I cannot ask Firenze to return to the Forest, where he is now an outcast, nor can I ask Sybill Trelawney to leave. Between ourselves, she has no idea of the danger she would be in outside the castle. She does not know — and I think it would be unwise to enlighten her — that she made the prophecy about you and Voldemort, you see." — Professor Dumbledore to Harry Potter on Professor Trelawney. [src] During the 1993–1994 school year, Professor Trelawney gained the famous Harry Potter as a student, who had only chosen to take Divination because his friend, Ronald Weasley, had. [37] She opened her lesson with normal fortune-teller practises and vague predictions, including that Neville Longbottom would break at least one teacup, something Lavender Brown was dreading would happen on 16 October, and that, around Easter, one of her students would leave the class forever. During a class on tea leaves, Trelawney saw the Grim — a well-known omen of death — in Harry Potter's cup. This visibly disturbed the class, who went rather shaken to Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. [14] It is somewhat notable that Dolores Umbridge did not attempt to oust Professor Trelawney from Hogwarts when Professor Dumbledore was temporarily removed from his post as Headmaster. It is possible that Umbridge was so overwhelmed with the chaotic status of the school during her brief spell as Headmistress that she simply forgot. Another possibility is that Trelawney was either forcibly removed from the school or helped into hiding by Dumbledore, and Rowling merely did not mention this in the story.

Now let’s deal with the hem. I decided to sew a simple single-fold hem. This means folding it, pinning, pressing, and sewing from the right side ( see the images below). Sybill was born on 9 March in an unknown year, to a Muggle mother and wizard father, [1] into the half-blood Trelawney family. There were three generations between her and Cassandra Trelawney, who was a renowned Seer. No one in the family since Cassandra had possessed the Second Sight until Sybill was born.One of the most enticing aspects of the “Sexy Teacher” costume lies in its versatility. Individuals can add their personal touch, modifying the outfit to reflect their unique interpretation of a captivating educator. From the choice of glasses, and the style of the dress, to the accessories, each element contributes to crafting an original and creative character. Breaking Stereotypes: Wand: Sybill Trelawney, presumably since the age of eleven, possessed a wand made of unicorn hair and hazel. [8] She wielded it in the Battle of Hogwarts, launching crystal balls at Death Eaters in a tennis-serve motion. [51] J. K. Rowling has stated that she does not believe in magic, and does not intend that her readers should believe in it either. She has hinted that the portrayal of Trelawney (a mystic and fortune-teller, perhaps the kind of "magic" that children are most likely to come across) as something of an ineffectual old fraud may be related to this. However, her name and the reference to a grandmother named Cassandra is somewhat contradicting. In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a Trojan seer who received the gift of prophecy from Apollo, but when she spurned his romantic advances, the god in his wrath cursed her that she would be ever correct but never believed. This suggests that perhaps some of Trelawney's pronouncements may be more accurate than is often believed. You can pin the other end of the elastic near the gap so that it does not get swept into the tunnel. So you may have chosen to study Divination, the most difficult of all magical arts. I must warn you at the outset that if you do not have the Sight, there is very little I will be able to teach you. Books can take you only so far in this field...." — Trelawney first meeting with her new third year class [src]

Later, Trelawney attempted to enter the Room of Requirement, but was thrown out by Draco Malfoy, who apparently used Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder to conceal his identity. Harry Potter found her sprawled on the floor and helped her up. He encouraged her to accompany him to Dumbledore's office to tell the Headmaster what had happened to her. On the way, she started talking about the day she was hired. When Trelawney mentioned that the eavesdropper had been Severus Snape, Harry left her standing in the corridor and ran off to confront Dumbledore with this information. [13] Trelawney attended the Slug Club Christmas party, implying she may have been a member. Being descended from Cassandra Trelawney, Horace Slughorn would have presumably liked to "collect" her as well. The thing is, so many people do Harry Potter for Halloween, and I felt like it was overdone. But in an effort to not dash B’s dreams, I had the idea to do characters just from the third book that we were reading. She told Parvati Patil to beware of a red-headed man. Parvati immediately suspected Ron, who sat behind her. At the Yule Ball, Harry and Ron, Parvati's and her sister Padma's dates, ignored them both. Two years later, Ron started going out with Parvati's best friend Lavender Brown, who consequently started to ignore Parvati. At the Christmas lunch, Trelawney at first refused to join the table, since when thirteen dine together, the first to rise will be the first to die. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley got up from the table first together, but Albus Dumbledore was the first among those at the table to die. Also, she did not take into account of Peter Pettigrew (who was at the time disguised as Scabbers) which would in fact count as fourteen people. However before she was seated, there were thirteen people at the table, counting Scabbers. Dumbledore was the first to rise and greet her, and he was the first person to die.Harry also ends up working for the Ministry of Magic, although it is unknown if he ever became Minister. Sybill could possibly be derived from the name of a group ancient Roman oracles known as the Sybilline oracles, which is appropriate considering her ability to tell the future and make accurate prophecies.

It was Trelawney herself who made the prophecy concerning Lord Voldemort and the one with the power to vanquish him (Voldemort took this to mean Harry Potter) during her job interview with Albus Dumbledore. [13] At the end of the 1993–1994 school year, she accurately predicted the escape of Peter Pettigrew and the return of Lord Voldemort. [14] Last but not least, we can’t forget about two items that make Professor Trelawney stand out: her wand and crystal ball.Though Trelawney seems to have been making it up at the time, seeing a death omen in Harry's cup, Harry did face his own death in 1998, although he did not actually die. However, the fact the death omen was in the shape of a dog may have been misinterpreted and may have truly been symbolising Sirius entering his life as an animagus. Trelawney: " I was saying that Saturn was surely in a position of power in the heavens at the moment of your birth... your dark hair... your mean stature... tragic losses so young in life... I think I am right in saying, my dear, that you were born in midwinter?" Harry Potter: " No, I was born in July." — Trelawney's often inaccurate abilities as a seer [src] On the beginning of 1993–1994 school year, she told in the whole class that, near Easter, one of their number will leave them forever. Sybill took great pride in her lineage of the great Seer Cassandra Trelawney, and tend to ride on that fact when trying to gain employment, despite showcasing none of her great-great-grandmother's talent. [1]