Magical Theory, a Harry Potter podcast

Turn to Page 96, Talons and Tea Leaves. Today’s lesson is called Vague Fortunes The chapter begins with Harry ready for a new year at Hogwarts. He gets his new schedule, and sets off on his first day with Ron and Hermione. First up: Divination with Professor Trelawney. After Sir Cadogan helps lead them to the classroom, they begin learning about reading tea leaves to see a person’s future. Eventually, Trelawney herself reads Harry’s tea leaves and sees in them the Grim, a wizarding omen for death. Harry is very upset by this, as are the other third years, before Professor McG dispels the notion that Harry is doomed to die because Professor Trelawney proclaimed so. Later, our trio heads down to Hagrid’s first class as Care of Magical Creatures professor. He leads them in a lesson on Hippogriffs, beginning with Harry meeting Buckbeak, who allows Harry to fly on his back. Eventually Malfoy insults Buckbeak, who gashes his arm. This leads to a commotion, and eventually to Hagrid drunk, believing he will lose his