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Trey again raised his hand, "The Jyotish gem associated with the sun is the ruby! And, which Western Astrological sign would be Leo."
"Two points for Slytherin."
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Nabiya Ooh, Garret was already on that page anyway and as he flipped the pages, his hand shot up, the competitiveness coming out in him. "The gem for the sun is Rubies, which me mum loves but can't afford, and the zodiac is Leo... which is me mum's starsign."
He had to thank his mum for that one later.
Professor Kapoor took two small inhales and opened his mouth preparing to sneeze, but ended up exhaling softly in false alarm. "Good, lad. Take two points for Hufflepuff."
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Lissy Longbottom "The sun is associated with the ruby, sir," Cale said, raising his hand. That made sense. The ruby was red and reminded him of fire, like the sun. "And the sign it is associated with Leo," he added. Huh, a lion, just like his house..."Professor, do you think that might be why the colors of Gryffindor house are red and gold? Like the sun? And the sign of the Leo is the lion? Well, it could of course just be because lions are brave...it was just a thought," he said, blushing. Great, he had started rambling in front of the class. How lovely.
"While, I cannot say for certain whether or not that is true. The four houses of Hogwarts do bare more than a few striking similarities to the four elements in metaphysical studies. The four elements being fire, water, air and earth. The pragmatic and logical earth's characteristics can be seen in Ravenclaw house, and the secretive, emotional, creative water characteristics in Slytherin. Hufflepuffs are rather like the air element, sociable and out-going, and, as you mention, fire is an element associated with extroversion, courage, and individualism, which we associate with lions, the symbol Godric Gryffindor chose for his house. It is also interesting to note that the native orb of the sun sign Leo is gold. Good reply. Three points, Gryffindor."
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XanaSnape "The gems of the Sun are rubies in Jyotish astrology, and the western sign associated with it is Leo, I believe." Will answered.
"Correct, young Prefect. Two points."
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jesusfr33ke2010 Austin answered, "The gem for the sun is a Ruby in Jyotish astrology, and the sun is Leo in western sign. I think."
"Good answer. And for that, take two points for Ravenclaw." The professor smiled, happy to see one of his own chime up, then pointed towards Jason. "Good. Another two points for Gryffindor."
"As you might've noticed, many of the different branches of divination are related through their common associations. 'Certain universal themes' such as the elements, and heavenly bodies, and by studying these themes you can build an arsenal of facts and bridge your understanding of the main disciplines of divination through the technique of association." He wiped his nose once more with the handkerchief and wrote out the homework.
"For your homework I want you to create a list for each celestial body and include; the name of the celestial body, its' gender and energy (whether or not it would be yin or yang based on that), its' western astrological equivalent, Jyotish gemstone, it's equivalent in Arithmancy, Tarot card equivalent, its' element (based on its' western astrological equivalent), and the colours with which it is associated. The sun, for example would look like this;
1. Sun, Masculine & Positive (yang), Leo, Ruby, #3, Sun/Empress, Fire, Reds & Golds.
Start with the sun and continue on through to Pluto, and don't forget to include the moon. That concludes your first Divination class, gentlemen. If you have any questions, you are welcome to see me in my office. You are dismissed. Have a good evening, gentlemen."
ooc: This was an intro class to cover basics, so the others which will deal with less broad topics will be longer.