(PROFESSOR) TRELAWNEY aka SYBILL TRELAWNEY

Professor Trelawney wears very, VERY thick glasses and if you have read my thoughts in the section "The Mirror of Erised and Other Looking Glasses" in MAGICAL MISCELLANY you would know that it's my theory that most of the people in the HP books who wear glasses have second site, or at least the ability to see beyond what's in everyone else's plain view.  Even though she is as blind as a bat when it comes to her physical range of vision, Miss Trelawney is a true seer.  I know that's hard for many to envision but she does have two credible and profound prophecies to date.  All of her other so- called predictions seem like a lot of fluff and stuff, nevertheless, she really deserves an award for her incredible dramatic interpretations.  And if you strip away the grease paint and rouge I'm sure you'll agree that our Divination teacher has divined more than mere melodrama.

Why is it important for Dumbledore to allow Sybill to stay at Hogwarts?  Well, as long as she stays at Hogwarts then she is in Dumbledore’s protection and Voldemort can't touch her.  (Remind you of someone else who has to stay in a certain locale to be protected from the Dark Lord?)  If Voldemort ever got his hands on our mystic miss he might just be able to glean from her foggy brain the original prophecy regarding him and Harry.  She'd better stay in her tower where it's safe.

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I'm reading my Tea Leaves.  I’ll tell you what they said after I have another cup to wash it all down.