Divination101

Apparently, Ronald and Harry has been badgering about telling them their own futures. It seems that they did not have a very good grade at Divination. Some of us witches and wizards who were born with the rare natural gift for prophesy were known as Seers. Non-Seers (maybe some of us here) could learn divination methods, but their success varied.
Divination is still taught as an elective subject from the third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

There are several known methods that are being taught in Hogwarts and it includes:

• Astrology — observing the movements of planets and stars
• Cartomancy — reading cards, including playing cards and tarot cards
• Crystal-gazing — looking into a crystal ball
• Dream interpretation — analyzing the meaning of dreams
• Fire-omens — unknown, possibly related to observing flames (Hp3 Chap.6)
• Heptomology — unknown, possibly related to the number seven. (Hp5 p.552)
• Palmistry — reading the lines on a person's palm
• Ornithomancy — studying of bird patterns
• Tessomancy — reading tea leaves

from this set of courses, Hermione was generous enough to say that this subject is "woolly" and "a lot of guesswork." But even still, it proved that divination really made a big influence in the story. I practice Cartomancy myself, and the book it self has some of the few major arcana features that are found in the tarot deck.

Like the Hanged Man in the Tarot Deck, In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Hanged Man is mentioned as the pub in the village of Little Hangleton, where residents of the village gossip about the fate of the grandparents and father of Tom Riddle (Lord Voldemort, ) The Levicorpus spell makes people hang upside down in a similar way.

Another is the Tower, Chapter 27 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is entitled "The Lightning-Struck Tower". Appropriately to the card's meaning, events in this chapter - which takes place within a tower - force Harry to abandon many of the pretenses he has clung to throughout the book. In quite a literal reference to the card, a character falls from the tower after being hit by a curse. (Earlier in the book, the same day, Professor Trelawney tells Harry this card keeps coming back in her readings, though she misses the significance of it.)

And so to my fellow secret-keepers and other residents of the Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, I would like to extend my offer:

Cartomancy readings.

Tessomancy.

And Dream Interpretations.

I'm not bragging, but honestly, i received an Outstanding for my OWL in Divination. To those who are interested, just comment bellow.

~ Ridane Prongs Skye Phoenix