Mars is Bright

[random_monkey0_0]

No: HPFGUIDX 40650

Ezzie:
> I know I'm not the only person that has wondered what those 
> 'ruddy stargazers' meant by "Mars is bright tonight" so I came up 
> with some possible theories.  Hear me out, I'm not crazy and I 
> tried to do a little homework.
> 
> Ronan and Bane both gaze at the sky and say that "Mars is 
> bright" and "unusually bright"  Could this be a literal translation 
of 
> what the Centaurs saw, or is it a figurtive one about the 
> relationship of the planets in the sky that night?

<snip ezzie's research into astronomy, which I find an incredible 
feat, because my brain would have exploded had I tried>

Okay... (takes deep breath) time to P.O. people...

JKR is an excellent author, and a great storyteller, but c'mon, would 
she really have gotten out the star charts and checked if Mars really 
was bright on May 26, 1991? I'm thinking she said it for the symbolism 
Mars has. As has been mentioned, Mars is the planet of war. Mars 
signifies conflict and strife. Mars means somthin' bad is goin' down, 
if you'll excuse the grammar. Jo probably wasn't counting on a group 
of 4000 or so nitpickers tearing apart her works like lions on a fresh 
antelope... She should've known better. ;-)

So why do I bother to write this? 'Cause I don't see the point in 
getting all scientific about it. If you want to find ways that the 
books could work in real life, that's one thing. If you want to guess 
what the author meant, be a little more realistic.

The Random Monkey, who really needs to chill.