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ACE, 1 - puzzling mystery
ACORN - at the top means success and gain: At the bottom means good health.
AIRCRAFT ? ambition, success, journey; if broken means danger of accident
ALTAR ? joy, consolation
ANCHOR - at top rest, center, security; at bottom means nebulous
ANGEL ? protection, happiness
ANKH - Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol of immortality, love, and reincarnation; carried by ancient gods and goddesses in political and funerary art
APPLE - choice, computer, knowledge. GO Plant, Flower, and Tree Patterns or the Garden and Shrine page
ARROW ? trouble ahead
ASH TREE - symbol of divine nature in humanity; ODIN's staff marked with oaths
ASPIRATION SYMBOL - a cross of wood, goat, the Great Pyramid, and wings
AXE ? strength of character, difficulties; if at top overcoming of difficulties; ancient symbol of goddess devotee
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BABY - psyche change, something new, pregnancy
BAG ? full, financial benefit; empty, financial problems
BALL - completion, friends
BANNER ? glory, honours
BASKET ? ritual; full, abundance, new opportunities, harvest
BEES ? successful work
BELL - harmonics, creation, spiritual clearing; if ringing, very good news
BIRDS - ascension, good news, migration. GO Magical Creatures
BOAT - destiny path theme, guests
BOOK - guidance by written word if at top, answers written; set up new journal if book is at bottom; if the book is open
the answer to a question, but if closed, a question requires investigation
BRIDGE ? if crossed, happy solution
BUTTERFLY - transition, transformation; coloured, happiness
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CAKE - festivity, pleasant surprise
CAMP - event, change for the better
CANDLE - a light for the future, help from friends; CANDLE BURNING - improvement ahead. GO CANDLES for more about special candle dedication
CASTLE - see House, see The House System
CAT - symbol of eternity [sacred to Diana and others]; astral fire within electricity and magnetism. GO Magical Creatures
CEMENT - happy solution
CENTAUR - symbolic of composite nature of all human beings. GO Magical Creatures
COIN - prosperity
CROWN - symbol of wealth, power and authority; achievement of all or a dream of having one or more at the time of the reading
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DAGGAR - circumspection is prudent
DIADEM ? This ensign of royalty shows that your ambition is realised beyond your expectations; wonderful good fortune and influential friends assure you of an unusually successful career.
DICE - risk, probable loss
DOLPHIN ? A cheerful and optimistic character, pleasure on the sea or river. GO Magical Creatures
DOOR OPEN - option, significant good luck
DOVE - messenger, important event [benefits]
DOWSING ROD, DOWSER'S ROD - search for truth, a person on a quest known as 'the fruitful search'. Dowsing: Finding items with power tools [like a pendulum, rods or sticks; voice dowsing]
DRAGONFLY ? Good luck, tidings of unexpected occurrences, unlooked-for events, new and advantageous opportunities, sometimes new clothes or furniture; make a wish when you see one.
DRUM ? A hazardous enterprise or expedition; a message coming your way.
DUCK - letter from unknown sender
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EAGLE - prosperity, far sightedness. GO Magical Creatures
EASEL ? A sign of marriage to widows and maids; to the married, increase of worldly goods; this symbol must be read in connection with other indications in the cup.
ELECTRIC CURRENT/LIGHTNING - power surge
ELEPHANT - strength, good luck [maybe improvement in relationship]
ELF ? Harry Potter House Elf: This symbol should put you on your guard or you may be the victim of an unpleasant practical joke; GO CHAMBER OF SECRETS.
ELM TREE - Good omen of prosperity and coming happiness.
EYE[S] - Beautiful: love, sincere friend; Weeping: loss of love or friendship
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FACE ? Change in friendships
FAIRY - wishes realized
FINGER POINTED - depending on right or left hand, change initiated by waking conscious will [dominant hand, usually right] or change initiated by intuitive self [non-dominant hand, usually left]; raised a warning; lowered, a need for direction- GO PALM
FIREPLACE [with fire] - hospitality, peace, contentment
FIVE-POINTED STAR - (Sirius Symbol) The energies of the Sirius Star (Egyptian - Sothis) represents a point in space and time which acts as a springboard for evolutionary quantum leaps. Sirius is a lucky talisman for athletes, adventurers and pioneers, or suggests luck will come to them. Also an interest in people and topics that probe the universe beyond our planet. Harry Potter wears the Sirius Star talisman when he plays quidditch.
FOUNTAIN [running] - happiness, spirit power, soul powers
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GARLIC ? potent remedy for obsession
GATE ? of temple [north] symbolic of the physical
GERANIUM ? unexpected wealth. GO Plant, Flower, and Tree Patterns or the Garden and Shrine page
GHOST ? speaking, advice to listen to
GULL ? safe journey
GUITAR ? declaration of love.
GYPSY - fortune teller; above, a truth teller; descendants of the priests of the temple of Serapis.
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HALO ? esteem, glory; GO AURA
HAMMER ? luck, fortunate sign; hard work needed; getting a point across
HAND - of god, creation; assistance from friends; if hand is open means friendship; if closed means an argument GO to PALM
HARP - love, harmony, pleasure, happiness
HAT - an upcoming raise on the job, an upcoming honor; consciousness, improvement GO to The Sorting Hat
HARVEST, good ? wealth, abundance [see also Cornucopia]
HAWK - Horus, Solar Power that casts no shadow. GO Magical Creatures; romantic legend Ladyhawke
HEN - festivity
HEART - chakra, pleasure, love, trust, compassion
HOLE ? unseen trap [if Kiva door, see spiritual power, Kiva]
HORSE - if galloping means good news; if just the head means a lover; if white, rider of the illumined mind [see Gandalf the White, in THE LORD OF THE RINGS]
HORSESHOE - good luck, attraction, closure
HOURGLASS - time running out, need to decide something; synchronicity, illusion: pace yourself. Link with the two movements of the pendulum swing; see the Trump X symbols for esoteric meaning
HOUSE - security, established relationships; transmigration or past life flash; change; success. Check The House System guide to Tarot interpretation
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ICE - profitable gain
INCENSE ? perfume to induce mental mood, attitude, healing; among adepts incense is symbol for the sacred fire
INSECT - depends which one. GO Magical Creatures
INSIGNIA - second name, hidden name
IRON - in the fire, a new or ongoing activity
IVY - faithful friendship. GO Plant, Flower, and Tree Patterns or the Garden and Shrine page
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JACKAL ? patron saint of psychologists and embalmers in Egypt [Anubis]; psychopompus; dream world.
JADE - masculine stone indicating a ruler at fifth heaven level; symbol of just counsel and fairness; negative means worldly, too interested in a material world life. [sometimes the material of the sceptre carried by The Charioteer, in Trump VII.]
JAIL ESCAPE - difficulties left behind [GO to Sirius Black]
JET - black stone that refers to hardness and strength; good luck sign, frequently associated with black eyes, such as those of the great Apache tribe. GO to Stone Gallery.
JERUSALEM, NEW - archetype of the perfect civilization; aka ZION [GO to THE MATRIX]; romantic question will be answered
JEWELS - gifts, money affairs; GO to STONE GALLERY
JUDGE - or courtroom means a decision will soon be made; if you feel you have to, change or redefine the job you do. This authority figure is directly linked with the tenth Tarot Trump, The Wheel of Fortune.
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KERUB ? soul growth, wear pectoral [heart] amulet
KETTLE - domestic contentment
KEY ? an appointment [keep a reminder]; secret doctrine [keys held by Peter]; Isis symbolizes the secret keys
KITE - wishes coming true, flying free
KNIFE - broken friendship, danger, hidden enemy
KNIGHT BUS - erratic ride available to witches and wizards who need transportation to London; Rowling take off on the OWL TRAIN that makes its trip during the night. GO video of the KNIGHT BUS Harry took from the Dursleys to The Leaky Cauldron in POA.
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LADDER - communication link with oversoul, promotion, a rise or fall in life; dream messages
LAMP - turned on means enlightenment, at the top means a feast; at the side means secrets revealed; at the bottom means postponement
LEAF - new life, dynamic power; dramatic event may be ahead; Mass of Leaves ?arrivals and departures about which there are little difficulties.
LIGHTHOUSE ? A good sign of security and of light on your path whenever it is most needed; a watcher is near; if crooked or broken, disaster at sea.
LIGHTNING ? Forked lightning seen in a zig-zag up the side of the cup shows bad weather conditions; if near the figure of a man or woman, it may possibly indicate injury from lightning or electrical mechanism; if seen at the bottom of the cup and with a clear space indicating water, it would mean bad storms abroad causing damage and loss. GO HARRY POTTER
LINES - if straight means progress; if wavy means uncertain path
LION ? divine guardianship, influential friends, nature?s abundance, Zoroaster. GO Magical Creatures
LIZARD ? GO DIAGON ALLEY MAGICAL CREATURES page.
LOCK - obstacles if closed - new information unfolding if open, GO to GHOSTBUSTERS for lock and key symbols
LOOKING-GLASS ? Implies a desire to know the truth, even if it be unpleasant to you. MIRROR - Prophetic dreams; a love of truth. See Dali and additional dreamwork footnotes @ RIVENDELL
GO MIRROR
LOTUS - symbol of crown energy [the thousand petal lotus or thousand petal rose suggests link with golden flower of the ancients], good talisman for a bad case of nervousness due to some pressure or tension of modern life [commute]
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MAGNET - You will be drawn by an irresistible attraction towards someone for whom you will eventually feel more dislike than affection.
MAGNIFYING GLASS - You are given to such exaggeration that it may amount to untruthfulness.
MAGPIE - "One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth"; this ancient saying well explains the meaning of seeing magpies in the tea-leaves.
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MASK - For a lover, this predicts that unpleasant facts will come to light, of which at present there is no suspicion, leading to an abrupt ending of the love affair; a secret that must be kept. Click Professor McGonagall, go to MASKED WORLD, GO WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN; see the early MAE WEST films
MOUNTAIN ? challenges, obstacles or a specific area; mountain peak, place where all opposites merge GO THE MOUNTAIN. Also, the summit and possible resolution of two sides of an argument. Negative: anything on top of the mountain is out of reach at the moment.
MOUSE - theft [of heart?], object or idea; computer
MUSHROOM - Predicts that you will take a small risk and achieve a great success; to lovers, it foreshows a quarrel and possibly a broken engagement; at top means journey or moving to the country; near bottom means rapid growth; if reversed means frustration, psychedelics - visionary cognition for problem solving. Background: Shrmx menu [look for Molly Weasley (2) page] and Glossary for various reads on shrmx. Also, 'Plant Kingdom' for more at the Dowser page.
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NAIL - injustice, unfairness
NECKLACE - (whole): admirers; if broken means danger ahead in love and danger of losing a lover
NEEDLE - recognition, admiration, notions, weaving; spite, gossip
NET ? full, prosperity; empty, poverty
NIGHTHAWK ? night prowler.
NIGHT OWL ? someone burning the midnight oil, as Harry did before he had to take part in a TriWizard Competition task.
NOAH?S ARK ? health and a new beginning.
NUMBERS - see Numbers 1 - 10 and Numbers 11, 22, 33
NUN - protection, consolation
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OAK TREE - a good omen of wealth, strength, health, long life, and attainment of cherished hopes; tree of life; for a lover, it predicts happiness and prosperity in marriage; cut down, loss of a friend
OAR ? an outspoken individual; sport; amusement; a broken oar denotes recklessness for which you will pay dearly; for a lover or husband, this means affliction.
OASIS - success, profit
OBELISK - This foreshows honour and wealth.
OPAL - unexpected luck; unreliable dream
OSTRICH ? travel; OSTRICH FEATHER - balance, truth, beauty, and justice - as the ancient symbol for MAAT
OWL - messenger, the Owl Post, don't start anything the next day; gossip, scandal, aliens. GO Magical Creatures
OYSTER - love, an impending engagement; easy and sure profit
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PALM TREE - success, honor, valuable gifts or legacy; place were they grow; a trip to an upcoming tropical place, celebration
PANTHER - symbol for goddess priests and priestesses; represent higher mind ability; may also mean danger. GO Magical Creatures
PARASOL - open (you will glean insightful information), closed (something hidden), raining (water symbology of creation)
PEACOCK - wisdom
PELICAN ? self-sacrifice, resurrection
PHOENIX - renewal, new beginning, initiate. The Order of the Phoenix links here. Visit Phoenix page here
PURSE - at top means profit; at bottom means lose; also, the Purse (open): financial gain, and the Purse (closed): financial loss
PYRAMID ? wisdom, change for the better, mental expansion and stretch of the intellect
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QUEEN - A queen upon her throne indicates security, peace, and honour; sometimes the attainment to a high position through powerful friends.
QUERY - Shows doubt, indecision; if this sign were seen with a letter the doubt would be with regard to some correspondence; if with a journey, uncertainty about it; and so on.
QUESTION MARK ? quest, need for caution; question asked, good luck
QUICKSILVER - transformation ahead
QUILL PEN - This shows that you may expect, before long, to sign your maiden name for the last time in a marriage register; with other signs, a legal document.
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RAKE - watch details, planting seeks, reap what you sow
RAINBOW - healing; the bow is a covenant; the whole universe, the full spectrum reference as the division of maxima into the seven colour frequency rainbow; ancient symbol for Christian presence, Native American symbol for the centre of space; suggests fifth heaven action is about to take place in the material world. Fifth heaven symbol is the central point where all points of a compass come together - similar to the centre of a labyrinth.
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RAZOR ? quarrel, dispute
RING - phone call, coming full circle, reconciliation; near the top means marriage or the offer of marriage; at bottom means long engagement; if broken means engagement broken off, divorce
RIVER ? clear, fortunate omen
ROAD ? broad, happy life; narrow road means deceit
ROPE ? completion, success
ROSE - Rose bloodline, creation, flower of life, love, may be accompanied by a fragrance in the room; popularity. GO Plant, Flower, and Tree Patterns or the Garden and Shrine page
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SAW - interference, tear apart, something viewed
SCALE - legal issues; if balanced means just result; if unbalanced means unjust result ; adjustments in a relationship
SCARAB - excellent indication everything that has fallen into a rut will self-correct; change needed to escape from the same old daily routine
SCISSORS - quarrels, possibly separation
Shark: bankruptcy
SHEEP - good fortune; watch for rustlers
SHELL - good news, nautilus; go to mechanical drawing
SHOE - sole/soul, condition of shoe is important; go forward; the four part universe; transformation; good time for the mandala ? GO Study 4a
SIGN, or MARK ? denoting something significant and carrying an interpretative meaning. Origin: Old French ?signe? from Latin ?signum? ?mark.? Most tracker guides take the Book of Thoth, the Tarot [Major and Minor Arcana source group] as the undisputed lexicon for symbols, signs/marks, and portents. GO Tarot Trump direction page
SKELETON ? wealth, legacy, Deadhead symbol [get tickets now]
SNAKE - life force symbol; if the snake is attacking, an enemy, an enemy nearby
SPIDER - weaving together, reward for your work, if well done ? remember to always weave one mistake into your rug ? the spider woman and 13th sign. See Led Zeppelin drummer Bonzo Bonham
Squirrel ? gossip [see Norse mythology, the World Tree]
STAR - health and happiness, hope, heavens; the round art; an Aquarian symbol
STONEHENGE - link with ancient world of astrology and cycles of the eclipse; historic site in the UK with new excavations during January, 2007 GO Sacred Site for more about important areas of the globe
SUN - happiness, success, power ; past life stimulation
SWORD - arguments and warning of future arguments; visit champions, fighters, and gladiators
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TAROT ? a Trump means triumph over an obstructive force. GO Tarot Card Guide and scan The House System guide to Tarot interpretation
TEAPOT - friends, nurturing, options improved. Visit the TEAROOM at Bag-End
TENT - a covering, so whoever identifies a tent in the tea leaves may express desire to conceal a secret, or use a tent as a covering, like an invisibility cloak, to move through the world in a mask and concealment; wish to attend the Quidditch World Cup, camp with friends in a comfortable setting like the Weasley Tent. If a need for R&R converts to the wish to ?get away from it all? a tea leaf tent means travel and/or camping on a scenic route [muggle or wizarding world] that is back with Nature.
THIMBLE - changes at home; refers to the thumb so possible changes at work.
TOTEM - ancestors, travel, mystery.
TOWER ? affiliations; beginning, closure; disappointment; if broken or upside down, loss of partnership.
TRANQUILITY ZONE [+ symbolism] - still-tranquility zones are used in dowser work when energy balance should be restored to a home, garden, business offic, or other place of work. check Harry Potter's room at the Dursley's
TREE - improvements, of life, creation, book of life, your life path, GO STUDY 2b/2b for plants and trees.
TRIANGLE - something unexpected, 3 in a relationship, pyramids, dimensions of communication.
TRIPOD ? message about the future. Linked with the Oracle at Delphi; GO ORACLE
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ULCER ? cares, sorrow.
UMBRELLA ? open, protection against the elements; shut, security.
UNCTIONS, JAR CONTAINING UNCTIONS ? cure of a disease.
UNDINE[S] ? beautify a corner of your universe; look to the West for an answer to your question.
UNICORN ? spirit, center of the zone, mandala, labyrinth. GO the UNICORN POND for information about unicorns.
UNIFORM ? adventure; if negative, separation, loss
URN - wealth and happiness.
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VANGUARD ? in front, leader, first in line; avant-garde, ahead of others
VARMIT ? same as Weasel, but smells bad; cousin of the polecat.
VASE - a friend needs help; the vessel or dish.
VEGETABLE ? if growing, happy home life; creative imagination.
VEHICLE ? carrier; see Trump VII; for background about the interpretation footnote link.
VEIL OF ISIS ? wisdom concealed from the profane. GO Trump II The Priestess, Juno, Veiled Isis, Female Pope, and more aka titles for the card.
VIOLIN ? soul power, healing, happy domestic conditions.
VIPER ? betrayal, scandal.
VOLCANO - harmful emotions; eruption, passion.
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WAGON - a wedding, wagon wheels (wheels within wheels, change in public image, reputation, job); when negative, hard times ahead.
WASP - romantic problems.
WATERFALL ? prosperity, abundance; focus on spiritual center, psyche center; the element WATER is usually recognized by a clear space entirely free from tea-leaves at the bottom of the cup.
WATER LILY ? This flower proclaims a declaration of love. The Lotus is associated with love of truth.
WEASEL ? This animal shows cunning, and points to the sly behaviour of someone with whom you associate, and of whom you feel no suspicion.
WEATHERCOCK - sign of vacillation when a decision has to be made; in the end you may settle upon an entirely different course of action than indicated by the original options. [go jello]
WEREWOLF - the image; GO to Transfiguration
WHALE ? ancient power animal was a symbol for Christ. A blue whale jawbone is arched over the original entry way into old Glastonbury Abbey ground [where The Grail is said to be, with mortal remains of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere]; augury: read as a prediction of personal danger which may be averted if caution is observed. WHEEL ? reference to TRUMP X The Wheel; if complete means good fortune; if broken means disappointment.
WINDMILL ? future success and wealth, variable based on Trump X, The Wheel of Fortune.
WINDOW ? eye with a view of your environment; if open, a window shows that you are regarded with favour by many; a closed one means embarrassment.
WINGS - messages, immortality; soul mates. See Angel pages posted in our Candle Section.
WOLF ? nurturing; hunter, mother [to Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome see the Palintine Hill, their shrine in Rome]; when negative, jealousy.
WOMAN WITH A MIRROR ? Clairvoyance and prediction of the future are signified by this symbol. Go to LOTHLORIAN and Galadriel?s Glade
WOODPECKER - messenger; bird brings pleasant news from those who live in the country.
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XENA: Warrior Princess and all the Xenites ? feminine power as the general, expressed for justice, restoration of order [exorcism], and correct allocation of power. Amazon comes from a term referring to excellent hand/eye coordination and love of the bow and arrow so there is an association with Diana, goddess of the hunt. Suggestion that a women may be the most ideal defense general and strategist. See American Maid [TICK], Wonder Woman/Diana Prince played by Linda Carter on television, and Xena who is played by Kiwi actress Lucy Lawless.
X-RAY ? improved health; if working with Kirlian photography, an aeyther or double of physical vehicle or the shell. GO THE MATRIX Oracle for more about manipulation of the shell/ and read about shell disturbances.
XYLOGRAPH ? engraved or woodcut Tarot, as the Marseilles Deck: classic way or system pertaining to sign and symbol language of the deck.
XYLOPHONE ? sounds can distribute akasha that is too slow or ?trapped? and massing [like the bell or glass/crystal wind chimes]. The sistrum was once used for the purpose in the ancient temple of Isis and others in Egypt.
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YACHT ? sailing, financial success.
YARN ? tapestry of life; weaving destiny plan; faithfulness, loyalty, honour.
YEAST ? good luck, unexpected wealth.
YELLOW-GOLD - symbol of perfection, the goal has become possible or is realized. GO YELLOW GOLD
YOKE ? [ox collar] need to balance physical and spiritual agenda; domination; EGG YOKE, cosmic awareness; broken, lost power.
0 YOGI - time to walk a mile in the shoes of another person; messenger
YULE LOG - traditional celebration, at Christmas usually; wealth and prosperous period of time ahead.
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ZEBRA - adventure, especially overseas; an unchanging factor [as, alchemical rule: gold always melts at the same temperature.]; unfavorable, confusion, the wrong place.
ZERO ? with or without a diagonal line through/ usually a zone conscious person; empty; center, the source where opposites meet; cosmic event; if broken, wasted energy. GO ZONE.
ZEUS ? statue or temple of, ancient wonder of the world, new found insight and soul power; direct link with oversoul. [the spirit of the architect was included as suggested by this phrase: "the monument was dedicated to the spirit of the planet Jupiter, one of the seven Logi who bow before the Lord of the Sun.?]
ZITHER ? love, declaration of love.
ZODIAC ? archetypal format system; reference to Trump X, The Wheel; see Astrology Index; GO to MAGICAL CREATURES
ZOO ? journey [exotic circumstances]; psyche ability may be impeded or compromised. GO to MAGICAL CREATURES
Divination Instructor Sibyll [Sybill] Patricia Trelawney [Emma Thompson] became a member of Hogwarts staff in 1979. She resides in the North Tower, near the Divination Classroom.
Note that IMDb records her character .... Professor Sybil TrelawneyHermione - "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" page dedicated to Hermione--Emma Watson
Ron 'master of wizard chess' Weasley - Rupert Grint
The Order of The Phoenix
Official Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix page
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