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Arithmancy Lesson One: Life-Path & Vibrational Numbers It’s already mid-December. A few short days until the train arrives and everyone can go home and see their families for winter break – if they are leaving that is. To celebrate the cheer of the end of the season Professor Carraro has left foil wrapped orange flavored chocolates on all of the desks. Question One: What is Arithmancy/What is the Purpose?OOC: Please make sure you're familiar with Raf's Rules as well as with SS Site Rules before posting. Please note that this is NOT your first ARITHMANCY lesson of term, even if it's the first one being held by me this term. |
Azura walked into the classroom and smiled as she saw the chocolates on the desks. It seemed like the entire castle was getting into the Christmas Spirit.. Everyone except her.. she still had mixed feelings about the whole thing..due to last year.. Anyways she kept a smile on her face as she greeted the Professor. "Hello Professor, how are you?"" She asked as she settled into her usual desk near the front, on the left. She wrote her name on her name tag.. Quote:
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"Hello Professor." he said and grabbed a chocolate. Not wanting to eat it right now though, he set it on his desk as he sat down. Alright. Now what? Oh name tags right. After writing his name and stuff, he started to open his chocolate. |
Though this isn't the first time to attend Professor Carraro's class, Jace was still amused by the fact that this man has a thing for drool. Did anyone paid any attention to his rules? Also...when did Jace every recite from his textbook? That isn't even a Ravenclaw thing to do, is it? With nothing else to do to while away his time, the third year 'Claw gathered all of his Arithmancy things and went straight to the classroom. Upon entering, brown eyes immediately saw a familiar head up front. And...where was the professor? Was he too early for class? Probably since it was just him and Azura inside. Sitting next to his best friend, Jace eyed the box of chocolate first as he stowed away his bag underneath the table. Hmm. Professor Carraro is too kind to do this, did he know? Unless it was part of the class discussion that is. Moving his attention away from the chocolate, Jace read the instruction on the board...and eyed the stag. "Do you reckon the stag drawing would come alive any minute?" Jace said leaning closer towards Azura. "It could be our professor." Just a wild and probably a clever thought. "Oh and...happy birthday again. A belated one this time." he added giving Azura a grin as he placed his nametag on his left chest. Quote:
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She still didn’t understand why Arithmancy was a subject she needed to concern herself with. Yet Brooklyn had made her decision to test the professors, and that meant she had to make sure all of them respected her. Even the Arithmancy professor, but that didn’t change her general opinion on the subject. Professor Carraro’s rules hardly did much either, aside from oddly remind her of both Professor Bellaire and Professor Flamsteed at the same time. So far he hadn’t done anything to particularly irritate her. Aside from maybe the chocolate. Besides, she did appreciate the hug ban. She had ignored the chocolate orange on her desk as she took her seat. Instead, she moved it to the corner of the desk as she applied herself to writing her full name yet again on the nametag, wondering if the professor truly had that bad of a memory or if he was just too lazy to even try to remember. The stag hardly caught her interest either. Even at Hogwarts, she had yet to see a drawing come to life, aside from portraits. They didn’t take three-dimensional form, and she doubted the stag would either. Quote:
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Kimi walked into the classroom and said "Hello Professor" as he took a seat and noticed the chocolate sitting on the table he smiled and wrote out his name tag Quote:
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Magical Maths time..... The Gryffindor Ace swooped into the classroom and promptly hopped off his cruiser, giving a short salute at the Arithmancer "Heya Professor--" oh what is with the Stag chalk art "Nice!" he pointed at the board. That looked like a lot of time and talent went into doing that, which he always appreciated. And like always he makes his name plate thingy
Oh whats this? Chocolate orange? He read the instructions on the board then proceeded to do just that, cup hands over orange ball and SMACK!.... * S C A T T E R S * Whoops. Guess he doesnt know his own strengths eh.... |
Okay, he knew the holidays were coming up but honestly what was up with all the Professors trying to feed them? Didn't they think the elves were providing enough at meal times? Did they think that if they did it enough the more skeptical among the student body would lower their guard, giving them the right opportunity to finally mess with the food again? Well he wasn't having it. Blaise took his seat, followed closely behind by his quill and notepad. First order of business was removing the unwanted 'gift' from his desk. It was easily done, the boy simply reached over and plopped it onto the desk just in front of him. Two chocolates for whoever ended up sitting there. Good for them. "Hello Professor." Nice to see they were still using name tags. Three months of this and Blaise was beginning to think the man had no intention of ever learning their names. It was just as well, he supposed. If worst came to worst, it was always better when the Professor didn't know who you were unless you had a tag that gave a helping hand. Quote:
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Professor Carraro finally made it into the room and leaned against his desk as he tossed his still wrapped orange up into the air – catching it before tossing it once again. The students were starting to file in and well, that was good right? SPOILER!!: textcut All right. It was time now wasn’t it? Shoving himself off of his desk Rafael walked over to the board and simply tapped on the blank expanse of board next to his intricate stag drawing. Which, truly had just been there for the heck of it as had the chocolates. ”Good morning class,” he grinned to everyone, ”I trust you all are ready for break?” Maybe they were more ready for the weekend? He didn’t really know or care truly what they were looking forward to. Twirling his wand in his fingers he stood there by the board before tapping his wand into the board. As the tip of his wand so much as graced the board the previously hidden words appeared. “Alright class…today I had planned on talking with you about curse breaking and using numeric coding to break them but with the up in rise poltergeist activity I felt it safer to discuss something far less dangerous.” That and frankly he didn’t want to bother having to fix all of the blunders they would cause…seriously, Hogwarts was like a deathtrap in and of itself. Sending the students a smile he began to speak again. ”Now for the theoretical potion of today I want all of you to really think about these questions.” he leaned against his desk once more and looked out at all of the student’s faces...as he watched them he was starting to mentally list the people he thought would likely fall asleep he wasn’t sure…but really, he wouldn’t hold it against them theoretical Arithmancy was the scholarly equivalent of taking a sleeping pill while rocking on a hammock. ”First question, can any of you tell me what Arithmancy is? Now please feel free to elaborate and even tell me what it means to you and what you believe the purpose of it is?” he asked as he still tried to compile his list of people that would sleep…and drool sleep usually was followed by drooling and that liquid was quite positively the most disgusting of the bunch. Quote:
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Kitty raised her hand and gave the textbook definition, modified somewhat."Arithmancy is a study of the magical properties of numbers, which one can use to do such things as predict the future (similar to Divination) but is more commonly used to learn things about yourself and others around you. In previous years we studied 'birth numbers' and what they mean to you." |
It was December but Cassie still didn’t know what to think of Arithmacy. She managed not to get too bored or feel stupid while working out things but she wasn’t super skilled at it either. Mediocre maybe. Yet she wasn’t giving up on it, just wasn’t holding her breathe on the matter. And thus she was still attending classes, her feet making their way to the appropriate classroom when it was time, the girl making her way inside and taking note of things. “Good day, Professor,” she greeted, making her way to her seat. Making up her name tag, full name as instructed, Cass set it on the desk before eying the orange. Maybe later when she earned it with doing her best at what they were presented with. She didn’t want to get distracted with food and get completely lost. Soon enough the man began class anyway and the Ravenclaw was listening as he spoke and described his plans. No cursebreaking it seemed but something else. Bloody poltergeists. But questions first…always questions. “Arithmancy would be the study of numbers and their various meanings,” she answered after raising her hand. It certainly felt right and her own words. “Its purpose would be…um…to try and find a connection between yourself and the world and numbers around you.” Okay, maybe not the best with that one. |
They were being asked what Arthimancy was? Was he kidding? Was this a joke? It was December and they were being asked what Arthimancy was? Well this took the wind out of Natalia's sails and she slid in her seat. She had come early, she had sat int he front. This was her subject, this was the thing she knew she liked. Not the other subjects, but numbers. She loved numbers. She pulled out her parchment and began doodling, maybe she'd write a note. The younger students probably needed the reminder of what it was. Arthimancy to her was stability, numbers didn't change. It wasn't the definition everyone else was giving. It was so much more to her. So for now she sat quietly and waited for it to become more challenging. |
Swallowing hard as he saw the professor, Jace inclined his head immediately wishing he could take back what he said. Well, at least Professor C isn’t mad at him, right? “S-sorry, professor.” He said in almost a whisper, sparing Azura a glance. Merlin. When did the professor arrive? Was he too enamoured with other stuff, lately? It doesn’t help, however, that Christmas is just around the corner. Three weeks off of school, and just hanging out with his family and friends in Japan? It sounds exciting! However, the idea of side-apparating didn’t appeal to him. He ought to ask his dad to book plane tickets instead. Clearing his thoughts, and banishing the idea of vacation, Jace leaned back on his seat as he listened to the professor. Merlin, if it weren’t for Peeves and Miffy, they would’ve learned something about curse-breaking. A highly logical topic, that would surely satisfy Jace’s brain. After letting the others answer, Jace raised his hand to answer. “Arithmancy, to me at least, is not just about connecting numbers to ourselves. It is about exploring the magical properties of each number, and use it to counter or enhance a spell...like in breaking a curse...or to augment one.” He said scratching the side of his head. “Perhaps, one could treat it like...how Runes work...sans the galdr portion.” Now...was that a textbook response? He was sure it wasn’t. But...it may have made the others sleepy. Not his fault though. Arithmancy can be boring, especially if one is not that inclined to magical maths. Again, not his problem. |
Even if there wasn't always a lot of spellwork associated with the subject, Arithmancy was a class that Henry thought was alright. Even if it wasn't math like he learned in muggle elementary school, numbers generally came fairly easy to him. Curse breaking actually sounded pretty awesome, but he was rather disappointed when the professor said that they wouldn't be talking about that today because of the poltergeists. Even if they seemed to be more of a presence than usual, he didn't know why they would change the planned class topic. So they were going to do a review instead? That wasn't nearly as exciting. It was his second year taking Arithmancy, but even for those who just started taking it this year, they had been in school for three months now. Hopefully everyone in the class knew what Arithmancy was by now. It was a basic answer and he didn't have more to contribute other than what was already said by his classmates, so he took to doodling numbers in different font styles on the edge of the parchment. Hopefully he could be more engaged with the next question. |
Of course they were all looking forward to their holidays, Professor. Was that even a serious statement? The sooner he could get away from this place, the better it would be for him. Blaise absolutely adored the holidays; they meant he didn't have to be at Hogwarts. The Gryffindor turned his gaze to the board as the Professor began the lesson. What was Arithmancy? He was pretty sure he already had notes on that somewhere closer to the front of his previous notepad but what the hell, why not have it in this one too? Especially with Kitty offering the definition his textbook had been telling him since the start of the year. Funny how things like that didn't change much. Blaise leaned back in his seat, pondering whether Professor Carraro's question was rhetorical or not--because he asked what it meant to them and the Fourth Year couldn't help but think that the man would be upset if he gave an honest answer. Honesty tended to bother a lot of people around here, as he'd come to realize. Maybe....maybe he'd just....keep his thoughts to himself. Just in case. |
Numbers. Heh. Olivia was not.... confident about how this lesson was going to go for her at all. She simply wasn't talented when it came to this particular subject matter, and to be honest, she'd been struggling since the beginning of the year. Given that this wasn't their first Arithmancy lesson. So, it was like an hour of stress and disappointment every week. Where was Ethan?! She was in desperate need of him.... Also, they'd already filled out nametags, as again, this wasn't the first lesson of the year. So, Liv took hers from her bag and plopped it down on the desk she'd chosen for today. She'd smeared glitter on it in her free time. Quote:
"it's hard and confuses me." The blonde Gryffindor was already so defeated, couldn't you tell? "They were invented to confuse and stress people out. They should be ashamed of themselves, honestly." |
Whooooops! Pick pick pick them scattered chocolate pieces. And GOBBLE. Yeah 5 second rule whatever whatever GRYFFINDOR GUTS can take ANYTHING YAH! But oh ok class was starting "Its Magical Maths!" he replied, thats what always been in his head and now he's articulating it. Thats always a good thing right? And what is its purpose? "To look impressive!" because MATHS. "I mean just look at where it can be applied on-- curse-breaking, tangible divination, even creating arts and music...." pretty darn impressive to him. |
Az shook her head at Jace as he settled down next to her.. "My birthdays isn't for a few days silly, the 22nd!" She said with a smile, right in time for break so no one could celebrate it with her.. ehh Maybe she could have a party when they all got back? Who knew.. she bit her lip as the Professor spoke to Jace and she gently squeezed his hand.. hoping to reassure him that everything was all right.. All right Professor.. here came the text book version.. she apologizes in advances.. honestly! She raised her hand and said "Arithmancy is the study of the magical properties of numbers.. it can also be used to predict the future by way of Numerology.." She said with a nod.. "For me personally it's challenging due to the fact that I struggle with numbers, but the magical aspect helps out and last year with curse breaking it was facinsting.." Oops.. she talked too much.. sorry Professor.. |
Well shoot. Everyone started saying answers and reasons. All Jonas did was sit here then. He saw the look on the professor's face. Yo! He remembered to take a name tag eventually didn't he? Yeah so ha! |
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But when the first questions were asked she immediately decided to keep silent and to just listen to what others were saying, she wasn’t good in this lesson so why making a fool of herself by saying something stupid because she didn’t understood a thing about this whole subject? |
SPOILER!!: ”magical numbers” SPOILER!!: ”silent ones” Looking out at the students in his charge he paused for a moment. ”Now I want to bring something that Miss Phillips said about Arithmancy having the purpose to confuse people, I get this. I used to be confused by mathematics as well when I was your age” okay that was a lie but he was still going for it. ”Miss Phillips, I want to thank you for your honesty and bravery in bringing it to my attention and the classes attention that Arithmancy confuses you – this is why I have open office hours that all of you are welcome to use.” he smiled over to her. ”Miss Phillips, thank you for your bravery – I would like to award five points to gryffindor for your bravery…as I know from experience expressing anything that may feel like an inadequacy takes the uptmost bravery.” There. It was the nice thing to do right? Promote the kiddos to be more brave and honest in his class?OOC: class will move along in about 12-hours - please feel free to join in if you haven't posted yet |
Azura tilted her head a bit as the Professor spoke and she bit her lip a little in order to try and figure out what Arithmancy was connected too. She raised her hand after a few moments of thinking. "It's connected to Defense against the Dark Arts, we used it last year to help with curse breaking. As well as Divinatiin, due to the Numerology. Using numbers to predict things seems a bit more reliable though. " Not that dripping egg whites in water wasn't fun.. but how was that supposed to tell your future? |
Rafael grinned at what Miss Snow was saying and nodded. She had a point Arithmancy was highly connected to Numerology in fact it was a subset of Numerology…but that was really getting into the substructure of the word and what it meant now wasn’t it? OOC: I’m moving us along a bit because we only have a few days and I want to be able to describe the new subject matter to the uptmost of my ability. Please feel free to catch up if you missed the posting window for this previous question. The class will be moving on to learning about the activity in about 12 hours. |
Astrology? As in Divination Astrology? Jace tilted his head, a bit amused by the topic given that Professor Flamsteed was no longer teaching in Hogwarts. If he was here though...he'd probably have a fit. Well, what did he know? Maybe the former Astronomy professor has passed down the same hatred for the subject matter to one of his Gryffindors, hmm? Astrology and Arithmancy? Hmm. Jace raised his hand and offered his answer. "Both can serve as guides for us in predicting our future, professor." Astrology is the study of planetary arrangement according to your birth sign...whereas in Arithmancy, it talks about numbers that govern each individual based on his birthday. Hmm. Astrology huh? He thought that subject was banned in this school for reasons... |
Catching up. ....She'd been given points for admitting that Arithmancy scared her and stressed her out?? Well, I mean.... that obviously caused the blonde to perk up slightly. Huh. It never cost her anything to admit these things. It wasn't like she felt ashamed. If anyone wanted to tease her about it, they could face her in a duel and she'rock their world. Ahem. "Runes, sir. Couldn't they be used with Runes? You mentioned the Curse-breaking stuff. I do know that Runes can cause curses." They'd not had any Runes lessons in her day, thanks to the subject just making its return, but she'd heard that somewhere. So, it could've been wrong. Don't quote her or anything. Also, Astrology. If her former Head of House could hear this now, he'd of had a fit. "Astrology is more about horoscopes and the like, right?" |
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Seriously??? Points for just admiting that you didn't have a clue what arithmasy was? He only knew where it came from. He might have read a book once. So? Raising his hand he started to answer. "Isn't Arithmacy a form of divination from Greese?" He asked. Yeah. That's it! |
Cass had been listening, though Azura seemed to have the answer to the question covered. Well her and Charlotte once the lion girl joined in on the discussion. However, the professor expounded upon the matter of divination more than anything else, to its more ‘muggle-known’ title of astrology. Yes, Arithmancy was often considered as a way of trying to figure out the plans and expectations for one’s life. As well as a better understanding of what had already happened there. Which a fellow Ravenclaw third year remarked on. She really needed to get faster in giving answers, especially when class, or at least the professor, seemed to be moving quickly. Well anyway, she'd be taking down notes until she could jump in or they were doing the practical. |
Other subjects that Arithmancy showed up in? Divination and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Livvy had a point about Ancient Runes, he supposed. "I guess you can find Arithmancy in Charms too." What did the boy who never attended Charms class know about Charms? Surprisingly a lot. "Curses fall under the branch of 'Dark Charms" and sometimes you can use numbers and such to infuse curses into the objects that you'll end up using Arithmancy to remove later on." It was all a vicious cycle really. As for Arithmancy and Astrology....the boy took a moment's pause. Why were they talking about Astrology? How did Astrology have any clout outside of Divination class? Slowly, the boy raised his hand. "Both sometimes try to tell you about your future with the use of arbitrary information." THAT was what they had in common. Outside of that, Blaise wasn't entirely sure the too mixed well. |
How else is Arithmancy connected to at Hogwarts? Well Azura pretty much nailed it on the head… oh but what about "Sir, what about the movement patterns of the staircase?" Some aspects of magical maths has to be working on that eh? And Arithmancy is related to Astrology? Ohh Professor Vance turf and her tea shop class with them sandwiches and cakes and-- oh! "Sir…. They’re related through things like the Birth Chart? Since its divided into 12 segments and its got House numbers and planets and stuff?" |
Could she open her book and just do her own stuff for class? Nat was trying to pay attention, but her focus just wasn't having it. She was doodling on her parchment. Going from what is Arithmancy to what it's connected to. Azura was quick with the answer and she is was of course correct so doodling was going to happen again. The Sirens, TDK, and random names were going on her parchment, along with hearts, faces, and flowers. She might not be an artist, but doodling was something she found herself doing often. Hearing the professor again she lifted her eyes thinking they were going to start working. Her hand raised as for the first time all class, "Divination and Arthimancy can work very closely and with Astrology it sets in with different charts, such as the birth chart. The birth chart as was said has the 12 segments and is set with the moon and the sun, but they also take into consideration your birth number that goes with your astrology sign. These constellations and settings all work together to predict things about yourself and your past, present, and future." Now back to doodling. |
Okay why wasnt her brain working, everyone was giving such great answers. ughhh. Taking our her parchment she wrote down all the notes that everyone said. After Nat said her piece she smiled and nodded over to her, that made sense the brith date and the stars thing. Good thing if she needed help studying Echo could ask her for help later. |
Azura smiled and looked down at her notes, since she had said her piece last time, she was going to let everyone else talk this time. No one liked a know it all, yeah? However she titled her head as the Professor mentioned Astrology.. Hmm.. interesting.. Az was taking notes as she listened to the rest of the class carefully. |
OOC: Thanks for your patience everyone - this weekend has been a bit topsy turvy for me and i have finally been able to post - I should continue the lesson in about 12 hours (maybe more-so) |
Kitty raised her hand. "Professor, do you mind if I use my Quick Quotes Quill to write down all of this? It's just that I want to look at it again after class." Recently she had taken to asking professors permission before using it in classes just in case they thought it was rude. Then she bent down and began trying to determine her life path number. Once before she had done it but she had forgotten what it was. She was born in the year 2076, on October 1st... |
((What is the current year in this roleplay?)) ============== Jonas watches as he begins to write down notes...on two seperate pieces of paper. Just in case the professor said no, he could just hand over the second copy to Kitty. Either that or if the professor said yes, Jonas has another copy in case something happens. |
Catching up!! Noelle was in the class the whole time. Munching on her chocolate of course. She was delighted that the professor had given out chocolate. Mmmm delicious. Now, that the chocolate was savored, Noelle neatly wrote her name, house, and year down. Noelle Grace Summers Fourth year Lioness She didn't add anything more. She would prove what else she was. Pulling out her quill and parchment, she immediately began to take notes when the professor began speaking. ....... okay, so he was pretty and taking notes would help her focus more than staring at his pretty face. This was Arithmancy after all. One of her hardest subjects. She needed to focus to make the grades that gave her the upper leg. Noelle wrote the textbook answer of what arthimancy was. She knew it. She also knew it tied in with other things.... like DADA. Maybe Noelle could coax Henry into helping her study. Because this was a subject she definitely needed help with. |
Jonas looked up at the board. He understood the first part, add the year, your month and day. Of course but how did the other numbers arise?? |
SO...in the end.....trying to talk about their futures and their personalities based on arbitrary input. Blaise was one of those people who firmly believed that his birth date--no matter how finely you calculated it, couldn't tell you his temperament or the luck he was likely to have in the future. It was much the same way that the "star under which he was born" did basically nothing as well. He was still considering whether or not he needed all this information but he let his quill take it down anyway, much like he'd done every other time ever. The boy glanced briefly over at the Ravenclaw Prefect when she asked permission to use the quill. She was either unaware or overly polite. Blaise had been taking his quick quotes quills to classes since his first year and not a single Professor had had a problem with it. Rather than say anything, the boy simply pulled a piece of parchment from his bag to do the calculations. So as not to disturb anyone, the boy began mumbling everything he needed jotted down, giving keen instructions on when to add, what the sum came to, when to drop to the next line. Left to itself, the quill would only make a mess of things. Quote:
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Life path numbers. Okay, one of the numbers trying to predict your future. Cassie turned to chapter 6 of the textbook as directed so she could follow along as she herself worked on what she needed to. Her birthdate at least was well-known to her so it wasn’t a difficult bit of information to work with. She just had to follow through with the calculations like Professor Carraro demonstrated on the board so the number she ended up with was indeed the number she was supposed to end up with. Out came a clear sheet of parchment that was soon topped with her birthdate as the Ravenclaw moved to begin. SPOILER!!: Work So if her math was correct, her life path number was 3. And Mars in way of planetary objects. Scanning down through the number explanations, she found the ones that fit. Spontaneous and creative…jovial and versatile…she could be that. Into her notes, Cassie copied the passages for ready reference. SPOILER!!: Work Continued |
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Honestly, if the class had anything to do with curse-breaking, Jace wouldn’t be so bored. But given that a review wouldn’t be so bad the Ravenclaw took his quill, and started to jot down notes in Japanese and added his own thoughts and opinions about the connection of Astrology and Arithmancy. If he was to master the numbers, and be able to do things on a particular planetary arrangement then maybe, things will be in his favour. Following everyone, he got his book out of his bag and quickly did a read through on that particular page. He still couldn’t understand why some would find this subject hard. Everything is pretty much straightforward when it comes to numbers really. SPOILER!!: Parchment Reading both his Life Path Number and Vibration Number, Jace took a moment to internalize what he just read…and wondered if there was any truth in it? He read the spiritual meaning of five…and had to agree with it. He did appreciate the wonder of life, and even accepts the chaos that goes with it. Traveling though? Yes, he’s been traveling to and from Japan every year due to school, but apart from that…he really doesn’t see himself move around that much in the future. |
Jonas jumped a bit as he was startled. But he nodded none the less. "Thanks." he said. He felt a need to ignore the other question though. :/ He then turned his attention to the information on the board. He saw that it was a lot to take in. Well crud. Alright. |
Azura was alway so curious about things like this..Couid finding her life path really help out at all? Goodness in Divinarion her whole egg dropping thing had shown her a chain.. which meant an engagement.. so uhh.. not quite right huh? Anyways.. it was time to get to work.. SPOILER!!: Az's notes ........ Welll... great.. Azura looked at her results with a rather annoyed look in her purple eyes.. She doubled checked her math again. Yup.. 4. Great she was as dull as dish water.. loyal dependable, boring as all get out. Her career choices included being an accountant? Really? She hated numbers.. For Fwoopers sake! She wanted to be a classical pianist.. not.. that.. She pushed her parchment away from her with a bit of disgust.. she wasn't going to let some number tell her who she was.. She was emotional, kind, caring, a good friend, creative, artistic and passionate. That's who she was and nothing was going to tell her different. |
She still didn’t really see the point to Arithmancy. As far as Brooklyn was concerned, and ironically it seemed as if the discussion had touched upon the subject, it was maybe one step above divination in its usefulness, and sometimes much more complicated than even runes. In short, it required work, and the only positive note to the lesson was the fact Professor Carraro mentioned leaving copies of the class notes for them if they wanted to avail themselves of it. It meant she had an excuse not to take notes, and she’d merely sat and listened as the discussion had turned to life paths and vibrational numbers. Still entirely unconcerned with the general idea, she’d still taken a sheet of parchment out to scribble on. If anything she was curious if the analysis would actually resonate with her in any way, but that didn’t mean she was doing the math voluntarily. It was merely to pass the time until the lesson was over. SPOILER!!: math is ew :P Scanning over the descriptions, she raised an eyebrow. About the only part of that that explained her in any way was the reference to dancing, and she could assume that music was inferred by the etcetera part. Everything else just seemed irrelevant. |
Yo, yo, YO! Olivia was already dreading not skipping this class today. Like, yes, she loved the five points she'd earned, but numbers made the Gryffindor feel like she was going to have a meltdown. Stupid really, as they were just numbers, but... Well, they seemed rather unnecessary at the moment. SIGH. Pulling out some parchment she carefully wrote our her birthday. Quote:
UGH, Where was Ethan Dixon when she needed him? He would've been much better suited in helping her with this. Well, more so than her figuring it out on her own. Obviously, she'd siked her own self out about things. It was simple addition, but her brain couldn't seem to read that and understand that it was all really quite simple. Quote:
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Life Path numbers, he's known about, but it being connected to the Vibration planet? Whoah now that is new stuff. He pulled out his parchment and scribbled down his date of birth. And then did some number crunching. Brows goes up when he realized that he and the Professor have the same life path number and therefore the same planetary influencer on their life vibes. SPOILER!!: Tenacius numbers |
Olivia at the end Finally. Henry had grown rather bored with the discussion and review, and he didn't care that much about how the subject correlated with other subjects. He just wanted to do some calculations, and if they were going to do curse breaking as was briefly mentioned at the beginning of class, even better. Life path numbers. Chapter six. Got it. Henry knew the basics of calculating a number from his name or birthdate, but he turned to the appropriate page anyway and got to work. In his earlier boredom, he had pretty much covered his parchment with doodled numbers of all shapes, sizes, and fonts, so he pulled out a blank page to start over. Quote:
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"Hey.. mind if I look?" He glanced at her parchment, looking over her calculations. "Okay.. you want to make sure you reduce all your numbers to a single digit, even at first." He pointed to her birth year. "See how you just used the two, the zero, and each seven in your year? You should do that with the twelve of your date, and just use one plus two instead of twelve." He could write it out for her if it would make more sense that way, but they were her notes and he didn't want to just assume that he could. Quickly, he added up the numbers in his head. "You still get five, so yeah! You have the right answer," he said with a cheerful smile. "But I don't know if it would always work that way if you didn't reduce all the numbers first. It's really important, especially for Master Numbers and Karmic Numbers." |
They were going to do numbers! THEY WERE DOING NUMBERS!! Nat was so excited she pulled her parchment out, though she rarely ever needed it. Numbers were so easy for her. Listening to the professor and to the class she wrote down her birthday and then smiled as the numbers and equations just jumped off the page. 11 was of course 2, 1 was easy, and her year of birth was 2073 This was so simple, but she knew she had to write something they always needed to see the work. Glancing around the room she wondered if she could get away with just writing the answer. SPOILER!!: parchment |
Right then...so two numbers to work with which sounded like a lot more work. Typically, the Gryffindor didn't mind more work but when it came to numbers and figuring things out, it only served to complicate things. Just take a look at right now; falling under two numbers and having to remember that both would supposedly have some effect on him. Admittedly, it wasn't a tremendous amount of work, just awful bothersome when you boiled down to it. "Right. Thanks, Professor." He said simply, his own eyes falling to his text. It didn't take much reading for him to decide that for the most part, none of this had anything to do with him--especially not the vibrational number and the moon. As in, what did that even MEAN???? Livvy's request pulled Blaise from the jumbles of words that met him on his page. Naturally he'd have gone to take a look for her but Henry was already on the case explaining things and such. If the boy figured Liv's work was right, he didn't suppose there was need for a second opinion. This was mostly just addition. |
Mention of Blaise She had done the Life path a few times and new the number and meaning well. She hadn't written down the core at first, because she knew what it said and she didn't believe it. Her eyes looking at it once more she really wasn't about to finally say that it was now that she lived here and stuff. Nope it just didn't make sense. SPOILER!!: notes Giving and reveiving and she should be a born counselor. She had spent so much time in a healers office and this was trying to tell her she should be one. Her eyes moved around the class as she was just seeing what else was going on. "Having trouble Blaise?" She had seen him look up and he had asked a question. Maybe Nat could help him if he needed it. |
I had quoted everyone but SS ate my post Rafael began walking around the desks to check on the students work because really, nothing was more annoying than messing up arithmetic. He would lean over simply going around and glance at the papers and watch how far along the students had gotten before moving to the next desk. It was after all something he had liked that his own Professors had done, taken the extra time and care to really help when it was needed and to say good job or you’ll get it next time when it was needed. Everything seemed alright and the students were simply helping people when they asked for help…that was great, especially considering it was a newer topic? The addition of the vibrational numbers…and no that little snort of a noise he made every time he said vibrational wasn’t because of the fact that he was as immature as a teenager….okay he was more mature but vibrational numbers was a hilarious thing to say especially to hormonal teenagers. OOC: Hey everyone you have about 24 hours until i move the class along again - sorry I didn't post earlier my internet went out :( update: i'm extending the class an extra 12 hours so we will be closing the class at 11:59pm EST on the 14th |
Team Jupiter (5-ers) Jace read and re-read his Life Path and Vibrational Number, taking into account the path that he is currently on. That was when he realized that he has no plans whatsoever for his future. All that mattered to him now was his upcoming grading in Japan, and everything else was pretty much disregarded. The Ravenclaw took a moment to internalize his realization, and decided that he must start looking at his options for the future. Surely, third year isn't too early for that, is it? Jace snapped out of his thought when the professor spoke...and sounded like he choked on something. A hint of confusion graced the thirteen year old's face, wondering what in Merlin's underpants was funny? The Ravenclaw then did an inward, but silent groan when they were asked to be grouped according to their Life Path and Vibrational number. Was it...really necessary? Not wanting to disrespect the professor in any way, Jace took a peek at Azura's work-- and was quite bummed to see that she's a 4-- and then turned to face the rest of the class. "Erm...anyone else who got a 5?" Jupiter people, yeah? |
Sailor Mercury.. errr 4! And now they had to get into grounds and discuss their numbers? She sighed softly as she stole a glance at Jace's work to see that he had gotten a five! Rats! So so close! Well if she couldn't find any other fours she was going to sit with her best friend. "Anyone else a four?" She asked as she looked around the room. |
Sailor Venus yo! xD || 6'ers assemble! Oh they gonna be grouping up? Cool, the Curly Top was curious who else shared his numbers and his vibes. "Venusian Sixers over here!" he called out, waving his arms about. |
#TeamJupiter? + Jacen SPOILER!!: Henry! Oh, a Puffer had heard her call of distress! A Henry shaped one. Hello, Henry! .... And it wasn't that this particular boy was boring or that Liv was being rude or a poop, but numbers talk. The numbers talk. Let us repeat.... The numbers talk. Ugh, she was NOT a fan. If it hadn't been for the promise to her mother, best believe Olivia would not have been overwhelming herself this term. The things one does for what they love. (i.e. Disney) "OH.... Yea, okay... So, like this?" On the edge of her paper, she wrote the revised equation, via Henry!brain. Quote:
Hate you, bruh. "Thank you, Whittebrook." Hehe, surname usage. It was a new thing she was doing and made her feel more like her mum. The one downside, really. "I'll try to repay the favor." If there was ever... er, anything he needed help in. Doubtful, as he was older, but psh, she'd offered and that's what really counted, yea? The thought that mattered or some such tripe. SPOILER!!: Professor! SO, the moral of this story was that... she had a five. A FIVE... So, she needed to look up the things and write them down, which... to be honest, seemed kinda dumb. Look, if it was listed quite plainly in her textbook, why recopy it down onto her paper? This was not said aloud, however, as she went about flipping open her book to the right page. Quote:
"Me." She slide into a seat next to him, a beaming smile in place. "Mind if I take this seat?" |
Sailor Mars 3's here... Now onto group discussion. Grand idea…if one knew who you were supposed to be discussing things with. All she had was a number and a planet and had to find others with the same number and planet. Easier said than done by just looking around the room and glancing at people. Cassie wasn’t exactly seeing the supposed characteristics of number 3’s just popping up on faces. So that meant following the examples of Azura, Olivia and the rest in listening and calling out things. Simple pimple. “Anyone else get a 3?!” she asked, her voice raised enough to carry should someone need to, but not too loud. The Ravenclaw didn’t want to get in trouble trying to do what she was asked in the first place. |
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Walking over to him she gave the younger student a smile. "Hey, I'm in your group." She took a seat next to him and looked around. |
[5] Jupiter riiiiiiising over here + Jace & Liv Paige had remained quiet the entirety of the lesson, including her silently slipping into the classroom and taking a seat all the way in the back and stuffing her chocolate orange gift into her bag for later. Professors really seemed to be on a roll with the treats during lessons this term and while she was quite appreciative...it was also a bit distracting and a few of her quills had needed properly cleaning from the sticky residue they left on her fingers. So...not today, professor, although an appreciative smile was offered as the class began. Note taking...that was the thing...and soon Paige's piece of parchment was filled with information and little anecdotes from herself. Numerology was something she was rather proficient in, her own preferred form of divining utilizing in while performing readings, but when it came to calculations that this particular subject required...........not so much. She could feel her step brother rolling his eyes already with her going and asking him to check her math again - one because he hated being bothered by her and two because he loathed this particular subject almost as much as he loathed Muggle Studies, considering he was a muggleborn and all...he found the subject itself insensitive and bleak. Among other words she would not repeat. It was a little too optimistic to hope that there wouldn't be any calculations today, right? .........................right. Because there were the instructions to do so just now. With thoughts of astrology and numerology driving her forward, things she felt confident in, Paige flipped through her textbook for a closer up view of how to do these particular calculations so she wouldn't have to constantly glance up at the blackboard and then back down to her parchment. Much easier to just flick her eyes over to the right slightly and proceed. Here goes nothing? Maybe she would only mess up three times today instead of her usual five? SPOILER!!: Paige's work Sitting back a bit, Paige looked over her parchment. That...looked right....right? Her head was hurting already, honestly. Five...that meant...Jupiter, right? Somehow that felt far to grand for her, but her eyes went quickly to the textbook to check the meaning. "Jupiter...The spiritual meaning of number Five deals with travel, adventure, and motion," she read quietly to herself. "With the highs that come with these attributes, Fives also carry instability and unpredictability, and radical changes. The spiritual meaning of Five draws our attention to the wonder of life, and beckons us to appreciate the perception of chaos all around us. Five has wild vibrations: primitive and erratic. When Five continues to pop up in your life be prepared for some action, like a trip. Remember, trips aren't all necessarily taken physically. Some of the best journey's are taken in the mind and spirit." She...honestly wasn't sure how to feel about the description, although the very last sentence did resonate with her to a certain degree....and she was assuming that she had done the math right. Plucking her textbook and folding her parchment into the page, the seventh year made her way over to where she had heard someone else mention being a five and smiled at the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. "Also a five," she stated, eyeing her textbook curiously. "Not entirely positive I agree with the interpretation and its application to myself, however," she added as she took a seat and joined them. "At least not what the text has limited itself to explaining," she added, hinting at further understanding elsewhere. |
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Even so, she’d eventually stood up and moved silently over toward the Ravenclaw who had said she had gotten a three. She still doubted anyone could convince her how it fit her, aside from her earlier observation about the arts and music and dance. If anyone could, she figured a Ravenclaw could, if she couldn’t get the professor to figure it out for her. She wasn’t planning on expending any more energy over the matter than she had to. |
The moon and a bit of Nat He'd been trying to re-read the text, hoping something would pop out at him that remotely made sense in relation to himself--no surprise, it wasn't working--when a voice tugged at his attention. More specifically, it was the sound of his name. Blaise shifted in his seat, turning so he could face the Slytherin girl. "Yeah...I'm fine. Just..." He spared a glance back at his book before wrinkling his nose, " 'm not so sure I'm really sold on any of this, y'know?" He also wasn't sold on sitting in groups and talking about what these numbers meant to him. Simply put, they meant nothing, even with the Professor informing them that sometimes it took a while for you to grow in them and that people changed. The Gryffindor took one look around the room before deciding no one else had the moon but if they did, they'd have to say as much because he was all for sitting right here in his seat muttering notes to his quill. In a way he was having his own little discussion...though...more accurately it could be described as a lecture. He liked it that way too. |
So were there no other fours? Az bit her lip as people came to crowd around Jace and she slowly slipped from her seat next to her best friend and moved over to an empty one.. *sighs* First she hates her number and now.. now no one else had it. Sad days. |
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This. is. COOL! "Hi!" the Gryffindor greeted the songstress with a trying-to-be-cool-but-cant-hide-the-fanboy grin "Youre a six too huh? What do you think about this? You think Venus fits you and all that?" Because Venus is supposed to be the Goddess of Love and she's a lead singer and yeah he is totally mixing things up but hey small talk with a local celeb right? Yeah. |
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Grabbing his bag, he headed over to the girl who had spoken - a Ravenclaw, too, it turned out. There was an older girl already at the table - must be another 3, he thought. For a number which was supposed to be jovial, none of the three of them seemed to particularly express its characteristics... "Hi, I got a 3 too, I'm Harvey," he said, smiling. Maybe they'd smile back...? |
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“Hi Harvey…I’m Cassie,” she responded returning the smile. “So what do you both think of the meaning attached to 3’s?” she asked, figuring to try and get the discussion going. Someone had to so it was as good an idea as any. “I can see some of them as fitting, for me, the creativity at least. And I’d hope for some new adventures to be coming up.” The Ravenclaw wasn’t really one for being stagnant. She let her gaze bounce between the chalkboard and her textbook to look further into the number. Did either of them have anything to add? Maybe the eldest had a career goal that fit what was given. Not that Cass had any way of knowing unless she spoke. |
Liv, Paige, and Azura :3 Feeling a bit awkward, Jace went back to his own parchment and tried to make sense of his life path and vibrational number. Was he meant to be always in motion? And...what kind of movement exactly? The Ravenclaw pulled a serious face as he went over his work, double checking if he got his answer right. Mid-way, he looked up to see Liv move next to him. “Oh, no. Not at all.” He said returning the smile and moved a bit to the side to give the Gryffindor more room. Soon after, Paige joined them. “I’m not entirely sold either.” He said tapping his work. “I don’t like moving around too much...nor do I like abrupt changes in my environment or...in my life in general.” He said shrugging and crossing his arms across his chest. “Will it...erm...make my life better if I actually welcome such...adjustments?” Because really, he’s perfectly fine with his life right now. Out of the corner of his eye, Jace saw Azura move away from where she originally sat, and looked defeated. No other fours? The Ravenclaw spared Liv and Paige a glance before turning his attention to his best friend. “Azura...” he said gesturing her to sit with his group. “You can join our group if there are no other fours...” he said as he looked around to make sure no one else got that number. Jace was sure Liv and Paige won’t mind. |
Rafael looked at his watch and groaned there wasn’t much time left in class. That was too bed really. He had wanted to be able to give everyone more time to finish their discussions but time seemed to have other ideas. ”Alright class, we have half an hour to finish our discussions – if you aren’t in a group I implore you to join any group and really and discuss your findings with them.” he smiled softly, as really, it wasn’t as if people had a choice on when they were born or what their names were. It was something he always was lenient about the discussions were never a strict or rigorously guarded sacred event. No, they were more freeform and relaxed. People could even get all comfy on their beanbags and relax a bit while discussing their findings. ”thank you Mr. Reed,” he smiled over to the Ravenclaw boy that had offered for his friend to join their group. That was really rather nice. He was a good kid. OOC: You guys have 12 hours to finish up – I meant to post this earlier (internet service issues today & I was cleaning) anyhow class will be closing tomorrow at around 11:59pm at the latest |
Grouping up? Really? Jonas hated to group up. And plus, he didn't even remember his life number...what was it again? All he knew was that he was a saturn... "Anyone a Saturn?" He asked outloud. |
Text Cut: team three It wasn’t that she was being antisocial. No matter what people thought, Brooklyn knew she wasn’t antisocial. She was just very selective as to whom she bothered to speak with, and when the subject was something she wasn’t particularly happy with, she figured she was allowed to stay silent. Although she had nodded in the girl’s direction in response to the greeting, followed by a glance at the even younger boy who had come over almost way too excited. “Brooklyn,” she offered, since the others had introduced themselves. “The only part I thought was relevant to me was the creative aspect, too,” she continued. “Ballet and violin, specifically. But I don’t see how the rest of it fits me at all.” She would have been curious to see if anyone could convince her, and that hadn’t changed. She just doubted either of them knew enough about her to come up with anything good enough, even if they were Claws. |
Joining Jace, Liv and Paige Wellllllppppp There didn't seem to be any other fours and Azura bit her lip as she looked around.. okay. so.. could she go join another group? She was just about to ask the Professor if she could when she turned to look at Jace as he spoke to her. She smiled a bit at his words and she moved towards him just as the teacher thanked him. "Thank you. " She said gratefully as she slid into the seat next to her best friend and smiled warmly at him. She was very very grateful for him right now. She smiled as Liv and Paige. "Thanks for letting me join. I hope you don't mind? " |
#TeamJupiter + Princess Azula SPOILER!!: This! Olivia was so out of her depth here. So, instead of really contributing much to the conversation at first, she grinned at Princess Azula, and just watched Paige and Jacen's back and forth. Also, of course, Azula could join them, even if she was a Four. Who cared about if numbers were different, anyway? To HECK with THAT, so said this Gryffindor. Also, "I'm always down for an adventure, and I have traveled mostly with Rooney and my da." To the States, and varies places to visit Disney theme parks. "And I do feel like my life is in constant motion. Lots of things are changing right now, even as we sit here. My relationships with people and my friends, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing." Was she rambling? Probably. "Lastly, anyone who knows me understands that I don't mind a little chaos and disorder. Shaking things up keep it interesting." ... To Jacen, "If it takes you out of your comfort zone, you'll probably be able to experience more growth." That's how she saw it, anyway. It could've been a crap perspective. Everyone was different and could believe in their own things. |
Two/Moon (and a little catch up) SPOILER!!: Olivia And it looked like they were moving on, so he figured he'd better head back to his seat. "No problem, Phillips," he grinned, returning the surname thing. "Oh, really, don't worry about it." That was nice of her to offer though, but he was really happy to help. He didn't need anything in return. SPOILER!!: Professor Looking around as people started grouping up, the fourth year searched for someone - anyone? - who had a two. He heard some threes, fours, fives, and sixes, and he could see where those people were starting to assemble. But he hadn't heard anyone say two... was he just not paying attention? Picking up his notes, he glanced around the room as he got up. "Anyone else have a two? The moon?" Henry would either need to join someone or just tag along with another group. That would be weird though and he'd sort of feel like an outsider with everyone else talking about their shared number. |
There were very few things that Rafael Carraro loved more than watching students discussions. Teaching was one of them, but really, his family was the most important thing in his life. Looking at the clock again he sighed, the time nigh. Why couldn’t he simply free time? Let them discuss things for forever and a day? ”Alright class, the time has come – please, do have a great day and have a wonderful winter break” Rafael smiled at everyone – really he was just smiling at the idea of being back home with his sisters and all of the women in his life. Really, it was hard for him he was going to be the sole person to carry on the Carraro name what with the fact that he had been the only ‘boy’ in the family. Sure, true Marcela and Jessamin’s kids had kept the Carraro name…but really, it was a favor to their kids. Bento Burke didn’t have the same ring to it as Bento Carraro. Still, he was just happy that he would be able to see them all of his family. He missed them more and more every day. OOC: Hey guys, I wanted to say thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives and schedules to attend my class, I hope you guys all had a lot of fun as really, that’s the entire point of this? To have fun! Please feel free to catchup and if you really are enjoying the discussion RP please feel free to continue it in the student work room. |
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