An Introduction to Arithmancy
 by David Haber
 Arithmancy is one of Hermione's favorite subjects at Hogwarts, because it is a very precise, measurable and almost scientific method of predicting the future. Arithmancy is a method of divination by numbers first used by the ancient Greeks. Today, Wizards can use arithmancy to help predict trends in the future.
 > Read the full articlePages: << < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 > >> Reader Comments: (Page 7) Is it weird that most of the members of my sorority have a character number of 9! Posted by Jenny from Birmingham, AL on April 30, 2007 12:33 AM
Very fascinating, my name Cornelius Felbinger AND my nickname both get a 5 / 6 / 8 and it perfectly fits...
now i'm trying to get my wife into this! Posted by Cornelius from Freiburg, Germany on May 2, 2007 1:00 PM
Some have said that it only works if you use the short version of your name, mine dosen't for some reason but it comes out as 9-9-9 if i use my full name Edward Steven Paul Barlow which describes me perfectly. Posted by Ted Barlow from Glorious Lancashire on May 10, 2007 10:51 AM
"Harry James Potter" and "The Chosen One" have the EXACT same numbers... Creepy! Posted by Courtney from Massachusetts on May 23, 2007 08:16 AM
when I put my name in "Devlin Murray" it comes out as 9-9-9. Posted by Devlin on May 24, 2007 10:52 PM
Cool! You're mathematically perfect! Posted by Dave Haber from Los Angeles, CA on May 25, 2007 07:05 AM
i entered my name and had 6,3,3 which is cool... its me... BUT, im gonna be married soon, and my surname be hawkins, which comes up 9,9,9! my marriage completes me. scary! Posted by sian alison hayward from cardiff, wales on May 28, 2007 06:56 AM
As Monchi in Tokyo and Dave showed it earlier in this trend, godric rowena salazar helga = 999
Now we know that the ly Hallows probably stand for the founders' relics, it seems to me very meaningful that Arithmancy leads to the idea of gathering the four founders.
Maybe, what Harry has to do is gather four relics (the four remaining Horcruxes?). Maybe the relics are the objects that the founders used to create Hogwarts and the Sorting Hat's brain. Gathered, they would have a huge magical power. Posted by herve from strasbourg on May 31, 2007 09:34 AM
If you put in Hermione Weasley the Heart Number is 9. Posted by Maxine V. from Sparks, NV on May 31, 2007 4:29 PM
i'm the same as hermione! 4-4-9.
this is cool, but i'm not sure if jk rowling would put quite that much effort into everybody's names. they all already have significant meanings relating to their character. Posted by rebecca from KCMO on June 4, 2007 11:20 AM
This is so awesome! Guess what? Me & my best three friend's numbers are same. Does it mean we are going to be friends forever? Posted by Hamza Joozer from Karachi,Pakistan on June 13, 2007 11:25 AM
The Kabbala, the ancient Hebrew mystical system, is based on numerology as well. Aleph is 1, Bet is 2, and so on through the Hebrew alphabet. Then words are assigned numeric quantities. This is why, for example, 18 ( and its muultiples) is a lucky number. 18 is made up of ches and yud- chai- which means life in Hebrew. Posted by david behr from northfield, nj on June 26, 2007 3:00 PM
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