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'''''Divination''''' is presented as the ability to predict the future. While it is taught as a subject at Hogwarts, there are very few wizards or witches who can actually predict the future. As a subject, it is an elective, taught in years three, four, and five; those with sufficiently high [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/OWL exams|O.W.L. marks]] in the course can then go on to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/NEWT exams|N.E.W.T.-level study]] in years 6 and 7.

The alternate Divination teacher, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Firenze|Firenze]], seems to be more interested in teaching the methods of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Centaur|Centaur]] divination, and emphasizing that not all things '''can''' be determined completely. We should note in passing that, while it is never stated that we are seeing the results of Divination, the Centaur comments regarding astronomy in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Philosopher's Stone/Chapter 15|''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'']] are almost certainly the result of Divination. Firenze speaks of this sort of interpretation of the heavens, and how it differs from Trelawney's, in his Divination classes.

 

 

We must be careful to separate Divination from [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Prophecy|Prophecy]]. Divination can be taught; Prophecy is apparently a rare gift, inborn and apparently uncontrollable. It would appear that prophets quite often fall into Divination as a career: Professor Trelawney does produce, in the span of seventeen years, two completely valid predictions. This seems to be completely separate from her teachings in Divination, and in fact she does not seem to remember having made either Prophecy.

For discussion of prophecies as opposed to Divination, please see [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Prophecy|that article.]]

 

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