Mars is Bright

[lizbot1981]

No: HPFGUIDX 40666

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ezzie_mora" <ezzie_mora at y...> wrote:
> I've been contemplating this for quite some time, and didn't see it 
> in the archives anywhere.  If it's already been discussed in great 
> detail, feel free to flame me, roast me and feed me to hungry 
> Horntails.
> 
> 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?
> 

Okay, I was looking in an astrology book the other day, looking at 
the sign "Leo".  Then I remembered that Harry was a Leo.  The 
description of a Leo's personality fit Harry's perfectly, with words 
like 'brave', 'trustworthy', etc.  So, then I looked up Hermione and 
Ron, and found that their signs also described them.  I then looked 
up Aries for the fun of it, and found that the planet for Aries is 
Mars.  That got me thinking about what the centaurs had said the 
night in the Forbidden Forest.  

I thought about this for a while.  What characters that are Aries 
could have been 'bright' that night?  Which led me to think of 
Voldemort.  It accord to me that we don't know what month and day 
Voldemort was born on.  If he were an Aries, it would make sense.  
Mars was bright that night, and so was Voldemort in a sense.  He had 
been drinking unicorn blood. 

I don't know, it's just a theory.  He may not be an Aries after all.

-Liz