nine and three quarters

[mlle_bienvenu]

No: HPFGUIDX 55354

Erin Wrote:

> I think you need to forget the "quarters"  part and focus on 
> the "nine and three".  Nine and three add up to twelve.  And I am 
> surely not the only one who has noticed JKR's... fondness.... for 
the 
> number 12....
> 

Now Me:

I don't think you need to forget the three/quarters. After all, what 
is three times four but Twelve? So what you have is two twelves 
linked by a three (they 'share' the three. So you have nine plus 
three, and three times four. Interestingly three is also 
mythologically linked to time: the three Fates, the Three Norns, 
past, present, future...)and what is two twelves? Twenty-four. It 
seems time is a theme in the Harry Potter Series. Not only in obvious 
cases, like the time-turner, but the past plays a much more 
significant roll than in most children's literature. Also the future 
comes into play through divination, and I'm sure Trelawney's 
prediction will become significant in later books.

Another interesting aspect of three/quarters is that, if you put it 
in decimal form, it would be .75. What is seven plus five? Twelve. 

I know I'm stretching the twelve connection here, but I just love 
number games (even though I am generally poor at maths.)

Mlle Bienvenu