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- "Welcome, everyone. I knew you, too, would be mesmerised by the subject of Capnomancy. The art of reading smoke patterns will test the Inner Eye of any Seer. Unfortunately, I see that one of your number will suffer severe burns after the lesson. Watch closely as I demonstrate the art of Capnomancy."
- — Professor Trelawney teaching her seventh-year students about Capnomancy[src]
Jacob's sibling and Nymphadora Tonks practising Capnomancy in the Divination Classroom
Capnomancy was the branch of divination that involved reading smoke patterns produced from fires.[1]
History
Caroline Fauconnier, a seer and shopkeeper based in the Place Cachée during the 1920s, was skilled in this type of divination.[2]
During the 1990–1991 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Sybill Trelawney taught her seventh-year Divination students about the art of Capnomancy.[1]
Centaurs were known to burn certain herbs, such as sage and mallowsweet, and look for various shapes and symbols in the fumes, as a way to narrow their otherwise highly precise predictions of when an event would take place.[3]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First identified as Capnomancy)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 27 (Now That's What I Call a Cursed CD) - Divination Lesson "Smoke Patterns"
- ↑ (see this image)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
