If Georgiana were still a teacher at the school, she might have been able to choose suitable students for this task, just as Albus did.
But now she had only Padma, a Gryffindor girl she did not know particularly well.
At present, Britain's most famous female prophet was Joanna Southcott, who lived in Manchester Square. Born in Devonshire, she had begun making a business of prophecy in 1792. She called herself "the woman blessed by the Sun." In her eyes, Napoleon was "the Antichrist" and "the great sinner." To that end, she made a special sealskin and declared that anyone who wore it could not be killed even by cannon fire.
Cassandra had been a priestess of Apollo. Some said her gift of prophecy had been bestowed by Apollo, while others claimed it had come from an ancient serpent. In short, history had seen many "prophets" who called themselves "Cassandra." Helena Buckle was remembered because, like Lenormand of France, her prophecies were not only accurate, but she also invented a new method of Divination. Lenormand used playing cards of her own invention, while Helena created Second Sight.
Few people who followed Divination had not heard of her. Grindelwald displayed everything he saw before the world in a smoke-like form, while "Cassandra" did so in water. In Pomona's era, many believed she used a Pensieve. As a prophet who traveled throughout Europe, her prophecies had not been recorded in the crystal balls of the Department of Mysteries at the British Ministry of Magic.
There was a woman who called herself Madame Cassandra, but that Madame Cassandra was far too young, perhaps only around forty, nowhere near Helena's more than one hundred and thirty years. Yet whether she was truly an ancient prophet of one hundred and thirty or merely a fraud,