Divination (class)

Divination is a subject taught at Hogwarts by Sybill Trelawney and (starting in 1996) Firenze the Centaur. It is an elective that can be taken from third year forward. Only those students with the "Inner Eye" can do well in this subject, as books "can only take you so far", according to Trelawney. Hermione Granger considers the subject &mdash; as taught by Trelawney &mdash; to be completely invalid, while Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil idolize the purported Seer and participate enthusiastically in class exercizes. The subject matter includes the reading of tea leaves and crystal balls, as well as the construction of horoscopes.