Arithmancy vs. Divination

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 32070

Liz Sager wrote:
> 
> >(veering back to topic, anyone have any wild
> >guesses what goes on in that class?). -- Boggles
> 
> I could be wrong (it certainly wouldn't be the first time) but I believe
> that Arithmancy is a form of fortune telling, but more precise than
> Divination. It uses more scientific methods, like Numerology.

*snicker*  Personally, I think that Arithmancy and Hermione's
attitude to it as opposed to Divination is JKR's little joke
about how people tend to think that if you can do something with
numbers, that somehow makes it more precise and scientific than
doing it without.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>