Relation between love and Patronus

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In the movie Deathly Hallows 2, after Voldemort kills Harry, we see Harry speaking with Dumbledore about Snape's Patronus matching Lily's.



We're lead to think from the conversation the reason for that to happen is because Snape was in love with her (that was discussed in other QAs).



When reading about Patronus:




Each Patronus is unique to the witch or wizard who conjures it, and
it’s possible, in some cases, for a Patronus to change.




The information present in Pottermore appears to be wrong as both Snape and Lily have a doe, therefore it is not necessarily unique.



I wonder... is there any relation between loving someone and having the same Patronus or Snape and Lily were the exception to the rule? Is the information present in Pottermore necessarily true?



I mean, if the relation exists and if what they say in Pottermore about Patronuses being able to change is true, then this can have subtle implications.










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    "Unique" just means "different", not necessarily "a different species". Snape and Lily's Patronuses were both Does, but they weren't the same Doe.

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In the movie Deathly Hallows 2, after Voldemort kills Harry, we see Harry speaking with Dumbledore about Snape's Patronus matching Lily's.



We're lead to think from the conversation the reason for that to happen is because Snape was in love with her (that was discussed in other QAs).



When reading about Patronus:




Each Patronus is unique to the witch or wizard who conjures it, and
it’s possible, in some cases, for a Patronus to change.




The information present in Pottermore appears to be wrong as both Snape and Lily have a doe, therefore it is not necessarily unique.



I wonder... is there any relation between loving someone and having the same Patronus or Snape and Lily were the exception to the rule? Is the information present in Pottermore necessarily true?



I mean, if the relation exists and if what they say in Pottermore about Patronuses being able to change is true, then this can have subtle implications.










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    "Unique" just means "different", not necessarily "a different species". Snape and Lily's Patronuses were both Does, but they weren't the same Doe.

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In the movie Deathly Hallows 2, after Voldemort kills Harry, we see Harry speaking with Dumbledore about Snape's Patronus matching Lily's.



We're lead to think from the conversation the reason for that to happen is because Snape was in love with her (that was discussed in other QAs).



When reading about Patronus:




Each Patronus is unique to the witch or wizard who conjures it, and
it’s possible, in some cases, for a Patronus to change.




The information present in Pottermore appears to be wrong as both Snape and Lily have a doe, therefore it is not necessarily unique.



I wonder... is there any relation between loving someone and having the same Patronus or Snape and Lily were the exception to the rule? Is the information present in Pottermore necessarily true?



I mean, if the relation exists and if what they say in Pottermore about Patronuses being able to change is true, then this can have subtle implications.










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In the movie Deathly Hallows 2, after Voldemort kills Harry, we see Harry speaking with Dumbledore about Snape's Patronus matching Lily's.



We're lead to think from the conversation the reason for that to happen is because Snape was in love with her (that was discussed in other QAs).



When reading about Patronus:




Each Patronus is unique to the witch or wizard who conjures it, and
it’s possible, in some cases, for a Patronus to change.




The information present in Pottermore appears to be wrong as both Snape and Lily have a doe, therefore it is not necessarily unique.



I wonder... is there any relation between loving someone and having the same Patronus or Snape and Lily were the exception to the rule? Is the information present in Pottermore necessarily true?



I mean, if the relation exists and if what they say in Pottermore about Patronuses being able to change is true, then this can have subtle implications.







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    "Unique" just means "different", not necessarily "a different species". Snape and Lily's Patronuses were both Does, but they weren't the same Doe.

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    Feb 6 at 18:59












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    "Unique" just means "different", not necessarily "a different species". Snape and Lily's Patronuses were both Does, but they weren't the same Doe.

    – Harry Johnston
    Feb 6 at 18:59







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"Unique" just means "different", not necessarily "a different species". Snape and Lily's Patronuses were both Does, but they weren't the same Doe.

– Harry Johnston
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"Unique" just means "different", not necessarily "a different species". Snape and Lily's Patronuses were both Does, but they weren't the same Doe.

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Patronuses change to match in eternal love.



Patronuses can change to match someone else’s due to love, but only if it’s undying permanent love, not a fleeting infatuation. J.K. Rowling mentioned on Twitter that a Patronus only changes due to love if it’s eternal, unchanging love.



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She also mentioned in an interview that often a Patronus will change to the shape of the love of one’s life because that person often becomes the happy thought used to conjure a Patronus.




Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?



J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus).
- Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)




More generally, as Lupin tells Harry, Patronuses can change because of a shock or emotional upheaval, though in those cases they presumably wouldn’t change to match someone else’s.




“Tonks’s Patronus has changed its form,’ he told him. ‘Snape said so, anyway. I didn’t know that could happen. Why would your Patronus change?’



Lupin took his time chewing his turkey and swallowing before saying slowly, ‘Sometimes … a great shock … an emotional upheaval …”
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas)




This doesn’t contradict the idea that each Patronus is unique. Though wizards may share the same Patronus animal (which may be because they’re in love, similar, or just by coincidence since there are only a certain number of animal species), each Patronus is still unique. Just as each individual living animal is unique, and not exactly the same as any other members of its species, each Patronus animal would still be different than other Patronuses of the same creature.






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    Each Patronus is symbolic of the caster, with the corporeal form of a Patronus saying something about the nature of the caster and/or their relationships (romantic or otherwise), although some people share the same animal for their Patronus even if there is no link between them (e.g. McGonagall and Umbridge).



    The Pottermore article you've linked has been written by someone other than Rowling, so while it's an interesting read if you want hard canon I suggest this article about the Patrons Charm which has been written by her.



    The article not only suggests that a Patronus can change to display love, but also to display a bereavement or other large life change. The article also affirms each Patronus to be unique.




    Given their long affinity with humans it is perhaps unsurprising that among the most common Patronuses (although it must be remembered that any corporeal Patronus is highly unusual) are dogs, cats and horses. However, every Patronus is as unique as its creator and even identical twins have been known to produce very different Patronuses.




    Presumably, this means that while Remus and Tonks both have a wolf Patronus, if you were to examine them closely they wouldn't be two identical wolves, and McGonagall and Umbridge aren't using the same cat (i.e. the Patronus doesn't have, say, 100 animal avatars to choose from and people with the same Patronus share that avatar - instead the corporeal form is uniquely constructed from an individual's psyche).






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    • How do you know Remus's Patronus was a wolf? Is there a source for such information?

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      @Shana Tar From the Remus Lupin Pottermore article written by Rowling herself: "Remus’s Patronus is never revealed in the Potter books, even though it is he who teaches Harry the difficult and unusual art of producing one. It is, in fact, a wolf – an ordinary wolf, not a werewolf. Wolves are family-orientated and non-aggressive, but Remus dislikes the form of his Patronus, which is a constant reminder of his affliction. Everything wolfish disgusts him, and he often produces a non-corporeal Patronus deliberately, especially when others are watching."

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      Oh I see, thanks! Always thought it would be most unnatural for Lupin to have a wolf Patronus, as wolfs are definitely not the source of happy thoughts for him. His name and his Patronus make me think it was his destiny to got bitten after all :)

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    A Patronus requires happy memories and the caster’s ability to recreate the emotional stimulus and infuse his or her entire presence with said reproduced emotion. The idea of swapping the emotional component of the spell for love has not been explained or fleshed out in canon that I can recall but has been explored in the fandom realm in numerous fan fictions. Varieties include a solid golden Prongs who could destroy the dementors and other creatures of sheer evil construct to a completely different avatar based on the type of love etc.



    In this excerpt from Pottermore




    Extract from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling



    ‘So...’ Professor Lupin had taken out his own wand, and indicated that
    Harry should do the same. ‘The spell I am going to try and teach you
    is highly advanced magic, Harry – well beyond Ordinary Wizarding
    Level. It is called the Patronus Charm.’ ‘How does it work?’ said
    Harry nervously. ‘Well, when it works correctly, it conjures up a
    Patronus,’ said Lupin, ‘which is a kind of Anti-Dementor – a guardian
    which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor.’ Harry had a
    sudden vision of himself crouching behind a Hagrid-sized figure
    holding a large club. Professor Lupin continued, ‘The Patronus is a
    kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the
    Dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it
    cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can’t hurt
    it. But I must warn you, Harry, that the Charm might be too advanced
    for you. Many qualified wizards have difficulty with it.’ ‘What does a
    Patronus look like?’ said Harry curiously. ‘Each one is unique to the
    wizard who conjures it.’ ‘And how do you conjure it?’ ‘With an
    incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all
    your might, on a single, very happy memory.’ Harry cast about for a
    happy memory. Certainly, nothing that had happened to him at the
    Dursleys’ was going to do. Finally, he settled on the moment when he
    had first ridden a broomstick. ‘Right,’ he said, trying to recall as
    exactly as possible the wonderful, soaring sensation in his stomach.
    ‘The incantation is this –’ Lupin cleared his throat, ‘expecto
    patronum!’ ‘Expecto patronum,’ Harry repeated under his breath,
    ‘expecto patronum.’ ‘Concentrating hard on your happy memory?’ ‘Oh –
    yeah –’ said Harry, quickly forcing his thoughts back to that first
    broom-ride. ‘Expecto patrono – no, patronum – sorry – expecto
    patronum, expecto patronum –’ Something whooshed suddenly out of the
    end of his wand; it looked like a wisp of silvery gas. ‘Did you see
    that?’ said Harry excitedly. ‘Something happened!’ ‘Very good,’ said
    Lupin, smiling. ‘Right then – ready to try it on a Dementor?’




    It would be interesting to explore the arithmantical properties of the spell and see if supplying different strong emotions would affect the overall impact of the spell. JKR never really fleshed out the advanced structuring of spells or spell creation nor truly explained the spell analysis methodology of arithmancy enough to do so from canon. Or at least to my knowledge. It was not an integral part of the story so she most likely never needed to further explain it. Hermione may have been able to do well in the class but even she was no expert like Bill or Fleur would have been. Spell creation is danegerous to even experienced witches or wizards. Look at Luna Lovegood and her mother Selene. One wrong move and Selene was vaporized and the backlash permanently scrambled some wires in Luna and Xenophilus headsets so to speak.



    From Pottermore




    Arithmancy In the Muggle world, arithmancy is the practice of
    assigning numerical value to words for the purpose of divination.
    Although not much is known about the arithmancy taught at Hogwarts, it
    can be presumed that the wizarding world practiced the same thing. In
    Hermione’s words, it was ‘predicting the future with numbers’, and was
    her favourite subject. Taught by Professor Vector, it involved a lot
    of complicated homework and was a necessary subject for anyone hoping
    to ever work as a curse-breaker at Gringotts bank. Bill Weasley must
    have aced it, then.





    That is about as much as I can find in canon but the 800,000+ fan fictions have lead to some interesting non canon explanations and applications from it being a base 7 mathematics to creation of software that can analyze and break down the numbers created during the spell analysis and note similar algorithms and categorize them so one can swap various portions with others and subsequently alter the spells structure and overall effect. (I would reference a few of the better ones but again there are too many fics with 100k words or more to search for quotes. If anyone else has specific explanations or examples in mind please post as comments)






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    • I was thinking it is possibly indirectly linked to their love. As the form of the patronus seems to be linked to some quality of the person summoning it, though it isn't necessarily obvious what the link might be. Snape's patronus may have changed because he as a person clearly changed due to his love for Lily. With Tonks, it is hard to say if this is also a possibility, because we do not know enough about her. But it was also hinted that she personally had changed at some point during her relationship with Lupin.

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    There is definitely a relationship as Tonk's patronus became a wolf, symbolic of her lover Remus Lupin who was a werewolf and had a wolf patronus.






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      Patronuses change to match in eternal love.



      Patronuses can change to match someone else’s due to love, but only if it’s undying permanent love, not a fleeting infatuation. J.K. Rowling mentioned on Twitter that a Patronus only changes due to love if it’s eternal, unchanging love.



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      She also mentioned in an interview that often a Patronus will change to the shape of the love of one’s life because that person often becomes the happy thought used to conjure a Patronus.




      Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?



      J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus).
      - Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)




      More generally, as Lupin tells Harry, Patronuses can change because of a shock or emotional upheaval, though in those cases they presumably wouldn’t change to match someone else’s.




      “Tonks’s Patronus has changed its form,’ he told him. ‘Snape said so, anyway. I didn’t know that could happen. Why would your Patronus change?’



      Lupin took his time chewing his turkey and swallowing before saying slowly, ‘Sometimes … a great shock … an emotional upheaval …”
      - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas)




      This doesn’t contradict the idea that each Patronus is unique. Though wizards may share the same Patronus animal (which may be because they’re in love, similar, or just by coincidence since there are only a certain number of animal species), each Patronus is still unique. Just as each individual living animal is unique, and not exactly the same as any other members of its species, each Patronus animal would still be different than other Patronuses of the same creature.






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        Patronuses change to match in eternal love.



        Patronuses can change to match someone else’s due to love, but only if it’s undying permanent love, not a fleeting infatuation. J.K. Rowling mentioned on Twitter that a Patronus only changes due to love if it’s eternal, unchanging love.



        enter image description here



        She also mentioned in an interview that often a Patronus will change to the shape of the love of one’s life because that person often becomes the happy thought used to conjure a Patronus.




        Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?



        J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus).
        - Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)




        More generally, as Lupin tells Harry, Patronuses can change because of a shock or emotional upheaval, though in those cases they presumably wouldn’t change to match someone else’s.




        “Tonks’s Patronus has changed its form,’ he told him. ‘Snape said so, anyway. I didn’t know that could happen. Why would your Patronus change?’



        Lupin took his time chewing his turkey and swallowing before saying slowly, ‘Sometimes … a great shock … an emotional upheaval …”
        - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas)




        This doesn’t contradict the idea that each Patronus is unique. Though wizards may share the same Patronus animal (which may be because they’re in love, similar, or just by coincidence since there are only a certain number of animal species), each Patronus is still unique. Just as each individual living animal is unique, and not exactly the same as any other members of its species, each Patronus animal would still be different than other Patronuses of the same creature.






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          Patronuses change to match in eternal love.



          Patronuses can change to match someone else’s due to love, but only if it’s undying permanent love, not a fleeting infatuation. J.K. Rowling mentioned on Twitter that a Patronus only changes due to love if it’s eternal, unchanging love.



          enter image description here



          She also mentioned in an interview that often a Patronus will change to the shape of the love of one’s life because that person often becomes the happy thought used to conjure a Patronus.




          Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?



          J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus).
          - Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)




          More generally, as Lupin tells Harry, Patronuses can change because of a shock or emotional upheaval, though in those cases they presumably wouldn’t change to match someone else’s.




          “Tonks’s Patronus has changed its form,’ he told him. ‘Snape said so, anyway. I didn’t know that could happen. Why would your Patronus change?’



          Lupin took his time chewing his turkey and swallowing before saying slowly, ‘Sometimes … a great shock … an emotional upheaval …”
          - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas)




          This doesn’t contradict the idea that each Patronus is unique. Though wizards may share the same Patronus animal (which may be because they’re in love, similar, or just by coincidence since there are only a certain number of animal species), each Patronus is still unique. Just as each individual living animal is unique, and not exactly the same as any other members of its species, each Patronus animal would still be different than other Patronuses of the same creature.






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          Patronuses change to match in eternal love.



          Patronuses can change to match someone else’s due to love, but only if it’s undying permanent love, not a fleeting infatuation. J.K. Rowling mentioned on Twitter that a Patronus only changes due to love if it’s eternal, unchanging love.



          enter image description here



          She also mentioned in an interview that often a Patronus will change to the shape of the love of one’s life because that person often becomes the happy thought used to conjure a Patronus.




          Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?



          J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image of the love of one's life (because they so often become the 'happy thought' that generates a Patronus).
          - Bloomsbury Live Chat (July 30, 2007)




          More generally, as Lupin tells Harry, Patronuses can change because of a shock or emotional upheaval, though in those cases they presumably wouldn’t change to match someone else’s.




          “Tonks’s Patronus has changed its form,’ he told him. ‘Snape said so, anyway. I didn’t know that could happen. Why would your Patronus change?’



          Lupin took his time chewing his turkey and swallowing before saying slowly, ‘Sometimes … a great shock … an emotional upheaval …”
          - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas)




          This doesn’t contradict the idea that each Patronus is unique. Though wizards may share the same Patronus animal (which may be because they’re in love, similar, or just by coincidence since there are only a certain number of animal species), each Patronus is still unique. Just as each individual living animal is unique, and not exactly the same as any other members of its species, each Patronus animal would still be different than other Patronuses of the same creature.







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              Each Patronus is symbolic of the caster, with the corporeal form of a Patronus saying something about the nature of the caster and/or their relationships (romantic or otherwise), although some people share the same animal for their Patronus even if there is no link between them (e.g. McGonagall and Umbridge).



              The Pottermore article you've linked has been written by someone other than Rowling, so while it's an interesting read if you want hard canon I suggest this article about the Patrons Charm which has been written by her.



              The article not only suggests that a Patronus can change to display love, but also to display a bereavement or other large life change. The article also affirms each Patronus to be unique.




              Given their long affinity with humans it is perhaps unsurprising that among the most common Patronuses (although it must be remembered that any corporeal Patronus is highly unusual) are dogs, cats and horses. However, every Patronus is as unique as its creator and even identical twins have been known to produce very different Patronuses.




              Presumably, this means that while Remus and Tonks both have a wolf Patronus, if you were to examine them closely they wouldn't be two identical wolves, and McGonagall and Umbridge aren't using the same cat (i.e. the Patronus doesn't have, say, 100 animal avatars to choose from and people with the same Patronus share that avatar - instead the corporeal form is uniquely constructed from an individual's psyche).






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              • How do you know Remus's Patronus was a wolf? Is there a source for such information?

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                @Shana Tar From the Remus Lupin Pottermore article written by Rowling herself: "Remus’s Patronus is never revealed in the Potter books, even though it is he who teaches Harry the difficult and unusual art of producing one. It is, in fact, a wolf – an ordinary wolf, not a werewolf. Wolves are family-orientated and non-aggressive, but Remus dislikes the form of his Patronus, which is a constant reminder of his affliction. Everything wolfish disgusts him, and he often produces a non-corporeal Patronus deliberately, especially when others are watching."

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                Oh I see, thanks! Always thought it would be most unnatural for Lupin to have a wolf Patronus, as wolfs are definitely not the source of happy thoughts for him. His name and his Patronus make me think it was his destiny to got bitten after all :)

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              Each Patronus is symbolic of the caster, with the corporeal form of a Patronus saying something about the nature of the caster and/or their relationships (romantic or otherwise), although some people share the same animal for their Patronus even if there is no link between them (e.g. McGonagall and Umbridge).



              The Pottermore article you've linked has been written by someone other than Rowling, so while it's an interesting read if you want hard canon I suggest this article about the Patrons Charm which has been written by her.



              The article not only suggests that a Patronus can change to display love, but also to display a bereavement or other large life change. The article also affirms each Patronus to be unique.




              Given their long affinity with humans it is perhaps unsurprising that among the most common Patronuses (although it must be remembered that any corporeal Patronus is highly unusual) are dogs, cats and horses. However, every Patronus is as unique as its creator and even identical twins have been known to produce very different Patronuses.




              Presumably, this means that while Remus and Tonks both have a wolf Patronus, if you were to examine them closely they wouldn't be two identical wolves, and McGonagall and Umbridge aren't using the same cat (i.e. the Patronus doesn't have, say, 100 animal avatars to choose from and people with the same Patronus share that avatar - instead the corporeal form is uniquely constructed from an individual's psyche).






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              • How do you know Remus's Patronus was a wolf? Is there a source for such information?

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                @Shana Tar From the Remus Lupin Pottermore article written by Rowling herself: "Remus’s Patronus is never revealed in the Potter books, even though it is he who teaches Harry the difficult and unusual art of producing one. It is, in fact, a wolf – an ordinary wolf, not a werewolf. Wolves are family-orientated and non-aggressive, but Remus dislikes the form of his Patronus, which is a constant reminder of his affliction. Everything wolfish disgusts him, and he often produces a non-corporeal Patronus deliberately, especially when others are watching."

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                Oh I see, thanks! Always thought it would be most unnatural for Lupin to have a wolf Patronus, as wolfs are definitely not the source of happy thoughts for him. His name and his Patronus make me think it was his destiny to got bitten after all :)

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              Each Patronus is symbolic of the caster, with the corporeal form of a Patronus saying something about the nature of the caster and/or their relationships (romantic or otherwise), although some people share the same animal for their Patronus even if there is no link between them (e.g. McGonagall and Umbridge).



              The Pottermore article you've linked has been written by someone other than Rowling, so while it's an interesting read if you want hard canon I suggest this article about the Patrons Charm which has been written by her.



              The article not only suggests that a Patronus can change to display love, but also to display a bereavement or other large life change. The article also affirms each Patronus to be unique.




              Given their long affinity with humans it is perhaps unsurprising that among the most common Patronuses (although it must be remembered that any corporeal Patronus is highly unusual) are dogs, cats and horses. However, every Patronus is as unique as its creator and even identical twins have been known to produce very different Patronuses.




              Presumably, this means that while Remus and Tonks both have a wolf Patronus, if you were to examine them closely they wouldn't be two identical wolves, and McGonagall and Umbridge aren't using the same cat (i.e. the Patronus doesn't have, say, 100 animal avatars to choose from and people with the same Patronus share that avatar - instead the corporeal form is uniquely constructed from an individual's psyche).






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              Each Patronus is symbolic of the caster, with the corporeal form of a Patronus saying something about the nature of the caster and/or their relationships (romantic or otherwise), although some people share the same animal for their Patronus even if there is no link between them (e.g. McGonagall and Umbridge).



              The Pottermore article you've linked has been written by someone other than Rowling, so while it's an interesting read if you want hard canon I suggest this article about the Patrons Charm which has been written by her.



              The article not only suggests that a Patronus can change to display love, but also to display a bereavement or other large life change. The article also affirms each Patronus to be unique.




              Given their long affinity with humans it is perhaps unsurprising that among the most common Patronuses (although it must be remembered that any corporeal Patronus is highly unusual) are dogs, cats and horses. However, every Patronus is as unique as its creator and even identical twins have been known to produce very different Patronuses.




              Presumably, this means that while Remus and Tonks both have a wolf Patronus, if you were to examine them closely they wouldn't be two identical wolves, and McGonagall and Umbridge aren't using the same cat (i.e. the Patronus doesn't have, say, 100 animal avatars to choose from and people with the same Patronus share that avatar - instead the corporeal form is uniquely constructed from an individual's psyche).







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              • How do you know Remus's Patronus was a wolf? Is there a source for such information?

                – Shana Tar
                Feb 17 at 18:02






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                @Shana Tar From the Remus Lupin Pottermore article written by Rowling herself: "Remus’s Patronus is never revealed in the Potter books, even though it is he who teaches Harry the difficult and unusual art of producing one. It is, in fact, a wolf – an ordinary wolf, not a werewolf. Wolves are family-orientated and non-aggressive, but Remus dislikes the form of his Patronus, which is a constant reminder of his affliction. Everything wolfish disgusts him, and he often produces a non-corporeal Patronus deliberately, especially when others are watching."

                – Ongo
                Feb 17 at 19:13






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                Oh I see, thanks! Always thought it would be most unnatural for Lupin to have a wolf Patronus, as wolfs are definitely not the source of happy thoughts for him. His name and his Patronus make me think it was his destiny to got bitten after all :)

                – Shana Tar
                Feb 21 at 6:53

















              • How do you know Remus's Patronus was a wolf? Is there a source for such information?

                – Shana Tar
                Feb 17 at 18:02






              • 1





                @Shana Tar From the Remus Lupin Pottermore article written by Rowling herself: "Remus’s Patronus is never revealed in the Potter books, even though it is he who teaches Harry the difficult and unusual art of producing one. It is, in fact, a wolf – an ordinary wolf, not a werewolf. Wolves are family-orientated and non-aggressive, but Remus dislikes the form of his Patronus, which is a constant reminder of his affliction. Everything wolfish disgusts him, and he often produces a non-corporeal Patronus deliberately, especially when others are watching."

                – Ongo
                Feb 17 at 19:13






              • 1





                Oh I see, thanks! Always thought it would be most unnatural for Lupin to have a wolf Patronus, as wolfs are definitely not the source of happy thoughts for him. His name and his Patronus make me think it was his destiny to got bitten after all :)

                – Shana Tar
                Feb 21 at 6:53
















              How do you know Remus's Patronus was a wolf? Is there a source for such information?

              – Shana Tar
              Feb 17 at 18:02





              How do you know Remus's Patronus was a wolf? Is there a source for such information?

              – Shana Tar
              Feb 17 at 18:02




              1




              1





              @Shana Tar From the Remus Lupin Pottermore article written by Rowling herself: "Remus’s Patronus is never revealed in the Potter books, even though it is he who teaches Harry the difficult and unusual art of producing one. It is, in fact, a wolf – an ordinary wolf, not a werewolf. Wolves are family-orientated and non-aggressive, but Remus dislikes the form of his Patronus, which is a constant reminder of his affliction. Everything wolfish disgusts him, and he often produces a non-corporeal Patronus deliberately, especially when others are watching."

              – Ongo
              Feb 17 at 19:13





              @Shana Tar From the Remus Lupin Pottermore article written by Rowling herself: "Remus’s Patronus is never revealed in the Potter books, even though it is he who teaches Harry the difficult and unusual art of producing one. It is, in fact, a wolf – an ordinary wolf, not a werewolf. Wolves are family-orientated and non-aggressive, but Remus dislikes the form of his Patronus, which is a constant reminder of his affliction. Everything wolfish disgusts him, and he often produces a non-corporeal Patronus deliberately, especially when others are watching."

              – Ongo
              Feb 17 at 19:13




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              Oh I see, thanks! Always thought it would be most unnatural for Lupin to have a wolf Patronus, as wolfs are definitely not the source of happy thoughts for him. His name and his Patronus make me think it was his destiny to got bitten after all :)

              – Shana Tar
              Feb 21 at 6:53





              Oh I see, thanks! Always thought it would be most unnatural for Lupin to have a wolf Patronus, as wolfs are definitely not the source of happy thoughts for him. His name and his Patronus make me think it was his destiny to got bitten after all :)

              – Shana Tar
              Feb 21 at 6:53











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              A Patronus requires happy memories and the caster’s ability to recreate the emotional stimulus and infuse his or her entire presence with said reproduced emotion. The idea of swapping the emotional component of the spell for love has not been explained or fleshed out in canon that I can recall but has been explored in the fandom realm in numerous fan fictions. Varieties include a solid golden Prongs who could destroy the dementors and other creatures of sheer evil construct to a completely different avatar based on the type of love etc.



              In this excerpt from Pottermore




              Extract from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling



              ‘So...’ Professor Lupin had taken out his own wand, and indicated that
              Harry should do the same. ‘The spell I am going to try and teach you
              is highly advanced magic, Harry – well beyond Ordinary Wizarding
              Level. It is called the Patronus Charm.’ ‘How does it work?’ said
              Harry nervously. ‘Well, when it works correctly, it conjures up a
              Patronus,’ said Lupin, ‘which is a kind of Anti-Dementor – a guardian
              which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor.’ Harry had a
              sudden vision of himself crouching behind a Hagrid-sized figure
              holding a large club. Professor Lupin continued, ‘The Patronus is a
              kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the
              Dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it
              cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can’t hurt
              it. But I must warn you, Harry, that the Charm might be too advanced
              for you. Many qualified wizards have difficulty with it.’ ‘What does a
              Patronus look like?’ said Harry curiously. ‘Each one is unique to the
              wizard who conjures it.’ ‘And how do you conjure it?’ ‘With an
              incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all
              your might, on a single, very happy memory.’ Harry cast about for a
              happy memory. Certainly, nothing that had happened to him at the
              Dursleys’ was going to do. Finally, he settled on the moment when he
              had first ridden a broomstick. ‘Right,’ he said, trying to recall as
              exactly as possible the wonderful, soaring sensation in his stomach.
              ‘The incantation is this –’ Lupin cleared his throat, ‘expecto
              patronum!’ ‘Expecto patronum,’ Harry repeated under his breath,
              ‘expecto patronum.’ ‘Concentrating hard on your happy memory?’ ‘Oh –
              yeah –’ said Harry, quickly forcing his thoughts back to that first
              broom-ride. ‘Expecto patrono – no, patronum – sorry – expecto
              patronum, expecto patronum –’ Something whooshed suddenly out of the
              end of his wand; it looked like a wisp of silvery gas. ‘Did you see
              that?’ said Harry excitedly. ‘Something happened!’ ‘Very good,’ said
              Lupin, smiling. ‘Right then – ready to try it on a Dementor?’




              It would be interesting to explore the arithmantical properties of the spell and see if supplying different strong emotions would affect the overall impact of the spell. JKR never really fleshed out the advanced structuring of spells or spell creation nor truly explained the spell analysis methodology of arithmancy enough to do so from canon. Or at least to my knowledge. It was not an integral part of the story so she most likely never needed to further explain it. Hermione may have been able to do well in the class but even she was no expert like Bill or Fleur would have been. Spell creation is danegerous to even experienced witches or wizards. Look at Luna Lovegood and her mother Selene. One wrong move and Selene was vaporized and the backlash permanently scrambled some wires in Luna and Xenophilus headsets so to speak.



              From Pottermore




              Arithmancy In the Muggle world, arithmancy is the practice of
              assigning numerical value to words for the purpose of divination.
              Although not much is known about the arithmancy taught at Hogwarts, it
              can be presumed that the wizarding world practiced the same thing. In
              Hermione’s words, it was ‘predicting the future with numbers’, and was
              her favourite subject. Taught by Professor Vector, it involved a lot
              of complicated homework and was a necessary subject for anyone hoping
              to ever work as a curse-breaker at Gringotts bank. Bill Weasley must
              have aced it, then.





              That is about as much as I can find in canon but the 800,000+ fan fictions have lead to some interesting non canon explanations and applications from it being a base 7 mathematics to creation of software that can analyze and break down the numbers created during the spell analysis and note similar algorithms and categorize them so one can swap various portions with others and subsequently alter the spells structure and overall effect. (I would reference a few of the better ones but again there are too many fics with 100k words or more to search for quotes. If anyone else has specific explanations or examples in mind please post as comments)






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                FYI you can format quotes by preceding them with > (> 'So...' Professor Lupin had talked [...]) and you can (and should!) include links to the source by formatting it such as from [Pottermore](link to Pottermore page). You can do all that by editing your answer, this makes for a better answer. Cheers :)

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              • Thanks! I’m new to the site and appreciate the help.

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                Feb 6 at 20:52











              • I was thinking it is possibly indirectly linked to their love. As the form of the patronus seems to be linked to some quality of the person summoning it, though it isn't necessarily obvious what the link might be. Snape's patronus may have changed because he as a person clearly changed due to his love for Lily. With Tonks, it is hard to say if this is also a possibility, because we do not know enough about her. But it was also hinted that she personally had changed at some point during her relationship with Lupin.

                – Kai
                Feb 6 at 23:31
















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              A Patronus requires happy memories and the caster’s ability to recreate the emotional stimulus and infuse his or her entire presence with said reproduced emotion. The idea of swapping the emotional component of the spell for love has not been explained or fleshed out in canon that I can recall but has been explored in the fandom realm in numerous fan fictions. Varieties include a solid golden Prongs who could destroy the dementors and other creatures of sheer evil construct to a completely different avatar based on the type of love etc.



              In this excerpt from Pottermore




              Extract from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling



              ‘So...’ Professor Lupin had taken out his own wand, and indicated that
              Harry should do the same. ‘The spell I am going to try and teach you
              is highly advanced magic, Harry – well beyond Ordinary Wizarding
              Level. It is called the Patronus Charm.’ ‘How does it work?’ said
              Harry nervously. ‘Well, when it works correctly, it conjures up a
              Patronus,’ said Lupin, ‘which is a kind of Anti-Dementor – a guardian
              which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor.’ Harry had a
              sudden vision of himself crouching behind a Hagrid-sized figure
              holding a large club. Professor Lupin continued, ‘The Patronus is a
              kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the
              Dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it
              cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can’t hurt
              it. But I must warn you, Harry, that the Charm might be too advanced
              for you. Many qualified wizards have difficulty with it.’ ‘What does a
              Patronus look like?’ said Harry curiously. ‘Each one is unique to the
              wizard who conjures it.’ ‘And how do you conjure it?’ ‘With an
              incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all
              your might, on a single, very happy memory.’ Harry cast about for a
              happy memory. Certainly, nothing that had happened to him at the
              Dursleys’ was going to do. Finally, he settled on the moment when he
              had first ridden a broomstick. ‘Right,’ he said, trying to recall as
              exactly as possible the wonderful, soaring sensation in his stomach.
              ‘The incantation is this –’ Lupin cleared his throat, ‘expecto
              patronum!’ ‘Expecto patronum,’ Harry repeated under his breath,
              ‘expecto patronum.’ ‘Concentrating hard on your happy memory?’ ‘Oh –
              yeah –’ said Harry, quickly forcing his thoughts back to that first
              broom-ride. ‘Expecto patrono – no, patronum – sorry – expecto
              patronum, expecto patronum –’ Something whooshed suddenly out of the
              end of his wand; it looked like a wisp of silvery gas. ‘Did you see
              that?’ said Harry excitedly. ‘Something happened!’ ‘Very good,’ said
              Lupin, smiling. ‘Right then – ready to try it on a Dementor?’




              It would be interesting to explore the arithmantical properties of the spell and see if supplying different strong emotions would affect the overall impact of the spell. JKR never really fleshed out the advanced structuring of spells or spell creation nor truly explained the spell analysis methodology of arithmancy enough to do so from canon. Or at least to my knowledge. It was not an integral part of the story so she most likely never needed to further explain it. Hermione may have been able to do well in the class but even she was no expert like Bill or Fleur would have been. Spell creation is danegerous to even experienced witches or wizards. Look at Luna Lovegood and her mother Selene. One wrong move and Selene was vaporized and the backlash permanently scrambled some wires in Luna and Xenophilus headsets so to speak.



              From Pottermore




              Arithmancy In the Muggle world, arithmancy is the practice of
              assigning numerical value to words for the purpose of divination.
              Although not much is known about the arithmancy taught at Hogwarts, it
              can be presumed that the wizarding world practiced the same thing. In
              Hermione’s words, it was ‘predicting the future with numbers’, and was
              her favourite subject. Taught by Professor Vector, it involved a lot
              of complicated homework and was a necessary subject for anyone hoping
              to ever work as a curse-breaker at Gringotts bank. Bill Weasley must
              have aced it, then.





              That is about as much as I can find in canon but the 800,000+ fan fictions have lead to some interesting non canon explanations and applications from it being a base 7 mathematics to creation of software that can analyze and break down the numbers created during the spell analysis and note similar algorithms and categorize them so one can swap various portions with others and subsequently alter the spells structure and overall effect. (I would reference a few of the better ones but again there are too many fics with 100k words or more to search for quotes. If anyone else has specific explanations or examples in mind please post as comments)






              share|improve this answer




















              • 2





                FYI you can format quotes by preceding them with > (> 'So...' Professor Lupin had talked [...]) and you can (and should!) include links to the source by formatting it such as from [Pottermore](link to Pottermore page). You can do all that by editing your answer, this makes for a better answer. Cheers :)

                – Jenayah
                Feb 6 at 20:49












              • Thanks! I’m new to the site and appreciate the help.

                – user111346
                Feb 6 at 20:52











              • I was thinking it is possibly indirectly linked to their love. As the form of the patronus seems to be linked to some quality of the person summoning it, though it isn't necessarily obvious what the link might be. Snape's patronus may have changed because he as a person clearly changed due to his love for Lily. With Tonks, it is hard to say if this is also a possibility, because we do not know enough about her. But it was also hinted that she personally had changed at some point during her relationship with Lupin.

                – Kai
                Feb 6 at 23:31














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              A Patronus requires happy memories and the caster’s ability to recreate the emotional stimulus and infuse his or her entire presence with said reproduced emotion. The idea of swapping the emotional component of the spell for love has not been explained or fleshed out in canon that I can recall but has been explored in the fandom realm in numerous fan fictions. Varieties include a solid golden Prongs who could destroy the dementors and other creatures of sheer evil construct to a completely different avatar based on the type of love etc.



              In this excerpt from Pottermore




              Extract from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling



              ‘So...’ Professor Lupin had taken out his own wand, and indicated that
              Harry should do the same. ‘The spell I am going to try and teach you
              is highly advanced magic, Harry – well beyond Ordinary Wizarding
              Level. It is called the Patronus Charm.’ ‘How does it work?’ said
              Harry nervously. ‘Well, when it works correctly, it conjures up a
              Patronus,’ said Lupin, ‘which is a kind of Anti-Dementor – a guardian
              which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor.’ Harry had a
              sudden vision of himself crouching behind a Hagrid-sized figure
              holding a large club. Professor Lupin continued, ‘The Patronus is a
              kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the
              Dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it
              cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can’t hurt
              it. But I must warn you, Harry, that the Charm might be too advanced
              for you. Many qualified wizards have difficulty with it.’ ‘What does a
              Patronus look like?’ said Harry curiously. ‘Each one is unique to the
              wizard who conjures it.’ ‘And how do you conjure it?’ ‘With an
              incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all
              your might, on a single, very happy memory.’ Harry cast about for a
              happy memory. Certainly, nothing that had happened to him at the
              Dursleys’ was going to do. Finally, he settled on the moment when he
              had first ridden a broomstick. ‘Right,’ he said, trying to recall as
              exactly as possible the wonderful, soaring sensation in his stomach.
              ‘The incantation is this –’ Lupin cleared his throat, ‘expecto
              patronum!’ ‘Expecto patronum,’ Harry repeated under his breath,
              ‘expecto patronum.’ ‘Concentrating hard on your happy memory?’ ‘Oh –
              yeah –’ said Harry, quickly forcing his thoughts back to that first
              broom-ride. ‘Expecto patrono – no, patronum – sorry – expecto
              patronum, expecto patronum –’ Something whooshed suddenly out of the
              end of his wand; it looked like a wisp of silvery gas. ‘Did you see
              that?’ said Harry excitedly. ‘Something happened!’ ‘Very good,’ said
              Lupin, smiling. ‘Right then – ready to try it on a Dementor?’




              It would be interesting to explore the arithmantical properties of the spell and see if supplying different strong emotions would affect the overall impact of the spell. JKR never really fleshed out the advanced structuring of spells or spell creation nor truly explained the spell analysis methodology of arithmancy enough to do so from canon. Or at least to my knowledge. It was not an integral part of the story so she most likely never needed to further explain it. Hermione may have been able to do well in the class but even she was no expert like Bill or Fleur would have been. Spell creation is danegerous to even experienced witches or wizards. Look at Luna Lovegood and her mother Selene. One wrong move and Selene was vaporized and the backlash permanently scrambled some wires in Luna and Xenophilus headsets so to speak.



              From Pottermore




              Arithmancy In the Muggle world, arithmancy is the practice of
              assigning numerical value to words for the purpose of divination.
              Although not much is known about the arithmancy taught at Hogwarts, it
              can be presumed that the wizarding world practiced the same thing. In
              Hermione’s words, it was ‘predicting the future with numbers’, and was
              her favourite subject. Taught by Professor Vector, it involved a lot
              of complicated homework and was a necessary subject for anyone hoping
              to ever work as a curse-breaker at Gringotts bank. Bill Weasley must
              have aced it, then.





              That is about as much as I can find in canon but the 800,000+ fan fictions have lead to some interesting non canon explanations and applications from it being a base 7 mathematics to creation of software that can analyze and break down the numbers created during the spell analysis and note similar algorithms and categorize them so one can swap various portions with others and subsequently alter the spells structure and overall effect. (I would reference a few of the better ones but again there are too many fics with 100k words or more to search for quotes. If anyone else has specific explanations or examples in mind please post as comments)






              share|improve this answer















              A Patronus requires happy memories and the caster’s ability to recreate the emotional stimulus and infuse his or her entire presence with said reproduced emotion. The idea of swapping the emotional component of the spell for love has not been explained or fleshed out in canon that I can recall but has been explored in the fandom realm in numerous fan fictions. Varieties include a solid golden Prongs who could destroy the dementors and other creatures of sheer evil construct to a completely different avatar based on the type of love etc.



              In this excerpt from Pottermore




              Extract from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling



              ‘So...’ Professor Lupin had taken out his own wand, and indicated that
              Harry should do the same. ‘The spell I am going to try and teach you
              is highly advanced magic, Harry – well beyond Ordinary Wizarding
              Level. It is called the Patronus Charm.’ ‘How does it work?’ said
              Harry nervously. ‘Well, when it works correctly, it conjures up a
              Patronus,’ said Lupin, ‘which is a kind of Anti-Dementor – a guardian
              which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor.’ Harry had a
              sudden vision of himself crouching behind a Hagrid-sized figure
              holding a large club. Professor Lupin continued, ‘The Patronus is a
              kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the
              Dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it
              cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can’t hurt
              it. But I must warn you, Harry, that the Charm might be too advanced
              for you. Many qualified wizards have difficulty with it.’ ‘What does a
              Patronus look like?’ said Harry curiously. ‘Each one is unique to the
              wizard who conjures it.’ ‘And how do you conjure it?’ ‘With an
              incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all
              your might, on a single, very happy memory.’ Harry cast about for a
              happy memory. Certainly, nothing that had happened to him at the
              Dursleys’ was going to do. Finally, he settled on the moment when he
              had first ridden a broomstick. ‘Right,’ he said, trying to recall as
              exactly as possible the wonderful, soaring sensation in his stomach.
              ‘The incantation is this –’ Lupin cleared his throat, ‘expecto
              patronum!’ ‘Expecto patronum,’ Harry repeated under his breath,
              ‘expecto patronum.’ ‘Concentrating hard on your happy memory?’ ‘Oh –
              yeah –’ said Harry, quickly forcing his thoughts back to that first
              broom-ride. ‘Expecto patrono – no, patronum – sorry – expecto
              patronum, expecto patronum –’ Something whooshed suddenly out of the
              end of his wand; it looked like a wisp of silvery gas. ‘Did you see
              that?’ said Harry excitedly. ‘Something happened!’ ‘Very good,’ said
              Lupin, smiling. ‘Right then – ready to try it on a Dementor?’




              It would be interesting to explore the arithmantical properties of the spell and see if supplying different strong emotions would affect the overall impact of the spell. JKR never really fleshed out the advanced structuring of spells or spell creation nor truly explained the spell analysis methodology of arithmancy enough to do so from canon. Or at least to my knowledge. It was not an integral part of the story so she most likely never needed to further explain it. Hermione may have been able to do well in the class but even she was no expert like Bill or Fleur would have been. Spell creation is danegerous to even experienced witches or wizards. Look at Luna Lovegood and her mother Selene. One wrong move and Selene was vaporized and the backlash permanently scrambled some wires in Luna and Xenophilus headsets so to speak.



              From Pottermore




              Arithmancy In the Muggle world, arithmancy is the practice of
              assigning numerical value to words for the purpose of divination.
              Although not much is known about the arithmancy taught at Hogwarts, it
              can be presumed that the wizarding world practiced the same thing. In
              Hermione’s words, it was ‘predicting the future with numbers’, and was
              her favourite subject. Taught by Professor Vector, it involved a lot
              of complicated homework and was a necessary subject for anyone hoping
              to ever work as a curse-breaker at Gringotts bank. Bill Weasley must
              have aced it, then.





              That is about as much as I can find in canon but the 800,000+ fan fictions have lead to some interesting non canon explanations and applications from it being a base 7 mathematics to creation of software that can analyze and break down the numbers created during the spell analysis and note similar algorithms and categorize them so one can swap various portions with others and subsequently alter the spells structure and overall effect. (I would reference a few of the better ones but again there are too many fics with 100k words or more to search for quotes. If anyone else has specific explanations or examples in mind please post as comments)







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                FYI you can format quotes by preceding them with > (> 'So...' Professor Lupin had talked [...]) and you can (and should!) include links to the source by formatting it such as from [Pottermore](link to Pottermore page). You can do all that by editing your answer, this makes for a better answer. Cheers :)

                – Jenayah
                Feb 6 at 20:49












              • Thanks! I’m new to the site and appreciate the help.

                – user111346
                Feb 6 at 20:52











              • I was thinking it is possibly indirectly linked to their love. As the form of the patronus seems to be linked to some quality of the person summoning it, though it isn't necessarily obvious what the link might be. Snape's patronus may have changed because he as a person clearly changed due to his love for Lily. With Tonks, it is hard to say if this is also a possibility, because we do not know enough about her. But it was also hinted that she personally had changed at some point during her relationship with Lupin.

                – Kai
                Feb 6 at 23:31













              • 2





                FYI you can format quotes by preceding them with > (> 'So...' Professor Lupin had talked [...]) and you can (and should!) include links to the source by formatting it such as from [Pottermore](link to Pottermore page). You can do all that by editing your answer, this makes for a better answer. Cheers :)

                – Jenayah
                Feb 6 at 20:49












              • Thanks! I’m new to the site and appreciate the help.

                – user111346
                Feb 6 at 20:52











              • I was thinking it is possibly indirectly linked to their love. As the form of the patronus seems to be linked to some quality of the person summoning it, though it isn't necessarily obvious what the link might be. Snape's patronus may have changed because he as a person clearly changed due to his love for Lily. With Tonks, it is hard to say if this is also a possibility, because we do not know enough about her. But it was also hinted that she personally had changed at some point during her relationship with Lupin.

                – Kai
                Feb 6 at 23:31








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              FYI you can format quotes by preceding them with > (> 'So...' Professor Lupin had talked [...]) and you can (and should!) include links to the source by formatting it such as from [Pottermore](link to Pottermore page). You can do all that by editing your answer, this makes for a better answer. Cheers :)

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              Thanks! I’m new to the site and appreciate the help.

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              I was thinking it is possibly indirectly linked to their love. As the form of the patronus seems to be linked to some quality of the person summoning it, though it isn't necessarily obvious what the link might be. Snape's patronus may have changed because he as a person clearly changed due to his love for Lily. With Tonks, it is hard to say if this is also a possibility, because we do not know enough about her. But it was also hinted that she personally had changed at some point during her relationship with Lupin.

              – Kai
              Feb 6 at 23:31






              I was thinking it is possibly indirectly linked to their love. As the form of the patronus seems to be linked to some quality of the person summoning it, though it isn't necessarily obvious what the link might be. Snape's patronus may have changed because he as a person clearly changed due to his love for Lily. With Tonks, it is hard to say if this is also a possibility, because we do not know enough about her. But it was also hinted that she personally had changed at some point during her relationship with Lupin.

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              There is definitely a relationship as Tonk's patronus became a wolf, symbolic of her lover Remus Lupin who was a werewolf and had a wolf patronus.






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