Chapter 12
Arithmancy
A/N, thanx for all those xtrawonderful reviews! I especially liked all my bad ones, I laughed so hard at lemon12's and XXwoopsiforgotmynameXX or something like that, and thanx 2 all the good ones too!
MadameRowena
2005-11-21
ch 10, reply it doesn't exactly not make sense. You just have to be able to think...i'm guessing that most of the readers dont use their brains to sort everything out. I love the story! Keep writing.
Thanx, at least someone here is sane! So, I'll try to make this chappie longer.
Ms Ronupert Grint
2005-11-22
ch 11, reply
It was a good chappie, but TOO SHORT! Make it lomguer! c'mon! anyways...bye
Geni
Sorry Geni! OK, should I put in some Dramione fluff? LOL, no! I'm going to write a poll. Check YES, NO, or MAYBE. LOL. Seriously though, write reviews, and check one! KK?
Peaches,
Anya
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The weird spiky shapes were beginning to stick into Hermione's mind.
She'd practiced her Ancient Runes over and over.
In French.
OK, she'd been obsessing, but next year was N.E.W.Ts.
And she graduated next year.
And she might...
(be headgirl.)
Hermione had always had this weird fantasy about being headgirl.
The badge, the lights, the camera!
The cuisine, the chaise longue, the idea of enjoying a demi-tasse while relaxing on her own beautiful corridors, chastising innocent first-years. The bliss!
(a/n. check me and my twelve-cent french vocab out!)
She sighed.
Parvati and Lavender would also be perfect for the job.
So would Padma, or even Pansy.
All of a sudden, Professor Vector snapped her out of her dreams.
'Miss Granger! When followingthe rules from Arithmancy, what can one do? Explain fully please!'
Hermione recited her answer at top speed.
'Following the rules of Arithmancy, one can predict the future by taking certain elements from a name. Predicting is divided into three groups: the heart number, the life number, and the personality number. The heart number is determined using only the vowels in a person's name. Likewise the life number by using only consonants. The personality number is determined when both vowels and consonances are used. A similar approach is using the numbers from a person's birthday to conclude their personality number. This, however, is a form of numerology.'
'Excellent Granger! You, Malfoy, answer!'
Hermione's mouth went dry.
Who? MALFOY? Malfoy didn't even take Arithmancy! Malfoy!
Then she remembered that she'd never had it with the Slytherins.
Half of the students in Arithmancy weren't here this year.
The Gryffindors usually took it with the Ravenclaws, but this year they had all been dumped into one big group, although it was a small class of twenty-three or so pupils.
Most students had been dropping the subject steadily after third year, choosing instead to choose Muggle Studies or Ancient Runes.
Hermione had picked up Ancient Runes, after brutally dropping Care of Magical Creatures.
She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed Malfoy answer.
'Excellent Ms. Granger, Mr. Malfoy. Here is your Arithmancy homework, please do not use self-answering quills, your pen may explode, and you would've lost about, hmm. six galleons I believe. Good day, children!'
Hermione spied the Homework. It was a review paper, and she began to read
A/n, I included this for those who want to learn Arithmancy, if not, please scroll down the bold!
Arithmancy, an elective at Hogwarts, is an ancient system of fortune-telling based on names and numbers. For over 2000 years, people have used arithmancy to analyze their strengths and weaknesses, overcome obstacles, and predict the future. Hermoine probably likes this system of divination because it isn't based on interpreting fuzzy images or giving meaning to random shapes and squiggles, but on mathematical calculations you can do with a pencil and paper--or in this case, right here on your computer.
If you want to understand how arithmancy works, read the next section. If you just want to use the arithmancy calculator, scroll down. How it Works
The first step in analyzing a name (or word) by arithmancy is to convert it to a set of numbers. Each letter of the alphabet is assigned a numerical value between 1 and 9, according to the following chart: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The letters A, J, and S have the value of 1. B, K, and T have the value of 2, and so forth. To analyze a name by hand, you write it down, and beneath each letter enter the corresponding numerical value. For example: N I C H O L A S F L A M E L 5 9 3 8 6 3 1 1 6 3 1 4 5 3 Now add up the numbers. In this case, the result is 58. If the total is more than 9-which it usually is-it must be "reduced" to a single digit by adding the component numbers together, more than once, if necessary. Thus, 58 reduces to 13 (5 + 8 equals 13) which reduces to 4 (1 + 3 equals 4).
The final result (in this example, 4) is known as the Character Number. This number indicates the general personality type of the individual. The next number calculated is the Heart Number. This number represents the individual's inner life and can indicate desires and fears hidden from others. The Heart Number is the reduced total of all the vowels in the name. This final number calculated is the Social Number. This number represents the outer personality, the face an individual shows to the outside world. The Social Number is the reduced total of all the consonants in the name.
Then refer to the chart of traditional arithmancy interpretations to see what your numbers mean.
What the Numbers Mean
1 This is the number of the individual, the solitary unit. Ones are independent, focused, and determined. They set a goal and stick to it. They are leaders and inventors. Ones find it difficult to work with others and don't like to take orders. They can be self-centered, egotistical, and domineering. They are often loners.
2 Two represents interaction, two-way communication, cooperation, and balance. Twos are imaginative, creative, and sweet natured. Peace, harmony, commitment, loyalty, and fairness are characteristic. But two also introduces the idea of conflict, opposing forces, and the contrasting sides of things: night and day, good and evil. Twos can be withdrawn, moody, self-conscious and indecisive.
3 Three represents the idea of completeness or wholeness, as in the threesomes past-present-future and mind-body-spirit. Three indicates talent, energy, an artistic nature, humor, and social ease. Threes are often lucky, easygoing, and highly successful, but they can also be unfocused, easily offended, and superficial.
4 Like a table that rests solidly on four legs, four indicates stability and firmness. Fours enjoy hard work. They are practical, reliable and down to earth; they prefer logic and reason to flights of fancy. They are good at organization and getting things done. Like the cycle of the four seasons, they are also predictable. They can be stubborn, suspicious, overly practical and prone to angry outbursts. The conflicts possible in "two" are doubled in four.
5 Five is the number of instability and imbalance, indicating change and uncertainty. Fives are drawn to many things at once but commit to none. They are adventurous, energetic and willing to take risks. They enjoy travel and meeting new people but may not stay in one place very long. Fives can be conceited, irresponsible, quick-tempered and impatient.
6 Six represents harmony, friendship, and family life. Sixes are loyal, reliable, and loving. They adapt easily. They do well in teaching and the arts, but are often unsuccessful in business. They are sometimes prone to gossip and complacency.
7 Perceptive, understanding, and bright, sevens enjoy hard work and challenges. They are often serious, scholarly, and interested in all things mysterious. Originality and imagination are more important than money and material possessions. Sevens can also be pessimistic, sarcastic, and insecure.
8 Eight indicates the possibility of great success in business, finance, and politics. Eights are practical, ambitious, committed, and hard working. They can also be jealous, greedy, domineering, and power-hungry. Eight is said to be the most unpredictable of numbers and can indicate the pinnacle of success or the depths of failure; the potential to go either way is present from the beginning.
9 Represents completion and achievement to the fullest degree (as it is the complete number, three, expressed three times). Nines dedicate themselves to service, often as teachers, scientists, and humanitarians. Strongly determined, they work tirelessly and are an inspiration to others. However, they can also be arrogant and conceited when things don't go their way. A Little More Information on Arithmancy Like astrology, arithmancy claims to offer practitioners a system for determining favorable and unfavorable days for any individual. As a general rule, favorable days are supposed to be those that correspond to a person's character number. An "eight" personality, for example, would be advised to schedule important events like starting a business or getting married so that they occur on the 8th, 17th, or 26th of the month (each of which reduces to 8).
Since any name or word can be converted to a number, arithmancy is also used to reveal "hidden kinships" among people, places, and things-the theory being that words and names that share the same numerical value are related and naturally go together. Thus a "six," will be best off driving a brand of car that reduces to 6, like a Honda or a Toyota. A "two" will be most romantically compatible with another "two." "Fives" should consider living in a city that reduces to 5 (such as Tokyo or Pittsburgh), and so forth. Although we don't recommend it, virtually all of life's decisions can be made "according to the numbers," from the friends one associates with to the foods on the breakfast table (eggs 2, toast 3, corn flakes 4).
Hermione scoffed. It was obviously taken off of some muggle site, Toyota indeed.
OH NO! did she dare speak badly about muggles?
Bad Granger, bad!
She was becoming more and more like Malfoy each day.
And she did not like it.
So.
Shut up, sub-conscious.
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She quickly computated her social, life and heart numbers.
HERMIONE GRANGER
Character Number: 4
Heart Number : 4
Social Number: 9
She tried to do Harry's
Character Number: 2
Heart Number : 3
Social Number: 8
hmm, bad match. She tried Ron's.
Character Number: 1
Heart Number : 9
Social Number: 1
Still bad. On the spur-of-the moment, she tried Malfoy's. What was his first name anyway?
She had become so used to "Malfoy".
Riiiight. Draco Malfoy.
Character Number: 5
Heart Number : 5
Social Number: 9
She gasped. Hers was 4, 4, 9. His was 5, 5, 9. She was amazed.
Her arithmancy numbers matched. What could this mean?
a/b, for those of you who didn't read my Arithmancy explanation, when your numbers match, you are most likely to be soon romantically invloved with the person! go on http/ find your number! Just so you you, mine are:
Anya Lewis-Meeks
Character Number: 9
Heart Number : 8
Social Number: 1
Or Anya Alissa Lewis Meeks
Character Number: 7
Heart Number : 1
Social Number: 6
See, this one is way long! Thanx for the great reviews!
Peaches,
Anya
