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Reid looked up upon hearing someone addressing him. It was the girl who he's been partnered with in History of Magic. Now what was she asking? Oh obviously if she could sit next to him. Or at least he guessed that that was what she asked as she had just commandeered the seat anyway. "Sure. It's Rachel right?" he asked, trying to make sure that he had remembered her name correctly. There were so many new names to remember that he wanted to make sure he hadn't gotten her mixed up with anybody. She was looking at him in a questioning way, a look Reid sent right back at her.
Nodding her head as Reid made sure that she was indeed named Rachel, she reached into her bag to pull out her necessary supplies and therefore missed the questioning look he sent back at her. Good thing too - it would have just confused her anyway. Truth be told, she was quite surprised at her behaviour - Rachel wasn't one to randomly go up to someone and take a seat next to them without waiting for a consent...
Hogwarts must be changing me more than I though - dang it, Jake was right again! Quote:
"You two are doing outstanding today! House points for Slytherin! And another Jelly Slug apiece!" Shackleton tossed one behind her back to Paris and the other under her leg to Reid.
"So, your Life Path Number shows you which road to follow and is revealed by your birth date. It tells you want you can depend upon to find success in the world. This is one place to look for your career and vocational options because, as your classmates mentioned, it shows your inherent abilities and talents, which you will need to use on the road you'll follow throughout life. As mentioned, the steps for calculating the Life Path Number are,"
With a flick of her wand, a piece of chalk began writing on the blackboard:
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1. Find the number of your birth month.
2. If your birth day is a double-digit number, reduce it to a single number. (Ex. 22 is reduced to 2+2=4)
3. Add the year numbers together to get a single number. (ex. 2015 is reduced to 2+0+1+5=8)
4. Add all three reduced numbers for the month, day, and year together.
5. Reduce the final double-digit numbers (unless it is a Master Number 11, 22, or 33). The final single-digit number is the Life Path Number. (If you get a Master Number as the double-digit sum, write the number as 11/2, 22/4, or 33/6.)
"Please feel free to use this time to calculate your own Life Path Number. Once you've gotten a number, refer to the textbook for an explanation. Then, decide how much of it applies to you now or may apply to you in the future. Determine how it makes you feel - optimistic? curious? frightened? Please write an analysis of how that number applies to your life and try to be specific whenever possible." Rachel scribbled down furiously everything the Professor said, having drifted off with her thoughts and missing the whole first part of the lesson.
Bugger... I'll have to copy that off someone... She nodded as the professor told them what do and looked down at her notes.
Pulling her hair up into a messy bun to get it away from her face, the fifth year quickly pulled out another, smaller, piece of parchment and began working out her Life Path Number.
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Originally Posted by Calculations Parchment
1. April: 4
2. The fifth: 5
3. 2054:
2+0+5+4
=11 [Master Number - does it have a special meaning?]
1+1
=2
4.
4+5+2
=11
Master number again => 11/2
Satisfied with her results and a little curious to see what the Master number meant, she quickly flicked open her book to the write page and began reading what the book had to say.
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Originally Posted by Arithmancy textook
TWO (2): Your path will lead you to seek balance and harmony in all that you do and you'll learn the benefits of cooperation and compromise, as well as patience and peacekeeping. Once you've incorporated these traits, you'll move on to the next phase - drawing others together. You were born to relate to others - and make certain that others relate well to each other as well. But be sure to remember not to ignore yourself and your own needs while you're making sure everyone else is cooperating. People with 2 Life Paths are extremely sensitive that they need to be careful not to become the world's doormat. Career/vocation options include jobs that allow you to mediate, negotiate, take care of details, be in a supportive role, or gather facts.
ELEVEN (11/2): Much is expected of you with this Master Life Path. Your path will lead you to illuminate humankind inspirationally. Sometimes you will work at the level of the 2 to bring toward you meaningful associations so that others will find you accessible. Once you've mastered your lessons, you'll move on to the next phase - becoming an inspirational leader. You're a born charismatic leader, magnetic and electric. You'll often find yourself in the spotlight, as the center of attention. Your mission is to be someone others look to for illumination and truth, and the truer you are to Universal principles, the happier and more successful you'll be on your path. Career/vocation options include any field where you can be the teacher, diplomat, or speaker or any field were you'll be in the spotlight and able to work with large groups.
Rachel blinked.
Er... Wow. Reading the two entries again, since she was quite sure that in this case both Life Path numbers 2 and 11 applied to her, she put down her quill and looked up at the ceiling, taking in what she had just read. In the back of her mind, she saw Professor Shackleton come towards Reid and tell him something, but she didn't really care.
Spotlight, center of attention, illuminate the path for others, truthful, sensitive, potential doormat... These words repeated themselves over and over again in her head, causing the fifth year to groan slightly.
Right - pretend it's not you, pretend like it's someone else whom you are righting this about and get to work! she told herself, fighting the urge to sink into her familiar thinking mode where all she did was stare at the wall and think and think and think.
Grabbing her quill and dipping it in her ink, she poised her hand over the fresh piece of parchment and thought for a few seconds before quickly writing down everything that came to her.
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Originally Posted by Analysis
Her Life Path number is the Master Number 11 - which means that both the numbers 2 and 11 are relevant to her. According to both, her main characteristic is showing others illumination. Patience, peacekeeping and cooperation - basically working well with others, are her most prominent traits. From this, it is easy to see that whatever she decides to do in the future, she will be part of a team - of a group of people.
Now, from the number 11, we can see that she will progress from the stages the number 2 provided - as in, the possibility for her to become a doormat are lessened considerably - and move on to the greatness that it described in the Master Number 11. Apparently, she has the natural talents to be a leader - and not just any leader, but an inspirational one. Charismatic and great, she is headed for success.
As for the career paths, both the numbers share the same opinions that she will become some sort of diplomat. The number 2 states that she works well with others and is good at negotiating and gathering facts, amongst others, while the number 11 straightly suggests careers as a teacher, diplomat or speaker. Any field which includes working with other people, being in the spotlight and be an inspiration to others as well as being capable to reach harmony and compromises between two different ideas is where she will probably end up.
"Oh boy..." she sighed softly, reading over what 'she' will do in life.
A politician... But I don't like politics! I mean, okay fine I don't HATE them but they don't really mean that much to me- Rachel blinked twice as she realised she was giving herself excuses. Truth be told she knew NOTHING about politics and maybe, just maybe the analysis was spot on.
BUT, on the other hand, she liked working alone. Sure, she enjoyed having others around her but the best results always came from working by herself, where no one could tell her what do to.
Inspirational leader... Dangnabbit! The analysis was answering all her doubts - yes, she could work alone but she LIKED working with others and as mush as the fifth year resented admitting this, she did like being in command, in control. She wasn't a prefect for nothing, after all...
"Professor? Could you -er, come please?" Rachel asked, her voice betraying her pure terror at the revelation she had just had. Her hand, the one raised in the air, shook slightly as she waited for Professor Shackleton to come to her and the other hand, her right hand, dipped her quill in ink and wrote a note in big letters under her analysis.
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