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"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
The topic of this article is of a real-life subject that has been mentioned "in-universe" in a canon source. The Harry Potter Wiki is written from the perspective that all information presented in canon is true (e.g., Hogwarts really existed), and, as such, details contained in this article may differ from real world facts. |
- "Professor Trelawney bent down and lifted, from under her chair, a miniature model of the solar system, contained within a glass dome. It was a beautiful thing; each of the moons glimmered in place around the nine planets and the fiery sun, all of them hanging in thin air beneath the glass. Harry watched lazily as Professor Trelawney began to point out the fascinating angle Mars was making to Neptune."
- — Harry Potter's fourth-year Divination class[src]
An Orrery was a model of the sun, planets and moons of the solar system, used for studying Astronomy.[4][2][3]
History[]
Jacob's sibling predicting an eclipse using an orrery in the Astronomy Tower
- "We can make use of this Orrery to predict the next eclipse."
- — Professor Sinistra to her students[src]
During sixth-year Astronomy lessons during the 1989–1990 school year and seventh-year lessons in the 1990–1991 school year at Hogwarts, Professor Aurora Sinistra would have her students observe an orrery in the Astronomy Tower, in order to make predictions about the next eclipse.[4][2][3]
Sybill Trelawney used one of all nine planets (including Pluto) while teaching Astrology during Divination in 1995. This orrery was magical, as astronomical objects inside the glass hovered in thin air.[1]
Related items[]
Dumbledore's office with orrery-like globes to the bottom left and middle right
- During Albus Dumbledore's time as Headmaster of Hogwarts, the Headmaster's office contained a number of orrery-like objects, though their specific purpose is unknown.[5]
- Globes of the moon and perfect, moving models of the galaxy in a large glass ball could be purchased in Diagon Alley.[6][7]
Behind the scenes[]
- During Astronomy lessons in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, what is called an orrery in the Astronomy Tower appears to resemble more of an armillary sphere.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First identified as Orrery)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
- Hogwarts Legacy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 29 (The Dream)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 16 (Trials and Tribulations) - Astronomy Lesson "Rogue Planets"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 28 (The Last Laugh) - Astronomy Lesson "Dark Matter and Dark Energy"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 25 (Written in the Stars) - Astronomy Lesson "Lunar Phases"
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)
| Divination | ||
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| Professors: Percival Rackham · Mudiwa Onai · Sybill Trelawney · Firenze | ||
| Known Seers: Calchas · Cassandra Vablatsky · Cassandra Trelawney · Gellert Grindelwald · Inigo Imago · Johan Hoffman · Liz Tuttle's mother · Mopsus · Professor Mopsus · Susie Sooth · Tycho Dodonus · Unidentified Canadian Seer · Unidentified female Seer · Unidentified male Seer | ||
| Textbooks: The Dream Oracle · Unfogging the Future | ||
| Methods: Astrology · Bibliomancy · Capnomancy · Cartomancy · Catoptromancy · Crystal-gazing · Crystal ball · Dream interpretation · Fire-omens · Heptomology · Horoscope · Ichthyomancy · Lithomancy · Myomancy · Ornithomancy · Orrery · Ovomancy · Palmistry · Personal chart · Phyllomancy · Prophecy · Rune stone · Scrying mirror · Tarot cards · Tessomancy · Xylomancy | ||
| Divination at Hogwarts: Divination (class) · Divination Classroom · Divination staircase · Sybill Trelawney's office · Classroom Eleven · Xylomancy (class) | ||