Arithmancy One: Daily Vibes & More About Personal Year, Month, Day Numbers
 

After what seemed like months had passed, Josephina was finally ready to hold her first lesson of the term. Of course the leaves were only just starting to change color, so it wasn't as if term was truly that far in, but even so. It wasn't her fault that she had several issues interrupting her train of thought. Pulling her thick brown hair back into a fast ponytail, she went to stand by the door with a parchment and quill, as she waited for the students to come.

The desks were arranged in a typical classroom fashion today - neat rows, with chairs that were definitely far more comfortable than they appeared.

Have a seat, the lesson will begin shortly.


ooc: Make yourselves comfortable. We'll officially start in a few hours. Keep the chit-chat to a minimum. Acquaint yourself with the rules, if you haven't done so already.
Class started. You're encouraged to participate if you didn't post coming in, but please PRETEND as though you've been here the whole time.


Lesson Progression
Brief review. First question.
Daily vibes. Backtrack a moment - what are Soul Urge and Life Path? How do we calculate them?
Explanations. Calculate your life path & soul urge numbers
Quietly reviewing & possibly calculating Personal Year, Month, Day Numbers
So? How do you find those numbers?

THE ACTIVITY! : FYI, as an example, if you're a seven, and you get tagged by a five, then you then have to find a day in October, given your personal month number and all, that would give you a five for your personal day number. Five would then become your new color/number.
Mini Discussion about above Activity and then we're done
Influences of the Soul Urge and Life Path on your Personal Day Number

Lily was looking forward to this class. She was told that it was similar to muggle mathematics and Lily did exceptionally well in math. I guess that's partly why I am in Ravenclaw. Lily thought as she reached the entrance to the classroom. Shyly, Lily looked up at the professor before saying, "Hello, Professor. M-my name is Lily Potter." After that, she proceeded to find a seat along the edge of the rows of desks in the classroom. Looking around she noticed that she was one of the first in the classroom. Lily was fine with that though. So she pulled out her notebook and her quill and waited for class to begin.

Daichi was excited for the first Arithmancy lesson of the term and he couldn't help but smile as he made his way to the classroom. He had his school bag over his shoulder and the text book in his arms as he held it to his chest.

"Hello Professor Hadley" he greeted the moment he was at the door and saw her standing in the doorway with a parchment and quill. Was she going to take notes during class like Professor Romanos had been doing during the lesson?

He shook his head as he noticed he had been standing at the door too long in his thoughts and quickly flashed the woman a smile before entering the classroom.

He found a seat at the front row. Placed his bag on the ground and the text book on the table and sat down.

Ella walked into the Arithmancy classroom and smiled nervously at the professor. "Hi Professor, I'm Ella." She said brightly. "I'm in your house but haven't had a chance to introduce myself yet." She saw an empty seat up front and walked over to it. She should probably be in the front since reading her Arithmancy textbook had only confused her more. She would be paying close attention in this class.

With her shoulder bag bumping her butt behind her, Louisa entered the classroom rather quickly. She thought herself to be a bit late but apparently she arrived just in time. Pausing a bit at the front of the room, she gave professor Hadley a formal nod, "Good day, professor." If the professor hadn't liked Louisa's work of art that day, the girl wouldn't have greeted her. Louisa was mean steady like this.

Moving on to take a seat in her usual favorite spot; the front row, the fifteen years old placed her bag on the floor by her feet. Hopefully nobody would trip over with its strand. Heh.

Walking into the classroom with her book bag hanging off her right shoulder, Kurumi looked at the desk in the front of the room where Professor Hadley was usually seated, only to notice that she wasn't there. Huh? Turning to her left, she was a bit started when she was the professor standing right there. New routine for the new term perhaps?

"Good day, Professor Hadley," Kurumi said, eyeing the parchment and quill in her hands for just a brief moment before continuing her way into the classroom and taking up her usual seat in the front. It was...going to be strange without Evelyn in class. Really strange. Someone was going to have to take the she-snake's place in glaring a hole in the back of the prefect's head. It wouldn't be Arithmancy without it.

Zhenya walked into Arithmancy class room for the first time. She had no idea what the lesson would be like, and was sure she would walk out confused. But hopefully she could learn some new things. She was never fond of muggle's maths... But she was looking forward to it, none the less.

"Hello Professor, I'm Zhenya," she said to the Professor, before finding a chair and getting comfortable.

"Hi, Hadley!" the redhead GREETED the Professor as she walked in. Because, yes, Ellie Stone was here. In Arithmancy. Even after her OWLs. So, basically, she WANTED to be here.

Hadley should be proud, right?

RIGHT.

The girl continued to her usual middle middle seat in the classroom.

Alyssa walked into the Arithmancy Classroom and saw Professor Hadley standing at the door, so she walked up to her and greeted her with a smile, "Hello Professor Hadley. It is good to be back in your class. I thoroughly enjoyed your class last year especially the last lesson and I'm looking forward to learning more from you this term." Alyssa told her before taking a seat and opening her study books to review the lesson.

Keefer was amazed that he was even walking toward this particular classroom this year. The fact that he had passed the Arithmancy O.W.L. was still a shock to him. However, getting Hadley in class again was a very welcome circumstance.

He walked in, noting the typical desks-in-rows layout of the room. But that meant nothing about the lesson. He'd seen Professors start out with a lecture and end with a paintball war. He eyed a chair in the second row and dropped his things. Seeing Hadley, his smile perked up. "Hullo, Professor Hadley! It's a great day for an Arithmancy lesson, no?"

Arithmancy was going to be fun, as usual. This was the one class he had settled into just fine his first term at Hogwarts because numbers were his thing--his dad was a Math teacher.

The Gryffindor walked into the classroom and smiled brightly at the Professor before going and taking a seat next to Kurumi. He didn't really know many of the other students in the room so far, besides she was his friend and they sat next to each other in a lot of lessons.

Minerva walked into class. She loved Professor Hadley, but the class scared her to death. It was her hardest on last term. She smiled as she got to Professor Hadley though. "Hello Professor, hope your having a good day." Minerva said and then turned to find a seat.

Oakey walked into class with a smile on his face parchment and quill in hand. Oakey was proud of this quill, because it was his Self-Writing quill. This freed his hands in case he had important questions for the professor.

as he neared a seat relatively close to the front. He set his items down and greeted his Head of House Good day Professor Hadley Oakey said in his typical cheery tone.

Harvey entered the classroom.. "Hello Professor Hadley.. How are you?" he greeted the professor as he went to find a seat.. he saw Minnie sitting at a desk "Hey Mins.. good to see you here" he said as he sat down at the desk in front of her.. he knew that Justin would want to sit next to her.. since they were.... well.. he could sit next to her now.

Vickers entered and room and nodded his head politely at the Arithmancy Professor "Greetings Professor." he said as he paused to consider where to sit. Given that he would likely be spending half his time bent over his parchment he decided to sit in front so he can hear better. Besides, he brough his glasses along in case they needed to read something up on the board.

ooc: I'd quote, but I'm feeling lazy/tired right now. Forgive me? <3

As some familiar students entered her classroom, and even some new ones, Josephina felt an odd sense of satisfaction. Particularly at seeing some of the returning students that she might not have expected. Adding small check marks to her parchment, she glanced up whenever another student entered and greeted her ever so politely.

"Thank you. Quite well," the brunette would reply, almost as if on auto-pilot. And then one student seemed set on bringing her a blue flower? Well that was strange; she thought most of the students had already given their appreciation gifts already. Smiling in appreciation at the girl, she nodded and twirled the flower for a moment before holding it carefully against the parchment with her thumb.

Once it seemed as if a fair number - for Arithmancy lessons anyway - of students had taken their seats, Fina closed the door, feeling slightly saddened by the fact that a certain She-Snake was no longer present. But perhaps one of these new students would take her place?

Walking back to the front, she turned to face the class, setting the parchment and quill on her desk beside her as she leaned back against it. She also set that blue flower on top of a box of chocolates - one that Oakey might find familiar looking if he noticed... "Well then, I guess we'll just get started. For those returning Arithmancy students, welcome back! For those who this is your first time, welcome! I'm Professor Hadley and I do look forward to teaching you and working with you on the divine art of Arithmancy!" She paused, giving them a moment to take out their parchments and quills, if they haven't already.

"Before we get into the nitty gritty topic of the lesson, it's always good to start with a short review. In studying Arithmancy, there are two major methods in existence. What are these two methods and what is the major distinction between the two?"

Professor Hadley looked nice and rested. He hadn't really seen her much since the Start of Term feast and wondered what she had been up to, but to be fair he hadn't ventured the Arithmancy classroom much either so it was on both of them.

The question asked made Auggie sit up straighter cause he knew this one! His hand shot into the air and he began to spill out the answer. "Professor Hadley the two methods for studying Arithmancy are Agrippan which is when the 26 letters of the alphabet are assigned numbers ranging from 1 to 9 and then the Chaldean method is pretty much the same thing but you dont use the number 9."

Alyssa thought about the possible answer to the question and raised her hand to answer,"Professor, the two major method are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. The difference between the two is that the Number 9 is not used in the Chaldean method for calculations."

Ella raised her hand. She had just read about this in common room. "Professor there's the Pythagorean method and the-the...Chaldean method? The difference is the use of the number 9!" Phew

Resting her chin on her hand, Louisa was observing the professor very closely as she greeted her students rather dutifully. Hmm. It seemed that the bad temper she had when she caught them at the library was still on. The clumsy ponytail she had behind her head proved it.

Oh well. She wasn't going to spend another night in that dungeon. Taking her eyes off the professor's face, Louisa busied herself with arranging her quill and parchment for when the lesson would start.

And it did.

Raising her hand, a bit lazily, at the usual first question, she spoke, "There are two systems to practice Arithmancy, professor. The Pythagorean method which includes the number nine, and the Chaldean method that doesn't include the number to represent letters." Easy.

Laura looked at the Professor. "Is that numbers and letter?" Laura had no idea what Arithmancy was.

Minerva put her hand up. "Professor Hadley the two systems of Arithmancy are Chaldean and Pythagorean. The difference between the two is the number 9."

Smiling at August and the Hufflepuff that set beside him, Kurumi also nodded her head in Gideon's direction as the lesson began. Sitting back for a bit, Kurumi listened as others answered and then raised her hand to try and add a little to the discussion. The main bits had already been said, so there really wasn't too much to add.

"The two methods are the Agrippan method and the Chaldean method. As everyone has already said, the major distinction between the two is the use of the number 9. Both are also based on the Latin alphabet, although the Arippan is based on an older version of it, and the Chaldean method partially equates Latin letters with letters of the Hebrew alphabet." Just, you know, a little random fact to add to the pot. "So, in a sense, the numbers do not line up as neatly as we are used to in the Agrippan method. For example, W, which as a value of 6 in the Chaldean method, is not immediately followed by X. Instead, it's value isn't 7 but 6."

Which is why she liked the Agrippan method a little better. It flowed easier and you didn't have to remember exceptions.

Beezus tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear as she watched the other students arrive, she did not have the chance to greet Professor Hadley when she came in for she was very nervous. Nervous of the fact that it was the first Arithmancy lesson of the term. But then again, when it has something to do with Arithmancy, she's always nervous for she's not in good terms with numbers.

As the first question was asked, she raised her hand and attempted to answer. She did try to study about the subject during the summer. "Professor, the two methods are called the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. They are almost the same except for the fact that the Chaldean method doesn't make use of the number 9," the eaglet said.

Silvia was excited for Arithmancy class; it sounded so fun. She had already read up a little on the subject before school had started, and it was one of several classes that she had been looking forward to most.

She raised her hand, "The first is called Pythagorean method, and it assigns numbers one through nine to each letter. The other is Chald-something...oh yes, Chaldean method, I think, and it doesn't use the number nine."

Keefer began scribbling madly. He was not going to miss anything in this class this year. Not a single thing. Ok, maybe one or two things.

He wracked his brain, trying to remember five years' worth of Arithmancy lessons. He raised both hands as usual before replying. "Professor Hadley, I seem to remember the Agrippan and Chaldean methods, but for some reason the Pythagorean method rings a bell as well. I know that the Chaldeans had an issue with the number 9, for some reason. Perhaps it's somehow related to their use of a base-60 number system.." he trailed off. Struggling to find his train of thought, he finally continued. "And the Agrippan, or perhaps Pythagorean, method assigns the numbers 1-8 AND 9 to each letter of the alphabet."

So that was most likely at least partially wrong, but after all, it was the first lesson of term. He wasn't expected to know everything yet. Right?

Olivia coppied notes. Though she was a second year, this was her first ever arithmancy lesson. She wondered if it would be at all like math (equations with amounts of numbers)back in the muggle world!

Ira was a little excited for the Arithmancy class. Though a little hard work was required, it was okay-dokay. After greeting the professor, she settled herself on a desk in a little far corner of the room. However interesting the class may be, she better be out of the normal view of the professor's eye.

Then the first question was asked. Two methods for studying Arithmancy? Ira just knew the names of two methods but didn't remember how they actually worked. She raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, the two methods of studying Arithmancy are Agrippan and Chaldean.." Difference between them? She knew just one point. She added, "Also the main difference between the is that one uses number 9 and other doesn't." Ira didn't know which used and didn't!

Arghhh! WHY ME?!

That's what Sierra wanted to call out. Arithmancy was her least favorite subject, and it always ended with her wanting to either all pull all her hair out or scream out in agony one. She hated numbers. To her, they were about as interesting as a flobberworm. Why, oh why, had she signed up for another horrifying year again?!

Oh. Right. Her father's fiancee had thought being more well-rounded would make for a better Minister's daughter. She took a few seconds to mentally convince herself she was going to live through this, and then she raised her hand. "The two methods are called the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method. The Agrippan Method assigns the numbers one to nine to all the letters of the alphabet, but the Chaldean Method only uses the numbers one to eight," she explained.

Zhenya quickly thought back to what she had looked over the previous night before the lesson, to try and remember something for the lesson. She thought she would be here to learn, this time, not to participate, but already she knew something and raised her hand, glad to be able to participate, "Professor I believe the two methods are the Agrippan method which uses numbers 1-9 and then there is the Chaldean method which is similar to the former method, but only uses numbers 1-8, and some of the letters are assigned differently," she said.

Oakey was super happy to see his chocolates sitting on the Professor's desk. She must be eating them. Why else would they be there?

Oakey raised his hand to answer Hadley's question, Professor, the two types of Arithmancy are Agrippan and the Chaldean. I guess a major difference between the two would be that the Chaldean method doesn't use the number 9 He looked at his new quill, oh how he was excited to use it. He never felt this excited to take notes before.

No, he was not at the front, mainly because by the time he'd arrived the seat next to Kurumi was already taken, so he decided to seat next to Keefer instead. He would've taken a seat next to Ellie...but a little bit of focusing was required for the class, no?

Either way, his hand was raised, "The Agrippan method and the Chaldean method. The first uses the Latin alphabet AND the number 9. The second excludes the number 9...and it's not the exact same lettering either." So, yeah, they were different, but the assignment of numbers to letters was pretty much the same.

Justin had remembered from last term that they had studied about two different method to arithmancy. " Professor, There were two methods, the Pathagorean and Chaldean methods . "

Bah! Numbers and math and all that horrible, complicated, hard to learn, jazz. She didn't have a problem with numbers...just math. Jezzabelle sighed from her seat. At least she could try her best with the non math related questions. She raised her hand and said, "The Agrippan method is one of the two that uses all of the letters of the alphabet designating each of the to a number from one to nine. Then you have the Chaldean method, which is just like the Agrippan method except it uses the numbers one to eight." Wow that was all a mouthful, wasn't it?

Sophie was completely lost. She didn't have any idea about what Arithmancy was in first place. She was really excited to have her Head of House as her professor, though. Looking around as the other students answered the question, she thought it would be good to start taking notes of the things they were saying.

Answer to First Question: Two Methods Used in Arithmancy
 

Kennedy refrained from sighing. This wasn't one of his top courses because all the number thing confused him, but he figured that it would do well to come and hopefully benefit him in his O.W.Ls...which he couldn't wait to do.

He made a small dot on his parchment, ready to write down the first of what he expected to be long notes. After that, he raised his hand, "There's the Agrippan, which consists of the letters A through Z and the numbers one through nine," he said, pausing and then continuing, "Then there's the Chaldean method in which the number nine is not used and does not consist in using all alphabetical letters."

Kendra's eyebrows knitted into a frown as she concentrated whilst she thought. Numbers had never been such a strong point with her, but yet she was here to give it a go. This was a different form of numbers at least, so maybe there was a light at the end of the tunnel.

She had looked through her Arithimancy book earlier in the week, flicking through the pages with tired eyes as the rest of her dorm fell asleep around her. It hadn't made any sense then, and was making little more now.

Quill in hand, Kendra wrote down some notes about the methods they were talking about. Something called 'Agrippen' and another called 'Chaldean.' Her expression turning a little lost, Kendra hoped that it would all become a little clearer than the thick fog it now was.

LuLu... liked Arithmancy.. But it seemed other students thought otherwise about the subject... The sign was they weren't answering.. She kinda had the same problem at first but she got the hang of it her hand went into the air ''The methods are the Agrippan Method and the Chaldean Method, the main difference between the to is that the Chaldean Method doesn't go any higher than the number eight, But the Agrippan Method goes 1-9 and can use all the letters of the alphabet,''

It sounded okay.. To her anyways

Harvey watched as the professor shut the door and started the lesson. He got ready for the lesson. She started off asking them a question as part of a review.. Harvey put up his hand "The two major methods in existance are the Pythagorean Methoda and the Chaldean Method. The Major distinction between the two is that one of the methods the Pythagorean Method uses the number 9 whereas the other method, the Chaldean Method does not use this number." he answered the question.

Well that was slightly odd. The first few people who answered the question totally went more complicated than she would have expected. At least terms of knowing the terminology. "You're correct, yes, but a bit more technical." Not that those technical terms weren't important. They might need them for exam purposes, but everyday world? Laymen terms were just as, if not more valuable. Which of course was why they had to know both.



"Yes, the Pythagorean system is the more widely used terminology for the Agrippan Method," Fina replied as those who all added this to their answers instead of Agrippan. She was actually willing to bet that those who learned mathematics in the muggle world learned about good old Pythagoras, with little knowledge of who he really was, of course. "Due to the fact that the Pythagorean Method is more common, we will mostly be working with that. So unless I tell you otherwise, then that is the system we use."

"Those aren't methods..." Fina commented at hearing a rather different suggestion about the two methods. "BUT, I will say that numbers and letters are what you use when dealing with the methods of Arithmancy. As mentioned by some of your classmates, you assign the letters A through Z to the numerical values of 1 through 9."



Then two students, rather than adding more about the Pythagorean method - in which they used - they elaborated about the Chaldeans. And Josephina had to smile at this because of how rare it was that students actually knew a bit about the other method. Perhaps if she did teach a lesson using that method, she would have to keep Keefer and Kurumi in mind.

"Yes, you're both correct. The Chaldeans used a method that is not as widely known and definitely doesn't seem to line up as nicely as things do with the Pythagorean method."


But moving on because they spent just a bit longer than she expected on the two methods. "The numbers 1 through 9 each have unique symbolic meanings that correspond to the evolution of a person's life. So does it really come as a surprise to you that on some days you might feel certain vibes? Whether these vibes are color related or characteristics, they might be felt at different times in each of us, which could perhaps be attributed to whatever number is yours that day." She paused a brief moment. "Sometimes you might not understand why your friend says they are feeling strong... or feeling blue... Which is of course due to the nature of numbers. They are affective to each of us on a personal level; sometimes we feel their presence and other times we don't. Times when you may wish to pay attention to these days are when your number that day matches your life path or soul number, as what is a subtle influence in your life will become stronger as its added to the stronger influences in your life."

She paused as her glance fell on a couple of the newer students in the classroom who probably thought she was speaking French right now. "So let's backtrack just a bit off the daily vibes for a moment. Soul urge and Life Path numbers; what are they? How do you calculate them?" You know, since they were all related, it was a good idea to go back and review, yes?


ooc: my apologies. I meant to post again last night, but for some reason I just couldn't muster the energy at keeping my eyes open. Tis happens <3.

Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "Life Path, wouldn't that be where you decided what you want to do in life?" Laura was sure she had heard something about that. "So that would mean that Life Path is going to be important to me because I have to decide later on what my future in life would be." Laura had no idea what a soul number was.

Jotting down a few notes here and there, but mostly cross referencing previous term's notes to make sure that she had everything Professor Hadley was saying already covered, Kurumi scribbled in the margins a few notes and then set her quill down and raising her hand. "One's Life Path and Soul Urge, which is also sometimes called the Heart's Desire, Numbers are part of your Core Numbers. I suppose you could almost call you Life Path Number your personal road map through life. It tells you what road you are following in life and what sort of personal attributes are needed to help you excel down that road," Kurumi began. "To find this number, you take number value for your month, day, and year you were born. Then, using the addition method of reducing each compound separate, you add the remaining numbers together." It was sort of hard to explain out loud. Kurumi had always thought of Arithmancy as one of those classes were you learned through doing more than verbal cues.

Kurumi quickly scribbled some numbers and calculations on her piece of paper.
At least, Kurumi was pretty sure that was right. She was known to make little mistakes here and there. Call it over eagerness.

Glaring at Paulie settling down next to her, Louisa was about to shoo him away. It was absolutely NOT the right move to sit next to her when this particular professor questioned their relationship. But knowing Paulie more now, Louisa didn't say a thing, she merely rolled her eyes and focused on the lesson. He probably did it on purpose, heh.

Life Path numbers. Louisa's favorite. Well, if she had any favorites in Arithmancy, it'd be Life Path numbers. Raising her hand again, she replied, "The Life Path number, professor, is pretty much what its name indicates. It's the number that talks about your road in life since your birth." Gesturing to her Arithmancy textbook, the girl went on, "There are a list of numbers and their indication in the textbook. When we calculate the Life Path number, we refer to that list and find out what our path in life is."

As for calculating them, "There are three methods to calculate it. Some numerologists simply add the numbers as they appear in the date of birth, then break them down to a single digit by continuously adding the digits of the result number." She hesitated before adding, "Also most numerologists will note the double-digit number behind the single digit as well and would write it down side by side to the single digit. The reason they do that is that it influences the nature of the single digit it produces sometimes." It was very confusing without an example, though. Louisa didn't know whether or not it was her place to give one now. She just fell awkwardly silent in the end.

Zhenya looked around the class to see if people were actually following... because she wasn't. She was actually frightened that she might do very poorly in this lesson, but she didn't want to. She rested her hands over her eyes to help her concentrate, then raised her hand with her eyes still closed. She paused like that a moment to make sure she remembered what she was saying, then opened her eyes, "Uhh Professor maybe Life path numbers are what we calculate from births and stuff. I think it might um... show where you are headed in life, perhaps. And Soul urge...maybe they represent what your soul is wanting and desiring," she said. But... how were they calculated? "And life path numbers are calculated er... by using your birth date, and the soul urge well... I think because our names each hold unique meanings behind them, then behind that meaning we can use numbers. So maybe certain letters of the name could help with calculating that one?" she asked.

My web filter blocks this type of stuff, doing this from memory!
 

Oh, now she was going to clear the cobwebs from his brain. Back to the Muggle maths stuff he wasn't good at. He strained his mind to remember. He must've looked in pain, because Treyen actually looked concerned.

Soul urge... life path... ok, think Keef! He got something, but whether right or not he wasn't sure. And the soul urge number was nowhere in his mental filing cabinet.

He raised both hands. Only for Hadley would he willingly put his neck out there with a likely wrong answer. "Those are Core Numbers, right? I can't remember a thing about the Soul Urge number, but the Life Path is sorta coming back. It's all about your personality and what characteristics you will need to help you succeed in life. Kinda like a guardian or tour guide in a sense, no? As far as calculations..."

He trailed off. How on earth would you explain it? "You assign numeric values based on the day, month, and year of your birth. You reduce the separate parts to a number one through nine and then add those three digits. It's sort of hard to explain." He had newly found admiration for teachers. Arithmancy really required practice and demonstrations.

Mickey almost felt bored in this class. Bored and frustrated, her main problem was that everything in this class had it's own set of rules, and everything had to be done in a specific way other wise it was wrong... even if the answer she had matched the the one that was supposed to be the correct answer. She nibbled the end of her quill as she stared at the blank piece of parchment in front of her. She didn't have a clue. Mickey became lost once the word perag- what ever it was, was said. Giving up she threw down her quill and ruffled her hair. The student next to her looked quite lost too.
"Impossible," Mickey muttered leaning back in her seat.

"Yes and no," Fina smiled, content that the girl wasn't actually terribly too far off with her suggestion. "It is the road you will follow throughout your life, also telling you the talents and abilities that will help you along the road. But it might not explicitly spell out for you that you will be a healer or a curse-breaker." No. That part was very vague.

As Kurumi just explained what she said to Laura. "Quite right. The soul urge and Life Path numbers are a part of your core numbers. The life path could be in a sense, described as your road map." She noticed the fifth year then scribbling something down and Fina had to stride to peek down at them.

"Ah yes. Wonderful, Kurumi. Your life path number is an 8!" She beamed. "Would you mind transcribing that on the board as an example?"

Everyone wanted to describe the life path, but no one seemed willing to take a stab at the soul urge number. Josephina just nodded though, as Louisa answered, with nothing really new.

"Why so hesitant?" Josephina noticed in the girl's voice. "You're quite on the right line of thinking." And besides, the girl was young. She even described the soul urge very slightly. "Yes, the soul urge, since it describes your secret thoughts and wishes, your desires, you will use your name to help figure it out. The vowels are used to find your soul urge number."

As her captain seemed to be struggling to formulate an answer, she smiled when he went on about the life path. "Precisely. A guardian or tour guide, in a sense." She nodded at him.

As she was about to continue on about the soul urge - the students already touched a lot on the life path themselves, Josephina heard the muttering of a word she never liked to hear. "Young lady! Pick that quill back up. Nothing is impossible and it's prudent to jump to such conclusions when we haven't even started any calculations yet!" She will not have her students leaning back.


"Now, back to the soul urge number. As you've already talked a lot about the life path, the soul urge number, or your heart's desire is just that. It's what you desire. Your true motivation behind that life path. Behind your destiny. What you value." Fina explained, hopefully in terms that they could understand.

"To calculate this number, you use your full name on your birth certificate, and assign the corresponding number from the chart in chapter two to each vowel in your name." She wrote her own full name on the board to demonstrate:

J-O-S-E-P-H-I-N-A F-A-I-T-H H-A-D-L-E-Y
--6---5------9---1 --1-9---- --1-----5--

"One that it is important to remember is that you figure out each name separately, reducing to a single digit, before combining the names to find the single-digit root number." She continued. "If you remember from last term, we talked about PEDMAS, the order of operations. Just think of that when doing your calculations."

J-O-S-E-P-H-I-N-A F-A-I-T-H H-A-D-L-E-Y
--6---5------9---1 --1-9---- --1-----5--

(6+5+9+1) + (1+9) + (1+5)
(21) + (10) + (6)
(2+1) + (1+0) + (6)
(3) + (1) + (6)
10 = 1

"Now, because I know some of you are going to ask," Josephina said as she addressed the class once more. "Why I didn't include in the Y in my calculations? This is because the Y in my surname does not act as a vowel. If it acts as a vowel, then it is one. If it does not act as a vowel, then do not include it in your soul urge number calculations. Go ahead and calculate this number and your life path number; Kurumi will be putting an example of that calculation on the board."


ooc: You have about 12 hours to work on this activity, since I have work tonight. So we'll continue - hopefully - at about 11pm EST with at least one new thing, hopefully but since i have the turnaround shift tonight into tomorrow, it'll be a brief continuation tonight <3

Alyssa remembered those from the lesson she learnt last term. So she raised her hand and answered.

"Professor, the Life Path and Soul Urge Numbers are Core Numbers. In order to calculate the Life Path Numbers, you take the day, month and year you were born, add them up using the reducing method, keep adding them till you end up with single digit.

As for the Soul Urge number you take the full name and using just the vowels, you assign a number to each vowel using the Pythagorean table where each letter is assigned a number between 1-9. We first the add numbers for each name using the reducing method and then we add the reduced numbers of each name together. Then using the same reducing method we add the reduced numbers of the name until we come up with a single root digit number." Alyssa hoped she made sense.

Zhenya got out her quill and dipped it in her ink. For the first time since stepping into this lesson, and realising how difficult it might be, she had hope she would be able to finish the class well. The Professor did know what she was talking about, and Zhenya was very thankful that she had addressed her answer. She had a little more confidence in what she was trying to achieve out of this lesson.

Zhenya Gredippe Burton - she wrote down. Now for the tricky part... assigning numbers...

Z H E N Y A / G R E D I P P E / B U R T O N
5 1 / 5 9 5 / 3 6
(5+1)+(5+9+5)+(3+6)
(6)+ (19) + (9)
(6) + (1+9) + (9)
(6) + (10) + (9)
(6) + (1+0) + (9)
(6) + (1) + (9)
=16
=1+6
=7

She worked it out, and raised her hand, "Professor, did I do this correct?" she asked. "I'm sure the Y in my name isn't a vowel... but I might be mistaken."

And here we go with Muggle maths.

He whipped out a new piece of parchment on which to do his calculations. At the top, he wrote his name. Flipping his textbook to chapter two, he searched until he found the chart that told what each of the vowels corresponded to. Thus began the tabulations.



He put a circle around the final number, an 8.

He scanned the textbook until he found a list of the Soul Urge numbers and what they meant. His was the same as Kurumi's, so it should be the same, but he wanted to read it for himself. He underlined the parts that definitely fit him without a shadow of a doubt.

The other parts... Well, I am the Captain, so whether I want to or not I am the boss and have power. Maybe I'll learn to enjoy it, then? What would this season bring?

Answers to Questions Two and Three: Soul Urge, Life Path, Calculations
 

"The Soul Urge number is also called the Heart's Desire since it refers to one's secret wishes and what one values most. A person's full birth name is used to calculate it," Tayla replied as she raised her hand. "The Life Path number on the other hand, shows the road one will follow in life and what one can depend on to become successful. To calculate this number, the birthday is used."

As Professor Hadley explained the topics some more, Tayla took down notes as quickly as she could and tried her best to catch up.

"There," Tayla said, reviewing what she did. "Did I get mine correctly, Professor?"

Alyssa was trying to catch up as fast as she could. She first calculated the Soul Urge Number of her name as according to her birth certificate and assigned a number to each vowel using the Pythagoran Table.



Now to calculate her Life Path Number, using the day, month and year of her birth, Alyssa calculated what her Life Path Number would be.



After she had finished her calculations, Alyssa raised her hand, to reveal her answers.

Ira had known the answer to previous question, but since many others had already answered, and that she didn't have anything that she could add, she kept quiet.

Then, Ira removed her quill and a parchment from her bag. Here came the calculation! Ira thought. Last term, Ira had liked Arithmancy but hated those damn calculations!

She wrote down her full name on it: Ira Adam Wilson like professor had written on her board. Now the numbers..
She turned to chapter two as instructed by the professor to find the corresponding number of the vowels. She wrote in her parchment:

So that meant that her soul urge number was 8. She hoped her calculations had been correct!

"That looks correct," Fina nodded, as she contemplated for a bit too long about the Y in the girl's name. "Yes, I think I'm inclined to agree with you. The Y doesn't seem like a vowel in your name, so I'd go with that."

Scanning over the sixth year's work, she nodded in approval at his calculations. For a moment she thought he had the same number as the Gryffindor Prefect, but then remembered that the Prefect's Life Path was 8, whereas Keefer's soul urge was 8. Slight difference.

Hearing another student ask for her to check her work, Fina strode over to the young Gryffindor and looked it over. "Correct, yes, on both numbers, but remember PEDMAS in regards to the calculations. Reduce the components to a single digit before you add them together." She pointed to her Life path number in particular.

Seeing another student raise her hand, Josephina hurried over to check out her work. And shook her head almost immediately. "No... no... Your Soul Urge number. Remember about the vowels? I do believe in both your first and middle name, that Y does act as a vowel." So in other words, yes, you should count them toward your soul urge number. "And as a reference point, your life path number is actually 11/2, a master number."

Seeing another student finishing up, Josephina strode over to have a peek at her parchment. "Er... two things, dear... In your first name, I is a vowel." She missed that. "And in your surname, check that addition..." Because she was fairly sure that 9 plus 6 did NOT equal 14.

Sophie was still feeling lost in the subject. She loved numbers and calculation - math was one of her best subjects back in her muggle school -, but all of the theory part sounded too weird to her. That didn't make her feel bad, though, she knew she could catch up during the term.

Opening her textbook on chapter two, Sophie started doing the exercise.


Sophie put down her quill and looked around, trying to see her classmates work and see if hers was right. She decided to ask the professor herself. "Professor, did I do it right?" she asked raising her hand.

See, that was why Ira hated calculations! But yeah, she should have been a little more careful. How could she possibly have made a mistake in seeing her own name letters' vowels? "Er.. Thanks professor" she said and proceeded to rectify her mistake.


So her soul urge number was 9.

After rectifying her mistake, Ira looked around on what to do next.

Okay, so now that she had calculated her soul urge number, Ira proceeded to calculate her Life Path number. For this, she wrote down her date of birth in her parchment and started to calculate it:

Woots! She got her life path number.. And it was a magic number 11!

Then she showed both her parchments containing her two calculations to the professor to verify it.

Oh. They were going to calculate the soul urge number. Louisa glanced briefly at Paulie before taking out her quill and started scribbling on her parchment.



Circling the result, Louisa opened her textbook and searched for what the number eight indicated.



What the heck. Louisa frowned at this. "Tis not true," she murmured to herself. Well, it was shocking to the girl to read her 'heart desires' written on an Arithmancy book and suggesting that she was... not into friendship or love affairs.

Pout.

Oh!! This was interesting.



[Textcut=Soul urge number]

L A U R A G R A N G E R
1.3...1....... 1.......5
11



She showed her calculations to the professor

She's gone mad *mellow*
 

When it came to Arithmancy, Nessie wasn't exactly the most clever student, but she really did enjoy the subject which was why she gave Arithmancy her all. Feeling a little tired, from her lack of sleep, Ness didn't pay her full attention, which was why she kept rather quiet during the questions. It was when they started with the real practical stuff, that she started to concentrate properly. She listened and watched as the professor demonstrated how to do the calculations, and then she attempted doing the sum.Once she had finished she stared at her partchment for a few moments. o__O "I must have done something wrong." she mumbled to herself quietly, because she didn't agree one bit with what her soul number had to say about her. She was far from being any sort of leader, she didn't expect much of her friends or at least she didn't think she did and as for teams, she didn't mind them at all. Then the last bit kind of hit her...that part was kind of true. She did push many people away all because she wanted to protect herself from repeating the same mistakes. She put her lips into a pot as she thought about her soul number in more detail, and come to think of it, it did, only a bit describe her.

Now onto her next calculation, this was even more confusing as they had to use their birthdates instead of using names or letters, which Nessie somehow found easier. Right, focus, Ness bit her lip, picked up her quil and then began with further calculations.Now this was even worse than before, a frown formed on Nessie's face as she read what her life path was. This number five may have suited her just a little, but she wanted to get the number three, that was her destined fate, to be a dancer or something artistic like that. Thats what she wanted nothing else, and whatever this thing was saying about her she didn't agree with it.

Looking up at the Professor and then back down at her partchment, she lifed up her quill and 'fixed' up her calculations."Thats how it should be." she murmured to herself. "No one needs to know I was born two days after." Oops..the Professor didn't hear that right? Nope Nessie was sure she didn't.

Now to somehow keep the partchment away from Hadley, Nessie pouted once again and watched the Arithmancy Professor anxiously.

Grabbing a piece of parchment, Daichi dipped his quill in the ink and tried to calculate his soul and life path numbers.

**soul urge number**
Daichi Max Katharos


(1+9+9)+(1)+(1+1+6)= 10)
(1+0=1)



Daichi FROWNED as he read his soul urge number. This was absolutely NOT like him! the Slytherin held his hand in the air as he called for the Professor. Maybe he had done something wrong. "Professor Hadley!" he asked as he waved his hand a little to get her attention before pointing at his number.

"I don't think this is right... i don't want to control anyone or am i cold and distant. And i joined the Slytherin Quidditch team in my first and second year so...that part about staying away from teams also can't be true" more frowning before he looked up. "And i'm not clever or indepentend.. Kurumi even needed to walk with me when we wanted to ask the groundkeeper about duckies because i couldn't do it alone!"he pouted his lips before he widened his eyes. "Err...y-you did not hear that , right?"



**Life path number**
May 5th 2063

(5+5+2+0+6+3= 21)
(2+1= 3)




Now THIS was more like it. Daichi re-read the answer to his number and felt a smile creeping up on his lips. "This one looks much better, Professor" He said and placed the quill back on the desk and waited for the rest of the class to be done calculating.

Alyssa quickly reviewed her work. She hadn't realized that the Y in her names were considered as vowels, but she did what the Professor suggested and proceeeded to recalculate her Soul Urge Number.



She then reviewed her Arithmance textbook to see what the Number 9 revealed about her.



Once Alyssa had recalculated and found her Soul Urge Number and what it revealed, she raised her hand to show it to the Professor. "Professor, is my Soul Urge Number correct now?"

For the first few minutes in class, Lily just stared at the teacher with her mouth slightly open, her face full of shock. This was not what she had expected at all. She expected it to be algebra or geometry or something like in the muggle world. However once she saw the example on the board, she understood how to calculate it but was unsure how to use the number once they got to it. So she went to work on her parchment, planning on asking her question later.


Lily couldn't remember which one was which but she would figure it out. Raising her hand, Lily asked, "Umm, did I do my calculations right? and which one is my soul one, and which one is my life path one?" Lily was definitely confused about which was which and why they used these to predict what they did in life or what day was a good day for them... So all she could do was wait patiently for the teacher to check her work, and maybe explain some of this stuff to the class.

Silvia began her calculations.





Both 4s. Well, they seemed to do a decent job of describing her; cautious and organized, always following the rules. But scanning over the meanings of the different numbers in the textbook, Silvia felt like the number 7 described her a lot, as she enjoyed learning and liked to spend a lot of time by herself. But at least she didn't get a number that was completely opposite of what she felt she was like; plus these were not the only two numbers in arithmancy, so if she was lucky maybe she would find a few sevens in her numbers.

With an affirmative from Hadley concerning the soul urge number, Keefer moved on to the life path calculation. He started a new section on his parchment and began to write.



He circled the final number 9. He rifled through his book until he found the appropriate entry for Life Path numbers.

Woah, this was a lot to think about. So how did his soul urge description fit in...?

The Y is a consonant.
 

Treyen blinked at Keefer, repeatedly, as he answered. Well, the Hufflepuff Captain knew a lot about Arithmancy, didn't he? Amazing! He had no idea!

But...they had to focus on calculations now, didn't they? Okay.



So, apparently, he stayed away from teams? That was actually funny, considering he had tried out for the Quidditch team. And, truth be told, he didn't expect anything from his friends...so as long as they were there.

Soul Urge Number, we don't agree.

As far as the Life Path stuff...there might be some rightness about it. Yet if he had calculated this at the beginning of the school year, well, this would've been wrong, especially with the 'optimistic' part.

Justin thought for a moment on the question that had been asked . Then He began to write on his parchment.



Justin looked up and asked, " Professor, I don't understand how to calculate my my life urge nimber. Could you please help me....."

'Use your full name on your birth certificate.'

SNORT.

THAT wasn't happening. But then, who was Hadley to say what her full name was? No one knew save for Treyen so........



And what did those mean? Ellie wasn't copying down the meanings onto her paper. That was laborious and unnecessary. That's what the textbook was FOR, no?

So, apparently, she just liked making people happy, according to her 'Soul Urge' number. How ridiculous, right? When did she ever care if someone else was happy about what she did?

A lot, kinda........Or, at least she cared a LOT about getting those seven OWLs for her mum, right? She even went the extra mile and passed eight in hopes of her mum forgiving her lack of Potions OWL.

Anyway..... Ellie flipped a page and looked at her 'Life Path' number. Leadership. Blah, blah, blah, she was Captain, was she not? The girl was beginning to think the number creepily accurate until her gaze fell upon the word 'bookstore'. As a possible career choice.

She had to bite her lip to keep from laughing.

Travis listened to the teacher and he wiggle his quill between his Thumb and index finder. He probably should be taking notes, but really, he was sure that his brain could absorb enough for the tests to be pretty easy.

Oh, Practice? Is that what they're doing now? A'right.

Trav stopped shaking his quick, dipped it in the ink well and put it to parchment.

Text Cut: Trav's Calculations

Life Path:
April 2, 2065
(0+4)+(0+2)+(2+0+6+5)=17
1+7= 8

Soul Urge Number:
Travis - Joseph - Gordon
--1-9- – -6-5-- – -6--6-
(1+9) + (6+5) + (6+6)
(1+0) + (1+1) + (1+2)
1 + 2 + 3 = 6

He quickly looked up in the textbook both number. First, Life path. Lead... blah blah blah...Money... Blah blah blah... Not an Easy Path... BORING!

He skipped through the pages towards the Soul Urge. One Word hit him before any other... 'Romantic'... "HA!" He laughed loudly, before lowering his head. "Ahem... Sorry" he said almost inaudibly.
Travis Went back over his answers a few times with his quill to make them stand out. That was pretty Simple, right. He didn't really feel like checking them again, so he just started doodling in the corner of his parchment.

Yup, he was gonna draw the Zebra EVER!

Harvey listened as the Professor spoke of what he knew somewhat having done this in his first year.. but he didnt mind doing it again.. he loved the calculations that time round and it was the same again so once the professor instructed them to do so.. Harvey set to work on his calculations on his parchment

Text Cut: Harvey's Calculations

Life Path Number = 4

Harvey is born 6th April of 2064

6th day of the month
4th month of the year
2064 year of his birth

=(2+6)=(8+4)= 12
= 1+2=3

4+6+3= 13= 1+3=4

Soul Number = 4

H – a – r – v – e – y
8 – 1- 9 - 4 – 5 – 7

1 + 5 = 6


W – a – t – s – o - n
5 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 6 – 5

1 + 6 = 7

= 7 + 6 = 13
= 1 + 3 = 4

SPOILER!!: Life Path Number Meaning

FOUR (4): Your path will lead you to work hard and systematically. You'll learn the benefis of loyalty and following the rules, all the while remaining loyal and steadfast. Reliability is key and once you've learned this lesson, you'll move on to the next phase - building for the long term. You're a born builder because security is a big deal for you. Others look to you to manage and control the situation. Career/vocation options include bookkeeping, accounting, and work where organization is valued - administration, education, business, etc.

SPOILER!!: Soul Urge Number Meaning

FOUR (4): Your desire is to have a plan and meet life in an organized manner. You wish to be practical about everything you do, loving your appointment book, agendas, setting clear boundaries, and knowing the expectations of all concerned. You like to know the plan and be in control - you don't want surprises along the way! You can be a great facilitator, bringing out the best in each individual by building a synergy between people. In matters of the heart and friendship, you are practical in emotional attachments and like to keep things under control. You may not seem romantic or spontaneous, but your planning is designed to thrill and delight others!

He looked into his textbook and wrote down the meanings for these two numbers onto his parchment and he then sat back.. hoping that he had his calculations right.. he then decided to check his calculations. Yes they seemed to be right.. so he sat back and waited for the lesson to move on.

I thought we should do only Soul Urge number O.o
 

Drawing a line after her pathetic soul urge number, and with her pouty face, Louisa started calculating her life path one. Hopefully this one wouldn't suggest that she was an emotionless girl.



Circling number nine, she opened her textbook and stared down at the paragraph connected to her result:
"Your path will lead you to understand the interconnectedness of all things. It's a path of universal love that learns compassion and tolerance. Once you've learned this lesson, you'll move on to the next phase - tolerance for all and the importance of caring for each other. You're a born healer and your healing may take the form of writing, composing, painting, or sculpting - reaching others by truly connecting to them. You'll be learning how to let go, to surrender the self for greater good. Career/vocation options include the arts, international business, education, and health - any line of work designed to help, heal, or humanize."

Blink blink. That was... a bit contradicting with her soul urge thing. She furrowed her eyebrows. Those two paragraphs were trying to pass her some kind of message. A complicated one at that, too. She put down her quill and continued to move her gaze from one paragraph to the other, trying to grasp the keywords and connecting them together before trying to fit them in her life.

Glenn nodded as the teacher explained, it made a lot more sense now. Well, at least the activity they were doing at the moment did. Glenn fastened her blonde curly hair in a bun at the nape of her neck so that it wouldn't fall in her eyes and distract her, then got her quill and scribbled inside her parchment journal.


Glenn reread the definition of her Soul Urge number and frowned, Glenn raised her hand "Uh- Professor? Have I done mine correctly? This doesn't sound like me..." She read it a couple more times. Well, She guessed it was just a little like her. Cold and distant though? That wasn't her. While she waited for Professor Hadley, she wrote up her next one in her journal



Glenn smiled when she read this one. She had always loved travelling, much like her father. She also hated routines, Glenn liked doing something different every day, she couldn't stand getting up at the same time every day, to sit at the same desk and do the same work every day. School was different, she learned something new and met new people every day so it wasn't a routine. She was starting to like Arithmancy, Glenn raised her hand again "Professor Hadley, is this correct?"She smiled and doodled idly in the corner of her journal while she waited for the next instruction.

ooc: Hehe, I totally kept referring to Lockhartian's post to make sense of this :lol:

Ella pulled out her quill and parchment and got to work, brow furrowed. Muggle math time! I can do this. Dad was a math wiz! She began calculating her soul urge number first, trying to be meticulous with her calculations.

Soul Urge Number
E-L-L-A-B-I-S-H-O-P
5-----1---9-----6--
(5+1)+(9+6)
(6)+(15)
(6)+(1+5)
(6)+(6)
=12
=1+2
=3

She then looked in her text book to see what it said for number 3.
Wow! That sounded a lot like Ella! She smiled. Well that's freakishly accurate...Okay, now on to my life path number.


Life Path Number
9/10/2064
(9)+(1+0)+(2+0+6+4)
(9)+(1)+(12)
(9)+(1)+(1+2)
(9)+(1)+(3)
=13
=(1+3)
=4


Alright, 4..let's see
Ella looked up from her textbook. Ehhh...Well I guess being a teacher could be kinda cool She laid down her quill and waited for further instructions.

Minerva took out her parchment and began to calculate her Soul Urge Number.



Hmm Seven Minerva thought and then she read what it said with the number.

She then started on her Life Path.


Minerva raised her hand. "Professor could you check my work?" then she noticed Butterfly looked frustrated. "Could you use some help, is that ok Professor if I help her?"

The Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number and the Life Path Number, hm? Not too hard. Vashti had calculated them quite a few times before, but she wasn't going to just use her old notes. That made Arithmancy boring, and the subject was clearly anything but. So she picked up her quill, dipped it into her ink, and started calculating.

Text Cut: Life Path Number

May 2 2059
05 + 02 + 2059
5 + 2 + (2+0+5+9)
5 + 2 + 16
5 + 2 + (1+6)
5 + 2 + 7
14
1 + 4
5

Once that was done, she set her quill down for a moment and looked in the textbook to find out what a "five" meant. The descriptions were always the hardest for her to remember.

Text Cut: Meaning

FIVE (5): You'll have many forks along your path and you'll welcome each change as a new opportunity with unknown results. Change is key and once you've learned this lesson, you'll move on to the next phase - championing freedom. You're progressive and super-resourceful, which make you equally good at many different trades. Career/vocation options include working with the public, advertising, publicity, or sales - any kind of work that calls for energizing power rather than routine. Travel is well-suited to you.

"Change is key"? True as that might be, she didn't really like change. She didn't welcome it when it came, especially not the big change that was coming when June rolled around.

"Championing freedom"? She just...bit her lip at that, not really sure what to make of it.

Progressive, super-resourceful...equally good at many different trades? She liked the first part, but the second part...she wasn't sure about that. So moving on.

Career/vocation options! Yes, she needed these!

...Er. Public, advertising, publicity, or sales? Yeah, none of those sounded appealing. Sigh. Travel though...she would definitely like that.

Anyway. Moving on to the Heart's Desire/Soul Urge one.

Text Cut: The Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number

(VASHTI) + (RACHELLE) + (GREENWELL)
(1+9) + (1+5+5) + (5+5+5)
10 + 11 + 15
(1+0) + (1+1) + (1+5)
1 + 2 + 6
9

And now for the meaning...

Text Cut: Meaning

NINE (9): You are the very soul of compassion. You want, above all else, to love the world and all that's in it. With your high ideals and power to influence others, you strive for universal perfection and universal love. You are deeply intuitive and charitable, often torn by your own emotional needs and the greater needs of others. In matters of the heart and friendship, you are loving and idealistic. In fact, you love of others seems boundless - because it is.

This one...was nice. She wasn't sure it was completely accurate, but it was nice to think that it might be. It was better than her Life Path one anyway.

I messed up my calculations....
 

[Spoiler="Soul Urge"][Spoiler="Soul Urge"]

Soul urge number
Justin=8
J-u-s-t-i-n
1-3-1-2-9-5
=3+9=12
=1+2=3

B-i-l-i-u-s
2-9-3-9-3-1
=9+9+3=21
2+1=3

W-e-l-l-h-e-a-r-t
5-5-3-3-8-5-1-9-2
=5+5+1=11
=1+1=2
=3+3+2=8

EIGHT (8)
I want to be the bossor at least have some sort of power in the world. It is difficult for me to comprhend the emotions of others and prefer to stick to business over emotional affairs. I want to feel more important in what I perceive to be the real world.In matters of the heart and friendships, I place business over emotional closeness. I should look for a strong capable mate who equals my ambitions. But I'm usually too busy for romance and true friendships.

Oh good! No minor calculation mistakes this time around. Always a small confidence boost. "Certainly, professor," Kurumi replied, bowing her head slightly as she stood up and walked towards the board, taking her parchment with her. Picking up a piece of chalk, Kurumi wrote as neatly as she could in medium sized numbers on the board.
Dusting off her hands and setting the chalk down, Kurumi returned to her seat.
Picking up her quill again, Kurumi began to work on her soul urge number calculations. First things first, writing down her full name. It was times like this that she was pleased Japan didn't have a tradition of giving middle names - although, she was pretty sure Professor Hadley had marked her down during her first term for not using her full name on an assignment when she had in fact done so. Now, it was a matter of whether or not the Y in her name worked as a vowel or not.

Leaning back in her seat a bit, Kurumi whispered her last name without the Y and with it. No, it had to be a vowel. Without it there her name sounded nothing like what it was. Vowels only, remember that. Just to make sure that she didn't make a silly mistake, Kurumi assigned a value of 0 to all the consonants. Visual cues were always helpful.

Kurumi read over the description and nodded every now and again. It seemed to fit...minus beauty being considered something very important to her. Sure, Kurumi did value it to some degree...but it wasn't in the top five things she thought about when she was making a list of her personal values.

Setting her quill down, Kurumi waited for Professor Hadley to double check her work and for whatever came next.

Minerva could see Butterfly struggling so she finally leaned over. "Butterfly could you use some help?" Minerva pulled her parchment over to show her. Now for the Soul Urge Number you need to find the numbers that go with the letters of your first, middle, and last name. For example mine is:

M – I – N – E – R – V – A
4 – 9 – 5 – 5 – 9 – 4 – 1

H – E – R – M – I – O – N – E
8 – 5 – 9 – 4 – 9 – 6 – 5 – 5

W – H – E – A – T – B – O – R – N
5 – 8 – 5 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 6 – 9 – 5

Now you will add each number in the names together. So add all the numbers in your first name to get an answer, middle for an answer, and last for a number. You want them to end up in single numbers so if get a sum of 15 for your first name you will then add 1+5 to get a 6. Once you get all the names sums you will add those together. So for mine it is 6+7+3 which ends up 16 then I take 16 and do 1+6 so I can get a single number of 7. Does this make sense at all?"