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Arithmancy One: Introduction to Spell Numerization & Basic Curse-Breaking
The room was breezy, which wouldn't have been terribly strange for the November day except that the windows closed. Having just finished rearranging the desks for about the fifth time that morning, Professor Hadley settled on having the desks pushed together in pairs.
Resting her backside against her own desk, she was flipping through the latest copy of Numbers and You as she waited the arrival of the students.
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After speaking about the number one, Evelyn had glanced down to her notebook and noticed that the page was FAR too blank. It needed doodles of dragons! And hearts with Josh's name in it. It was such a BRILLIANT combination, she was far too pleased with herself when half of the page ended up being those two things.
"Hmmm?" Not even looking up, she tilted her head towards Marie a little bit before continuing with making another dragon. "Yea, sure."
...
Wait. "What are we doing?" Blink.
What? Ev didn't know what they were doing? Wasn't she sitting there taking notes this whole time?
Grabbing her things she moved to a seat right next to her friend. Glancing at her notebook full of... dragons and Josh's name she now understood why the girl didn't know what they were supposed to be doing. "You know, you'd know what we were doing if you were actually taking notes instead of doodling." Cuz yeah, Marie had never done anything like that before... in this class just don't look at her runes notebook.
She showed Ev her notebook. This is what we're supposed to be doing.
SPOILER!!: Marie's notebook
Arithmancy Lesson 1
Make a list of what you think the characteristics of the following numbers are...
"Precisely! The number forty-seven, would take the characteristics of four and combine it with the characteristics of seven!" Fina exclaimed. Now that they knew one number and would have somewhat of an idea what they were doing....[/COLOR]
"Now everyone take a few moments, with a partner, and make a list of what you think the characteristics of the following numbers are..."
19
28
37
52
080
"If you can't find a single partner, you're more than welcome to work in groups of three." Fina noted. "We will move onto the next activity once you've completed this..."
Of course, he was wrong. How could he not be wrong? Arithmancy was already proving to be the worst subject of all. One wrong answer was enough to bring the awesome Rory down but not for very long. It was time to partner up and so, he scanned around the room, searching for potential partners. After a moment or two, he figured it was much too difficult to just pick out one person so instead, he stood up and shouted, "ANYONE WANT TO BE MY PARTNER?" That should get someone's attention.
As he waited, he quickly wrote down the numbers in his notebook. 19...28...37...52...80...got it. Rory looked up to see if anyone had come to be his partner but so far, there were none. Would he have to do this assignment alone?
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This was hard. Ashley's notes were a jumbled mess that probably only made sense to him, sadly, but he shared them anyway.
"This is what I've written down so far," he said as he nudged the parchment over. He'd figured the best way to start would be to list the characteristics, then find a way to put them together individually. After that, he would try to make some sense out of it all together, but he hadn't gotten that far yet.
19 - Beginning of something short-lived and urgent - Innovation leading to perfection - Beginning of an end - Independance in gaining power/strength - Leadership and teaching?
28 - Harmony in business - Relationship success - Collaboration in finances leading to material wealth -Harmony and unity = success in finances, business, material wealth
"I think I wrote that down, actually," he realized, somewhat amused, even though really, everyone probably came up with that one. It's still an interesting coincidence to him.
Kourt glanced at the parchment, noting that Ashley had already jotted down a few translations of the numbers. "That you do." She replied with a smile. "Great minds think alike....I do like the innovation leads to perfection, though." She peered at the parchment again.
"The number 28 looks good too..." Well, that was quick. "How about 37?" "Analyzing creative expressions....researching the source of complex thoughts...researching the magic of house elves." She muttered. Jeez, this was harder than it looked.
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What? Ev didn't know what they were doing? Wasn't she sitting there taking notes this whole time?
Grabbing her things she moved to a seat right next to her friend. Glancing at her notebook full of... dragons and Josh's name she now understood why the girl didn't know what they were supposed to be doing. "You know, you'd know what we were doing if you were actually taking notes instead of doodling." Cuz yeah, Marie had never done anything like that before... in this class just don't look at her runes notebook.
She showed Ev her notebook. This is what we're supposed to be doing.
SPOILER!!: Marie's notebook
Arithmancy Lesson 1
Make a list of what you think the characteristics of the following numbers are...
19
28
37
52
080
Finishing off the picture, Evelyn looked over to her friend, seeing that she was staring at her notebook page. Hmm. Slowly turning it to a clean page, she narrowed her eyes somewhat before...well, that was it actually. Stare.
She could not pay attention if she wanted to! Pssh.
Glancing down into Marie's notebook, a look of understanding crossed her face before writing down the numbers onto her own clean page in her notebook. Alrighty then. "Alright, well for the first number..." Huh. "One is beginnings and the other means endings."
But did not he mentioned that too? Kinda...maybe. Eh. Whatever. It did not matter anyway. It was obviously a combination of the meanings. Good. Now he needed to figure out the meanings for those numbers Hadley had shown...with a partner.
Taking a breath, he turned around to look at Evelyn yet Marie was talking to her which meant they were already partners. Okaaaaaaaaaaay. Then he would look for another partner.
''HEY PEOPLE!!! I NEED A PARTNER, PLEASE!!!''
Was that loud enough?
Hehehehehe...
Great Partner time! thought Ness sarcastically. She wasn't to crazy about being in partners especially when you had to look for someone to be with. Nessie looked around trying to spot anyone she that she knew was good at this sorta thing. She spotted Alyssa, but she had already partnered up with Penny.
o___O
And who did this guy think he was trying to be so cool. Nessie turned to the sound of the noise to see a sort of recognizable face. She looked around once more and having no other choice, she walked up to him with a partchment and quill in hand. "Want to be partners?" she casually asked the know it all. He was supposed to be clever atleast.
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SPOILER!!: Davvy_Wavvy
Cassie sat on the seat next to Marilyn and reopened her text book. Yeah she might have an idea about what the professor was talking about.
"She did say that they were combining the meaning of the numbers instead of adding them to get final answer right?"
She read over her notes:
"And these are the numbers we're trying to figure out:
She at the younger student who had asked to join them. Sure she had no problem with that. The more the merrier after all.
"Sure sit down."
She turned back to her parchment , tapping her quill against her lips, looking at possible combinations.
"So then 19 might be
Marilyn read over Cassie's parchment, smirking. "I like the first..."
[spoiler]"Innovation brings change..."[/spoiler]
Marking that down on her own papers, she turned back to the text. Reading over the characteristics of 2 and 8 again, the blonde attempted to meld them together.
"Okay, this is what I've got for 28..."
[spoiler]""Harmony within unity, and collaboration...bring about success and self-mastery.[/spoiler]
Turning to the small Ravenclaw, Marilyn smiled. "Are you understanding what we're doing? We're basically taking the characteristics of both numbers and meshing them together..."
Right right, so now that they had those two down they could move on right?
She began scribbling on her parchment again, adding what Marilyn had just said.
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19= innovation brings change or innovation brings power/strength
28=Harmony within unity, and collaboration...bring about success and self-mastery
37=magic is a result of imagination and complex thought?
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Alright so they weren't doing the usual and reducing the numbers thise time, Gideon mused to himself as the professor corrected him and the group who had thought that. The boy listening as she continued and accepted the answers of those who had suggested they comnine the characteristics of both single digit numbers, writing it down as well as taking note of the two sch characteristics for 4 and 7.
Ugg...now to partner.
Gideon looked around sheepishly and spotted the one familiar face...Kurumi and was about to ask her when she appeared to find a partner of her own. s much for that idea. His gaze continued to move until he spotted another girl looking for a partner, registering the fact that he always seemed to be partnered up randomly with the female population and shruged it off approaching her.
"I can be ye partner," he offered with a polite small smile.
Flipping through her textbook while she waited to see if anyone had heard her ask about partnering, Stella stopped on the page describing the number meanings and started scanning them. This was going to take some thought, to get logical meanings from the list of numbers Professor Hadley had given them, and could explain the reasoning behind pairing up to analyse them. At least, that was as good a reason as she could think of, without giving herself a headache. Listening to everyone bellowing out that they needed a partner was already doing that, so she didn't need the actual classwork to add to the stress. Plus, she was starting to wonder if nobody had heard her, which was disconcerting. Not getting a partner would be embarrassing, after all.
But then she heard a voice near her, and looked up to see a younger Gryffindor standing there. One she knew she hadn't met already, but that didn't stop her from giving him a smile. "Thank you," she replied, gesturing at the desk nearest her so he wouldn't have to stand up the whole time. At least there was one available, which was another advantage to partner work. People moved around. "I'm Stella," she introduced herself, then, before glancing at her number list again. "Would you rather start at the beginning, or just work our way through by which make the most sense?" They needed to get started after all with the activity, or otherwise they'd fall behind and she didn't want that for herself or her new partner.
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Kourt glanced at the parchment, noting that Ashley had already jotted down a few translations of the numbers. "That you do." She replied with a smile. "Great minds think alike....I do like the innovation leads to perfection, though." She peered at the parchment again.
"The number 28 looks good too..." Well, that was quick. "How about 37?" "Analyzing creative expressions....researching the source of complex thoughts...researching the magic of house elves." She muttered. Jeez, this was harder than it looked.
Ashley smiled a little, glad that his notes weren't too all over the place. Moving on, then, he tried to think of some combinations for 37, listening as Kourt came up with some.
"That sounds good..." So he wrote it down, thinking a little more. "I wonder if the order matters. Like... would you get the same thing for 73 as 37?" But that sounded weird even as he was saying it. So he just shrugged and continued to write. "Anyway, maybe 37 can also be... creative expression and playfulness helping with spiritual focus or creative expression in mysticism and magic. What about 52?"
He wasn't sure if his suggestion sounded good or not, but they could talk about more than one, right? So he started trying to combine some things for the next number, suggesting "maaaybe... Change or transition in relationships, and resourcefulness in collaborations. And freedom and versatility leading to harmony?" poking at the paper absently as he eyed the words, trying to combine more of them.
*Phooooo* Groupwork... Yay /sarcasm/. "Does anyone here need a partner?" Nate called over the sound of people who already had a partner. "Anyone at all? Any friends for the firstie?" he called again. He was getting rather pathetic, and hoped that someone would join him soon. He hadn't seen Faina in the class. Otherwise, he would have already been all over having his little she-snake as a partner.
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*Phooooo* Groupwork... Yay /sarcasm/. "Does anyone here need a partner?" Nate called over the sound of people who already had a partner. "Anyone at all? Any friends for the firstie?" he called again. He was getting rather pathetic, and hoped that someone would join him soon. He hadn't seen Faina in the class. Otherwise, he would have already been all over having his little she-snake as a partner.
Victoria looked around the classroom to find a partner. Almost all are taken in a short amount of time. Why can't they just slow down a bit?
There was no other open except for a first year firstie shouting in desperation. He wouldn't be Victoria's first choice, but everyone else is taken. She'd much rather work with another Slythie or someone her year. Oh well...just this one class with a Ravvie couldn't be that bad...hopefully...
"If you need a partner I can be your partner." said Victoria as she walked over to the boy.
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Great Partner time! thought Ness sarcastically. She wasn't to crazy about being in partners especially when you had to look for someone to be with. Nessie looked around trying to spot anyone she that she knew was good at this sorta thing. She spotted Alyssa, but she had already partnered up with Penny.
o___O
And who did this guy think he was trying to be so cool. Nessie turned to the sound of the noise to see a sort of recognizable face. She looked around once more and having no other choice, she walked up to him with a partchment and quill in hand. "Want to be partners?" she casually asked the know it all. He was supposed to be clever atleast.
Partners?
Hmmm...
The Gryffindor gazed around the class and his dark brown eyes stopped on this younger Hufflepuff girl with red hair as he realised that she was approaching...to him. Well...well...well. Miss Dixon, was not she? Smirking lightly at the girl, he nodded quickly in a reply to her question.
Suuuuuure...
''You brought parchment and quill, awesome!'' then Josh exclaimed and stood and indicating her to sit down on his place. ''Please, sit down. Glad you brought those because i am not sure if i have brought any.'' Hehehehe ''My bag is there...'' he indication some spot under the desk with his head ''...but i am not sure if i have parchment and quill in it. Too lazy to check and ummm whatever.''
He had better start commenting about the numbers.
''Don't you think this 080 is interesting? Since it is not only 80, i suppose it should have a double effect of zeros. Got any ideas?''
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Ashley smiled a little, glad that his notes weren't too all over the place. Moving on, then, he tried to think of some combinations for 37, listening as Kourt came up with some.
"That sounds good..." So he wrote it down, thinking a little more. "I wonder if the order matters. Like... would you get the same thing for 73 as 37?" But that sounded weird even as he was saying it. So he just shrugged and continued to write. "Anyway, maybe 37 can also be... creative expression and playfulness helping with spiritual focus or creative expression in mysticism and magic. What about 52?"
He wasn't sure if his suggestion sounded good or not, but they could talk about more than one, right? So he started trying to combine some things for the next number, suggesting "maaaybe... Change or transition in relationships, and resourcefulness in collaborations. And freedom and versatility leading to harmony?" poking at the paper absently as he eyed the words, trying to combine more of them.
Kourt waited patiently as Ashley made notes of the suggestions for the number 37. Good, good. They were getting somewhere. She wasn't positive if they were right, but at least they were trying, and really...that's all anyone could ask for.
When he mentioned if the meanings would be similar to 73, she frowned slightly. "Hmm, good question...I honestly have no idea, but we could ask the professor." Looking down again at the additional suggestions of mysticism and magic, she nodded. "Maybe making changes to achieve harmony? Allowing freedom in relationships? Making a transition to a unified...society?" She suggested. She wasn't sure about that last one, but it made sense...sort of.
Victoria looked around the classroom to find a partner. Almost all are taken in a short amount of time. Why can't they just slow down a bit?
There was no other open except for a first year firstie shouting in desperation. He wouldn't be Victoria's first choice, but everyone else is taken. She'd much rather work with another Slythie or someone her year. Oh well...just this one class with a Ravvie couldn't be that bad...hopefully...
"If you need a partner I can be your partner." said Victoria as she walked over to the boy.
Nate let out a breath as the fifth year strolled over to him. She didn't seem all too enthusiastic, but hey, niether was he. "Thanks," Nate said, his voice back to normal. "So, what did we have to do?" he felt guilty not knowing: he was making Ravenclaw look bad!
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Finishing off the picture, Evelyn looked over to her friend, seeing that she was staring at her notebook page. Hmm. Slowly turning it to a clean page, she narrowed her eyes somewhat before...well, that was it actually. Stare.
She could not pay attention if she wanted to! Pssh.
Glancing down into Marie's notebook, a look of understanding crossed her face before writing down the numbers onto her own clean page in her notebook. Alrighty then. "Alright, well for the first number..." Huh. "One is beginnings and the other means endings."
Riiighhht. "The beginning of the end?"
Marie glanced at the meanings of the numbers in her text book as Evelyn started telling her what she thought the meaning was for 19. "Yeah, that sounds good to me. The beginning of the end."
Now on to the next number, 28. "Okay, for 28 the 2 means harmony, unity, relationships, collaboration. The 8 is authority, finances, business, success, material wealth, organization, self-mastery."
Sooooo. "There will be a harmonious unity that will lead to a successful financial earnings." Yeah, that sounded right.
SPOILER!!: Marie & Evelyn's work
Arithmancy Lesson 1
Make a list of what you think the characteristics of the following numbers are...
19 1= Beginnings, 9= Endings... The beginning of the end
28 2= Harmony, unity, 8= is Finances, success... There will be a harmonious unity that will lead to a successful financial earnings.
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Nate let out a breath as the fifth year strolled over to him. She didn't seem all too enthusiastic, but hey, niether was he. "Thanks," Nate said, his voice back to normal. "So, what did we have to do?" he felt guilty not knowing: he was making Ravenclaw look bad!
Victoria starred at him. Isn't he a Ravenclaw and he didn't pay attention??
"Well...we're suppose to figure out the meanings in these numbers." said Victoria as she pointed to her parchment:
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SPOILER!!: Marie
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Originally Posted by The1HBIC
Marie glanced at the meanings of the numbers in her text book as Evelyn started telling her what she thought the meaning was for 19. "Yeah, that sounds good to me. The beginning of the end."
Now on to the next number, 28. "Okay, for 28 the 2 means harmony, unity, relationships, collaboration. The 8 is authority, finances, business, success, material wealth, organization, self-mastery."
Sooooo. "There will be a harmonious unity that will lead to a successful financial earnings." Yeah, that sounded right.
SPOILER!!: Marie & Evelyn's work
Arithmancy Lesson 1
Make a list of what you think the characteristics of the following numbers are...
19 1= Beginnings, 9= Endings... The beginning of the end
28 2= Harmony, unity, 8= is Finances, success... There will be a harmonious unity that will lead to a successful financial earnings.
37
52
080
Leaning back in her seat, she wrote down her thought next to the first number in her notebook for her own reference later, checking what the second number was before Marie spoke again. Twenty-eight. Harmony, unity, aurthority, finances, business...success...
"Yea..." she agreed, writing that down in her notebook as well.
And, the next number. "Thirty-seven." Ohhhhkay. "Three means imagination, creativity, and playfulness while seven means research, wisdom, solitude, and magic." Seemed like now the numbers were becoming harder to connect. "Thirty-seven means...studying...for...NEWTs...in a...fun.......manner."
Victoria starred at him. Isn't he a Ravenclaw and he didn't pay attention??
"Well...we're suppose to figure out the meanings in these numbers." said Victoria as she pointed to her parchment:
19
28
37
52
080
"Any ideas?"
Nate studied the numbers. Is that 0 before the 8 in the fifth number significant? he thought. Hmm, he didn't know. "Well, for the first four it's rather simple. We just have to combine the meanings of the two individual digits. Like, for 19 it would mean Beginning, independence, innovation, leadership, endings, tolerance, metamorphasis, cosmic, teaching, global awareness, perfection, power/strength, short-lived, and immediacy." I think... he added that last bit to himself.
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Right right, so now that they had those two down they could move on right?
She began scribbling on her parchment again, adding what Marilyn had just said.
Marilyn pulled Cassie's parchment closer and copied it...adding her own thing beside 37...
Looking back at the characteristics of the numbers, Marilyn attempted to work out the next number.
52...
Hmm...
"How about this?"
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19 = Innovation brings change or innovation brings power/strength
28 = Harmony within unity, and collaboration...bring about success and self-mastery
37 = Magic is a result of imagination and complex thought? / "Imagination and creative expression allow for special kinds of wisdom and spiritual focus."
52 = Versatility and progressive thinking are both things necessary for productive collaborations?
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Flipping through her textbook while she waited to see if anyone had heard her ask about partnering, Stella stopped on the page describing the number meanings and started scanning them. This was going to take some thought, to get logical meanings from the list of numbers Professor Hadley had given them, and could explain the reasoning behind pairing up to analyse them. At least, that was as good a reason as she could think of, without giving herself a headache. Listening to everyone bellowing out that they needed a partner was already doing that, so she didn't need the actual classwork to add to the stress. Plus, she was starting to wonder if nobody had heard her, which was disconcerting. Not getting a partner would be embarrassing, after all.
But then she heard a voice near her, and looked up to see a younger Gryffindor standing there. One she knew she hadn't met already, but that didn't stop her from giving him a smile. "Thank you," she replied, gesturing at the desk nearest her so he wouldn't have to stand up the whole time. At least there was one available, which was another advantage to partner work. People moved around. "I'm Stella," she introduced herself, then, before glancing at her number list again. "Would you rather start at the beginning, or just work our way through by which make the most sense?" They needed to get started after all with the activity, or otherwise they'd fall behind and she didn't want that for herself or her new partner.
"Ye welcome," Gideon replied taking the offered seat that she gestered to, resting his own notes on the new desk in front of him. "I'm Gideon," he added returning the introduction and greeting. Hopefully the girl wasn't too bad in the subject otherwise they would be the blind leading the blind on this assignment but at least they'd get credit for trying.
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19
28
37
52
080
At her suggestions of their two options on which to work on their decipherings, Gideon momentarily mused over what might be better as he glanced at the list before up at his partner. "We can just work our way through them I guess," he answered with a shrug. "Though I was already looking at 19 and I was thinking perhaps it means the passage from begining to end?"
"Now comes last number, finally!" Ira was happy that it was coming to an end."Why do you think professor wrote it as 080? Does this mean that 0 is more focused than 8? I mean, maybe 0's characteristics are doubly focused as that of 8...Maybe."
"So does this mean that business or finances are getting empty...meaning thre are many losses?"
"You know, I agree. But if we're going to focus on the word change in 0, we could see that it's a little synonymous with the meaning of the last word in 8, fluidity. Fluidity means being flexible to change. And the words in 8 are all about victory in a certain fields, like in business, in life, in skills. I guess, just a guess, that those in 8 are not really stable and it is always subjected to change," said Erin hoping they understood what she said. It is the last number left and also the hardest. Their ideas, all of them, should be presented so as to make one unified idea.
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19- Beginning of the end
28- Success means collaboration, Success in relationships
37- Creative expression of wisdom or magic
52- change of relationships, freedom in relationships
080-
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"Now everyone take a few moments, with a partner, and make a list of what you think the characteristics of the following numbers are..."
19
28
37
52
080
"If you can't find a single partner, you're more than welcome to work in groups of three." Fina noted. "We will move onto the next activity once you've completed this..."
Partners?!
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Bahhh. Frown. Pout. Scowl. "Anyone need a partner?" she finally said.
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"Sort of like, not fearing change but rather embracing it?" Kurumi asked for clarification. That seemed to make sense considering the properties associated with each number. She jotted down a few more notes and then looked at their final number.
The fact that there were TWO 0's was puzzling. Kurumi wanted to say that perhaps Professor Hadley had made a mistake, but the woman never made mistakes when it came to numbers. "Why do you think there are two 0's?" Kurumi asked, turning the paper around on the desk as if that would help the answer suddenly appear. "It's also interesting that they sandwich the number 8." Something that ought to be noted. "I think we can interpret this one a little more literally, like...there will be two stages in life where you will feel utterly lost and with nothing. After the first stage, there will be a sudden burst of personal progress and growth. A sense of being on top of the world and in your prime. However, it is in this state that the risk of loss is most great, so the numbers are warning you against this."
SPOILER!!: Gryffinclaw parchment!
Arithmancy Lesson One - Two Digit Number Characterizations
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Gryffindor // fourth Year________________Ravenclaw // first year 19
Possible meaning: 1 and 9 indicate the bookends of a stage of life, therefore their combined meanings represent a transition from one part in your life to another and a turning point in one's leadership. The things learned from the the stage in your life you are exiting (as indicated by the qualities of number one) are not to be applied on a broader scale and ideas should be shared. 28
Possible meaning: Living life in extremes will never lead to success and only true success can be found in the harmony and balance with others. Only through finding a balance in life will you find peace and control over your relationship with mind and matter. 37
Possible meaning: Individual evolution through experiencing the joy of life and producing your own form of magic and self expression. It also indicates that is is time to take full ownership for your actions. 52
Possible meaning: Do not fear the transition of change, instead take in in stride and embrace it. If you try to challenge and resist changes, you will not find balance and lose literally touch with reality. 080
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"Ye welcome," Gideon replied taking the offered seat that she gestered to, resting his own notes on the new desk in front of him. "I'm Gideon," he added returning the introduction and greeting. Hopefully the girl wasn't too bad in the subject otherwise they would be the blind leading the blind on this assignment but at least they'd get credit for trying.
At her suggestions of their two options on which to work on their decipherings, Gideon momentarily mused over what might be better as he glanced at the list before up at his partner. "We can just work our way through them I guess," he answered with a shrug. "Though I was already looking at 19 and I was thinking perhaps it means the passage from begining to end?"
Stella smiled again as the boy responded politely to her gratitude, just kind of surprised that everyone truly did seem to at least try. With a few exceptions, but it didn't seem like Gideon was one of those. That worked for her, because she'd definitely rather work with someone who actually would try to be a good partner. "It's nice to meet you, Gideon," she replied. She could tell he was another Gryffindor, obviously, but the specific year was a bit harder. She wasn't about to ask, though. Focusing on the activity was more important.
"Hmm, it could," she thoughtfully agreed, as he offered an analysis of the number 19. "It could also, in a way, represent the circular quality of life. That every beginning has an end, but every end also leads to a beginning," she added, before looking at the next number on the list as she noted down their discussion. 28, she thought to herself, moving to the meanings yet again before she said anything to Gideon. "28 could mean something about harmonious business dealings, I guess. Being able to work with people to gain wealth and success through intelligence," she finally added. At least, it made sense to her, but maybe Gideon would have another interpretation.
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19 - the passage from beginning to end (and back again?)
28
37
52
080
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Of course, he was wrong. How could he not be wrong? Arithmancy was already proving to be the worst subject of all. One wrong answer was enough to bring the awesome Rory down but not for very long. It was time to partner up and so, he scanned around the room, searching for potential partners. After a moment or two, he figured it was much too difficult to just pick out one person so instead, he stood up and shouted, "ANYONE WANT TO BE MY PARTNER?" That should get someone's attention.
As he waited, he quickly wrote down the numbers in his notebook. 19...28...37...52...80...got it. Rory looked up to see if anyone had come to be his partner but so far, there were none. Would he have to do this assignment alone?
"Hey! You still need a partner? I'm Caelius," he smiled, looking over the chart with all of the different interpretations of the basic numbers. Tracing his finger along the 1 and the 9, he asked, "What about 19? Let's see... beginning and ending then. Could be something like the totality of an event or representative of a clear start and finish to a goal or activity... What do you think?" he asked the other boy.
Wow, this was actually starting to become somewhat fun. Who knew?
Kourt waited patiently as Ashley made notes of the suggestions for the number 37. Good, good. They were getting somewhere. She wasn't positive if they were right, but at least they were trying, and really...that's all anyone could ask for.
When he mentioned if the meanings would be similar to 73, she frowned slightly. "Hmm, good question...I honestly have no idea, but we could ask the professor." Looking down again at the additional suggestions of mysticism and magic, she nodded. "Maybe making changes to achieve harmony? Allowing freedom in relationships? Making a transition to a unified...society?" She suggested. She wasn't sure about that last one, but it made sense...sort of.
Yeah, Ashley had no idea if any of these were right, or even sort of on the right track, but they sounded alright. And really, trying was all they could do besides sitting there just going 'oh I don't know'. So he wrote in the suggestions, because they sounded fine to him, wonder if there should be more discussion on the matter.
"That sounds good too," he offered, because just writing silently was probably not good enough. He just didn't have any reason to dislike the suggestion, though.
"What do you think about the last one? I wonder why it's 080 instead of like... 800 or something. When I look at 080, I just want to say 80," he admitted with a small laugh.
19 - Beginning of something short-lived and urgent - Innovation leading to perfection - Beginning of an end - Independance in gaining power/strength - Leadership and teaching
28 - Harmony in business - Relationship success - Collaboration in finances leading to material wealth -Harmony and unity = success in finances, business, material wealth
37 - Analyzing creative expressions....researching the source of complex thoughts...researching the magic of house elves
Creative expression and playfulness helping with spiritual focus - Creative expression in mysticism and magic
52 - Change or transition in relationships - Resourcefulness in collaborations - Freedom and versatility leading to harmony
making changes to achieve harmony - Allowing freedom in relationships - Making a transition to a unified society
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Arithmancy One: Introduction to Spell Numerization & Basic Curse-Breaking 
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