Do the Passwords Have Meaning?

EtonBuffy buffyeton at yahoo.com
Fri May 3 04:42:01 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 38424

The first password Harry ever learns for the Gryfindor tower Caput 
Draconis.  Caput in Latin means a few things.  A) head  B)man, 
person, induvidual, animal B) top, summit, end, orgin, source  C) life
Draconis to me seems like an obvious reference to Draco Malfoy.  I 
did a search for Caupt Draconis, and found an interesting French page 
with this as part of the translation: 

Caput Draconis, the head of the Dragon, formed east of the succession 
2-1-1-1. To the opposed disastrous Cauda Draconis, this is as if all 
the energy descended sky to nourish the pitchfork of the top of the 
face. Bathed celestial light, a lot of wisdom and of cheerfulness, 
Caput Draconis is an excellent presage, a face to the highly positive 
meaning. She brings with her the easy and happy realization of the 
projects undertake, the generous inspiration and made lose interest 
in, a bath light moral. Caput Draconis translates also a natural and 
ordered progression, sublimating always towards serenity and the love 
of energies calm and of peaces, his presence indicates also as you 
will know always to do the good choice. 

It has something to do with astrology, and means the Dragon Head.  I 
found this as well:

· The sun, the moon, and all the planets (seem to) move around the 
earth in a belt that is at most 18 degrees wide. This belt is known 
as the zodiac (see  in Group 35). The middle of the belt is known as 
the ecliptic, or the "way of the sun." The movement of the moon 
around the earth follows an orbit that is slightly slanting in 
relation to the ecliptic. On each of its revolutions around the earth 
the moon cuts the ecliptic at two places. The point where the moon 
cuts the ecliptic from south to north is known as the moon's north 
node or caput draconis, the dragon's head. These signs for the north 
node have different forms but are, nevertheless, similar to one 
another. These nodes take 18­19 years to move one full revolution 
through the zodiac. The 18-year cycles are important both in 
astronomy, as they make eclipses possible to predict, and in human 
life, as they correspond to the age when individuals are allowed to 
marry, manage their own bank accounts, drive cars, etc.
    The sign in the middle of those shown here is the graph for the 
north node as it was drawn in a Greek natal chart more than 2,000 
years ago.
    According to astrology  in a natal chart is a symbol for gifts 
and resources made available to the individual without them having 
been consciously sought. It is also associated with blood relations 
and sexual contacts that lead to childbirth.  

The North Node (also known as Rahu or Caput Draconis)
The north node points to a new path of personal individuation and 
development that challenges and fulfills us. It involves learning new 
ways to function in the world that are integrated with our current 
life's purpose. The conflict we feel within, concerning our release 
of obsolete behavior patterns and our opening to fresh possibilities, 
is highlighted by our lunar node positions.

Does any of this make sense or am I just rambling with odd theories 
now lol.  

Tamara






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