With all kinds of cool and exciting witchcraft and magic in Harry Potter universe, the art of Divination certainly seemed to be one of the most vague practices of magic. For this reason, perhaps logical characters such as Hermione Granger and Minerva McGonagall believed Divination to be a very loose discipline.

But it was the Hogwarts fortune teller, Sybill Trelawney, who somehow instilled a little faith in her field in everyone. Although she was often seen as a fraud who made bold predictions for the sake of drama, Trelawney’s three watertight prophecies were Harry Potter The franchise left fans amazed by JK Rowling’s flawless storyline.

Professor Trelawney’s prophecy that set the story in motion

While fans from all over the world are celebrating JK Rowling’s Harry Potter franchise, it’s safe to say that the wizarding world story of the boy who lived was set in motion by Professor Sybill Trelawney’s eerie prediction. In fact, it was her first prophecies, dating back to the early 1980s. Sitting with Albus Dumbledore for a job interview at the Hog’s Head pub, Trelawney had predicted the fate of Harry, who hadn’t even been born yet.

The one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord draws near… born to those who have thrice defied him, born when the seventh month dies… and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have a power the Dark Lord knows not… and one of them must die by the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives… the one with the power to defeat the Dark Lord will be born when the seventh month dies…

While interviewing with Dumbledore for the Divination Professor position, Trelawney had foreseen the one who would defeat Voldemort. By claiming that a child born in late July to parents who had defied him three times would defeat the Dark Lord, Sybill Trelawney not only secured the job but also set the stage for the climax of the franchise.

The second prophecy about the servant who frees himself

After Harry Potter came to Hogwarts as a Divination teacher in the 1980s, it was years before he finally came to the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Although she undoubtedly made several prophecies in between, her second most powerful prediction proved to be the one she made on June 6, 1994, during Harry’s final Divination exam. Professor Trelawney fell into a trance as she recited the prediction in a deep voice, speaking of the servant and the master.

It will happen tonight. The Dark Lord lies alone and friendless, abandoned by his followers. His servant has been chained for twelve years. Tonight, before midnight… the servant will break free and set out to rejoin his master. The Dark Lord, with the help of his servant, will rise again, greater and more terrible than ever. Tonight… before midnight… the servant… will set out… to rejoin his master…

Following her previous prophecy about the Dark Lord and Harry Potter, Sybill informed Trelawney about “the servant“who would flee at midnight and return to”his master.” Although Harry initially thought the servant was Sirius Black, it was ultimately Peter Pettigrew, who was in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and rejoined Voldemort in Goblet of Firewhich makes the prophecy come true.

Professor Trelawney’s Lightning-Striked Tower – Tarot Card

Finally, we have the third prediction on the table, made by Professor Sybill Trelawney in 1997 when she dealt a set of cards herself, unaware that Harry was hiding in the room at the time. Trelawney initially laid out four cards and then dealt another one, feeling that something was wrong as she kept getting the same answer. Each card has a connection to Dumbledore’s death shortly after.

Starting with the two of spades, which signified conflict, Sybill Trelawney’s second card, the seven of spades, indicated a bad omen. Her third card, the ten of spades, indicated violence, while her fourth card, the jack of spades, “a dark young man, possibly disturbed, someone who does not like the questioner“When Trelawney drew the fifth card with the tower struck by lightning, she was not comfortable with the answers; she received a clear indication of misfortune and disaster.

Finally, her prophecy was fulfilled in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, when the Death Eaters infiltrated Hogwarts and the “dark young man” turned out to be Draco Malfoy, who was avoiding questions because he had spent the year trying to murder Dumbledore. Finally, Trelawney’s ultimate prediction of Albus Dumbledore’s death came true when the great wizard appeared in the Astronomy Tower with a “Beam of green light“.

Harry Potter fans react to the three exact prophecies

These prophecies were made by Professor Sybill Trelawney, but were actually written by JK Rowling. So after reading the books and reading the Harry Potter films, fans simply couldn’t grasp the author’s brilliance and literary genius. On Reddit, the Potterhead hotspot where debates are sparked and theories are born, fans praised the character as much as Rowling.