Harry's Birthday

[renegade1rogue]

No: HPFGUIDX 31251

In a message from Aurora:

<...>But given the signifigance of the number 12 (see
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/number_twelve.html)
> I think we will find out that Harry was in fact born on midnight ( 
but
> doesn't know this). I think, and it will never be verified in the 
books
> because it is not too risque for kids, that he was conceived at 
midnight on
> Halloween (how can you get more magical than that)  :)
> 
> Aurora


I've visited the site you mentioned 
(http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/number_twelve.html). Though the 
list of the significance of the number twelve is extensive, there are 
some that are repeated (i.e. the fact that twelve years have passed 
since Voldemort's defeat...though that, come to think of it, might be 
important in some way ;]).

Personally, I feel that JK Rowling only used her "twelve"'s 
and "dozen"'s because they seem like large quantities. Like when she 
says that someone has garnered "twelve" O.W.Ls, or when someone 
falls "twelve" feet.

Naturally, I might just be another Muggle trying to find a reasonable 
explanation for my missing keys.

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Excerpt from GoF Chapt 14:

(Ron speaking) 'Why don't you get stabbed in the back by someone you 
thought was a friend?'

'Yeah...cool...' said Harry, scribbling it down, 'because...Venus is 
in the twelfth house.'


About Venus in the twelfth house:

'The twelfth house relates to sorrow, disappointment, loss, 
institutions, secret enemies, solitude or confinement, hidden fears 
and worry.'

'...Venus in the twelfth indicates those who enjoy being with other 
people but may nevertheless be very shy in social environments. Their 
shyness may develop into serious lack of confidence, and as a result, 
they fall in love with anyone who pays them the slightest attention. 
Romantic experiences can trap them in other ways.'

(from http://www.astrologycom.com/12th.html)

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I've got another sane explanation for the above, but I think I've 
written enough ;]