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"Crystal-gazing is a particularly refined art."

— Professor Trelawney describing the art of reading crystal balls^[src]

A crystal ball (or, as Seers prefer to call it, the Orb) is a crystal sphere which Seers gaze into for the purpose of Divination.

Sybill Trelawney introduced all third year students to this device and its proper use in 1994. However, most students, Harry Potter and his friends in general, saw nothing more than the white blank swirl in it, and Ron joked about how that night would be very foggy. In their end of year exam, the third years had to look into a crystal ball and predict the future. Harry lied and said that he saw Buckbeak getting off his trial that night. Professor Trelawney then made a prediction, one of the two proper ones she had ever made.

These objects were used by Professor Sybill Trelawney in the Battle of Hogwarts, against the Death Eaters; she threw one at Fenrir Greyback as he attempted to fiercely maul Lavender Brown, knocking the werewolf out.

There was a Healer in Diagon Alley that kept what appeared to be a crystal ball on her desk.

Behind the scenes

In the film of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, as Hermione stormed out of Divination, she kicked a crystal ball down the stairs, therefore making Harry have to carry it all the way back up to the classroom and this is where Trelawney made the prediction, not in the exam like it is in the book.
At least two of Dolores Umbridge's ornamental plates in the film of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix depict a kitten with a crystal ball.^[1]

Appearances

The crystal balls as used by the students in Divination class.

Notes and references

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Divination

Professors: Percival Rackham · Mudiwa Onai · Sybill Trelawney · Firenze
Known Seers: Calchas · Cassandra Vablatsky · Cassandra Trelawney · Gellert Grindelwald · Inigo Imago · Johan Hoffman · Liz Tuttle's mother · Mopsus · Professor Mopsus · Susie Sooth · Tycho Dodonus · Unidentified Canadian Seer · Unidentified female Seer · Unidentified male Seer
Textbooks: The Dream Oracle · Unfogging the Future
Methods: Astrology · Bibliomancy · Capnomancy · Cartomancy · Catoptromancy · Crystal-gazing · Crystal ball · Dream interpretation · Fire-omens · Heptomology · Horoscope · Ichthyomancy · Lithomancy · Myomancy · Ornithomancy · Orrery · Ovomancy · Palmistry · Personal chart · Phyllomancy · Prophecy · Rune stone · Scrying mirror · Tarot cards · Tessomancy · Xylomancy
Divination at Hogwarts: Divination (class) · Divination Classroom · Divination staircase · Sybill Trelawney's office · Classroom Eleven · Xylomancy (class)

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+{{Quote|[[Crystal-gazing]] is a particularly refined art.|[[Sybill Trelawney|Professor Trelawney]] describing the art of reading crystal balls|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
 A '''crystal ball''' (or, as [[Seer]]s prefer to call it, the '''Orb''') is a crystal sphere which [[Seer]]s gaze into for the purpose of [[Divination]].
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 These objects were used by [[Sybill Trelawney|Professor Sybill Trelawney]] in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], against the [[Death Eaters]]; she threw one at [[Fenrir Greyback]] as he attempted to fiercely maul [[Lavender Brown]], knocking the [[werewolf]] out.
+There was a [[Healer (Diagon Alley)|Healer]] in [[Diagon Alley]] that kept what appeared to be a crystal ball on her desk.
 ==Behind the scenes==
-In the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|film]] of [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]] , as [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] stormed out of Divination, she kicked a crystal ball down the stairs, therefore making Harry have to carry it all the way back up to the classroom and this is where Trelawney made the prediction, not in the exam like it is in the book.
+*In the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|film]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', as [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] stormed out of Divination, she kicked a crystal ball down the stairs, therefore making Harry have to carry it all the way back up to the classroom and this is where Trelawney made the prediction, not in the exam like it is in the book.
+*At least two of [[Dolores Umbridge's ornamental plates]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' depict a kitten with a crystal ball.<ref name="kittenplates">See [[:File:Many Dolores Umbridge Kitten Plates.jpg|this image]]</ref>
 ==Appearances==
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 *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''
 *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]] ''{{Flashback}}
+*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World]]''
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World]]'' {{Mention}}
+*''[[LEGO Harry Potter|Harry Potter LEGO Sets]]''
+==Notes and references==
+{{Reflist}}
 {{Divination}}
+[[ru:Хрустальный шар]]
+[[zh:水晶球]]
 [[Category:Divination]]
 [[Category:Weapons]]