the DEW DROP Hands

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 46507

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Melody" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:
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> Dominique Medal wrote:
> >The watch does not follow people. It is instead some sort of
> >celestial watch. I don't know how it works, but I imagine that
> >magic is heavily involved.  While he may have assigned planets to 
> >various people, this is not supported by canon.  All canon seems
> >to imply is that Hagrid was supposed to be at the Dursleys' by a 
> >certain time, which Dumbledore can tell from his celestial watch.
> 
> Well, Dominique we are not told what exactly this watch is.  It
> could be celestial, I agree.  But the possibility that it could be 
> similar to the wizard clocks at the Weasley's house is also there.  
> As you pointed out, Dumbledore looked at the watch and saw that 
> Hagrid is late.  Now he could of saw that by the time or by the
> fact that Hagrid's (or Harry's) hand of the watch was pointing at
> the area/planets that means the person is late.
> 
> Either way, Dumbledore did expect Hagrid there by a certain time,
> and by either watch reading he was late.
> 
> And, I don't believe the planets are what the people are assigned.
> With the Weasley clocks, the hands are assigned to the family
> members.

> Now Dumbledore's watch has twelve hands, so I theorize they are for
> twelve different people.  The planets are just a type of celestial
> language that Dumbledore is reading to discover the state of the
> assigned hand character.
> 
> Hope that clears up the DEW DROP theory there for you.
> 

Personally, my theory would be somewhat in the middle. I think the
watch is an astrological watch, and that neither the hands nor the
planets stand for people. Instead, I believe the watch is tuned to
someone (ala the Foe Mirror), and shows an up to the minute
astrological chart of that person. This presumes that Dumbledore is
rather good at divination, naturally, and that the watch is easily
retunable.

Under this theory, the planets would be a celestial language
Dumbledore would be reading, but a rather well-established, old
language...
--Arcum