Mars is Bright

[hermione_ew]

No: HPFGUIDX 40708

> 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?
> 
 -ezzie

As already stated, Mars was the Roman god of War.  I don't think what 
the Centaurs were saying had any literal meaning.  Hermione said that 
the centaurs stargazing sounded a bit like divination, and I am 
inclined to agree on that point.  However, I think that the Centaurs 
brand of divination is more reliable then Trelawney, for example.

It is my interpretation that the centaurs could see a very bright 
mars, perhaps the planet hasn't been as bright for ten years, the 
last time Voldemort was in power.

No matter what the implications or reasons of mars being bright, I 
have always thought that it meant that War is comming.  JK Rowling 
has become known for all of the mythical allusions in her books.  I 
don't think that this in an exception.

Hannah