Figure 1: Personal birth chart of Severus Snape, Date of birth January 9th 1960, 7:40 AM. If we accept the fact that the birth dates of J.K. Rowling's characters are not randomly selected as I ...

Yarn in burgundy for Gryffindor, yellow for Hufflepuff, blue for Ravenclaw, green for Slytherin (MC) Yarn gold for Gryffindor, black for Hufflepuff, bronze for Ravenclaw (movie), grey for ...

Take one piece of wire and cut it to around 12 inches (30.48 cm) long with the wire cutters. Find the center point and bend slightly to mark its place. Curve the wire by running it between your ...

There are many forms of authority. Those exercised in the books include legal, parental, and moral authority. The use of authority relies first on the acknowledgement by both parties to the ...

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has called Leaky “my favorite fan site” and “a wonderfully well-designed mine of accurate information on all things Harry Potter” that ...

You'll need a large black robe. It buttons across to the right side, so what you wear underneath doesn't matter. Use this tutorial in about.com's DIY Fashion section to make the robe, only.

Some would say that Harry Potter is a Bildungsroman story, about the growth of the protagonist (Harry) from childhood to adulthood. Others argue that it is a fantasy story containing a quest ...

Maroon and Gold are the colors of Gryffindor house, and you'll need to show them off on the tie, scarf and robe. Start out with a gold tie. Use red fabric paint to add the lines on the tie.

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Finding the Cup just happens to be an added bonus. In the maze Harry encounters many different obstacles, all of which test his knowledge and abilities. Among these is a giant sphinx who asks ...

Round 1 (black): ch 2, 6 sc in second ch from hook, sl st, fasten off. Round 2 (blue): attach blue at first sc of Round 1, ch 1, 2 sc in every st, sl st (12 sts total). Round 3: ch 1, (1 sc, 2 sc ...

US 6 (4 mm) or US 8 (5 mm) 12-16" (30.5 cm - 40.6 cm) circular needle, size dependent on gauge ...