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"Merlin help me, Cygnus is now crawling and follows Arcturus about like an unwelcome shadow. Arcturus is begging for an Invisibility Potion and frankly I can't blame him. I'd be tempted to brew one if it weren't for the eternal snivelling that Cygnus would regale me with."
— A letter by Ursula Flint to her husband, Phineas Nigellus Black[src]

Arcturus Black II (18841959) was a pure-blood wizard, the third son of Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint, and the brother of Sirius, Phineas, Belvina and Cygnus II. He married Lysandra Yaxley, and the couple had three children: Callidora, Cedrella, and Charis. Through his daughter Cedrella, who was disowned for marrying "blood traitor" Septimus Weasley, Arcturus is the maternal grandfather of Arthur Weasley.[1]

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By the 1890s, his youngest brother, Cygnus was crawling and following him about like an unwelcome shadow. He begged his mother for an Invisibility Potion.[2]

Etymology[]

Arcturus is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Boötes. Its name derives from Ancient Greek Αρκτοῦρος, meaning "bear guard"; this refers to the story in Greek mythology that Zeus placed Arcturus in the sky to look after Arcas and Callisto, who were turned into bears and then into the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor to protect them from Hera's wrath.

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