Hogwarts Study Panel

Chapter 234: Astronomical Magic

When these centaurs appeared, Hagrid was on high alert. His massive body shielded Sheen behind him, and he gripped a bow and arrow tightly in his hand.

With no moonlight visible, the Forbidden Forest became pitch black again. Not far away, centaurs broke tree branches, creating a chilling atmosphere in the silence.

"Ference, don't think we don't know what you're up to!"

"That centaur said again."

“Bane, can’t you see? Neptune is so bright, we should accept the coming change.”

Ferenc said slowly.

Neptune?
Before asking Hagrid to deliver the message, Sheen had already made preparations. He took out an old book from his bag, the pages of which were almost torn apart.

This book had been in his bag since his first month at Hogwarts, and now he was finally able to unravel some of the mysteries of astronomical magic.

"Neptune represents ideals, fantasies, and fascination. Any part of us touched by Neptune will yearn to transcend the mundane realities and break through the limitations and boundaries of daily life."

The planets it touches possess a quality of yearning. We are unwilling to accept things as they are, and this makes us feel dissatisfied or unwilling to accept things as they are.

Upon reading this explanation, Sheen seemed to understand something, while the conversation in the Forbidden Forest continued.

"This is betraying your own kind! Spreading our knowledge and secrets among humans is an indelible disgrace! Do you want to be a slave to humanity?!"

"A gray centaur with a sharply defined face and strong lines said."

Like Hagrid, he was also armed, with a quiver of arrows and a longbow slung over his shoulder.

"slave?!"

Hagrid yelled.

At this moment, the centaur named Bain turned to Hagrid and said:
“You should leave, Hagrid. I'm letting you go today because you have your young child with you—”

"It's not his!"

The gray-haired centaur interrupted him dismissively.

"He's a student, Bain, from that school up there! He's a good one..."

"Anyway,"

Margaret said calmly,
“Harming cubs is a terrible sin—especially cubs that illuminate the stars. We do not harm the innocent. Hagrid, I will let you pass today. If you make such a presumptuous request again, you will lose our friendship.”

The conversation with the centaur tribe had just ended when they surrounded Ferenze. Ferenze's expression remained calm, showing no change.

After quietly telling Sheen to hide, Hagrid cut in front of the crowd without a word—the centaurs had already raised their hooves, looking as if they were about to settle scores with Frenzer.

"Slaves? Are you kidding me? In Hogwarts, imparting knowledge is something only professors do!"

Even when tensions were high, Hagrid remained nonchalant.

Bain remained silent for a moment after hearing this:

"We have spent a long time acquiring this ability. We respect this wizard, but we will not interfere with the trajectory of the star."

"What if our behavior is part of our ruling planet? Can't you see the aspects of Saturn? Those are aspects of excessive defensiveness."

After gazing at the sky for a long time, Ferenczek spoke.

The remaining centaurs observed the night sky for a while, and their expressions were more or less unpleasant.

They were clearly wavering.

A large group of centaurs came quickly and left quickly.

Soft, dappled moonlight streamed across the clearing, over the soft moss and beneath the lush trees. Hagrid had already left; he was off to feed the Thestrals.

He trusted Ferenze and kept Tooth, who was currently playing with a bone that could throw itself out of the ground.

Sheen heard the sound of sparrows taking flight in the distance, and then, filled with anticipation, he walked over at Ferenze's prompting.

The story of the horsemen is not difficult to understand; they used astronomy to predict the future and abided by it.

If they blindly obey and believe in fate, then fate will dictate everything they do, even if it's not what they want to see.

“Sheen Green, don’t be afraid. Centaurs never harm innocents or cubs.”

But—it is always the innocent who suffer first, a situation that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

"Ferenze said."

"Come lie down here, we still have some time to observe the stars."

So Sheen lay down on the soft moss.

“I know you’ve already learned the names of these planets and their moons in astronomy class,”

Ferenc said calmly,
"You also mapped the movement of stars across the sky. The centaurs spent centuries unraveling the mysteries of these movements. Our research suggests that we might be able to glimpse the future from the sky above us—"

He explained quietly, and Sheen listened quietly.

Seemingly guided by the stars, the centaur was willing to teach him astronomical magic, a hard-won opportunity.

"Have you learned anything yet?"

"Ference asked."

"Yes, I've seen many divination books, like this one. It says Mars can cause accidents, burns, and the like, when it forms an angle with Saturn, like this—"

Sheen tapped his wand lightly, and sparks flew through the air, tracing a right angle.
"—This means people need to be extra careful when handling hot things—"

"This is something humans have made up."

Ferenc said.

Sheen silently decided to return the copy of "Foreseeing the Future" to the library later.

"Insignificant injuries, trivial accidents that happen to humans,"

Ferenc said his hooves thumped on the moss-covered ground.
"Compared to the vast universe, these things are as insignificant as ants crawling around, and are unaffected by the movement of planets."

That made sense, and Sheen habitually took notes with his quill.

“Some wizards, like Sybil Trelawney. She might be able to foresee the future, though I’m not entirely sure,”

Ferenze went on to say that Sheen heard him wagging his tail as he walked around.

"But she wasted almost all her time on self-aggrandizing nonsense, which humans call fortune telling."

Sheehan thought he was right. If Professor Trelawney didn't always lie, for example, by making at least one death prophecy every year, then perhaps people wouldn't have to search for the true prophecy among ninety-nine false ones.

Ferencze's voice rang out again:

"What I want to explain here is the objective and fair perspective of the Ma people."

We observe the sky, paying attention to significant movements indicating potential disasters or upheavals; sometimes these movements are indicated in the sky. It may take ten years to confirm what we see.

(End of this chapter)