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*PhoenixRising* · 11-12-2021, 11:48 PM

SPOILER!!: students

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan

Oh look, little sister was here. "Hey Ash," he replied with a tight-lipped smile, and gave her a gentle fist-bump. It was quite odd to see Ash sat with the bigger kids at the back, but it was cool nonetheless. Change of scenery could be helpful.

As the class started, Noah pulled out his textbook and Arithmancy notebook, opening it to the last page ready to crunch some numbers. Soul Urge Number, huh? Like, what could be his deepest desire, was it? In the past lesson, he did have reservations with his result, though his Arrows lent some truth, so maybe his soul's urge would shed some light on the things and thoughts that were not clear to him. And so without further ado, Noah got to work.

Huh. A master number. This should be interesting.

Now came the "fun part", which was walking around to check on the students work. Although since this would be a long-term assignment, technically he could check their work later but alas he should probably make sure they had the correct numbers to work with. "Good, Noah, very good." Not that he expected less since the gryffindor was one of the older ones.

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Originally Posted by Chelliephone

"I'm doing fine, sir, thank you." He had managed to respond, before getting more comfortable into his seat and turned his pen around his fingers. Sometimes, he preferred to use the no-maj writing instruments. He watched the other students entering, offering Ash a small smile and a nod as she went and sat next to Noah. He had no way of knowing her internal dilemma, but had he he would have assured her not sitting next to him in a class was never something he would be offended by. He liked the company of his friends yes, but class was such a poor time for socializing anyways.

Moving on, there was more calculations this time around.

A soul urge number was it? Based on using the vowels in one's full birth given name? Considering he did not have a middle name, this should be rather simple for him. He uncapped his pen, opening his notebook to a clean page and writing it all out.

His parents had been kind and gave him a name that was very easy to calculate. And the soul urge, though he really didn't know what that meant, was the number he'd been more hoping for with his life path.

...Was that the point?

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Originally Posted by astrocat

Not... opaque? Ash looked down at herself to confirm that she was not, in fact, see through. Had she ever been see through?

...

OH. She grinned. "I suppose you're right." Ashley the malevolent ghost wasn't here today. There was just Ash, the insecure teenager. Which was... better, probably.

She gave Noah a fist bump and a big smile and turned to her math number work. While Arithmancy was not her easiest class, because it didn't work in the same way as muggle math, having a good memory was definitely to her advantage and she got good grades without struggling too hard.

SPOILER!!: Ash's work

Wait a minute. Why was O assigned a value of six??? Ash closed her eyes and thought about it for a while before remembering six was the fifteenth letter of the alphabet, and 15 ---> 1 + 5 ---> 6. Which was logic that would never work in muggle math, but this was arithmancy. Sigh.

SPOILER!!: Ash's work, continued

Um. Was she doing this right?

"Professor? I think I got a nine. Does that mean, like... caring about the people on a global level??? And like, selflessness??? I think I read that in a book somewhere, but I'm not sure if I just made that up." That would make sense... like artists and activists and stuff, right? Ash wanted to make the world a better place... except for when she wanted to burn it to the ground and cry. So this number was either very fitting or maybe very incorrect. She decided to go with 'very fitting'. Since she was trying to believe in herself and all.

Believe in her soul urge, if they were even real, and also believe in her ability to do arithmancy, if it meant anything, and also believe in her ability to remember stuff she'd read about arithmancy, even though it could be entirely wrong and she was making a fool of herself.

Self-confidence. She was attempting it.

Looking to Ashley's work next, he pushed up on his glasses, scrutinizing her work before nodding slowly. "Yes. Nine, and I suppose that is true... nine soul urges want to love the world. You're often torn between your own emotional needs and those of others." He flipped to the page in the text to point out the actual textbook description.

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Originally Posted by MadAlice

Violet worked grimly, trying very hard to overcome both the vines in the room and her lack of focus, which was becoming annoyingly familiar this year.

OOC: Jeepers, I hadn't even noticed there was an assignment down at the bottom of that first post!

Her lack of focus was noticed if anything because her calculations seemed off and it was then that Winston realized his error. He hadn't exactly been forthcoming with the reminder for where to get each of the letter's values. "Something is not quite right with those calculations. Technically you added and reduced everything perfectly, but well, make sure we're using the pythagorean number system to get the values for each of the letters. Particularly O." He flipped her textbook to chapter two to point it out.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

‘Hi’ was actually the chosen form of usual greeting. She would have listened to Robinson had he corrected her but would have gone on using ‘hi’... well, until she died. “Unfortunately. Luckily we have Heating Charms. They work wonders.”

Ah, yes. Life Path Numbers and those Arrows. That hadn’t been the best of lessons for Claudine since she had made some big time errors. Anyway. A month’s long assignment? She wasn’t really looking forward to it considering how bad she was at Arithmancy.

The Soul Urge Number seemed easy enough. Claudine got started without any hesitation.

Heating charms! What a novel idea and the fact that Winston had forgotten it was probably tribute to the fact that his brain was usually working on complex thoughts instead of the simple. "Looks good, Claudine." He said approvingly.

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Valentina wasn't very good with numbers but she was determined to do better in arithmancy this term. It just wasn't a very fun subject, she thought. Not as fun as flying or charms, at least. She picked up her quill and got to work quickly, hoping she didn't make any mistakes in the very first assignment itself.

She might not have thought she was very good at numbers, but the concentrating seemed to be paying off, since as Winston looked over her parchment, he found himself nodding in approval. There were a few sixes in here, weren't there? How interesting. "Good work, Valentina."

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

Daniel had been working on placing his writing material neatly on the desk in front of him while the professor started the lesson. He flipped the pages of his notebook to check what his life path number had been again and read that they were 22/4. The most powerful number of all. Something, when he had read this, had made the Hufflepuff feel relevant. He hoped to find another great number for his soul urge number as well. He picked up a muggle pen, flipped the notebook to a new page and scratched the ink on the bottom of the page to check if the pen was still working and went to work.

A number 9? He picked up his textbook again, not truly caring if he was allowed to look up its meaning already or not. He was curious and wanted to know right away. He leaned back in his seat as he began to read what it meant.

Looking over the young Hufflepuff's parchment, he nodded approvingly at his calculations. "Excellent, good job." Also, he hadn't told them they couldn't look at the interpretations and while it wasn't technically part of the longer term assignment, it was good practice to know what the numbers meant.

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Originally Posted by Watson

Lisa was working on her assignment diligently. Soul numbers were based off the value of the vowels in her name. That seemed relatively straight forward enough. She tried her best to focus on the assignment than her entrance.

She had entered the room normally until she spotted Daniel. Then everything about Valentine’s Day flashed back to her… The feast.. Daniel giving her more juice to drink.. Her tummy feeling strange. Flip flops… She…. paused in her tracks. She debated what to do before deciding in normal Lisa Nam fashion to “keep calm and carry on”. She walked straight over to where he was sitting, took a seat, smiled at him, and then began her work.

And now she was writing her name. See? Everything was fine. Clearly she was overthinking it. She paused her quill after the first A in her name. Oh dear Merlin… she was turning into Evan. Awkward…

She liked the number 11 a lot… but what did it mean?

Her eyebrows raised when she read the first sentence. Merlin. It had got her spot on.

You are extremely sensitive, with more emotional ups and downs than other numbers..

No need to call her out about this year.

“Psst! Daniel, what did you get?” she whispered. Not that it was a competition… she was curious.

Lastly because she was next to Daniel, Winston had a peek at the youngest Nam's calculations, nodding in approval at her work. "Good job, very nice," he said approvingly. Simple enough calculations these were.

Making his way back to the front of the classroom and being extra careful to not trip over any vines or backpacks, Winston faced the class to address them all. "So just a couple notes, to make sure you're using the pythagorean number system to get your letter values. The soul urge number, similar to your life path numbers, is one of the elements of the core. This particular aspect is about your heart's desire and what motivates you. What you value the most."

"So as I mentioned before, we'll be embarking on a month-long assignment, but before we do so and I dismiss you, there's two more numbers that are needed. The Personal Year and the Personal month numbers." He flicked his wand to show the two calculation formulas on the board. And below used his own numbers for demonstration.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chalkboard

Personal Year Number = month of birth + day of birth + current calendar year
8 + 2 + (2+1+0+6)
8 + 2 + (9)
19 = 10 = 1

Personal Month Number = Personal Year Number + reduced calendar month number
1 + 4 = 5

Your Personal Day Number is found by adding the number of the calendar day to the number of your Personal Month.

note: calculations for April 2106

"So in case you haven't guessed it by now, the long term assignment will be emphasizing your personal day number. For several days during this month, I want you to make a note of the day and if you feel the effects of it at all. Try to include days where your personal day number matches your life path or soul urge number. So for my own personal days, i should pay attention to the 8th and 11th of April, since a more subtle influence would be added to the what's already a strong influence."

ooc: just to reiterate the assignment... which you can do ANYWHERE and doesn't need to be restricted to this thread.... But you should come back here to post links to where you've done the assignment... But go ahead and calculate your personal year and month numbers, because it'll make it easier

you should have analyses for a minimum of THREE days for full credit. The more detailed the better. You can even just do the analyses and post them here if you don't want to link/post anywhere. IC the assignment occurs during the month of April. OOC, you'll have until November 30th. Any questions, you can ask IC via this thread or our office thread.... or you may also PM/VM myself. Good luck

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PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 58,840 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia Adara Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Montmorency (#301199) Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da) Ravenclaw Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Third Year x12 x8	YesJess! \| Captain Goggles \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers SPOILER!!: students Quote: Originally Posted by Stefan Oh look, little sister was here. "Hey Ash," he replied with a tight-lipped smile, and gave her a gentle fist-bump. It was quite odd to see Ash sat with the bigger kids at the back, but it was cool nonetheless. Change of scenery could be helpful. As the class started, Noah pulled out his textbook and Arithmancy notebook, opening it to the last page ready to crunch some numbers. Soul Urge Number, huh? Like, what could be his deepest desire, was it? In the past lesson, he did have reservations with his result, though his Arrows lent some truth, so maybe his soul's urge would shed some light on the things and thoughts that were not clear to him. And so without further ado, Noah got to work. Huh. A master number. This should be interesting. Now came the "fun part", which was walking around to check on the students work. Although since this would be a long-term assignment, technically he could check their work later but alas he should probably make sure they had the correct numbers to work with. "Good, Noah, very good." Not that he expected less since the gryffindor was one of the older ones. Quote: Originally Posted by Chelliephone "I'm doing fine, sir, thank you." He had managed to respond, before getting more comfortable into his seat and turned his pen around his fingers. Sometimes, he preferred to use the no-maj writing instruments. He watched the other students entering, offering Ash a small smile and a nod as she went and sat next to Noah. He had no way of knowing her internal dilemma, but had he he would have assured her not sitting next to him in a class was never something he would be offended by. He liked the company of his friends yes, but class was such a poor time for socializing anyways. Moving on, there was more calculations this time around. A soul urge number was it? Based on using the vowels in one's full birth given name? Considering he did not have a middle name, this should be rather simple for him. He uncapped his pen, opening his notebook to a clean page and writing it all out. His parents had been kind and gave him a name that was very easy to calculate. And the soul urge, though he really didn't know what that meant, was the number he'd been more hoping for with his life path. ...Was that the point? Quote: Originally Posted by astrocat Not... opaque? Ash looked down at herself to confirm that she was not, in fact, see through. Had she ever been see through? ... OH. She grinned. "I suppose you're right." Ashley the malevolent ghost wasn't here today. There was just Ash, the insecure teenager. Which was... better, probably. She gave Noah a fist bump and a big smile and turned to her math number work. While Arithmancy was not her easiest class, because it didn't work in the same way as muggle math, having a good memory was definitely to her advantage and she got good grades without struggling too hard. SPOILER!!: Ash's work Ashley Calder Fox AE + AE + O (1 + 5) + (1 + 5) + (6) Wait a minute. Why was O assigned a value of six??? Ash closed her eyes and thought about it for a while before remembering six was the fifteenth letter of the alphabet, and 15 ---> 1 + 5 ---> 6. Which was logic that would never work in muggle math, but this was arithmancy. Sigh. SPOILER!!: Ash's work, continued Ashley Calder Fox AE + AE + O (1 + 5) + (1 + 5) + (6) 6 + 6 + 6 ~~666?~~ 18 ---> 1+8 ---> 9 Soul urge: 9 Um. Was she doing this right? "Professor? I think I got a nine. Does that mean, like... caring about the people on a global level??? And like, selflessness??? I think I read that in a book somewhere, but I'm not sure if I just made that up." That would make sense... like artists and activists and stuff, right? Ash wanted to make the world a better place... except for when she wanted to burn it to the ground and cry. So this number was either very fitting or maybe very incorrect. She decided to go with 'very fitting'. Since she was trying to believe in herself and all. Believe in her soul urge, if they were even real, and also believe in her ability to do arithmancy, if it meant anything, and also believe in her ability to remember stuff she'd read about arithmancy, even though it could be entirely wrong and she was making a fool of herself. Self-confidence. She was attempting it. Looking to Ashley's work next, he pushed up on his glasses, scrutinizing her work before nodding slowly. "Yes. Nine, and I suppose that is true... nine soul urges want to love the world. You're often torn between your own emotional needs and those of others." He flipped to the page in the text to point out the actual textbook description. Quote: Originally Posted by MadAlice Violet worked grimly, trying very hard to overcome both the vines in the room and her lack of focus, which was becoming annoyingly familiar this year. OOC: Jeepers, I hadn't even noticed there was an assignment down at the bottom of that first post! Her lack of focus was noticed if anything because her calculations seemed off and it was then that Winston realized his error. He hadn't exactly been forthcoming with the reminder for where to get each of the letter's values. "Something is not quite right with those calculations. Technically you added and reduced everything perfectly, but well, make sure we're using the pythagorean number system to get the values for each of the letters. Particularly O." He flipped her textbook to chapter two to point it out. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 ‘Hi’ was actually the chosen form of usual greeting. She would have listened to Robinson had he corrected her but would have gone on using ‘hi’... well, until she died. “Unfortunately. Luckily we have Heating Charms. They work wonders.” Ah, yes. Life Path Numbers and those Arrows. That hadn’t been the best of lessons for Claudine since she had made some big time errors. Anyway. A month’s long assignment? She wasn’t really looking forward to it considering how bad she was at Arithmancy. The Soul Urge Number seemed easy enough. Claudine got started without any hesitation. Heating charms! What a novel idea and the fact that Winston had forgotten it was probably tribute to the fact that his brain was usually working on complex thoughts instead of the simple. "Looks good, Claudine." He said approvingly. Quote: Originally Posted by Lady of Light Valentina wasn't very good with numbers but she was determined to do better in arithmancy this term. It just wasn't a very fun subject, she thought. Not as fun as flying or charms, at least. She picked up her quill and got to work quickly, hoping she didn't make any mistakes in the very first assignment itself. She might not have thought she was very good at numbers, but the concentrating seemed to be paying off, since as Winston looked over her parchment, he found himself nodding in approval. There were a few sixes in here, weren't there? How interesting. "Good work, Valentina." Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Daniel had been working on placing his writing material neatly on the desk in front of him while the professor started the lesson. He flipped the pages of his notebook to check what his life path number had been again and read that they were 22/4. The most powerful number of all. Something, when he had read this, had made the Hufflepuff feel relevant. He hoped to find another great number for his soul urge number as well. He picked up a muggle pen, flipped the notebook to a new page and scratched the ink on the bottom of the page to check if the pen was still working and went to work. A number 9? He picked up his textbook again, not truly caring if he was allowed to look up its meaning already or not. He was curious and wanted to know right away. He leaned back in his seat as he began to read what it meant. Looking over the young Hufflepuff's parchment, he nodded approvingly at his calculations. "Excellent, good job." Also, he hadn't told them they couldn't look at the interpretations and while it wasn't technically part of the longer term assignment, it was good practice to know what the numbers meant. Quote: Originally Posted by Watson Lisa was working on her assignment diligently. Soul numbers were based off the value of the vowels in her name. That seemed relatively straight forward enough. She tried her best to focus on the assignment than her entrance. She had entered the room normally until she spotted Daniel. Then everything about Valentine’s Day flashed back to her… The feast.. Daniel giving her more juice to drink.. Her tummy feeling strange. Flip flops… She…. paused in her tracks. She debated what to do before deciding in normal Lisa Nam fashion to “keep calm and carry on”. She walked straight over to where he was sitting, took a seat, smiled at him, and then began her work. And now she was writing her name. See? Everything was fine. Clearly she was overthinking it. She paused her quill after the first A in her name. Oh dear Merlin… she was turning into Evan. Awkward… She liked the number 11 a lot… but what did it mean? Her eyebrows raised when she read the first sentence. Merlin. It had got her spot on. You are extremely sensitive, with more emotional ups and downs than other numbers.. No need to call her out about this year. “Psst! Daniel, what did you get?” she whispered. Not that it was a competition… she was curious. Lastly because she was next to Daniel, Winston had a peek at the youngest Nam's calculations, nodding in approval at her work. "Good job, very nice," he said approvingly. Simple enough calculations these were. Making his way back to the front of the classroom and being extra careful to not trip over any vines or backpacks, Winston faced the class to address them all. "So just a couple notes, to make sure you're using the pythagorean number system to get your letter values. The soul urge number, similar to your life path numbers, is one of the elements of the core. This particular aspect is about your heart's desire and what motivates you. What you value the most." "So as I mentioned before, we'll be embarking on a month-long assignment, but before we do so and I dismiss you, there's two more numbers that are needed. The Personal Year and the Personal month numbers." He flicked his wand to show the two calculation formulas on the board. And below used his own numbers for demonstration. Quote: Originally Posted by Chalkboard Personal Year Number = month of birth + day of birth + current calendar year 8 + 2 + (2+1+0+6) 8 + 2 + (9) 19 = 10 = 1 Personal Month Number = Personal Year Number + reduced calendar month number 1 + 4 = 5 Your Personal Day Number is found by adding the number of the calendar day to the number of your Personal Month. note: calculations for April 2106 "So in case you haven't guessed it by now, the long term assignment will be emphasizing your personal day number. For several days during this month, I want you to make a note of the day and if you feel the effects of it at all. Try to include days where your personal day number matches your life path or soul urge number. So for my own personal days, i should pay attention to the 8th and 11th of April, since a more subtle influence would be added to the what's already a strong influence." ooc: just to reiterate the assignment... which you can do ANYWHERE and doesn't need to be restricted to this thread.... But you should come back here to post links to where you've done the assignment... But go ahead and calculate your personal year and month numbers, because it'll make it easier you should have analyses for a minimum of THREE days for full credit. The more detailed the better. You can even just do the analyses and post them here if you don't want to link/post anywhere. IC the assignment occurs during the month of April. OOC, you'll have until November 30th. Any questions, you can ask IC via this thread or our office thread.... or you may also PM/VM myself. Good luck __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯