Ryan walks slowly inside the classroom. This wasn't is usual favorite subjects but he never had troubles understand it. Smiling gently at the professor, he walks toward the second row and sit. Putting quill, ink and book on his desk, he waited to see if other fellow students would show up soon.

Ariana walked into the classroom a smile perched on her face and a twinkle in her eye. She loved Arithmancy it was one of her favorite classes. Finding a seat near the front of the room she sat down and nodded to Professor Onyx, ready for the lesson. She shut down her mental block so she could concentrate more on studying and less on everyone's emotions, and besides their emotions weren't anything she could handle, not after last summer.

Wiping the thought from her mind she took out her quill, parchments and books and looked up expectantly.

Daphne trotted into Arithmancy, looking a little tired. Classes were in full gear, and she was feeling the strain. She found a seat and dropped her head onto the desk. She got out parchment, quills, and her book. She went to start her notes, when she realized she forgot to get out her ink. She reached in to her bag and pulled out a color-changing container, which was her ink. Ready, she thought to herself.

Kennedy sauntered into the arithmancy classroom, grateful for a review of last term's material. Although Kennedy had studied arithmancy on her own over the summer holiday, she always appreciated having an expert nearby to ensure that she was deriving things correctly. Kennedy found a desk in the middle of the classroom and took a seat. She began removing parchment, her textbook, and a self-inking quill from her bag and set them up neatly on her desk. She awaited the start of the review.

“Good Afternoon, class.” Onyx said, returning smiles and nods. “Today, we will be going over the basics of Arithmancy beginning with something called the ‘Core’, which is made up of the most important numbers of an Arithmatical chart. But first, we must go over some of the fundamentals of Arithmancy.” He announced in a slightly monotonous tone. “Now then, Arithmancy was founded approximately ten-thousand years ago by the Greek Philosopher and Wizard, Pythagoras around the same time-period as mathematics was founded. This philosopher theorized that the world, as well as the entire universe, was built upon the powers of numbers and that everything can be expressed in numbers, to which each provides it’s own ‘vibration’; these vibrations in synchrony to universal vibrations, patterns and cycles. And so, with this theory all things, including names, words, birth dates and birthplaces are able to be reduced to numbers in order to determine personalities, characteristics, destinies and even fortunes of individuals.” He finished, flicking his wand at the board to which these notes were copied. “It’s been said that Arithmancy is the precursor to Divination, and thus would mean that Arithmancy is among the oldest method to predicting the future.” He interjected before continuing on a different note. Now, what exactly is Arithmancy? Some of you might be wondering... Well, to put it as simply as possible Arithmancy is the study of the magical, or ‘occult’ meanings and properties of numbers and their influence on human life.” He flicked his wand at the board and once more copied what he said to it.

“So, who here can tell me what the core is made up of?” He asked with a smile, hoping someone had taken the time to glance through their textbook.

Katelyn was comepletely confused...she wasnt very good at this subject. She just took out her book, and listened to what would be answered.

Ariana raised her hand wioth a smile "The core is a structure of us.It expresses the essence of a person - their direction, strengths and weaknesses, their potential for change and development. It reflects the following things: Life Path, Expression, Soul Urge and Birthday." she replied, after checking her notes. It was a good thing she hadn't thrown them out last term.

Daphne stifled a yawn as she wrote down the question. She smiled as the ink turned her favorite color, pink. She looked to the front of the class. I must stay awake, I must stay awake, she repeated over and over in her head.

Kennedy raised her hand and added, "In conjunction with what Ariana so perfectly pointed out, the four elements of the core also go by the names 'Destiny, Personality, Heart, and Expression."

Kimberly bent over her parchment copying down notes, this was her first arthimancy lesson and she wanted to get off to a good start.

“Very good, six points to Ravenclaw for each of your answers.”

“Now then, the Destiny number signifies an individual’s path in life, and essentially maps out opportunities and challenges you may face. The Heart number represents the individual's inner life and can indicate desires and fears hidden from others. The Personality number indicates how others perceive you. And finally, the Expression number reveals the talents, abilities, and shortcomings that were with you when you entered your human body. Your name, and the numbers derived from it, reveal your development as well as the talents and issues you will be working with during this life.” He withdrew from behind his desk and stood before the chalkboard.

“If you would all please take out some parchment and a quill if you have not already, we will find out what each of our core numbers are.” Onyx said pleasantly before proceeding to write notes on the board. “Please fold the parchment into four segments letter-ways and write down the name of each of the four core numbers in each rectangular box. The first we will be working on is the Destiny number, and for this you will need to write out your month, day and year of birth in the numerical format and then add everything up using fadic addition, as demonstrated here until you get either one through nine, eleven or twenty-two.” He said, finally turning to face the class. “I’m here if you need help with this.” (OOC: The current school term year is 2062. So, if you need to figure out what year your character was born in you should simply subtract their age from this date. Example: My character is 40, so 2062 – 40 = 2022).

Katelyn did as she was told. She was greatly confused, but tried. She looked around to see what others were doing. She was born in 2051...but didnt know what else to do.

Eliza fixed her rather messy half-done bun and ran her fingers through teh flowing pieces of hair she had forgotten to put up. She took out her Black and golden Eagle feath quill and began to scribble down notes onto a peice of spare parchment. Looking up at Onyx for a moment as she moved the feather of her quil down to her sandal-covered feet and began to tickle her own foot in thought. She was rather bad at Arithmancy but fonud it interesting. That and her mother said that if she didn't go to even one lesson, she'd be getting a hurl of Cruciatus Curses at her. She listened to Onyx for a moment before doing what he said and then beginning to scribble down her date of birth in the Destiny rectangle.

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28-07-2046

2+8+0+7+2+0+4+6= 29. 2+9= 11. 1+1= 2

She frowned and tickled her nose with the quill "Professor, Is that right or have I done it wrong? I've never been to good with Maths so--" she smiled weakly. "Or is it just 11? I'm confused."
(ooc: Eliza is 16 so, I THINK I have her right D.O.B )

Ariana smiled, glad she hhad gotten points for her house and went to work. She folded up her parchment inthe correct manner and went on to find her Destiny number. She already knew how to do it, but it was always good to get extra practise in any case. First she rwote out her full birthdate:


After she wrote this down, she looked around, wanting to see if anyone needed help.

Katelyn's brain clicked. She scribbled her numbers down.

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13-10-2051
1+3+1+0+2+0+5+1=13.1+3=4

Katelyn looked up. She wondered if she had done it right...but she was too shy to ask.

Audrey folded her paper and wrote down the following:

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01-19-2050

0+1+1+9+2+0+5+0=18

18=1+8

9

She wasn't really sure if she had done it right, but she put down her quill and waited for further instruction nevertheless.

Ryan slowly took his piece of parchment and wrote the number

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12-12-2048

1+2+1+2+2+0+4+8=18= 1+8= 9

Katelyn finally raised her hand.
"Um, professor, did i do this right? I was rather confusedd..." she trailed off, and blushing. She hated speaking in front of big groups of people.

Onyx checked over her parchment and calculated the problem quickly in his mind. "You have everything right, except master numbers - eleven and twenty-two shouldn't be condensed, so your Destiny number is eleven." He said with a smile before rounding everyone's desks and checking their answers as well. (OOC: You did. =])

"Very well done everyone, your totals are all correct."


“Right then, so lets move on to the Heart, Personality and Expression numbers. To get these numbers, you will need to write out your entire given name, and use the chart soon to be upon the board and assign each letter the number it falls under on this chart.” He said, flicking his wand.“Consonants going underneath the letter, vowels going above.” He added. “I would at this time like to say that there is some controversy amongst Arithmancers about whether or not the “Y” should be counted as a vowel or a consonant. So with this in light, how we will be counting it will be determined on how it is pronounced within a name. If it acts as a consonant as in “Yolande” we will be using it as such, but if it acts as a vowel as in “Holley” then a vowel it will be counted as...”

“Now, to find what your Heart number is you will be adding the vowels that are found within your name, like so…” He said with yet another flick of his wand at the chalkboard. “Now, we will be repeating this process with the consonants found within your name to get your expression number, like so…”

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Originally Posted by The Chalkboard

5+7+6+6+4+9+6+9+1+2 = 55. 5+5 = 10. 1+0 = 1.

And once we all have done that, we will be adding the totals of both the vowels and consonants found within our names together to get your personality number, like so…” ”Now that we have all of our core numbers, it’s time we all learn their meanings. So, please turn to the last chapter of your booksand look up what both your number’s key traits and their in-depth analysis are and copy these as notes.”

(OOC: SS is being an incredible pain with load times for me right now. So I think we're going to stop here for now, and continue tomorrow. Sorry guys.

Now, I'm going to leave this thread unlocked for anyone else that wants to participate up to this point, but please don't make me regret that decision.)

Amelia looked over at Ariana, with this bored look. She had done this last term, and seeing how arithmancy was her favorite class, she already understood the basic concepts. But since that's what the class was doing, she would not miss out on the opportunity to earn points for her house.

She scribbled her destiny number out on the parchment:

Vowels:------1---5---9-1------1-5-----6----5
Name:-------A-M-E-L-I-A---M-A-E---R-O-S-E
Consonants:---4----3-------4--------9---1---

Once Amelia finished writing all her numbers down, she just began to doodle on her parchment as she waited for the next set of instructions.

Mallory followed the instructions step by step...



"Next..." she whispered to herself.

Vowels:-----------1-----6-------------6-6----------6----5
Name:--------M-A-L-L-O-R-Y---M-O-O-N-S-T-O-N-E
Consonants:-4-----3-3----9-7---4--------5-1-2----5--

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Originally Posted by Mallory's Heart Number

1+6+6+6+6+5=30
3+o=3

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Originally Posted by Mallory's Expression Number

4+3+3+9+7+4+5+1+2+5=43
4+3=7

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Originally Posted by Mallory's Personality Number

3+7=1o
1+0=1

"Done..okay, now to check what these numbers mean!" she said to herself and went to consult her book.

Emily flipped through the book ebfore class started but as soon as the professor began to speak she pulled out parchment and tried to keep up with him.

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05-27-2049
0+5+2+7+2+0+4+9 = 29 2+9= 11

Vowels:-------5----- 9---------1-------------1-----5---------6
Name:-------- E--M--I--L--Y---A--N--N---H--A--D--E--N--S--O--N
Constantants:----4-----3--7-------5--5---8-----4------5--1-----5

Heart: 5+9+1+1+5+6= 27 2+7 = 9
Expression: 4+3+7+5+5+8+4+5+1+5= 47 4+7=11
Personality: 9+11= 20 2+0= 2

Then Emily turned to the back of her book and began read the last page absently as she wrote a few things down on the paper.

Ryan carefully wrote down the chart just so he wont need to look at the chalkboard everytime, he wanted to know the number that was going with the letter.

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Originally Posted by Calculation

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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

Vowels:-----------1--------5--- -5--------- 1
Name:-------R-Y-A-N---J-E N-S-E-N---B-L-A-C-K
Consonants: 9 8- - 5---1---5 1---5---2-3---3-2

1+5+5+1 = 12 = 1+2 = 3 (Heart Number)

9+8+5+1+5+1+5+2+3+3+2= 44 = 4+4 = 8 (Expression Number)

8+3 = 11 (Personality Number)

After have made the necessary calculation, he open his book at the correct pages and wrote down the information that he needed

Destiny: Nines are very inspired visionaries, full of energy and enterprise, and have enthusiasm needed to keep working on their ambitions until they reach fruition. They are achievers, although they may find it easier to come up with the ideas rather than to follow them through to completion – usually, someone else ends up carrying out nine’s brilliant schemes. Nines are competitive and enjoy rising to a challenge, which they generally win. They have often had difficult childhoods and experience life as a series of distinct cycles of good and bad times. After a bad cycle, the nine will feel despondent for a while before embarking with fresh hope, on the next major cycle. They may have several careers in the course of their life. Nines can lack consideration for others, which may cause problems in relationships.
Heart: Threes are very cheerful and fun, and they are a warm and supportive friend and partner, encouraging and always happy to see others succeed. They have a great sense of humor and are often the life of the party and makes then very popular. But, this may hide a darker side of their personality which fears rejection and craves love.

Expression: Eights are people with a powerful need for worldly achievement, who usually succeeds, especially in big business. They are highly respected in their career because they are not afraid of hard work and have excellent organizational abilities. They value money, and all things it can buy, very highly and devote a great deal of energy to keeping the bank account as healthy as possible. Unfortunately, this can make eights appear snobby and superior, winning them few friends.

Personality: Elevens are excellent communicators and are often drawn to the world of the media. This is the number of the idealist, and elevens may want to spread a particular message, in which case they should endure that their innate ability to influence others is used in positive and wise ways. Close relationships may be a stumbling block because these people are usually so wrapped up in their ambitions that friendships have to take second place. They may also be very bossy.

(11) Eleven:

Main: Illumination.
The Master Teacher, Illumination, Enlightenment, Aware, Six-Sensed, Inspirational, Idealism, Intuitive, Psychic, Channeling, Creative, Poetry, Art, Symbols, Expression, Dreamer, Revolution, Discerning, Intense, Alternate Consciousness, Mysticism, Catalyst, Prisoner, Prophet.
(Note: Use of digit 2 may be used to get a further understanding of its meanings.)
Colors: Sky blue, gray and silver.
Sign: Aquarius.
Other: Linked with Uranus.

Ginny wrote everything off the board, wow, she loved this stuff it was so interesting but since maths was never ginnys fave subject, she found it a bit frustrating. She saw ameilia out of the corner of her eye the girl rolled her eyes, ginny felt the same way but desided to consintrate and get this rite


12.04.2050
41+2+0+4+2+0+5+0=14 1+4=5

she cursed her long name under her breth and began the seconf part of the exercise. She still wasnt sure if it was a vowl or cosenent

9 7 51 1 5 1 6
Ginny Clearwater-Malfoy
7 55 33 95 2 9 4 3 7

Ginny sighed to herself again...

9+7+5+1+1+5+1+6= 35 3+5= 8 is the heart number

7+5+5+3+3+9+5+2+9+4+3+7=62 6+2= 8 is the expression number

Ginny looked at the paper agin, "cool" she thought "two eights". Ok one more bit Ginny she urged herself on

8+8=16 1+6= 7 personality number. Ginny put down her quill, flipping through her text book she found the last chapter and began to copy her notes. she remembered how a few kids said they didnt like the subject she found it quite enjoyable. looking through the book she found that her personality number ment indevidualty she thought that seemed very incorrect. Ginny had always found comapny very comforting and was very uncomfortable in solitude. It was only numbers she kept repeating to herself as she copied the parts she needed.

(7) Seven:

Main: Individuality.
The Analyst, Thinker, Individuality, Science, Research, Investigation, Learning, Education, Study, Calculation, The Written Word, Logic, Alchemy, Secrets, The unseen, Myth, Religion, Ritual, Reason, Vision, Understanding, Intuition, Knowledge, Isolation, Solitude, Dignity, The Collective Consciousness, Genius, Perfection.
Colors: Sea greens and aquamarines.
Sign: Pisces.
Other: Linked to the planet Neptune.


Destiny: Fives are extremely lively and restless and will happilytry everything at least once. They highly enjoy a life with plenty of change and variety, and travel appeals to them. They are charming, witty, chatty and versatile. However they have a risk of being jacks of all trades. Fives have excellent intellect and strong powers of communication – they are really good with dealing with the public

Heart: It’s important for eights to be believe that they are a success in whatever they choose to do, otherwise their strong inner drive and ambition will be thwarted, leading to bitterness and deep dissatisfaction. They need the material benefits of life and may feel cheated when they have to make do with second best. At home, this person is the boss, organizing the running of the household and ensuring that everyone obeys their orders. In relationships, they are loyal and dependable but may be rather imperious, especially if they think their partner isn’t pulling their weight.

Expression: Eights are people with a powerful need for worldly achievement, who usually succeeds, especially in big business. They are highly respected in their career because they are not afraid of hard work and have excellent organizational abilities. They value money, and all things it can buy, very highly and devote a great deal of energy to keeping the bank account as healthy as possible. Unfortunately, this can make eights appear snobby and superior, winning them few friends.


Personality: Sevens operate in a different way from the rest of people. They appear to listen to a beat different, somewhat methodical, drum and follow a different path. They are strongly psychic, experiencing powerful intuitions, vivid dreams, and an ability to tune to whatever is going on around them. Perhaps for this reason music can play a vital role in their lives, whether they are performers or listeners. Relationships usually do well, provided the partner respects this person’s need for solitude and their powerful desire to express themselves creatively. Sevens live inside their heads and their contemplative nature may make them merely absent-minded or distinctly other-worldly.


After reading the full anaysis she felt it was kinda rite she smiled to her self and began to doodle randomly on her paper waiting for the next set of instructions.