The Appearance of the Number 12

[Sarah Waggott]

No: HPFGUIDX 12328

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen Rich" <nera at r...> wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that the number 12 keeps cropping up?
> There are twelve Christmas trees set up in the Great Hall each year.
> There are twelve different ways to use Dragon's Blood.
> Harry thought, "he'd have gambled twelve Sorceror's Stones that 
Snape 
> had just left the room." SS-15
> 
Just a little thought...
The number 3 is supposed to be magical. In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", 9 
is a significant/magical/evil number because it is 3 times 3. Witches 
believe in the power of 3 (If they do something bad to someone else, 
they will get it back three times as bad). Perhaps 12, being 4 times 
3, is JKR's version of this.

Just MHO :)

Sarah