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Why on earth should Astronomy be one of the seven mandatory subjects for five years at Hogwarts? (Though none of the Trio, not even Hermione, considered it worth further study.)

It’s a Muggle science, dammit! The first to attain that status in Western culture, no less—part of the Quadrivium, one of the Seven Liberal Arts. Next we’ll see wizards studying Logic!

What does the Muggle science of the sky have to do with magic?


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