Let's pick at that prophecy a litle more, shall we?

[urghiggi]

No: HPFGUIDX 77755

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "whimsyflower" <
profwildflower at m...> wrote:

> I'd like to shift focus a bit to the part of the prophecy that says, ". . . for neither 
> can live while the other survives."   Forgive me for stating the obvious, but 
> since GOF, both Harry and LV seem to be living while the other survives.  
The 
> fact that they are both living and functioning, and in Harry's case, growing 
> seems to fly in the face of this part of the prophecy. 
> 
> Like many of us, I found other parts of the prophecy confusing, but I can't 
> make sense of this fragment, no matter how hard I try.
> 
I'm with you. Obviously it is not literally true; ergo it can't be meant literally. 
Perhaps JKR is using "live'' in a more figurative sense -- that neither of them 
can live their destined life as long as the other one is surviving. LV can't 
proceed with his evil plans freely with Harry out there causing a threat to his 
future, and interfering with his plots on a regular basis. And Harry can't live 
any kind of fulfilling existence with the threat of LV out there -- worse than the 
mere threat, also the oppressive physical and psychological manifestations of 
his intimate link with LV.

This interp is the only way i can make sense of that section of the prophecy.

urghiggi in Chgo