More Points to Ponder: The Prophecies

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 75137

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "shaw_steven" > Okay gang, I 
just had an evil thought while reading this post.  What 
> if the seventh month referred to here is not the seventh month of 
the 
> standard Gregorian Calendar, but another calendar?  If you remember 
> your school lessons, September used to be the Seventh month before 
> Julius named a month for himself (July) and Augustus copied him 
> (August).  So many spells go back to the latin, why not the month 
> names?  We all know precocious know-it-all Hermione was born in 
> September.  What if she is the one spoken of in prophecy and both 
> Neville and Harry are red herrings to protect her.

I don't think Hermione is the one... she is not a he.
But, who is to say that the scar is really the mark in question?  

If it truly is Harry, perhaps the prophesy even hinted at it being 
Harry - Harry is Tom Riddle's social equal, his mother being muggle-
born.  

There were 2 potential subjects of the first prophesy - Neville and 
Harry - but something caused LV to go after Harry First.  That 
something was Wormtail telling him where to find Harry.  Thus we see 
the attempt to end-run the prophesy fails, and LV fall into the trap 
of fulfilling it.

In the second prophesy Wormtail was one of the direct subjects.  In 
this case Sirius is resposible for setting things into motion (and 
Lupin, to some degree).  Sirius recognized Scabbers in the photo, and 
tried to go after him - his attempt to clear himself instead drove 
Wormtail to awaken LV.  If Sirius hadn't seen the picture, and hadn't 
tried to get his revenge, Ron would still have his rat, and nobody 
would have awakened LV and helped him back to the Riddle house.