a certain point in time?" Guh, another guess, but at least now this topic was starting to make some sense to him.
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Okay.. Paulie wasn't completely sure, but he believed he was officially participating in a GLARING contest. But then she looked more like she was just.. watching him. He got the sensation that Aspen was some tiger or something and he was her prey. Ahaaa. Was this 'wand-tapping' a threat? Paulie lifted his eyebrows slightly and smirked, as if daring her to do something. Because she wasn't gonna. Not right in the middle of divination.
Speaking of which, the Divination professor started talking about these things called 'pointers'. What were they? "I guess pointers point. They point to other stones and make a new correlation." That is what pointers sounded like to him. Or maybe pointers could be used to chuck at STALKING Ravenclaw girls.
..Ravenclaw girls who were now pointing wands at him from under their desks. He read her lips and lowered his eyes to her wand once more before returning her stare again. 'Do it,' he mouthed back, ever the instigator. Yes, Ravenclaw could definitely use another cut on their house points. He just had to make sure not to retaliate. You know... no SENDING HER TO THE CEILING DOING SOMERSAULTS.
The Head Boy was full of gems of dialogue. Gems. Precious gems.
But do it he said? Aspen glanced around and casually brought her free hand up to eyes, where she mimed tears and wiped them away, You'll cry, she mouthed back. Sniff Sniff.
Then she simply cast a color-changing charm, quietly, discretely, her wand kept low and out of sight. Her wand was still disobedient, and stubborn, and Paulie's pants were supposed to turn PINK, but changed into a PEA GREEN shade instead. With polka dots. Orange polka dots. Aspen... turned back to look at the Professor, the picture of innocence. Shrieks from the Head Boy....now?
Sarah didn't know the answer - although she did know what others answered... She wrote down more things in her notes and started colour coding them:
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Lithomancy - Using stones The Sun - power, energy and life The Moon - inspiration, psychic ability and intuition Saturn - longevity, protection, purification Venus - love, fidelity, happiness Mercury - intelligence, self-improvement, overcoming bad habits Mars - courage, defensive magic, battle, conflict Jupiter - money, justice, prosperity Earth - security of home, family and friends Air - Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration Fire - Passion, willpower, outside influences Water - Compassion, reconciliation, healing and cleansing Spirit - Needs of the self, communication with the Divine The Universe - our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level Terms and Definitions:
Clusters: groups of stones that have fallen closely together and seem to have something to do with each others.
An example: In the first section (the first week after the reading in the future) 2 stones fell directly beside each other, forming a cluster, Venus and Mercury. Does that mean the person will be able to communicate more freely with someone they love or perhaps the person they love will finally approach the person?"
The sixth year wrote down the list of given stones once they were confirmed to be correct, including his own guess of the water stone. That way he had it there in his notes and not just in the reading. Gideon then listened as the class moved on in describing the actual field on which the various stones would be read. So lithomacy readings were almost like natal charts, at least with the fact that there were twelve sections and how something, whether it was stones or signs, fell within the various sections was what the meaning meant. Interesting....very interesting. Gideon copied down the chart into his notes as Professor Elwood crew it up on the board with chalk and then thought upon her question.
Pointers...pointers...what were pointers?
The prefect raised his hand when something came to mind, hoping to supply something at least a little close to what it was actually. "Are pointers...stones that land in such a way to point towards another? So that you can read one as a predecessor to the next as if a cause and effect role?"
This Gryffindor Prefect should have come to her first lesson because he seemed to understand what was going on rather well. "Very good, a pointer is a stone who's edge is pointed and when it lands it points at another stone or cluster to suggest importance, order of events, or like you mentioned, cause and effect."
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Alex scribbled down everything the professor was saying as fast as he could...Divination could be so simply, and yet other times (like today) it was SO confusing. All these circles and sections and nonsense...it was going to take him a few minutes to get all this in his brain.
He raised his hand as he flipped through his textbook, looking for the answer to the professors question. "Erm, aren't pointers like...points on the stone if they aren't completely round? So it actually makes it a literal POINTER?" he answered. "It could be pointing to another stone which could signal some sort of significant connection between the two," he added as an example.
Wait, she recognized this boy from around the Castle. She had asked about him and found out that he was Sierra's twin brother--but he was in Hufflepuff. Calista found it odd that the Sorting Hat would do that to a set of twins but if opposite houses suited their personalities then so be it.
"Very good Mr. Greingoth, they are literally pointed and when they land they point at other stones and create a sginificant bond that is important to the reading." Points to him.
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Ella tried her best to follow along while Professor Elwood explained how the circle would be broken up. She copied down notes as the explanation continued, stopping now and then to reread what she had written. Apparently reading stones was a little more complicated than the second year had originally thought...
Okay, so clusters were stones that fell closely together. That was understandable. She could totally grasp that concept. But what were pointers? Ella had seen her muggle teachers use pointers in elementary school. They were wooden sticks used to point to information on the board. Perhaps pointers in this scenario meant stones that lead to a certain cluster. "Professor, are pointers the stones that fall and lead towards a cluster?" Seemed legit to Ella!
"They can. The point on an end of a stone can point to a cluster or just one stone, it just depends on how they land. The main reason for pointers is to show the reader more clearly the connection some stones have in a person's reading; to make the reading more understanable." The Hufflepuff was young, but she would get it. Calista had faith in her.
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After her last guess, even though it had apparently been correct, Stella had gone back to just quietly taking notes. Especially as soon as Professor Elwood had written the thirteen stones up on the board for them, as she didn't want to forget any of those. Writing them down helped her remember the information better than just relying on her textbook, whether or not she knew said information would be found inside. The discussion had most definitely moved past identifying the stones they'd be working with, though, and she quickly sketched the circular field diagram into her notes as well. It wasn't perfect, but then she wasn't an artist. If she wanted a perfect drawing, she'd ask her mother or Matt over Christmas, but that wasn't important. She'd gotten the idea down.
Another question had been asked, and after taking notes on the topic of clusters, she found herself raising her hand yet again. It was just a thought, as she hadn't looked in the book again yet, but she was at least curious if it was on the right track. If pointers had to do with clusters, like she had a feeling they might. "Do pointers serve to help clarify the meaning of a cluster? I mean, using your example, you aren't sure if the Venus and Mercury stones are telling you if you're going to be the communicator or the person you love is, so perhaps you find the Mars stone nearby. Or the Spirit stone. Not really part of the cluster, but it might still clarify your reading of the other two stones," she said. It was probably entirely wrong, but at least she'd said something. That meant she wouldn't have the idea floating around in her head and confusing her later.
This girl was right on track, had she done a reading like this before?
"Excellent. That is exactly how they work. They can help clarifiy meanings of clusters or just cause a connection between two stones, not part of a cluster." The Divination professor nodded and then moved to the next raised hand.
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Kurumi slouched juuuuuuuust a little in her seat as the more historical and factual portion of the lesson seemed to come to an end in terms of these readings. Kurumi couldn't help but bite her lip to contain a giggle when Professor Elwood mentioned educated guesses when responding to people. Ahem. Still, Kurumi was somewhat glad that these readings related to Natal Charts because that meant she had some experience working with them even if she found it to be a load of rubbish. Honestly, a lot of good Divination had done her thus far. In all the readings in lessons she had done NONE of them had predicted anything. The only true reading she had gotten was from Selina and THAT was because Selina was special. So... yes... this subject... AHEM!
When the next question was posed, about pointers, Kurumi had to stop herself from saying something like 'the point to things that are important' because she really wasn't actually thinking. Instead, Kurumi just sat back in her seat and took more notes...or things that looked like notes at least.
No answer from Kurumi?
Professor Elwood looked at her curiously for a second and then turned away to the next student, fixing a flyaway strand of hair. Hopefully she hadn't noticed her staring but that was just...odd.
Hopefully she was well.
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As her classmates chimed in and started describing what they thought a pointer was, Sierra raised her hand. Pointer. That seemed pretty self-explanatory. "It sounds like a stone that has a point to it, maybe a point that leads you in a certain direction or toward another stone," she suggested. She shrugged to herself. She really didn't know what a pointer was, but based on what they'd been talking about added to what she thought the word pointer meant, it all sounded good to her.
"That's exactly how it works Miss Greingoth." The stones would give you an ok reading if they all worked independantly but the connections between stones made things much more realistic.
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Alyssa listened as the other students basically have the same answer that she was about to share with the class, but she raised her hand anyway and said,"Professor I guess the pointers are basically what they are called. Pointers are the edges, tips or other characteristics of a Stone that point in a particular direction or in different directions.".
Alyssa thought for a moment to best explain what she meant. "These pointers can be important when they are in a pattern or in a cluster of stones because the direction those tips or edges are pointing may possibly show the direction where the flow of energies, power, influence and the connection that particular stone has to the other stones in its cluster group."
"Yes, very good Miss Potter." The Hufflepuff seemed to have read the chapter on Lithomancy in her textbook sometime before this lesson.
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Zhenya continued to write down what she was saying, and what the other students had already said. It started making a bit of sense to her. She drew the small diagram on her page and tried to think about the stones falling off the chart or all into the one section, but the Professor started talking about that too. Some of it just muddled inside her mind, but some she understood.
And pointers? She quickly thought about what it could mean, and raised her hand "Professor could pointers be when a stone points in a direction of a section?" she asked. But how many pointers were there in the collection of stones they used? All of them? Just a few?
"The pointer stones do point at important things in the reading but typically they wouldn't point to another section seeing as those just stand for weeks and will be coming up next anyways." She then thought again about the Slytherin's question.
"However, if you mean that they can point to other things inside of different sections that is correct. Cross-section connections by pointers are usuallty typical but it can happen." Callie smiled, good little snake.
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Nerida nodded so her answer was semi correct. She jotted down as the Professor explained, wow this was intresting stuff but she was sure confused. Clusters okay...She jotted down of what she could make of the Professor's example. Pointers?? Erm what were those.. Maybe the pointer is one of the rocks that has a point so when you drop it with the others, so it might show the direction of everything in a cluster or maybe it shows the starting point?
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.
Field is made of string/or other material that you place on a flat surface
Circle feild is no longer than a foot wide
Divided into 4 quadrants and then into 12 sectins that represent one week long periods
The Sun - power, energy and life
The Moon - inspiration, psychic ability and intuition
Saturn - longevity, protection, purification
Venus - love, fidelity, happiness
Mercury - intelligence, self-improvement, overcoming bad habits
Mars - courage, defensive magic, battle, conflict
Jupiter - money, justice, prosperity
Earth - security of home, family and friends
Air - Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration
Fire - Passion, willpower, outside influences
Water - Compassion, reconciliation, healing and cleansing
Spirit - Needs of the self, communication with the Divine
The Universe - our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level
Clusters: groups of stones that have fallen closely together and seem to have something to do with each others.
An example: In the first section (the first week after the reading in my future) 2 stones fell directly beside each other, forming a cluster, Venus and Mercury. Now perhaps that means I will be able to communicate more freely with someone I love or perhaps they will finally approach me?"
"That is one way to look at it, however usually the pointer doesn't have much to do with order of things but rather pulling the connection between individual stones with other stones or clusters with other stones." The Ravenclaw was doing quite well, plus taking furious notes!
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Penelope honestly had no idea what any of this stuff was - big surprise - so she had continued to keep the silence she usually maintained during nearly every lesson she'd attended in the few months she'd been at Hogwarts. She was getting a little bit better about taking notes, though she still didn't take much. These professors talked too fast for her slow little hand, and then they wrote too much on the board so that if she tried to focus on writing she'd miss everything that was said.
Note-taking really wasn't for her, it seemed.
Now they were talking about something called pointers? Penelope, of course, didn't know what those were - especially since, as she didn't raise her hand to answer, even Kurumi didn't seem to know either, and Penelope was still convinced the prefect knew everything. Hm...
But...even if she didn't actually know the answer, the first year figured she could try giving an answer anyway. She did kinda want to get better at all this stuff after all...
"Pointers are," she began slowly, raising her hand, "the rocks that...point toward something?"
Professor Elwood grinned at the young Gryffindor girl's answer that came next. She had been teaching for nearly three and a half months and the little ones still made her giggle with their adorablenss--she would never tell them this though. They were big kids, not babies.
"They do point at other important stones and clusters to make connections in order to strengthen the meaning of our readings. Very good."
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Lily felt soo lost. She got the part about the 13 different stones... and the part about the four sections and about the 12 week sections... but what she didn't understand was how they were all related.. She even understood about the clusters... The second year figured that it would just be best to take notes for now and ask questions later... so that's what she did.
Onto the next question, though. Pointers... Lily raised her hand, figuring that an educated guess would be her best bet at understanding these things. "Would they be stones that point to a particular part of our future?" Like a certain week... or something like that...
All this Divination stuff was way too confusing to put together...
"Not in the sense you are thinking, like a specific week or section of the reading field but rather the other stones (whatever they may mean) and other clusters." She nodded at the girl and moved to the next child.
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Annabelle was trying to understand the chart. She copied it down in her notebook and was thinking about what pointers were. Belle took a guess, she thought it couldn't hurt. "Professor aren't pointers used to see your future more clearly and help you interpret why things happen?" When she said aloud her answer she copied down more notes into her notebook.
SPOILER!!: Annabelle's Notes Continued
Lithomancy - Using stones The Sun - power, energy and life
The Moon - inspiration, psychic ability and intuition
Saturn - longevity, protection, purification
Venus - love, fidelity, happiness
Mercury - intelligence, self-improvement, overcoming bad habits
Mars - courage, defensive magic, battle, conflict
Jupiter - money, justice, prosperity
Earth - security of home, family and friends
Air - Wishes, hopes, dreams and inspiration
Fire - Passion, willpower, outside influences
Water - Compassion, reconciliation, healing and cleansing
Spirit - Needs of the self, communication with the Divine
The Universe - our place in the grand scheme of things, on a cosmic level Terms
Clusters: groups of stones that have fallen closely together and seem to have something to do with each others.
An example: In the first section (the first week after the reading in my future) 2 stones fell directly beside each other, forming a cluster, Venus and Mercury. Now perhaps that means I will be able to communicate more freely with someone I love or perhaps they will finally approach me?"
"That's a good way to look at it. These pointers do help us determine how the stones are related and what that means for us in our future." Good answer, she would get points for sure.
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Okay.. Paulie wasn't completely sure, but he believed he was officially participating in a GLARING contest. But then she looked more like she was just.. watching him. He got the sensation that Aspen was some tiger or something and he was her prey. Ahaaa. Was this 'wand-tapping' a threat? Paulie lifted his eyebrows slightly and smirked, as if daring her to do something. Because she wasn't gonna. Not right in the middle of divination.
Speaking of which, the Divination professor started talking about these things called 'pointers'. What were they? "I guess pointers point. They point to other stones and make a new correlation." That is what pointers sounded like to him. Or maybe pointers could be used to chuck at STALKING Ravenclaw girls.
..Ravenclaw girls who were now pointing wands at him from under their desks. He read her lips and lowered his eyes to her wand once more before returning her stare again. 'Do it,' he mouthed back, ever the instigator. Yes, Ravenclaw could definitely use another cut on their house points. He just had to make sure not to retaliate. You know... no SENDING HER TO THE CEILING DOING SOMERSAULTS.
Ahem.
During her answering of students questions and lecturing she had noticed the Head Boy and the Odessa girl staring at each other but didn't really catch much of the mouthing of threats.
"Good Mister Foster, the pointing isn't for not because they make important correlations between the stones for us to use in order to understand their meanings better in relation to our future lives." The Head Boy's answer may have seemed simple but truthfully there was knowledge behind it.
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Just when things seemed to be more understandable...
Errr... pointers?
"They are stones," Nora said after raising her hand, pretty much stating the obvious, "which are... pointy?" Ahh, Miss Obvious was there, to... point out the obvious! What would professor Elwood ever do without such a smart girl in class?
Haha.
"They are pointy Miss Reed. They point at other stones and clusters that are significant to their own meaning." They helped make everything make more sense. Callie was glad the girl had at least tried to answer the best she could.
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Evelyn sighed and noted down whatever the professor said as fast as she could. She didn't even bother to understand what was going on in class. There was something about quadrants and then...12 sections?..oh, yeah. The professor mentioned something about Clusters as well..but she continued to scribble the notes down on her parchment. AT least, taking down notes was something she was really good at.
She looked up when the professor went on to ask what pointers were? The Hufflepuff hesitantly raised her hand. "Are they stones that point towards another stone...or something? " So lame. At least, she tried.
The Hufflepuff Prefect was on the right track. "Yes, that is definately what they are used for, and in doing so show what connections are present in each stone's meaning."
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Jory raised his hand. "Professor, the pointers are what point to the particular stone,'' he said. He wasn't too sure but that's what he figured.
"Very good." Callie nodded at the boy's answer.
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Derrick sat in his seat listening.He slowly raised his hand.''Professor,the Pointers are what points to the other stone.''He smiled.Probably wrong but he didn't really care.He looked around listening to the other students answers.
"That is right." The Gryffindor had answered very well for such an intermediate Divination subject.
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Well looks like his wild guess wasnt so far off after all.He nodded his head dutifully, understanding now what the quadrants and the pie-sections (as diagrammed later) stood for. Four quadrants, each representing three weeks worth of forecasting, the whole circle containing twelve weeks or a quarter of a year.
He likes the organizational aspect of this mmhmm.
But the discussion moved onto the stones themselves, and Vickers was now back to scribbling those busily on his parchment. Clusters were clear enough indeed but Pointers?.... He stared at the stones, then at the diagram wheel on the board. Brows furrowed and another tentative hand goes up "Pointers... give some kind of direction or indication as to what the Cluster of stones mean and how they affect each other and yourself at a certain point in time?" Guh, another guess, but at least now this topic was starting to make some sense to him.
Again, another good answer from Mister Vickers. The Ravenclaw was certainly keeping up the good reputation of his house.
"Yes, very good." She really didn't have much to add to his answer, he seemed like he knew what the term meant.
Just as she was answering the last student's answer to her previous question she noticed something out of the corner of her eye and turned to see the Head Boy's pants changing color and turning polka dotted. They were certainly NOT like that a few second ago.
SPOILER!!: Mysterious Trouble
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A pointer.
Aspen had probably, at some point, read this. About pointers. She could have formed an answer good enough, but probably not cheery enough for the Professor.
SO, she didn't bother with answering this time either.
Nope, instead....Aspen, under her table, shifted her wand so that it was pointing at the Head Boy. Subtle to most, but the Head Boy could probably see. Then she mouthed to him, Pointer.
POINTER. This was a POINTER.
...bahaha.
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Okay.. Paulie wasn't completely sure, but he believed he was officially participating in a GLARING contest. But then she looked more like she was just.. watching him. He got the sensation that Aspen was some tiger or something and he was her prey. Ahaaa. Was this 'wand-tapping' a threat? Paulie lifted his eyebrows slightly and smirked, as if daring her to do something. Because she wasn't gonna. Not right in the middle of divination.
Speaking of which, the Divination professor started talking about these things called 'pointers'. What were they? "I guess pointers point. They point to other stones and make a new correlation." That is what pointers sounded like to him. Or maybe pointers could be used to chuck at STALKING Ravenclaw girls.
..Ravenclaw girls who were now pointing wands at him from under their desks. He read her lips and lowered his eyes to her wand once more before returning her stare again. 'Do it,' he mouthed back, ever the instigator. Yes, Ravenclaw could definitely use another cut on their house points. He just had to make sure not to retaliate. You know... no SENDING HER TO THE CEILING DOING SOMERSAULTS.
The Head Boy was full of gems of dialogue. Gems. Precious gems.
But do it he said? Aspen glanced around and casually brought her free hand up to eyes, where she mimed tears and wiped them away, You'll cry, she mouthed back. Sniff Sniff.
Then she simply cast a color-changing charm, quietly, discretely, her wand kept low and out of sight. Her wand was still disobedient, and stubborn, and Paulie's pants were supposed to turn PINK, but changed into a PEA GREEN shade instead. With polka dots. Orange polka dots. Aspen... turned back to look at the Professor, the picture of innocence. Shrieks from the Head Boy....now?
Calista wasn't happy but she hadn't seen who had done it so she couldn't punish or take points but they were all being eyed now.
"Alright! Everyone, I want to see wands on your desks infront of you. I mean everyone. We are not going to be using magic so rudely when I am trying to teach." The blonde had stood up straighter when she chided them all, since the culprit wasn't known. Callie placed her own wand on her desk and stared another minute before moving on.
Finished with her little no-magic speech, Professor Elwood grabbed the bowl of stones again and moved it to the center of her empty desk. "We will begin the practical section of this class by me asking each of you to come up and select 13 stones for your very own set. I have some small pouches for you to carry them over there. Feel free to choose one or just hold them in your school bags if you have another bag in mind." she pointed to a table against the wall with different colored silk bags with ribbons to tie them up with.
"So once you are ready please come foward and pick out your stones and when you do, think about what the stones are called and what they stand for, pick out ones you think would go nicely. Find some pointy ones to act as pointers aswell." And with that, they could start.
OCC: When making your set, all you need to do is create a post, preferably a paragraph in length at least, decribing the stones you've chosen and such. Nothing to big. If you'd like, a graphic can be made for a few bonus points. Don't think too hard about it, it's simple really.
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It seemed he was right in his thoughts on pointer stones, the professor quite pleased with his answer. Maybe it wasn't too hard to handle and understand. Writing down a few notes, Gideon continued to listen in on what else was being said both by fellow students and Professor Elwood. Then all of a sudden they were being told to put their wands out on their desks, the prefect wondering what had caused the reaction seeing as from his spot he didn't notice his fellow Grffindor leader and his 'new' clothes. He willingly obeyed, slipping his wand from where he kept it normally and setting it down in front of his notes.
With things seemingly calming down, Gideon was interested in the fact that were to be picking their own stones for their set. Well it made sense given the fact that the sets were to be personal, almost like the runes sets they had made the previous term. So the sixth year got up from his seat when they were told to come up, the Gryffindor taking one of the sachels and a decent amount of time to chose which ones he felt were for him before heading back to his desk. It was then that he noticed Paulie's appearance and realized someone had to have set a prank and thats what the woman had been responding to.
SPOILER!!: Stones
Sitting back down, he laid the 13 stones from his set out on the surface in front of him.There were stones of various shapes, sizes and colors within the collection. Some smooth and clear and others striated and patterned. He had picked a few more pointed stones as well seeing as Professor elwood had suggested it for them to have some pointers for their set. As the other students took their turns collecting stones, Gideon tried to think on which stones better represented which meanings, the boy glancing between the stones and his list as he debated over them.
So the Professor wanted his wand on his desk. Nigel wondered why, until he saw the Head Boy's pants with the orange polka dots. Nigel tried really hard not to laugh because it was so funny. Nigel had no idea who did it but he put his wand on his desk and went up to get his own set of stones. He picked up a little pouch for his stones and just started grabbing random stones until he got to 13. He really liked the shiny ones he got but he put all of them in his little pouch and went back to see seat to see all his awesome stones.
Nigel had no idea he picked such different stones. Some of the shiny ones he liked were there, some were dull and boring, and then there was just some really colorful and smooth stones that Nigel just wanted to pet for some reason. But the ones Nigel did not like but had to have were the pointy ones. He just put those in a corner off to the side of his desk. He then had to think about what the stones are called and what they stand for. But Nigel had no idea so he started playing with his colorful stones.
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Well so far he was on the right track and continued to note the discussions down dutifully. But his head suddenly faced forward when the Professor told them to put their wands on the table, picking up the very subtle change in her disposition. He looked around quickly, wondering who or what she found to be rude, half expecting Peeves to be mucking about somewhere in the classroom.
Ah but now the blonde tells them to come forward and pick out their stones. The Ravenclaw stood and approached the bowl, his hand hovering over the stones before reaching in and pulling out a piece. He picked up a gem with a bright red hue which he guessed was a ruby. He shifted it to his other hand before selecting another round piece that was obviously a pearl. He then selected a green gem that looked very much like an emerald to him, and a blue one that he recognized as a sapphire. He paused for a moment and decided to reach out for a small pouch, pouring into it the stones he already selected before returning to the bowl to continue.
He had a few more stones to select, and the next one he picked out was a yellow gem (Topaz). Beside it he picked up a curious looking gem that looked like an ice cube (rough Diamond). His eye caught a stone with an intense red color (Red Coral), promptly picking it up and dropping the stones in with the others in the pouch. He spotted several stones with interesting stripes running across them, so decided to select these-- a red one (Sardonyx) and a green one (Malachite).
Peering into the pouch, he counted the stones and realized he was still a few more stones short of thirteen. Shifting his attention back into the bowl, he spotted an iridescent stone he was guessing was an opal, then promptly picked it up. When he did it revealed a lovely blue gem right beneath it and decided to take that as well. After adding those into the pouch he knew he was lacking two more. He picked up a black stone (Onyx), playing it a few times in his fingers as he curiosly gazed at its inky blackness. Then his gaze shifted about the bowl to select his last piece, finally deciding on a clear crystal (Quartz). Dropping the rest of the pieces into the pouch he returned to his seat, pulling the draw string nervously, wondering if he'd ever succeed figuring the practicals out when he already struggled with the discussion.
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Alyssa was glad that her answer wasn't wrong. Then she heard the Professor tell them that they had to place their wands on the table. Alyssa looked over and saw that the Headboy was looking weird. Alyssa sighed. It looked like someone had played a prank on him. Alyssa unholstered her wand and placed it on the table in front of her.
Now it was time for the practical part of the lesson which was what Alyssa always liked. She waited her turn as the other students walked forward to pick their stones and while she waited she looked into her textbook to see which kind of stones would best represent the 13 stones she would need for her circle.
When it was her turn to select hers, Alyssa walked up at picked stones of different colors and shapes. One thing she made certain of, was that the stones has edges on them that could be used as pointers. She picked nice shiny stones, dull looking ones, brightly colored ones and once she was done, she checked and counted them to make sure that she had 13 of them before she dropped them in a pouch that the Professor had provided.
Alyssa returned to her desk and poured out the stones and studied them one more time as she placed them on the pouch.
SPOILER!!: Alyssa's 13 stones for divination
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Ah-ha! So Ella hadn't been completely off when giving her answer about pointers. That was a relief...The second year was glad she wasn't completely rubbish in Divination, even if it was still really confusing.
O___O Wands on the desk? Huh? Ella quickly removed her wand from its current place in her bag and placed it on the desk where the professor could see it. She let her eyes wander around the room, trying to see who exactly was using magic sneakily...from what she could see, apparently someone who wanted to be a fashion designer. Though, Ella wouldn't have gone with polka dots for that boy's pants...
When it was time, Ella went up and grabbed a little green bag that would hold her 13 stones. She then began making her stone selection, eyeing each stone thoughtfully before placing it into her bag. The second year went for ones that made her feel good. She picked from the assorment slowly, mostly ones that had colors that she liked or interested her. Many of the ones chosen were smooth and shiny, though she did pick a few rough ones just so they wouldn't be left out! And lastly she added a couple of pointy stones, one that could be used to help point out clusters and whatnot. And then she was done. She had a nice assortment now and hoped they would be sufficient for her reading.
"That's a good way to look at it. These pointers do help us determine how the stones are related and what that means for us in our future." Good answer, she would get points for sure.
[/spoiler] "Alright! Everyone, I want to see wands on your desks infront of you. I mean everyone. We are not going to be using magic so rudely when I am trying to teach." The blonde had stood up straighter when she chided them all, since the culprit wasn't known. Callie placed her own wand on her desk and stared another minute before moving on.
Finished with her little no-magic speech, Professor Elwood grabbed the bowl of stones again and moved it to the center of her empty desk. "We will begin the practical section of this class by me asking each of you to come up and select 13 stones for your very own set. I have some small pouches for you to carry them over there. Feel free to choose one or just hold them in your school bags if you have another bag in mind." she pointed to a table against the wall with different colored silk bags with ribbons to tie them up with.
"So once you are ready please come foward and pick out your stones and when you do, think about what the stones are called and what they stand for, pick out ones you think would go nicely. Find some pointy ones to act as pointers aswell." And with that, they could start.
OCC: When making your set, all you need to do is create a post, preferably a paragraph in length at least, describing the stones you've chosen and such. Nothing to big. If you'd like, a graphic can be made for a few bonus points. Don't think too hard about it, it's simple really.
Annabelle was really glad her answer was right! She was at least on track with the lesson. She heard the Professor's request, she went to her backpack and got out her wand. She placed it on her desk ready to use her wand. She loved her wand and felt a warm connection with it. Next she went up to the classroom and started to pick her stones up. She was getting different colored stones. She got some pointy stones for pointers. After she got her 13 stones, she placed them in her pouch.
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SPOILER!!: Professor
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Calista wasn't happy but she hadn't seen who had done it so she couldn't punish or take points but they were all being eyed now.
"Alright! Everyone, I want to see wands on your desks infront of you. I mean everyone. We are not going to be using magic so rudely when I am trying to teach." The blonde had stood up straighter when she chided them all, since the culprit wasn't known. Callie placed her own wand on her desk and stared another minute before moving on.
Finished with her little no-magic speech, Professor Elwood grabbed the bowl of stones again and moved it to the center of her empty desk. "We will begin the practical section of this class by me asking each of you to come up and select 13 stones for your very own set. I have some small pouches for you to carry them over there. Feel free to choose one or just hold them in your school bags if you have another bag in mind." she pointed to a table against the wall with different colored silk bags with ribbons to tie them up with.
"So once you are ready please come foward and pick out your stones and when you do, think about what the stones are called and what they stand for, pick out ones you think would go nicely. Find some pointy ones to act as pointers aswell." And with that, they could start.
OCC: When making your set, all you need to do is create a post, preferably a paragraph in length at least, decribing the stones you've chosen and such. Nothing to big. If you'd like, a graphic can be made for a few bonus points. Don't think too hard about it, it's simple really. [/color]
Zhenya looked around at who the Professor was talking about but didn't notice anything. She shrugged and slowly put her wand in front of her on the table. Oh, she didn't like that. She liked having it on her at all times. Who had made the class need to do this?
She continued to write down the correct meaning of Pointers, and got ready to chose her stones for her own set. She stood up and walked towards the desk with her notes and carefully selected stones that reminded her of the different meanings of the stones. She had her set of thirteen small stones, quite a lot of them with pointy bits, and put them into a pouch from the Professor. "Thanks," she said happily to her, before returning to her seat to sort them out.
SPOILER!!: Zhenya's set
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